The Team
Brent S. Sumerlin
George Bergen Butler Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Florida
Address:
Department of Chemistry
University of Florida
PO box 117200
Gainesville, FL 32611-7200
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Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Sean Gitter
Education:
Postdoctoral Associate, Chemistry
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin and Prof. Austin Evan
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
University of Wisconsin-Madison (2024)
Advisor: Prof. AJ Boydston
B.S. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Hope College (2018)
Advisor: Prof. Jason Gillmore
Lily Diodati
Education:
Postdoctoral Associate, Chemistry
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry
University of Florida (2024)
Advisor: Prof. Brent S. Sumerlin
B.S. in Chemistry
University of North Georgia (2018)
Advisor: Prof. Aimée Tomlinson
Visiting Scholars
Efkan Catiker
Education:
Ph. D. Polymer Chemistry (2008),
Abant Izzet Baysal University, Türkiye.
Advisors: Dr. Olgun Guven and Dr. Ozdemir Ozarslan
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M.S. Polymer Chemistry (1999)
Abant Izzet Baysal University, Türkiye
Advisor: Dr. Ali Guner
B.S., Department of Chemistry (1997),
Hacettepe University, Türkiye
Giuseppe Proietto ​
Education:
Ph.D. Student, Industrial Chemistry
University of Bologna, Italy
Advisors: Prof. Daniele Caretti and Dr. Sabrina Carola Carroccio
M.S., Industrial Chemistry (2023)
University of Bologna, Italy
Advisor: Prof. Daniele Caretti
B.S., Industrial Chemistry (2020)
University of Catania, Italy
Graduate Students
Lauren Bishop
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
B.S., Chemistry,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2020)
Advisor: Prof. Todd Emrick
Email: lauren.bishop@ufl.edu
Sagnik Bhattacharya
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
B.S., Chemistry,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2020)
Advisor: Prof. Todd Emrick
Email: lauren.bishop@ufl.edu
Connor Brunson
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
B.S., Chemistry,
College of Charleston (2025)
Advisor: Prof. Brooke Van Horn
Email: s.brunson@ufl.edu
Gerald (Jerry) Camarella
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
B.S., Chemistry,
Virginia Commonwealth University (2024)
Advisor: Prof. Maryanne Collinson
Email: Gerald.camarella@ufl.edu
Won Joon Choi
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
B.S., Chemistry
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Advisor: Prof. Jeffery S. Moore​
Noah Cyr
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
B.A., Chemistry,
Florida Gulf Coast University (2019)
Advisor: Dr. Daniel H. Paull
Cabell Eades
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
B.S., Nanoscience, B.A. Chemistry,
Virginia Tech (2020)
Advisor: Prof. John B. Matson
Graham Gilchrist
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
B.S., Chemistry, Economics,
Wesleyan University (2023)
Advisor: Dr. Ben Elling
Seungyoon Han
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry
Seoul National University (2024)
Advisor: Dr. Minsang Kwon, Dr. Seung-kyun Kang, Dr. Kyoung Taek Kim.
Rhys Hughes
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
B.S., Chemistry,
Cardiff University (2020)
Advisor: Dr. Ben Ward
Serena Hyder
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
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B. S. in Chemistry and Forensic Science,
University of Central Oklahoma (2022)
Advisor: Prof. Shawna Ellis
Rohan Jena
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
B.S.-M.S., Chemical Sciences,
Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (2024)
Advisor: Prof. Alakesh Bisai​​
Blanch
Khouri Sader
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
B.S., Biology
Nova Southeastern University (2021)
Advisor: Prof. Patricia Calvo
Thi Le
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
M.S., Biotechnology
International University (IU)-VNU-HCM
Advisor: Prof. Khoi Tan Nguyen
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B.S., Chemistry
International University (IU)-VNU-HCM
Advisor: Prof. Khoi Tan Nguyen
Megan Lott
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
B.A., Sociology
University of Florida
Advisor: Dr. George Christo
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Tanmoy Maity
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
Junior Research Fellow (Project),
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata
(2022-2023)
Advisor: Prof. Priyadarsi De
M.S., Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (2022)
Lauren Mann ​
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
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B. Sc., Chemistry
University of North Florida (2020)
Minu Mathew
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
M. Phil., Chemistry
Christ University, Bangalore, India
M. Sc., Chemistry
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India
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B. Sc., Chemistry
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India
Gunzi Otgonjargal
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
B.A., Chemistry,
Kalamazoo College (2023)
Advisor: Dr. Blakely Tresca
Andrei Potapenko
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
B.S., Biochemistry,
University of New Hampshire (2022)
Advisor: Prof. Krisztina Varga
Austin Reed
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
B.S., Chemistry,
Wright State University (2024)
Advisor: Prof. Eric Fossum
Ashutosh Shirodkar
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
B.S., Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata
Ariana Tamura
Education:
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
M.S., Chemistry
California State University, Polytechnic Ponoma
Advisor: Prof. Thomas Osberger
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B.S., Chemistry
University of California, Los Angeles
Advisor: Prof. Yi Tang
Undergraduate Students
Lucas Aburaya
Education:
B.S. Candidate, Biochemistry,
University of Florida
Leah Baker
Education:
B.S. Candidate, Applied Physiology & Kinesiology,
University of Florida
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Zane Jacob Carter
Education:
B.S. Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering,
University of Florida
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Jake Chavis
Education:
B.S. Candidate, Biochemistry,
University of Florida
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Diana Ishaev
Education:
B.S. Candidate, Biochemistry,
University of Florida
Payson Keown
Education:
B.S. Candidate, Biochemistry,
University of Florida
Nathan LaBranche
Education:
B.S. Candidate, Biochemistry,
University of Florida
Florencia Merlino
Education:
B.S. Candidate, Biochemistry,
University of Florida
Sophia Santiago
Education:
B.S. Candidate, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Geoffrey G. Smith
Education:
B.S. Candidate, Biomedical Engineering,
University of Florida
Kyle Stiles-Ryan
Education:
B.S. Candidate, Chemistry,
University of Florida
