The Team
Postdoctoral Scholars
![]() | Xin Liu CHEMISTRY Polymer Chemistry Photoredox Catalysis | X.Liu@colostate.edu |
![]() | Amreen Bains CHEMISTRY Photoredox Catalysis Methodology Organic Synthesis | Amreen.Bains@colostate.edu |
Graduate Students - Year 5
![]() | Anna Wolff CHEMISTRY Organic Synthesis Photoredox Catalysis O-ATRP Polymer Chemistry | Anna.Wolff@colostate.edu |
![]() | Emma Rettner MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Polymer Chemistry Block Copolymer Design Organic Materials | Emma.Rettner@colostate.edu |
| Brandon Portela CHEMISTRY Photoredox Catalysis O-ATRP Polymer Chemistry | Brandon.Portela@colostate.edu |
Graduate Students - Year 4
| Jessica Lathrop CHEMISTRY Organic Synthesis Photoredox Catalysis Photoelectrochemistry | Jessica.Lathrop@colostate.edu |
Graduate Students - Year 3
![]() | Sneha Soly CHEMISTRY Photoredox Catalysis Polymer Chemistry Organic Synthesis | Sneha.Soly_Abraham@colostate.edu |
Graduate Students - Year 1

Ethan Fischer
CHEMISTRY
Organic Synthesis
Photoredox Catalysis Ethan.Fischer@colostate.edu

Kyra Dubois
CHEMISTRY
Organic Synthesis
Photoredox Catalysis Kyra.Dubois@colostate.edu

Sean Blythe
CHEMISTRY
Chemical Biology
Photoredox Catalysis S.Blythe@colostate.edu

CHEMISTRY
Organic Synthesis
Photoredox Catalysis

CHEMISTRY
Organic Synthesis
Photoredox Catalysis

CHEMISTRY
Chemical Biology
Photoredox Catalysis
Group Alumni
| Name | Current Employer |
| Yucheng Zhao Postdoctoral Scholar | |
| Kun Liu Postdoctoral Scholar | Nankai University |
| Sara Robinson MS - August 2025 | |
| Megan Battson MS - May 2025 | |
| Hu Zhitao Postdoctoral Scholar | University of South Carolina |
| Simone Bernsten PhD - June 2024 | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| Alex Green PhD - April 2024 | Colorado State University |
| Cameron Chrisman PhD - August 2023 | Alta Resource Technologies, Inc |
| Mariel Price PhD - June 2023 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Hayato Ichikawa Visiting Professor | Nihon University |
| Weili Si Visiting Professor | Nanjing Tech University |
| Bin Liu Postdoctoral Scholar | Nanchang University Liu Research Group Website |
| Nick Swisher Postdoctoral Scholar | Boulder Scientific |
| Dianfeng Chen Postdoctoral Scholar | University of Science and Technology of China |
| Justin Cole Postdoctoral Scholar | Boulder Scientific |
| Scott Folkman Postdoctoral Scholar | ICIQ – Institut Català d'Investigació Química |
| Chern-Hooi Lim Postdoctoral Scholar | New Iridium |
| Ya Du Postdoctoral Scholar | Nanjing Tech University |
| Haishen Yang Postdoctoral Scholar | Shanghai University of Electric Power |
| Getnet Aboyie Visiting Graduate Student | Addis Ababa University |
| Daniel Corbin PhD - March 2022 | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory |
| Olivia Manahan MS - May 2021 | Sartomer |
| Felipe Garcia MS - May 2022 | LFG Education Solutions - Founder GO2 Journey's - Founder Professional Photographer |
| Max Kudish PhD - July 2021 | California Institute of Technology Grubbs Group |
| Kyle Foster PhD - May 2021 | |
| Bret Boyle PhD - April 2020 | PPG |
| Bonnie Buss PhD - April 2020 | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| Blaine McCarthy PhD - March 2020 | Stanford University Waymouth Group |
| Ryan Pearson PhD - May 2019 | Cypris Materials |
| Matthew Ryan PhD - May 2019 | Cypris Materials |
| Jordan Theriot PhD - April 2018 | BASF |
| Robert Learsch MSE - August 2017 | California Institute of Technology |
| Tracy French | Amazon Web Services |
| Andrew Lockwood Visiting Masters Student | |
| Tara Mensch Undergraduate | |
| Zach Elder Undergraduate | New Iridium |
| Joe Collins Undergraduate | University of North Carolina |
| Touzong Xiong Undergraduate | |
| Timothy Werder Undergraduate | University of Maryland |
| Nathaniel Garrison Undergraduate | University of San Francisco |
| Logan Beck Undergraduate | Columbia University |
| Sarah Lincoln Undergraduate | |
| James Danahey Undergraduate | Quinnipiac University |
| Reid Gilsdorf Undergraduate | Colorado State University |
| Ian Schneier Undergraduate | |
| Laura Hansman Undergraduate | |
| Chris Kim Undergraduate | |
| Dakota William Undergraduate | |
| Kaushik Yeturu High School Student | Brown University |
| Nicholas Finan High School Student | Purdue University |











