The Team
Postdoctoral Scholars
![]() | Xin Liu CHEMISTRY | X.Liu@colostate.edu |
![]() | Yucheng Zhao CHEMISTRY Photoredox Catalysis Polymer Upcycling Polymer Chemistry | Yucheng.Zhao@colostate.edu |
![]() | Amreen Bains CHEMISTRY Photoredox Catalysis Methodology Organic Synthesis | Amreen.Bains@colostate.edu |
![]() | Hubert Hu CHEMISTRY Polymer Upcycling Polymer Chemistry | Hubert.Hu@colostate.edu |
![]() | Kun Liu CHEMISTRY | Kun.Liu@colostate.edu |
5th Year Graduate Students
![]() | Simone Bernsten CHEMISTRY Organic synthesis Photocatalysis Reaction Development | Simone.Bernsten@colostate.edu |
![]() | Alex Green CHEMISTRY Photochemistry Organic Synthesis Light Driven Birch Reductions | Alexander.Green@colostate.edu |
4th Year Graduate Students
![]() | Katrina Puffer CHEMISTRY Photoredox Catalysis Polymer chemistry Plastic upcycling | Katrina.Puffer@colostate.edu |
![]() | Katherine Harry CHEMISTRY Organic Synthesis Polymer Chemistry Sustainable Chemistry | Katherine.Harry@colostate.edu |
3rd Year Graduate Students
![]() | Emma Rettner MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Polymer Chemistry Block Copolymer Design Organic Materials | Emma.Rettner@colostate.edu |
![]() | Anna Wolff CHEMISTRY Organic Synthesis Photoredox Catalysis Polymer Chemistry | Anna.Wolff@colostate.edu |
2nd Year Graduate Students

Megan Battson
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Megan.Battson@colostate.edu

Jessica Lathrop
CHEMISTRY
Jessica.Lathrop@colostate.edu

Sara Robinson
CHEMISTRY Sara.D.Robinson@colostate.edu

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

CHEMISTRY

CHEMISTRY
Group Alumni
Name | Current Employer |
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 |
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 |





