Farha Group Alumni

The Farha Group is proud to have grad student, postdoc, visiting researcher, undergraduate, and high school alumni around the world. Many of our alumni serve as leaders in their respective fields including academia, private industry, national and international research and development centers, and more.

 

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Grad Students

Hussain Alhashem (2023)

Hussain Alhashem (2023)

Zoha Syed (2023)

Zoha Syed (2023)

Julia Knapp (2023)

Julia Knapp (2023)

Karam Idrees (2023)

Karam Idrees (2023)

Kenton Hicks (2023)

Kenton Hicks (2023)

Sylvia Hanna (2023)

Sylvia Hanna (2023)

Florencia Son (2023)

Florencia Son (2023)

Megan Wasson (2022)

Megan Wasson (2022)

TImothy Goetjen (2022)

TImothy Goetjen (2022)

Xinyi Gong (2022)

Xinyi Gong (2022)

Western Digital

Yijing Chen (2021)

Yijing Chen (2021)

Lam Research

Riki Drout (2021)

Riki Drout (2021)

Merck

Lee Robison (2020)

Lee Robison (2020)

Merck

Rodrigo Maldonado (2020)

Rodrigo Maldonado (2020)

Abbvie Research and Development

Yijun Liao (2020)

Yijun Liao (2020)

Louis Redfern (2020)

Louis Redfern (2020)

MilliporeSigma

Cassandra Buru (2019)

Cassandra Buru (2019)

Honeywell Aerospace

Hyunho Noh (2019)

Hyunho Noh (2019)

Postdoctoral Researcher, Yale University

Sol Ahn (2019)

Sol Ahn (2019)

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Berkeley

Yuexing Cui (2019)

Yuexing Cui (2019)

Aaron Peters (2018)

Aaron Peters (2018)

Advanced Researcher, Catalyst Technology Division, ExxonMobil

Cornelius Audu (2018)

Cornelius Audu (2018)

Research Chemist, PPG

Olga Karagiaridi2015 – Lecturer in Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA)

Huong Giang Nguyen2015 – Postdoc, NIST – National Institute of Standards and Technology, (Gaithersburg, MD)

Monica So2015 – Assistant Professor, California State University Chico (Chico, CA)

Marianne Lalonde2014 – Consultant, ZS Associates (Evanston, IL)

Vennesa Williams Jansma2013 – Associate Research Scientist, Dow Chemical Company (Midland, MI)

Brad Hauser2012 – Scientist, Donaldson Company Inc. (Bloomington, MN)

Postdocs

Susanne Reischauer (2022 - 2024)

Susanne Reischauer (2022 - 2024)

Postdoc

Chenghui Zhang (2023 - 2024)

Chenghui Zhang (2023 - 2024)

Visiting Postdoc

Tom Rayder (2022 - 2024)

Tom Rayder (2022 - 2024)

Postdoc

Alejandra Torres (2022 - 2023)

Alejandra Torres (2022 - 2023)

Postdoc

Timur Islamoglu (2016 - 2023)

Timur Islamoglu (2016 - 2023)

Research Assistant Professor

Kaikai Ma (2020 - 2023)

Kaikai Ma (2020 - 2023)

Research Associate

Isil Akpinar (2021 - 2023)

Isil Akpinar (2021 - 2023)

Postdoc

Wei Gong (2020 - 2022)

Wei Gong (2020 - 2022)

Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher

Xingjie Wang (2020- 2022)

Xingjie Wang (2020- 2022)

Postdoctoral Researcher

Tzu-Yi (Mandy) Tai (2021- 2022)

Tzu-Yi (Mandy) Tai (2021- 2022)

Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher

Mohammad Rasel Mian (2018- 2022)

Mohammad Rasel Mian (2018- 2022)

Postdoctoral Researcher

Xuan Zhang (2016- 2021)

Xuan Zhang (2016- 2021)

Research Associate

Ahmet Atilgan (2021)

Ahmet Atilgan (2021)

Postdoctoral Researcher

Xiaofeng Chen (2021)

Xiaofeng Chen (2021)

Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher

Zhijie Chen (2018- 2021)

Zhijie Chen (2018- 2021)

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dahee Jung (2019- 2022)

Dahee Jung (2019- 2022)

Postdoctoral Researcher

Seung-Joon Lee (2020 - 2021)

Seung-Joon Lee (2020 - 2021)

Unjila Afrin (2018 - 2020)

Unjila Afrin (2018 - 2020)

Jian Liu (2016 - 2020)

Jian Liu (2016 - 2020)

Postdoctoral Researcher, Hupp Group

Peng Li (2014 - 2019)

Peng Li (2014 - 2019)

Professor, Fudan University

Kenichi Otake (2016 - 2018)

Kenichi Otake (2016 - 2018)

Assistant Professor, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University

Zhanyong Li (2014 - 2018)

Zhanyong Li (2014 - 2018)

Senior R&D Engineer/Scientist, Honeywell UOP

Chung-Wei Kung (2016 - 2018)

Chung-Wei Kung (2016 - 2018)

Assistant Professor, National Cheng Kung University

Ashlee Howarth (2014 - 2017)

Ashlee Howarth (2014 - 2017)

Assistant Professor, Concordia University

Marek Majewski (2014 - 2017)

Marek Majewski (2014 - 2017)

Assistant Professor, Concordia University

Sergio Garibay (2011 - 2017)

Sergio Garibay (2011 - 2017)

Postdoctoral Researcher, Edgewood Chemical Biological Center

Tianfu Liu2015-2016 – Research Assistant Professor, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Fuzhou, China)

Su-Young Moon2014-2016 – Senior Researcher, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (Daejeon, South Korea)

Yangyang Liu2014-2016 – Assistant Professor, California State University Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

M. Hassan Beyzavi2013-2015 – Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)

Ben Klahr 2013-2015 – Research Analyst, CNA Corporation (Washington D. C.)

Rachel Klet2013-2015 – Postdoctoral Appointee, Argonne National Laboratory (Lemont, IL)

Hae Jung Park2013-2015 – Research Professor, Pusan National University (Busan, South Korea)

Dong Wook Kim2012-2015 – Assistant Professor, Myongji University (Seoul, South Korea)

Pravas Deria2012-2015 – Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)

Kainan Zhang2012-2014 – Senior Chemist, Dow Chemical Shanghai (Shanghai, China)

Wojciech Bury2012-2014 – Lecturer, University of Wroclaw (Wroclaw, Poland)

Michael J. Katz2009-2014 – Assistant Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland (St. John’s, NL, Canada)

Ho-Jin Son2009-2014 – Associate Professor, Korea University (Sejong, South Korea)

Mitch Weston2010-2013 – Lead Synthetic Chemist, NuMat Technologies (Skokie, IL)

Gokhan Barin2012-2013 – Miller Research Fellow, University of California Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

Oleksii Gutov2012-2013 – Project Researcher, Enamine Ltd. (Ukraine)

Nak Cheon Jeong2009-2012 – Associate Professor, DGIST: Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (Daegu, South Korea)

Tulay Atesin2009-2011 – Assistant Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Edinburg, TX)

Debashis Adhikari2011 – Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali (Mohali, Punjab, India)

Visitors

Hui Cui – 2023 – Postdoctoral Researcher, Argonne National Lab

Luana Andrade – 2023 – Postdoctoral Researcher, UFABC (Brazil)

Isil Akpinar – 2023 – Postdoctoral Researcher (Stoddart)

Bhajan Lal – 2022 – Associate Professor, Shah Abdul Latif University (Pakistan)

Patrizio Campitelli – 2022 – Graduate Student, University of Camerino (Italy)

Herich HLB Lima – 2022 – Graduate Student, Federal University of ABC (Brazil)

Yufang Wu2021 – Graduate Student, South China University of Technology (Guangzhou, China)

Xinyao Liu2021 – Graduate Student, Jilin University (Changchun, China)

Lifeng Yang2020 – Graduate Student, Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China)

Ran Cao2020 – Graduate Student, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing, China)

Yongwei Chen2020 – Graduate Student, South China University of Technology (SCUT, Guangzhou, China)

Jing Xiao2020 – Professor, South China University of Technology (SCUT, Guangzhou, China)

Nak Cheon (NC) Jeong 2020 – Associate Professor, Daegu Gyeongbok Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST, Daegu, Korea)

Shinya Moribe 2020 – Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc (Japan)

Xingjie Wang2019 – graduate student, South China University of Technology (Guangzhou, China)

Kaikai Ma2019 – graduate student, Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong)

Satoshi Kato2019 – Asahi Kasei (Tokyo, Japan)

Fenfen Wang2019

Jiafei Lyu2019 – graduate student, Tianjin University (Tianjin, China)

Rodrigo Gil San Millán2018 – graduate student, University of Granada (Granada, Spain)

Yuanyuan Zhang2018 – graduate student, Beijing Institute of Technology (Beijing, China)

Ivana Carev2018 – Postdoc and Senior Assistant, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, University of Split (Split, Croatia)

Jie Wu 2018 – Professor, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Zhengzhou University (Zhengzhou, China)

Ah-Reum Kim2018 – graduate student, Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea)

Tae-Ung Yoon2018 – graduate student, Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea)

Dahee Jung2018 – graduate student, University of California, Los Angeles

Ghada Ayoub2018 – graduate student, McGill University (Montreal, Canada)

Johannes Osterrieth2018 – graduate student, University of Cambridge (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Isil Akpinar2018 – graduate student, University College London (London, United Kingdom)

Azadeh Azadbakht2015 – Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University (Khorramabad, Iran)

Amirreza Abassi2015 – Assistant Professor, Razi University (Kermanshah, Iran)

Kazuhide Hara2015 – Patent Examiner, Japan Patent Office (Tokyo, Japan)

Mina Guli2015 – Associate Professor, Renewable Energy School, North China Electric Power University (Jilin, China)

Alireza Oveisi2014 – Assistant Professor, University of Zabol (Zabol, Iran)

Shinya Takaishi2012 – Associate Professor, Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan)

Undergrads

Pantira Ketkaew – 2023

Hugo Compton – 2022

Joshua Duncan – 2022

Kevin Kim – 2022 – 2023

Yifan Liao – 2022

Audrianna Wu – 2022 – 2023

Tristan Bohling – 2021

Ian Dillingham – 2020

Alyssa Olszewski – 2020

Jamila G. Eatman2019 – Spelman College

Annabella Strathman2019 – Carleton College

Kevin Stoffel2019

Sean Rangwani2015, 2018

Emmanuel Proussaloglou2015

High School Students

Zachary WitzelSummer 2018

Evan KanatzidisSummer 2017