Recent Group Alumni

David Molina

David Molina

Current position: LTD Module Development Engineer-Dielectrics at Intel, Portland, OR.

Graduation date: April 25,2024
Thesis title: Characterization and Use of Single-Atom Alloys for Selective Dehydrogenation and Hydrogenation Resources.
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2024
B.A. in Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2018

Buddhika Wijenayake

Buddhika Wijenayake

Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

Graduation date: December 4,2023
Thesis title: STM Studies of Restructuring and Stability of Bimetallic Alloys.
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2023
M.S. in Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Japan, 2016
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2014

Ravi Ranjan

Ravi Ranjan

Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California- Riverside,900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521.

Graduation date: September 6,2023
Thesis title: Ultrahigh Vacuum Studies of Surface Reactions on the Pd(111) surface.
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2023
Integrated B.S. & M.S. in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, India, 2017

Arephin Islam

Arephin Islam

Current position: Postdoctoral Scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973-5000

Graduation date: January 3, 2023
Thesis title: Polarization Infrared Spectroscopy of Adsorbed Molecules on Cu(111) and Pd/Cu Bimetallic Surfaces
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2023
M.Sc. in Applied Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016
B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2014

Mark Muir

Mark Muir

Current position: Postdoctoral Appointee at Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S Cass Ave, Lemont, IL 60439

Graduation Date: December 10, 2020
Thesis title: Selective Hydrogenation Reactions on Ag(111) and Pd/Ag(111) Single Atom Alloy Surfaces
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2020
M.S. in Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2019
B.S. in Mathematics, St. Xavier University, 2016
B.S. in Chemistry, St. Xavier University, 2015

Mohammed Abdel-Rahman

Mohammed Abdel-Rahman

Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218

Graduation date: November 16, 2020
Thesis title: Bridging the Pressure Gap in the Surface Analysis of Transition Metal Catalyzed Reactions
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2020
B.S. in Chemistry University of Illinois at Chicago, 2012