Phd Students

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PhD Students | Raoul Kopelman's Lab | Department of Chemistry | University of Michigan 

1974


 Friedman, Peter Samuel

A Spectroscopic Investigation of the Naphthalene in Biphenyl and the Biphenyl Crystal Structure

 

Ochs, Frederick Walter, Jr.

Electronic Spectra of Excitons and Phonons in Mixed Crystals: Naphthalene


1976


Chereson, Peter Harry, Jr.

Low-Temperature Optical Studies of Neat and Mixed Molecular Crystals Containing Naphthalene, Durene and Hexamethylbenzene


 Woodruff, Steven Douglas

The First Single Exciton Band: Phonons, and Phase III Crystal Structure of Hexamethylbenzene


1977


Monberg, Eric Marc

Electronic Energy Transfer in Isotopic and Chemical Mixed Crystals of Naphthalene


1979


 Ahlgren, David Cutler

Excitons, Phonons, and Energy Transport in Mixed Naphthalene Crystals: Percolation or ...


 Argyrakis, Panayiotis (Panos)

Coherence Studies in the First Electronic Excited Singlet State of Solid Naphthalene Anderson Localization?


1983


 Gentry, Stuart Taylor

Exciton Transport in Isotopically Disordered Naphthalene Crystals


1984


Klymko, Paul Walter

Triplet Exciton Annihilation and Transport in Isotopic Mixed Naphthalene Crystals


Parson, Robert Paul

Theory of Excitation Transport in Disordered Systems


1985


Harmon, Laurel Ann

Excitation Kinetics in Structurally Disordered Naphthalene


Newhouse, James Stuart

Critical Exponents and Random Walk Reactions on Percolation Clusters Simulation of Fractal Exciton Kinetics in Isotopically Mixed Molecular Crystals


1986


Newhouse, Elizabeth Irene

Energy Transport in Naphthalene-Doped Poly (Methylmethacrylate) Spatial and Energetic Disorder (Polymers, Luminescence, Fractals)


1988


Li, Ching Shan

Energy Transport in Aromatic Polymer Blends and Copolymers


1989


Clement, Eric Andre Alexandre

Kinetics of Diffusion-Limited Biomolecular Reactions in Low Dimensional Media


Li, Li

Diffusion-Limited Binary Reactions in Low Dimensional Systems: Monte Carlo Simulations


1990


Shi, Zhong-You

Exciton Kinetics in Disordered Materials: Molecularly Doped Polymer and Polymer Blend Experiment and Computer Simulation


1991


Koo, Yong-Eun

Chemical Kinetics and Lattice Dynamics in Low-Dimensional Systems


1993


Schoonover, Rodney

Monte Carlo Studies of Diffusion-Limited Trapping Reactions in Restricted Geometries


Tan, Weihong

Nanofabrication and Applications of Subwavelength Optical Probes: Chemical and Biological Sensors, Light Sources and Exciton Probes


1995


Choi, Inchan

Non-Classical Kinetics in Hydrogen Isotope Exchange Reaction on Supported Platinum Catalysts: Experiments and Simulations


1996


Shortreed, Michael Robert

Development of Ultrasmall Ion Optodes for Physiological Measurements and Supermolecules for Intramolecular Energy Transfer


1997


Lin, Anna

Non-Classical Reaction Kinetics in Low Dimensional Systems: Experiments and Monte Carlo Simulations


Yen, Andrew Tze-Chung

Chemical Kinetics in Dynamic Reaction Fronts and in Etching of Self-Assembled Monolayers


1999


Barker, Susan Lynn Ritenour

Development of Aion- and Nitric Oxide-Selective Chemical Sensors and Biosensors


Clark, Heather Ann

Optical Nanosensors for Chemical Analysis Inside Single Living Cells


Monson, Eric E.

Nano-Scale Spatial and Temporal Fluorescence Fluctuations in Near-Field Microscopy, Photobleaching Recovery, and Non-Classical Elementary Reactions Kinetics


2001


Dourado, Sunil Kevin

Advances in Fluorescent Ion and Gas Sensors


2002


Brasuel, Murphy Garcia

Liquid Polymer Nanosensors for Intracellular Applications: Fibers and PEBBLEs


2003


Xu, Hao

Sol-gel and Polyacrylamide Based Optical PEBBLE Nanosensors for Intracellular Imaging and Analysis of Oxygen and Glucose

2004


Park, Sung Hyun

Kinetics of Diffusion-Limited Reactions in Confined Domains: Spatio-Temporal Studies with Experiments and Numerical Calculations


2005


Anker, Jeffrey

Modulated Optical Nanoprobes (MOONs) in the Nanokitchen


Cao, Youfu

Developing Optical Radiometric Nanosensors/Nanoprobes for Biomedical Applications 


King, Matthew

Development of Ratiometric Nanoprobes and Nanosensors for the Detection of the Hydroxyl Radical, Hydrogen Peroxide and Superoxide


Park, Edwin

Optical PEBBLE Nanosensors and Fiber Optic Sensors for Real-Time Intracellular Imaging and Analysis of Magnesium and Oxygen


Peng, Hailin

Reaction Kinetics in Low-Dimensional Diffusion-Limited Systems: Experiments and Simulations


Sumner, James

Development and Characterization of PEBBLE Nanosensors for Transition Metal Ions


2007


McNaughton, Brandon

Magnetic Micro and Nano Nonlinear Oscillators with Applications to the Dynamic Detection of a Single Bacterium and to Physical and Chemical Sensing


Tang, Wei

Development and In-Vitro Investigation of Methylene Blue Containing Nanoparticle Platforms for Photodynamic Therapy


2008


Agayan, Rodney

Optical and Magnetic Manipulation of Hybrid Micro and Nanoparticle Sensors


Horvath, Tom                                

Nanochemistry for Biomedical Sensors and Contrast Agents


Kim, Gwangseong

Development of Nanoparticle Based Tools for Reactive Oxygen Species and Related Biomedical Applications


2011


Kinnunen, Paivo

Asynchronous Magnetic Bead Rotation (AMBR) for Biosensors

Si, Di

PEBBLE Nanosensors for Intracellular Imaging and Analysis of Free Calcium and Zinc

Sinn, Irene

Asynchronous Magnetic Bead Rotation (AMBR) Biosensor for Rapid Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing


2013


Ray, Aniruddha

Photoacoustics and Fluorescence based Nanoprobes towards Functional and Structural Imaging in vivo


Curry, Taeyjuana

Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications: Photothermal Therapy and Nuclear Delivery


Hecht, Ariel

Label-acquired magnetorotation as a signal transduction method for point-of-care diagnostic applications


Smith, Ron

Photonic and Magnetic Nano- and Micro- Particles for Biomedical Applications: Detection and Eradication of Bacterial and Cancer Cells 


2014


Qin, Ming

Development of Targeted Hydrogel Nanoparticles as Delivery Vehicles for Cancer Therapy and Imaging


Simmer (Herrmann), Kristen Anastasia

Improved Efficacy of Localized Brain Tumor Therapy Using Photosensitive Nanoparticles


Karamchand, Leshern

Modulation of Signaling and Intracellular Trafficking Pathways by Surface-Engineering Hydrogel Nanoparticles in Tumor Cells


2015

Elbez, Remy

Nanoparticle Induced Cell Magneto-Radiation for the Multiplexed Monitoring of Morphology, Stress, and Drug Sensitivity of Suspended Single Cancer Cells


Teppei, Shirakura

The Development of Drug-Loaded Nanoparticles for Targeted Chemotherapy


2016


Li, Lavinia-Yunzi

Continuous Microfluidic Viscometers for Biochemical and Diagnostic Analysis


2018

Lee, Chang Heon 

Utilization of Nanoparticles for Photoacoustic Chemical Imaging


Hopkins, Thomas

Nanoconstructs for Advances in Photodynamic Therapy


2020

Folz, Jeff

Frontiers of Cancer Diagnostics: From Photoacoustic Chemical Imaging to Cellular Morphodynamics


McLean, Alan

NanoBioPhotonic Platforms for Nanotherapy and Nano-Imaging: Polymer-Encapsulated Metal Clusters, Plasmonic Nanosnakes, and Targeting Enhanced Nanosystems




B.S. and Master's Theses

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2016

Wuliang Zhang

B. S. Thesis: Nanosensors for in-vivo Opto-chemical Imaging of Sodium Ions

Master’s Thesis: Nanosensors for in-vivo Opto-chemical Imaging of Potassium Ions


2018

Jacobovitz, Binymin

Ruofei Wang (visiting student from Nankai University), 2017, Two-Photon Photodynamic Therapy and Gold Clusters; After Kopelman Lab: PhD student at Pennsylvania State University in Chemistry


Siying Yu (visiting student from Peking University), 2018, Synthesis of Gold Nanoclusters and Applications in One-Photon Photodynamic Therapy; After Kopelman lab: PhD student at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Chemical Engineering)


Rahil Ukani, 2019, Computational Characterization of Optical Properties of Novel Gold Nanochains via Discrete Dipole Approximation; After Kopelman Lab: PhD student in Harvard Chemistry


Alexander Cooke, 2020, Toward the Development of a Novel 8-arm PEG RGD Nanoparticle Targeting System for Use in Choroidal Neovascular Macular Degeneration; After Kopelman Lab: MD, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine)

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Recent Students mentored in Kopelman Lab

Natalie Potter (2015-2021), Bachelor's, Master's, Research Assistant; after Kopleman Lab: PhD student, University of Cambridge, Chemistry (Scherman Group)

Rong Duan (2016-2017), Master's; after Kopelman Lab: PhD student, University of Michigan, Chemistry (Kubarych Group)

Jalal Haidar (2016-2019), Bachelor's; after Kopelman Lab: DO Student, Midwestern University Chicago School of Osteopathic Medicine

Ferris Bayasi (2016-2018), Bachelor's; after Kopelman Lab: MD Student, Wayne State School of Medicine

Ruofei Wang (2017), Bachelor's; after Kopelman Lab: PhD Student, Pennsylvania State University, Chemistry (Cremer Group)

Rahil Ukani (2017-2019), Bachelor's; after Kopelman Lab: PhD Student, Harvard University (Mason Group)

Tarun Gogineni (2017-2020), Bachelor's, Master's; after Kopelman Lab: Machine Learning Engineer, Facebook; Technical Staff, OpenAI (part of lead team that developed ChatGPT)

Siying Yu (2018), Bachelor's, after Kopelman Lab: PhD student, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Chemical Engineering (Yang Group)

Renhui Zhou (2018-2019), Master's, after Kopelman Lab: Research Assistant, Northeastern University

Joseph Isaac (2018-2019), Bachelor's, after Kopelman Lab: Production Engineer, Dow Chemical

Alexander Cooke (2018-2020), Bachelor's, after Kopelman Lab: MD student, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine

Ying Huo (2019-2021), Master's, after Kopelman Lab: PhD student, Pennsylvania State University, Chemistry (Cremer Group)

Ryan McLean (2019), Bachelor's, after Kopelman Lab: DDS student, University of Michigan School of Dentistry

Inbal Avinor (2019), Visiting Research Assistance from Israel

Jonathan Scher (2020-2021), Bachelor's, after Kopelman Lab: JD student, USC Gould School of Law