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