Meet Our Team

A.J. Nanomaterials Institute is home to a diverse group of people.

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Professor Yury Gogotsi

Distinguished University and Charles T. And Ruth M. Bach Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Director, A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute

Education:

M.S., Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine
Ph.D., Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine
D.Sc., Institute of Materials Science, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine

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Administrative Staff

Jamie Banks

Jamie Banks

Assistant Director

Molly Peek

Molly Peek

Senior Lab Manager

Donald Schmit

Donald Schmit

Business Coordinator

Research Professors

Goknur Cambaz Buke

Goknur Cambaz Buke

Research Professor

Postdoctoral Researchers

Ben Davis

Ben Davis

Postdoctoral Researcher

Francesca Urban

Francesca Urban

Postdoctoral Researcher

Hyunho Kim

Hyunho Kim

Postdoctoral Researcher

Yuan Zhang

Yuan Zhang

Postdoctoral Researcher

Changhoon Park

Changhoon Park

Postdoctoral Researcher

Jongyoun Kim

Jongyoun Kim

Postdoctoral Researcher

Moses Abraham Bokinala

Moses Abraham Bokinala

Fulbright Fellow

PhD Students

Benjamin Chacon

Benjamin Chacon

PhD Student

Bita Soltan Mohammadlou

Bita Soltan Mohammadlou

PhD Student

Deniz Çakır

Deniz Çakır

PhD Student

Jamal AlHourani

Jamal AlHourani

PhD Student

James B. FitzPatrick

James B. FitzPatrick

PhD Student

Sokhna Dieng

Sokhna Dieng

PhD Student

Teng Zhang

Teng Zhang

PhD Student

Ikel Hernandez

Ikel Hernandez

PhD Student

Cliff Ng

Cliff Ng

PhD Student

Michael Prati

Michael Prati

PhD Student

Yash Athreya

Yash Athreya

PhD Student

Masters Students

Merve Arslan

Merve Arslan

Master Student

Mercedes Blanco

Mercedes Blanco

i-MESC Student

Marcel Meless

Marcel Meless

i-MESC Student

Visiting Scholars

Oleksiy Gogotsi

Oleksiy Gogotsi

visiting researcher

Veronika Zahorodna

Veronika Zahorodna

Visiting Researcher

Undergraduate Students

Lucy Plant

Lucy Plant

Co-Op Research Assistant

Prastuti Upadhyay

Prastuti Upadhyay

Co-Op Research Assistant

Jordyn Jones

Jordyn Jones

Lab Assistant

Elizabeth Feshchenko

Elizabeth Feshchenko

Creative Assistant

Manushi Patel

Manushi Patel

STAR student