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

Julia George Barnes

Julia George Barnes

Business Manager

Molly Peek

Molly Peek

Senior Lab Manager

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

Stefano Ippolito

Stefano Ippolito

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

Geetha Valurouthu

Geetha Valurouthu

PhD Student

Jamal AlHourani

Jamal AlHourani

PhD Student

James B. FitzPatrick

James B. FitzPatrick

PhD Student

Kateryna Shevchuk

Kateryna Shevchuk

PhD Student

Lingyi Bi

Lingyi Bi

PhD Student

Sokhna Dieng

Sokhna Dieng

PhD Student

Tetiana Hryhorchuk

Tetiana Hryhorchuk

PhD Student

Teng Zhang

Teng Zhang

PhD Student

Ikel Hernandez

Ikel Hernandez

PhD Student

Masters Students

Yash Athreya

Yash Athreya

Master Student

Visiting Scholars

Ipek Deniz Yıldırım

Ipek Deniz Yıldırım

Visiting Researcher

Oleksiy Gogotsi

Oleksiy Gogotsi

visiting researcher

Veronika Zahorodna

Veronika Zahorodna

Visiting Researcher

Eleonora Pargoletti

Eleonora Pargoletti

Visiting Researcher

Undergraduate Students

Aidan Cotton

Aidan Cotton

Lab Assistant

Lucy Plant

Lucy Plant

Lab Assistant

Prastuti Upadhyay

Prastuti Upadhyay

Lab Assistant

Yan Burets

Yan Burets

Lab Assistant