Matzger Research Group
 
Announcements

September 2025: We're excited to have new rotators, Andrew Templeton and Tony Haskins. Glad to have you with us!

July 2025: Congratulations to Dr. Bennett on his successful defenfse!

Members - August 2025

Principal Investigator

Adam Matzger:

Professor of Chemistry and Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Ph.D. University of California-Berkeley
Organic; Polymers/Organic Materials

matzger@umich.edu

Research Scientist Collaborators

Antek Wong-Foy:

Associate Research Scientist
B.S. University of Rochester
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology

atkwong@umich.edu

Leila Foroughi:

Research Associate
B.A. Bryn Mawr
Ph.D. Univesity of Michigan

foroug@umich.edu

Post-Doctoral Fellows and Visiting Scholars
Graduate Students

Andrew Bennett:

Materials Chemistry

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Research: energetic materials
(NASA NSTGRO fellowship)

Andrew earned his B.S. in chemistry from Lewis and Clark College. Before coming to the University of Michigan, he worked in Research and Development at Fujimi Corporation.

andrewbt@umich.edu

Hochul Woo:

Macromolecular Science and Engineering

5th Year

Research: MOFs

Hochul earned his M.S. and B.S. in chemistry from Kyungpook National University in South Korea.

hcwoo@umich.edu

Nicholas Tomalia:

Materials Chemistry

4th Year

Research: energetic materials

Nick earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Saginaw Valley State University.

natomali@umich.edu

Will Kidder

Materials Chemistry

3rd Year

Research: MOFs/energetic materials

Will earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Alma College.

wkidder@umich.edu

Yulia Rakova:

Organic Chemistry

3rd Year

Research: MOFs/drug delivery

Yulia earned her B.S. in Biochemistry from University of Michigan Ann Arbor.

yrakova@umich.edu

Julia Donovan:

Organic Chemistry

3rd Year

Research: MOFs

Julia earned her B.S. in Chemistry from Emory University.

jcdonov@umich.edu

Ryan Hoffman:

Materials Chemistry

2nd Year

Research: MOFs

Ryan earned his B.S. in Biochemistry from University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).

ryanhof@umich.edu

George Fritze:

Analytical Chemistry

2nd Year

Research: MOFs

George earned his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh.

gfritze@umich.edu

Andrew Templeton:

Materials Chemistry

1st Year

Research:

Andrew earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Xavier University.

andrewte@umich.edu

Tony Haskins:

Inorganic Chemistry

1st Year

Research: energetic Materials

Tony earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Temple University.

tonyhas@umich.edu

Undergraduate Students

Evelyn Peterson:

Chemistry

Senior

Evelyn is pursuing a dual degree in chemistry and Art History at the University of Michigan.

evepet@umich.edu

Ashley Tubman:

Chemistry

Senior

Ashley is pursuing a degree in chemistry with a minor in data science at the University of Michigan.

ashtubma@umich.edu

Josephine Yeh:

Chemistry

Senior

Josephine is pursuin a major in chemistry and a minor in writing at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

josieyeh@umich.edu

Haley Froberg:

Chemistry

Senior

Haley is pursuing a degree in chemistry at the University of Michigan.

hfroberg@umich.edu

Hans Roman Cortina:

Chemistry & Chemical Engineering

Junior

Roman is pursuing a dual degree in chemistry and chemical engineering at the University of Michigan.

romancor@umich.edu

Zayd Uzzaman:

Data Science

Junior

Zyad is intending to pursue a degree in Data Science at the University of Michigan.

zaydui@umich.edu

Kenneth Jiang:

Chemistry

Junior

Kenneth is pursuing a degree in biomolecular science at University of Michigan.

jiangken@umich.edu

Alumni

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