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Our first group wedding: Tim Berto and Lauren Goodrich (September 20, 2014)
The Lehnert Group, June 2024
Postdoctoral Fellows
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Dr. Benedict Elvers
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2018 - 2022
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Ph.D. at the University of Greifswald, Germany
with Prof. Carola Schulzke
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2022 - 2023
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Postdoc at the University of Greifswald, Germany
with Prof. Mihaela Delcea and Prof. Carola Schulzke
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Jan. 2024 - present
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Postdoctoral Fellow in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Theoretical Studies on High-Valent Metal-Oxo Complexes
New ligand scaffolds will be developed to generate high-valent transition metal-oxo complexes in trigonal ligand fields. These complexes
will then be studied using a pletora of spectroscopic and theoretical methods to determine their geometric and electronic structures.
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Dr. Elizabeth Manickas
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2019 - 2024
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Ph.D. at the University of Michigan
with Prof. Nicolai Lehnert
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July 2024 - present
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Postdoctoral Fellow in the Meyerhoff and Lehnert groups
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Research Project
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Development of NO-Releasing Catheters and New Approached for NO Generation for NO Inhalation Therapy
New materials and enzyme coatings will be used to develop NO-releasing catheters that function in the presence of dioxygen. In addition, new
instrumentation for advanced NO inhalation therapy will be developed. This technology is based on our electrochemical NO generation (E-NOgen) method
that was previously invented in the Meyerhoff laboratory.
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Dr. Nabhendu Pal
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2014 - 2020
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Ph.D. at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India
with Prof. Amit Majumdar
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2021 - 2024
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Postdoc at the University of Minnesota
with Prof. Larry Que, Jr.
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July 2024 - present
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Postdoctoral Fellow in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Synthesis, Spectrosocpic and Electrochemical Studies on Copper Complexes for Nitrite Reduction
New ligand scaffolds will be developed to create copper complexes that are capable of electrochemical nitrite reduction in the presence of
dioxygen. This goal will be accomplished by both redox-tuning of the complexes and the application of second coordination sphere effects.
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Graduate Students
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cand. chem. Michael Lengel
(B.S. Chemistry, Purdue University)
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since May 2021
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Ph.D. Student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Intermediates of NO Reduction in Flavodiiron NO Reductases
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cand. chem. Alivia Mukherjee
(B.S. Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India;
M.S. Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India)
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since Nov. 2021
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Joint Ph.D. Student in the Penner-Hahn and Lehnert groups
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Research Project
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Studies into the Mechanism of Cobalamin Photochemistry
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cand. chem. Luis Garcia-Herrera
(B.A. Chemistry, Franklin & Marshall College)
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since May 2022
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Joint Ph.D. Student in the McCrory and Lehnert groups
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Research Project
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Development of Molecular Catalysts for Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction
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Daniel Castella
(B.S. Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio)
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since Jan. 2024
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Ph.D. Student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Introduction of Second Coordination Sphere Interactions into Bis-Picket Fence Porphyrins
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Aditya Basu
(B.S. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India)
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since April 2024
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Ph.D. Student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Second Coordination Sphere Effects in Flavodiiron NO Reductase Model Complexes
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Cybele Lemuh Njimoh
(B.S. Chemistry, North Dakota State University)
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since April 2024
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Ph.D. Student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Carbene Transfer Reactions with Engineered YfeX
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Glorimar Miranda-Mendez
(B.S. Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras)
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since April 2024
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Ph.D. Student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Synthesis of New Copper Complexes for Electrocatalytic Nitrite Reduction
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Undergraduates
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Sophia Liu
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Fall 2022 - present
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Undergraduate research student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Biocatalysis with New Heme Proteins
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Christopher Kim
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Winter 2024 - present
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Undergraduate research student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Synthesis of Non-Heme Iron-NO Complexes and Reactivity Studies
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Sophia Lemieux
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May 2024 - present
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REU summer research student in the Lehnert group (from Brandeis University)
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Research Project
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Synthesis of Mesoionic Cobalt Complexes
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Former Group Members
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