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Our first group wedding: Tim Berto and Lauren Goodrich (September 20, 2014)
The Lehnert Group, July 2025
Postdoctoral Fellows
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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. 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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cand. chem. 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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cand. chem. 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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cand. chem. Nicole Fritsch
(B.S. Chemistry and English, College of William & Mary)
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since April 2025
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Ph.D. Student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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High-Valent Intermediates of the Late Transition Metals
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cand. chem. Lily Press
(B.S. Chemistry, Muhlenberg College)
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since April 2025
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Joint Ph.D. Student in the Lehnert and McCrory groups
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Research Project
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Electrocatalytic Nitrate Reduction Using Early Transition Metal Complexes
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cand. chem. Arup Sarkar
(B.S. Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India;
M.S. Chemistry, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India)
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since April 2025
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Ph.D. Student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Development of TACN Derivatives and Respective Copper Complexes for Electrocatalytic Nitrite Reduction
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Tanishqa Chaubal
(B.S.-M.S. Chemical Science, IISER Kolkata, Kolkata, India)
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since May 2026
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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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Zikang (Allen) Xu
(B.S. Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
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since May 2026
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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 Reductases
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Undergraduates
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Summer Wu
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May 2025 - present
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Undergraduate research student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Model Complexes for Flavodiiron NO Reductases and Reactivity Studies with NO
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Catherine Delaney
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Jan. 2026 - present
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Undergraduate research student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Optimization of NO-Release Catheters for Improved Oxygen Tolerance
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David Oswald
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Winter 2026 - present
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Undergraduate research student in the Lehnert group
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Research Project
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Metal Complexes of Bis-Picket Fence Porphyrins with Second Coordination Sphere Effects
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Former Group Members
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