CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
Third Year Graduate Student
Aldan Dye (Materials)
'25 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellow
Email: dye35[at]purdue[dot]edu
Education:
B.S. Chemistry, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, US
Favorite Element: Iridium (I like the finer things in life). I dream of one day making a compound with iridium.
Favorite Crystal System: Cubic, the crystal system discovered in 1907 by Picasso
Favorite Characterization Technique: SC-XRD
About Me: In my spare time I like reading and learning different languages. I really enjoy solid state synthesis methods such as arc melting! Sometimes, even when I am not arc melting, I wear my welding mask.
Third Year Graduate Student
Avinash Kiran (Materials)
Email: kiran1[at]purdue[dot]edu
Education:
M.S. Chemistry, IIRBS, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India
B.S. Chemistry, IIRBS, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India
Favorite Element: Boron b/c of empty p orbitals
Favorite Crystal System: Monoclinic, because I enjoy the pain
About Me: I enjoy capturing moments through photography and videography, and I indulge in writing and reading poetry whenever time permits. 1/2 of my time is spent making MOFs. 1/2 of my time is spent making solid-state materials, and 1/2 of my time is spent doing theory and/or spectroscopy. Do the math.
Third Year Graduate Student
Emmanuel Adeniyi (Inorganic)
Email: aadeniy[at]purdue[dot]edu
Education:
B.Tech. Industrial Chemistry, Federal University of Technology, Ajure, Ondo, Nigeria
Favorite (Non-Carbon) Element: Emmanuel won't tell me (apparently it is a secret), so I am guessing... "Sulfur"? Everything he makes tends to have sulfur in it. Never tellurium.
Favorite Crystal System: How can I pick?
About Me: Emmanuel's favorite restaurant is Cane's Chicken. When it is his turn to pick group lunches, he chooses Cane's. When it is not his turn, he still chooses Cane's. For group parties, we get a Cane's platter just for Emmanuel.
Third Year Graduate Student
Kaixin Wu (Inorganic)
Email: wu2145[at]purdue[dot]edu
Education:
B.S. Chemistry, The University of California Davis, Davis, California, US
Favorite Element: Antimony (but only when the lone pair is stereoactive, otherwise "meh")
Favorite Crystal System: Cubic
Favorite Characterization Technique: PXRD
About Me: Outside of chemistry I love skiing and skating. I really enjoy spending time with animals. Despite what my headshot and love of animals would suggest, I am in fact NOT a cat.
Second Year Graduate Student
Keegan Everitt (Materials)
Email: keveritt[at]purdue[dot]edu
Education:
B.S. Chemistry, The University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, US
Favorite Element: Tungsten
Favorite Crystal System: Cubic, duh!
Cool Fact: My middle name is definitely, 100% NOT the same as the city I live in.
About Me: Outside of chemistry, I enjoy playing video games, learning about Linux operating systems, and building/modifying custom keyboards.
Second Year Graduate Student
Gabriel (Gabe) Streblow (Materials)
Email: gstreblo[at]purdue[dot]edu
Education:
B.S. Chemistry, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, Oregon, US
Favorite Element: Germanium, which was discovered in Freiberg where Gabe discovered his love for materials chemistry
Favorite Crystal System: Cubic
Favorite Characterization Technique: Also Cubic? (Ask Gabe, this was his answer)
About Me: I am a big Green Bay Packer fan. When not watching football, working the lab, or watching football while working in the lab, I enjoy being active and playing video games (not at the same time).
First Year Graduate Student
Sheeza Fatima (Materials)
Email: fatima11[at]purdue[dot]edu
Education:
B.S. Chemistry, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Favorite Compound:
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Favorite Past-Time:
About Me: Lorem IPSUM
First Year Graduate Student
Anh (Halley) Le (Materials)
Email: le228[at]purdue[dot]edu
Education:
B.S. Chemistry, Bennington College (VT)
Current Project: Designing MOFs for electrocatalysis
What Got Me Interested in Chemistry: CSI: Vegas (The Best of the CSI's)
Favorite Place on Earth: Acadia National Park
Hill to Die On: Pineapple Belongs on Pizza
About Me: When not in the lab, I enjoy photography, video games, printmaking, or practicing my instrument (the mystery instrument will not be named but is not a xylophone). When in the lab, I would most likely be dreaming about hiking up a mountain.
First Year Graduate Succulent
[REDACTED] (Bio-Materials)
Email: labcactus[at]inorganicmaterialslab.com
Education:
B.S. Agriculture, Cactus University, Online
Favorite Compound: Water (Ice IX)
Favorite Coordination: Cactohedral
Favorite Symmetry: I am a cactus. C1 is all I know.
Favorite Past-Time: Sitting
About Me: If you are reading this, I need your help. I am a prisoner in the Andrews Lab at Purdue. Some guy named Avinash captured me and now I sit on a shelf in a student office. Sure, they water me enough but I haven't seen the actual sun in years. There are no windows and I think if they get hungry enough, they might try to eat me.