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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

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First Year Graduate Student

Anh (Halley) Le (Materials)

Email: le228[at]purdue[dot]edu

Google Scholar

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.

CURRENT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS RESEARCHERS

Fall 2025 — Present Marty Chalasani (Sophomore, Materials Science & Engineering Major)
Fall 2025 — Present Mason Rosner (Junior, Chemistry Major)
Fall 2025 — Present Noah Merz (Sophomore, Chemistry Major)
Fall 2025 — Present Ian Soderberg (Sophomore, Materials Science & Engineering Major)
Fall 2025 — Present Anna Pruden (Sophomore, Chemistry Major)
Fall 2025 — Present Hannah Tharrington (Senior, Chemistry Major)
Spring 2025 — Present Andrew Weiland (Junior, Chemistry Major, REU @ Colorado State Chemistry)
Spring 2025 — Present Juan Mendieta (Sophomore, Chemistry Major)
Fall 2024 — Present Caisong Deng (Senior, Chemistry Major)
Spring 2024 — Present William Clifford (Senior, Chemistry Major)