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Second Year Graduate Student

Audrey (Inorganic)

Education: B.S. Chemistry

Favorite (Non-Carbon) Element: TBD

Favorite Crystal System: TBD

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First 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: TBD

Favorite Crystal System: TBD

About Me: 

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First Year Graduate Student

Noah Davis (Inorganic)

Email: davi1835[at]purdue[dot]edu

Education:

B.S. Biochemistry, Indiana University Southeast, Albany, Indiana, US

Favorite (Non-carbon) Element: Still carbon (but also gallium)

Favorite Crystal System: Hexagonal

About Me: I am the oldest of 10 children and really enjoy being around my siblings. Outside of chemistry I enjoy all things baseball (playing, watching)!

First Year Graduate Student

Aldan Dye (Materials)

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)

Favorite Crystal System: Cubic

Favorite Characterization Technique: SC-XRD

About Me: In my spare time I like reading and learning languages. I really enjoy solid state synthesis methods such as arc melting!

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First 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 empty p orbitals

Favorite Crystal System: Monoclinic, of course

About Me: I enjoy capturing moments through photography and videography, and I indulge in writing and reading poetry whenever time permits. 

First 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.