Severin T. Schneebeli, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator

Kyle J. Colston, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Researcher

Ke Xu, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Researcher

Olav Vestrheim
Chemistry PhD Candidate

Nicholas B. Hamilton
Chemistry PhD Candidate

Mica E. Schenkelberg
Chemistry PhD Student

Daijing Nie
IPPH PhD Student

Kyle T. Faivre
Chemistry PhD Student

Anthony G. Mena
Chemistry PhD Student

Nils A. Balegamire
IPPH PhD Student

Spencer B. Gregar-Skillman
PharmD Student Researcher

Beiyun Wang
Undergraduate Researcher

Daniel W. Zou
Undergraduate Researcher

Erwin Luu
Undergraduate Researcher

Margaret Rossi
Undergraduate Researcher

Mia C. May
Undergraduate Researcher

Sho Amagai
Undergraduate Researcher

Former Postdocs

Dr. Xiaoxi Liu (2014–2015)
Research Fellow, Harvard’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Dr. Sinu C. Rajappan (2018–2020)
Postdoctoral Fellow, USM, Hattiesburg, MS

Dr. Beijun Cheng (2018–2020)
Assistant Professor, Qilu University of Technology, People’s Republic of China

Dr. Mona Sharafi (2019–2021)
NIH T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Former Graduate Students

Dr. Joseph P. Campbell (2014–2019, PhD)
Scientist at Integrity Industrial Ink Jet Integration, LLC, Lebanon, NH

Dr. Mona Sharafi (2014–2019, PhD)
NIH T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Dr. Kyle E. Murphy (2014–2019, PhD)
Assistant Professor, Tennessee Tech, Cookeville, Tennessee

Dr. Jessica L. Bocanegra (2015–2020, PhD)
Lecturer, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA

Lizhen Chen (2015–2016, MS)
Researcher working on Belt & Road Projects, People’s Republic of China

Dr. Kyle T. McKay (2016–2021, PhD)
Research Scientist at Johnson & Johnson, Inc., Philadelphia, PA

Dr. Dillon R. McCarthy (2016–2022, PhD)
Postdoctoral Scholar at Johnson & Johnson, Inc., Philadelphia, PA

Former Post Baccalaureate Researchers

Long Vuving (2022-2023, PharmD student)

Shea Bellino (2019)
Medical Student, Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont

Former Undergraduate Researchers

Mariana Benavides (Summer SURF Scholar, 2023)

Patrick T. Van Gheem (2022-2023)

Holly E. Bohlin (2022-2023)

Zackariah E. Weinert (2014–2016, BS)
Chemist at Arkema Chemical Company, Exton, PA

Alexander Olson (2015–2017, BS)
Research Technician at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA

Ian M. Cohen (2015–2017, BS)
QC Specialist at Haemtech Biopharma Services, Essex Junction, VT

Tyler J. Jaynes (2015–2018, BS Hons)
Chemistry PhD Student at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Katharine Hoi-Yan Chau (2016–2019, BS)
Lab Technician at the UVM Medical Center, Burlington, VT

Natavan Dudkina (2017–2018, BS Hons)
Chemistry PhD Student at Yale University, New Haven, CT

Reilly Osadchey Brown (2018–2020, BS Hons)
Chemistry PhD Student at Boston University, Boston, MA

Kassondra Little (2018–2020, BS Hons)
Medical Student, Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont

Ona Ambrozaite (2019–2020, BS)
Chemistry PhD Student at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Huiming Liang (Visiting Undergraduate Researcher, Summer 2021)
Chemistry PhD Student at MIT, Boston, MA

Richard Abbott (2019–2022)
Chem Scholar & Chemistry Summer Research Fellowship Recipient

Mirabella Vulikh (2021–2022)
UVM Summer Research Fellowship Award Recipient

Qingsheng Dai (2020–2022)
Chemistry Summer Research Fellowship Recipient

Former High School Researchers

Finley Killeen (2015–2016)
Undergraduate Student in Product Design, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Brandon Lee (2015–2016)
Undergraduate Student in Electrical Engineering, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Jason A. Hanna (Summer & Fall 2020)
Essex High School, Essex, VT

Mason Cutler (2020–2021)
Essex High School, Essex, VT