Chemistry & Biochemistry
Efrain E. Rodriguez
Principal Investigator
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Originally from West Texas, Efrain received his degrees from MIT and UC Santa Barbara. More on Efrain from the faculty page profile. For full CV click here, for short CV click here.
Ryan Stadel
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ryan received his doctorate in 2021 at Northern Illinois University. His dissertation topic was magnetic orders in the iron-pnictide superconductors, which he studied as part of the neutron and x-ray scattering group at Argonne National Laboratory. For CV, click here.
Stephanie Gnewuch
PhD Candidate
Stephanie fell in love with crystallography during her undergraduate program at Otterbein University in Westerville, OH. At Maryland she has enjoyed taking her understanding of crystallography to another dimension learning magnetic crystallography to study the symmetry of ferrotoroidic materials. She plays the violin and is learning the mandolin and viola.
Lahari Balisetty
PhD Candidate
Lahari is from Hyderabad, a city in South India. She received her Masters in Chemistry from Pondicherry University, India. Her research is focused on synthesis and structure determination of heterolayered Iron based chalcogenides. Outside lab, she enjoys spending time outdoors in nature with friends.
Huafei Zheng (郑华飞)
PhD Candidate
Huafei is from Wuhan,China. He got his Bachelor's in Chemistry at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2015. His reseach is focused on the synthesis of transiton metal chalcogenides which have intriguing quantum properties. When he is not in the lab, he enjoys photography and travel.
Mario Lopez
PhD Candidate
Mario received his B.S in chemistry at the University of Illinois, Chicago in 2018. Currently, he is interested in the magnetic properties of thiophosphate compounds and the teaching of chemistry to a general audience.. When not in the lab, Mario is an avid follower of running, history, & investments.
H. Cein Mandujano
PhD Candidate
Cein is from Chihuahua, MX, and got his bachelor's at Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, and later an M.S. in Physics at the University of Texas.
Stephanie J. Hong
Graduate Researcher
Stephanie Hong graduated from Emory University with a B.S. in Chemistry and a minor in Mathematics. Her current research involves the synthesis and characterization of oxygen storage materials. In her free time, she enjoys swimming and playing tennis.
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Akil Mondie
Graduate Researcher
Akil is from Washington DC with a bachelors degree received from the University of the District of Columbia
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