Members of Valsson Research Group
The Valsson Research Group in February 2025: Kriti, Jaya, Kabita, Aloka, Shikshya, Omar, Oriana, Logan, Sara, Pradip, and Dipesh
Principal Investigator
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
- Austin Thompson, Chemistry – April 2024 to Present
- Keiran Nelson, Computer Science – April 2024 to Present
- Danielle Walder, Chemistry – April 2024 to Present
- Sachin Gordhan, Chemistry – September 2024 to Present
- Devin Williams, Chemistry – September 2024 to Present
- Ryan Lee, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science (TAMS) – September 2024 to Present
- Bea Venice Jane Buhawe, Biochemistry – March 2025 to Present
- Daianna Vazquez, Chemistry – March 2025 to Present
- Suhita Sainathuni, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science (TAMS) – April 2025 to Present
Graduated PhD Students
- Dr. Nanning Petersen, PhD Student at the MPI for Polymer Research, Graduated in April 2024.
- Dr. Benjamin Pampel, PhD Student at the MPI for Polymer Research, Graduated in June 2022.
- Dr. Bin Song, PhD Student at the MPI for Polymer Research, Graduated in May 2022.
Alumni
- Dr. Nanning Petersen, PhD Student at the MPI for Polymer Research from October 2019 to April 2024.
- Dr. Benjamin Pampel, PhD Student at the MPI for Polymer Research from March 2018 to June 2022 and Postdoctoral Researcher at MPI for Polymer Research from July 2022 to October 2022.
- Dr. Bin Song, PhD Student the MPI for Polymer Research from October 2017 to May 2022.
- Dr. Nehzat Safaei, Postdoctoral Researcher at the MPI for Polymer Research from February 2018 to June 2021.
Visitors – University of North Texas
- Lara Alswafta, Undergraduate Student from the Southwestern University, Texas. Visited the Valsson Research Group in the Summer of 2025 under the UNT Chemistry NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program, Chemistry Research Experiences for Early-Stage Undergraduates through Collaborative HSI Partnerships (NSF Grant CHE-2447861).
- Grace Sheridan, Undergraduate Student from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Indiana. Visited the Valsson Research Group in the Summer of 2023 under the UNT Chemistry NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program, Team-Mentored Interdisciplinary Research Experiences in Chemistry for Early-Stage Undergraduates (NSF Grant CHE-1757946).
Visitors – MPI for Polymer Research in Mainz – Prior to January 2022
- Giacomo Buccella, PhD Student from Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Visited the MPI for Polymer Research from June 2021 to August 2021.
- Dr. Olga Rogacheva, Postdoctoral Researcher from Saint Petersburg State University, Russia. Visited the MPI for Polymer Research from November 2020 to March 2021 on a DAAD Grant.
- Dr. Olga Rogacheva, Postdoctoral Researcher from Saint Petersburg State University, Russia. Visited the MPI for Polymer Research from October 2019 to December 2019 on a DAAD Grant.
- Mateusz Pokora, Master Student from Lodz University of Technology, Poland. Visited the MPI for Polymer Research from October 2019 to December 2019 on a Erasmus Grant.
Older Group Photos
The Valsson Research Group in July 2023: Grace, Shikshya, Jaya, Aloka, Omar, Pradip, and Dipesh
The Valsson Research Group at MPIP Mainz in March 2018: Benjamin, Omar, Bin (Photographer - Nikita Tretyakov)