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
- 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 (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)