Star Research Group Members

Star Group Members

Nanotechnology enabled chemical sensing and energy conversion

Postdoctoral Associates

Nadine Kraut

Ph.D. SUNY Buffalo
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Office: 141 Eberly Hall

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Haifeng Dong

Ph.D. Nanjing University
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Office: 141 Eberly Hall

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Graduate Students

	Mengning Ding B.Sc. Nanjing University visit my site Office: 102 Eberly Hall Email:		Yifan Tang B.Sc. Nanjing University visit my site Office: 102 Eberly Hall Email:
	Gregg P. Kotchey B.Sc. University of Pittsburgh visit my site Office: 102 Eberly Hall Email:		Yong Zhao B.Sc. University of Science and Technology of China visit my site Office: 102 Eberly Hall Email:
	Hao Bai B.Sc. Peking University visit my site Office: 102 Eberly Hall Email:		Gordon (Cheuk Fai) Chiu B.Sc. Temple University visit my site Office: 141 Eberly Hall Email:
	Zachary Michael B.Sc. Gannon University Office: 141 Eberly Hall Email:		Wanji Seo B.Sc. Ohio State University visit my site Office: 102 Eberly Hall Email:
	Seth C. Burkert B.Sc. Saint Francis University visit my site Office: 141 Eberly Hall Email:		James E. Ellis Santa Clara University visit my site Office: 102 Eberly Hall Email:
	Gregory J. Morgan B.Sc. Slippery Rock University visit my site Office: 141 Eberly Hall Email:

Undergraduate Students

Kelley Hammon

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Claire Wang

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James Gaugler

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Star Group Pictures

Star Group Summer 2012(Front Row): Mengning Ding, Hao Bai, Yanan Chen, Wanji Seo, Yifan Tang, and Prof. Alexander Star
(Middle Row): Gordon Chiu, Ian Feigel and Gregg Kotchey
(Back Row): Seth Burkert, James Gaugler, Dr. Nadine Kraut, Yong Zhao, and Zachary Michael

Star Group Summer 2011(Left to Right): Pingping Gou, Gordon Chiu, Hao Bai, Zachary Michael,
Yifan Tang, Yong Zhao, Ian Feigel, Wanji Seo, Mengning Ding, Brian Barth, Gregg Kotchey,
Dr. Harindra Vedala, Prof. Alexander Star, and Yanan Chen (not pictured)

Star Group Summer 2010(Front Row): Prof. Alexander Star, Zachary Michael, Gregg Kotchey, Ian Feigel,
Yanan Chen, Yifan Tang, Mengning Ding, and Pingping Gou
(Back Row): Brian Barth, Mathew Keddie, Brett Allen, Yong Zhao, Michael Reber, and Dr. Harindra Vedala (Not Pictured)

Star Group Summer 2009(Front Row): Yifan Tang, Yanan Chen, Pingping Gou, Kitty Durgin, and Mengning Ding
(Back Row): Dr. Alex Star, Doug Kauffman, Brett Allen, Yong Zhao, Matthew Keddie, and Gregg Kotchey (Not Pictured)

Star Group Summer 2008(Front Row): Mengning Ding, Yifan Tang, Sruti Bhaumik, Yanan Chen,
Pingping Gou, and Dr. Alex Star, (Back Row): Brett Allen, Doug Kauffman, Dr. Yang Doo Lee, and Dr. Max Chen

Star Group Fall 2007(Front Row): Dr. Padmakar Kichambare, Dr. Alex Star,
Sruti Bhaumik, Pingping Gou, (Back Row): Brett Allen, Doug Kauffman, Dr. Yang Doo Lee

Star Group Summer 2006 (Front Row): Dr. Alex Star, Dr. Padmakar Kichambare, Allen Chao,
Pingping Gou, (Back Row): Doug Kauffman, Brett Allen, Oleksandr Kuzmych, Kyle Hovick, Brad Lentz,
(Not Pictured): Sruti Bhaumik, Ryan Hue, Rachel Hardenstine

Star Group Fall 2005 Dr. Padmakar Kichambare, Dr. Alex Star, Oleksandr Kuzmych

Group Alumni

Name	Group Position	Current Position
Oleksandr Kuzmych	Graduate student, 2005-07, M.Sc.	University of Warsaw
Sruti Bhaumik	Graduate student, 2007-09, M.Sc.	Community College of Allegheny County
Douglas Kauffman	Graduate student, 2005-10, Ph.D.	National Energy Technology Laboratory
Brett Lee Allen	Graduate student, 2006-10, Ph.D.	Reaxis, Inc.
Pingping Gou	Graduate student, 2005-12, Ph.D.
Brian Barth	Graduate student, 2010-12, M.Sc.
Ian Feigel	Graduate student, 2010-12, M.Sc.	Michelin North America, Inc.
Yanan Chen	Graduate student, 2008-13, Ph.D.	Bayer MaterialScience
Padmakar D. Kichambare	Postdoc, 2005-08	University of Dayton
Yang Doo Lee	Postdoc, 2007-2008	Korea University
Max Chen	Postdoc, 2008	Technical University of Denmark
Saad Hasan	Postdoc, 2011-2012	GrafTech
Harindra Vedala	Postdoc, 2010-2012	KLA Tencor
Kyle Hovick	Undergrad researcher, 2005-07	Penn State
Allen Chao	Undergrad researcher, 2005-07	Penn State
Aaron Crandall	REU summer student, 2006	University of Pittsburgh
Ryan Hue	Undergrad researcher, 2006-07	University of Minnesota
Brad Lentz	Undergrad researcher, 2006-07	University of Pittsburgh
Rachel Hardenstine	Undergrad researcher, 2006-07	Penn State, Milton S. Hersey Medical Center
Shauna Hopkins	Undergrad researcher, 2008-09	PPD, Inc.
Christie Thanh Truc Le	Undergrad researcher, 2009	University of Pittsburgh
Katherine "Kitty" Durgin	Undergrad researcher, 2009
William Saadeh	Undergrad researcher, 2009-10	AmeriCorps
Matthew Keddie	Undergrad researcher, 2009-10
Michael Reber	Undergrad researcher, 2009-11	University of Lyon
Paul Griffith	Undergrad researcher, 2010-11	University of Pittsburgh
Muhammad Salim	Undergrad researcher, 2011-12	University of Pittsburgh

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