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Ph.D. Florida International University
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Graduate Students

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B.Sc.University of Pittsburgh
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M.Sc. Brown University
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Brett Allen

B.Sc. Bethany College
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Yanan Chen

B.Sc. Nanjing University
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Mengning Ding

B.Sc. Nanjing University
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Yifan Tang

B.Sc. Nanjing University
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Gregg P. Kotchey

B.Sc. University of Pittsburgh
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Yong Zhao

B.Sc. University of Science and Technology of China
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Undergraduate Students


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Matthew Keddie

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Katherine "Kitty" Durgin

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Star Group Pictures

Star Group Summer 2009
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
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
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
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
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, M.Sc. Community College of Allegheny County
Padmakar D Kichambare Postdoc, 2005-08 University of Dayton
Yang Doo Lee Postdoc Korea University
Max Chen Postdoc Technical University of Denmark
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

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