Star Research Group Members

Star Group Members

Nanotechnology enabled chemical sensing and energy conversion

Postdoctoral Associates

Harindra Vedala

Ph.D. Florida International University
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Office: 117 Eberly Hall

Phone: 412-624-8303

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Saad Hasan

Ph.D. Vanderbilt University
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Office: 141 Eberly Hall

Phone: 412-624-8303

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Graduate Students

	Pingping Gou M.Sc. Brown University visit my site Office: 117 Eberly Hall Phone: 412-624-8303 Email:		Yanan Chen B.Sc. Nanjing University visit my site Office: 117 Eberly Hall Phone: 412-255-0654 Email:
	Mengning Ding B.Sc. Nanjing University visit my site Office: 117 Eberly Hall Phone: 412-255-0654 Email:		Yifan Tang B.Sc. Nanjing University visit my site Office: 117 Eberly Hall Phone: 412-255-0654 Email:
	Gregg P. Kotchey B.Sc. University of Pittsburgh visit my site Office: 117 Eberly Hall Phone: 412-624-8303 Email:		Yong Zhao B.Sc. University of Science and Technology of China visit my site Office: 117 Eberly Hall Phone: 412-624-8303 Email:
	Brian Barth B.Sc. University of Pittsburgh Office: 125 Eberly Hall Phone: 412-624-8303 Email:		Ian Feigel B.Sc. Erskine College visit my site Office: 117 Eberly Hall Phone: 412-624-8303 Email:
	Hao Bai B.Sc. Peking University visit my site Office: 117 Eberly Hall Phone: 412-624-8303 Email:		Gordon (Cheuk Fai) Chiu B.Sc. Temple University visit my site Office: 141 Eberly Hall Phone: 412-624-8303 Email:
	Zachary Michael B.Sc. Gannon University Office: 141 Eberly Hall Phone: 412-624-8303 Email:		Wanji Seo B.Sc. Ohio State University visit my site Office: 141 Eberly Hall Phone: 412-624-8303 Email:

Undergraduate Students

Muhammad Salim

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Kelley Hammon

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Star Group Pictures

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, 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.	ICx Technologies
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
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
Paul Griffith	Undergrad researcher, 2010-11	University of Pittsburgh

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