Group Members

Dr. Sanajit Kumar Mandal

Ph.D. Chemistry, 2024

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India

Advisor: Prof. Joyanta Choudhury

Jeremiah C. Choate – 6th year

B.Sc. Chemistry 2020, Colorado State University
NSF Graduate Fellow
Research: Optimization of immobilized Re tricarbonyl catalysts for CO₂ reduction
Contact: choate@usc.edu

Kenny Y. Koga – 5th year

B.Sc. Chemistry 2021, Oregon State University
Research: Phosphine-thiolate based electrocatalysts for CO₂ reduction and hydrogen evolution
Contact: kkoga@usc.edu

Yashna Khakre – 5th year

M.S. Chemistry 2021, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal
Research: Dithiolene-based metal-organic frameworks for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water
Contact: khakre@usc.edu

Germany P. Diaz De la Cruz – 5th Year

B.Sc. Chemistry 2021, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Research: Dithiolene-based mixed metal-organic frameworks for water electrolysis
Contact: diazdela@usc.edu

Israel Silva Jr. – 4th year

B.Sc. Chemistry 2021, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Research: Synthetic control of conjugated Mn bipyridine polymers for electro- and photo-catalytic CO₂ reduction
Contact: israelsi@usc.edu

Ashley Tu Anh Nguyen – 4th year

B.A. Chemistry 2022, Whitman College
Research: Conductive dithiolene-based metal-organic frameworks with tunable transport properties
Contact: tuanhn@usc.edu

Adya Anwesa Mahapatra – 3rd year

M.S. Chemistry 2023, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneshwar
Research: Phosphinothiolate molecular complexes for CO₂ reduction reaction and generation of clean energy sources
Contact: aamahapa@usc.edu