Graduate Students

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Ameer Hamza – 2nd year

Caroline Sabanos – 2nd year

B.A. Chemistry 2023, Boston University
Research: Investigating transition metal-based molecular catalysts for the conversion of CO2 to liquid products
Contact: sabanos@usc.edu

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Xinchen (Michael) Huang – 1st year

B.Sc. Chemistry 2025, Wake Forest University
Research: Dithiolene-based metal-organic frameworks for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution from water
Contact: xinchenh@usc.edu

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Robert Lam – 1st year

Undergraduate Students

Jonathan Okamura – Senior

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Rodrigo Cruz Ceja – Senior

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