Current Graduate Students

PhD Candidates

	Tyler Alt Moran Research Group Dissertation: “Elucidating the Mechanisms of Complex Flavoprotein Dehydrogenases”
	Akitha Ariyaratne Mahapatra Research Group
	Ishika Bhatia Esipova Research Group
	Hritvik Bhosale Mahapatra Research Group
	Hannah Boler Ballicora Research Group
	Leslie Castillo Gates Research Group Dissertation: “The Regulation of Electron and Proton Transfer by Inorganic Cofactors Across Electron Transport in Photosystem II of Mesophilic Cyanobacteria”
	Mary Corrigan Liu Research Group
	Emily Dominique Renault Research Group
	Keren Flores Saavedra Devery Research Group
	Alexis Gonzalez Killelea Research Group
	Wendy Gruhl Ballicora Research Group
	Marianna Haddad Billingsley Research Group
	Bailey Hanson Li Research Group Dissertation: “Benchmarking and Method Development for the Discrete-Continuum Model with Metal Ions”
	Jayannah Herdrich Billingsley Research Group
	Scott Kaiser Renault Research Group
	Jonathon Kane Becker Research Group
	Claire Kennedy Ballicora Research Group
	Richa Khatiwada Li Research Group Dissertation: “Development and Application of Physically Motivated Force Fields for Biological Redox Systems and Metal Ion Interactions”
	Kyle Krawczykowski Moran Research Group
	Sunil Kumar Lnu Li Research Group
	Jordan MacQueen Billingsley Research Group
	Shalom Nadoff Ray Research Group
	San Nguyen Schmeling Research Group
	Christian Quinto Becker Research Group
	Kay Rath Devery Research Group
	Aryana Sayeed Ray Research Group
	Elizabeth Serna-Sanchez Killelea Research Group
	Corine Smith Moran Research Group
	Grant Steiner Gates Research Group Dissertation: “How the Green Algal Genus Chlorella Biochemically Mitigates Photoinhibition of the Photosystem II Protein Complex”
	Divya Sunkara Olsen Research Group
	Charbel al Tawny Mahapatra Research Group
	Alyssa Tovar Schmeling Research Group
	Abigail Vargas Liu Research Group Dissertation: “From Mechanism-Based Inactivation to Biosensor Development: Functional Versatility of Pyridoxal 5’-Phosphate-Dependent Enzymes and Proteins for Therapeutic Applications”
	Chloe Wilke Gates Research Group
	Matthew Williams Ciszek Research Group
	Madalyn Zagajowski Gates Research Group

as of March 11th, 2026

MS Candidates

	Demi Brown Killelea Research Group
	Elizabeth Garrelts Schmeling Research Group
	Rachel Lang
	Eric Reyes
	Zach Sabins Becker Research Group
	Jean Slavsky Ciszek Research Group
	Ethan Uberroth Liu Research Group

as of March 11th, 2026

PhD Candidates

	Tyler Alt Moran Research Group Dissertation: “Elucidating the Mechanisms of Complex Flavoprotein Dehydrogenases”
	Akitha Ariyaratne Mahapatra Research Group
	Ishika Bhatia Esipova Research Group
	Hritvik Bhosale Mahapatra Research Group
	Hannah Boler Ballicora Research Group
	Leslie Castillo Gates Research Group Dissertation: “The Regulation of Electron and Proton Transfer by Inorganic Cofactors Across Electron Transport in Photosystem II of Mesophilic Cyanobacteria”
	Mary Corrigan Liu Research Group
	Emily Dominique Renault Research Group
	Keren Flores Saavedra Devery Research Group
	Alexis Gonzalez Killelea Research Group
	Wendy Gruhl Ballicora Research Group
	Marianna Haddad Billingsley Research Group
	Bailey Hanson Li Research Group Dissertation: “Benchmarking and Method Development for the Discrete-Continuum Model with Metal Ions”
	Jayannah Herdrich Billingsley Research Group
	Scott Kaiser Renault Research Group
	Jonathon Kane Becker Research Group
	Claire Kennedy Ballicora Research Group
	Richa Khatiwada Li Research Group Dissertation: “Development and Application of Physically Motivated Force Fields for Biological Redox Systems and Metal Ion Interactions”
	Kyle Krawczykowski Moran Research Group
	Sunil Kumar Lnu Li Research Group
	Jordan MacQueen Billingsley Research Group
	Shalom Nadoff Ray Research Group
	San Nguyen Schmeling Research Group
	Christian Quinto Becker Research Group
	Kay Rath Devery Research Group
	Aryana Sayeed Ray Research Group
	Elizabeth Serna-Sanchez Killelea Research Group
	Corine Smith Moran Research Group
	Grant Steiner Gates Research Group Dissertation: “How the Green Algal Genus Chlorella Biochemically Mitigates Photoinhibition of the Photosystem II Protein Complex”
	Divya Sunkara Olsen Research Group
	Charbel al Tawny Mahapatra Research Group
	Alyssa Tovar Schmeling Research Group
	Abigail Vargas Liu Research Group Dissertation: “From Mechanism-Based Inactivation to Biosensor Development: Functional Versatility of Pyridoxal 5’-Phosphate-Dependent Enzymes and Proteins for Therapeutic Applications”
	Chloe Wilke Gates Research Group
	Matthew Williams Ciszek Research Group
	Madalyn Zagajowski Gates Research Group

as of March 11th, 2026

MS Candidates

	Demi Brown Killelea Research Group
	Elizabeth Garrelts Schmeling Research Group
	Rachel Lang
	Eric Reyes
	Zach Sabins Becker Research Group
	Jean Slavsky Ciszek Research Group
	Ethan Uberroth Liu Research Group

as of March 11th, 2026