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Students in the Brutchey Group learn air-free inorganic synthesis techniques along with state-of-the-art methods of materials characterization to address pressing issues related to renewable energy and sustainability. The key to our group culture is a commitment to excellence. Students are enabled with a high degree of academic freedom to innovate and exercise creative thought. We aim to attract self-responsible students and develop them into independent scientists with marketable skills.

Our Team

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Richard L. Brutchey
Professor of Chemistry

Associate Editor, Inorganic Chemistry
[email protected]
Curriculum Vitae

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Yizhen Chen
Graduate Student

M.S., NYU, 2023
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Han Chi
Graduate Student

B.S., UC San Diego, 2024
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Kyle D. Crans
Graduate Student

B.S., Bates College, 2020
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Allison P. Forsberg
Graduate Student
B.A., Barnard College, 2020
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Ariana B. Nygren
Graduate Student
B.S., University of Colorado, 2024
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Chris Pakhanyan
Graduate Student
B.S., Cal State Northridge, 2023
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Marissa J. Strumolo
Graduate Student
B.A., Hofstra University, 2017
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Zhaohong Sun
Graduate Student
B.S., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2020
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Brendan Ward-O'Brien
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., University of Manchester, 2024

Where We Are From

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Group Alumni

Graduate Student Alumni
  1. Priscilla Antunez (NSF Graduate Fellow), Assistant Director for Strategic Partnerships, Brookhaven National Lab
  2. Gözde Barim, Senior R&D Engineer, Cuberg
  3. Christopher Beier, Technical Director, Spherix Mineral Products
  4. Iris Berg, Visiting Graduate Student, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
  5. Jannise Buckley (NSF Graduate Fellow), Chief Product Officer, Ciencia Labs
  6. Sean Culver (NSF Graduate Fellow), Senior Cell Engineer, Peak Energy
  7. Matthew Franzman, Assistant Professor of Forensic Science, University of Baltimore
  8. Matthew Greaney (ACS DIC Young Investigator), Group Leader, Clariant International
  9. Lanja Karadaghi, Principal Engineer, Northrup Grumman
  10. Kristopher Koskela, Senior Process Engineer, Applied Materials
  11. Laura Lazarus, Professor of Chemistry, Fullerton College
  12. Hyeyeon Lee, Visiting Graduate Student, Gyeongsang National University (South Korea)
  13. Haipeng Lu (ACS PHYS Young Investigator), Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  14. Carrie McCarthy (NSF Graduate Fellow)
  15. Michelle Norako, Winemaker, Koehler Winery
  16. Emily Roberts (ACS Kenneth Hancock Memorial Awardee), Patent Prosecution Associate, Morrison & Foerster LLP
  17. Sara Smock (NSF Graduate Fellow), Senior Materials and Process Engineer, GKN Aerospace
  18. Bryce Tappan, Senior Scientist, SES AI Corporation
  19. Emily Williamson, AI Applications Engineer, SandBox Semiconductor
Postdoctoral Fellow Alumni
  1. Patrick Cottingham, Technology Development Engineer, Intel Corp.
  2. Elsa Couderc, Science Editor, The Conversation France
  3. Lucía Mora, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  4. Federico Rabuffetti, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Wayne State University
  5. David Webber, Chemical Hygiene Officer, USC
Select Undergraduate Student Alumni
  1. Karla Abuyen, Research Scientist, Viridian Biometals
  2. Jose Araujo, Electro Optical Engineer, Meta
  3. Marie Cuevas Heffern (NSF Graduate Fellow), Associate Professor of Chemistry, UC Davis
  4. Aaron Ghrist (NSF Graduate Fellow), Graduate Student in Applied Physics, Stanford University
  5. John Lee (NSF Graduate Fellow), Scientist II, Nurix Technologies
  6. Viridiana Pérez, CEO, NANOSentinel
  7. Emily Schueller, Principal Materials and Processes Engineer, Northrup Grumman
  8. Antonio Tinoco, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA

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Department of Chemistry
University of Southern California
1002 West Childs Way
Los Angeles, CA 90089

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