Members.

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

Richard L. Brutchey
Professor of Chemistry

Associate Editor, Inorganic Chemistry
[email protected]
Curriculum Vitae

Yizhen Chen
Graduate Student

M.S., NYU, 2023

Han Chi
Graduate Student

B.S., UC San Diego, 2024

Kyle D. Crans
Graduate Student

B.S., Bates College, 2020

Allison P. Forsberg
Graduate Student

B.A., Barnard College, 2020

Ariana B. Nygren
Graduate Student

B.S., University of Colorado, 2024

Chris Pakhanyan
Graduate Student

B.S., Cal State Northridge, 2023

Marissa J. Strumolo
Graduate Student

B.A., Hofstra University, 2017

Zhaohong Sun
Graduate Student

B.S., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2020

Brendan Ward-O'Brien
Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., University of Manchester, 2024

Where We Are From

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