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Group Photo – April 2026
Left to Right: Peter Sues (left), Quinton Sowrey (middle), and Maxwell Schankula (right).
Current Group Members
Maxwell Schankula
Undergraduate Researcher
September 2025 – Present
Hometown: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
email: [email protected]
Quinton Sowrey
Undergraduate Researcher
September 2025 – Present
Hometown: Novar, Ontario, Canada
email: [email protected]
Alumni
M. Tofayel Ahmed
Graduate Student
M.S. 2024
Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Current Affiliation: Graduate Student at University of Wyoming
Andrea Altamira
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. 2019
Hometown: Edinburg, Texas, USA
Current Affiliation: Childcare Activities Specialist at COTA Enterprises Inc.
Emma Archer
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. 2020
Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Current Affiliation: Darleane C. Hoffman Postdoctoral Fellow at Lawrence Berkely National Laboratories
Paul Brophy
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. 2024
Hometown: Yuma, Colorado, USA
Current Affiliation: Graduate Student at Baylor University
Ruchi Chauhan
Graduate Student
M.S. 2019
Hometown: Palwal, Haryana, India
Current Affiliation: Graduate Student at Kansas State University
Denea Clark
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. 2022
Hometown: Wichita, Kansas, USA
Current Affiliation: Operations Engineer at Flint Hills Resources, Pine Bend Refinery
Carson Cole
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. 2025
Hometown: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Current Affiliation: MBA Student at Kansas State University
Elizabeth Cooper
Graduate Student
M.S. 2021
Hometown: Marion, Kansas, USA
Current Affiliation: Scientist at Spirit Aerosystems
Jordan Gipper
Graduate Student
Ph.D. 2025
Hometown: Mount Morris, Illinois, USA
Current Affiliation: Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Kansas
Casey Howard
Graduate Student
M.S. 2019
Hometown: Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Current Affiliation: Business Development Manager at SGS Beta
Nathan Marshall
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. 2021
Hometown: Hutchinson, Kansas, USA
Current Affiliation: Software Engineer at Garmin Laboratories
Dola Mazumder
Graduate Student
Ph.D. 2026
Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Current Affiliation: General Chemistry Laboratory Instructor at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Graham Moran
Graduate Student
B.S. 2023
Hometown: Kankakee, Illinois, USA
Current Affiliation: Graduate Student at Kansas State University
Charlotte Ochs
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. 2024
Hometown: Jetmore, Kansas, USA
Current Affiliation: Paralegal at Dierks Law Firm
Samuel Overbey
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. 2023
Hometown: Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
Current Affiliation: Quality Control Analyst at REPCO
Sayantani Saha
Postdoctoral Researcher
2022
Hometown: Kalna, West Bengal, India
Current Affiliation: Senior Research Associate at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M. Sachithra Somachandra
Graduate Student
Ph.D. 2025
Hometown: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Current Affiliation: Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Earlham College
Logan Trowbridge
Graduate Student
Ph.D. 2024
Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Current Affiliation: R&D Scientist at Sentio Biosciences