Principal Investigator:
C. Rose Kennedy, PhD [she/her]
James P. Wilmot Distinguished Assistant Professor of Chemistry (July 2024–present)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2020–2024)
University of Rochester
email: c.r.kennedy@rochester.edu
Full CV
Graduate Students:
Medina Afandiyeva [she/her]
Graduate Student (G5)
2024 Weissberger Memorial Fellowship
2023 Outstanding Graduate Student Award
2023 Elon Huntington Hooker Fellowship
2022 Lattimore Fellowship
2021 Sherman Clarke Fellowship
B.S. in Chemistry, 2019
University of Toronto (Canada)
Daniel Akuamoah [he/him]
Graduate Student (G4)
2022 Sherman Clarke Fellowship
B.S. in Chemistry, 2020
KNUST (Ghana)
Hailemariam Mitiku [he/him]
Graduate Student (G4)
B.S. in Biochemistry, 2019
Bradley University (US)
Vivek G. Pillai [he/him]
Graduate Student (G4)
2023 Weissberger Memorial Fellowship
2022 Sherman Clarke Fellowship
BS/MS in Chemistry, 2021
IISER Thiruvananthapuram (India)
Manana Tsiskarishvili [she/her]
Graduate Student (G2)
2023 Sherman Clarke Fellowship
BS in Chemistry, 2023
San Diego State University – Georgia
Dilmi Samarasekara Witharana [she/her]
Graduate Student (G1)
MS in Chemistry, 2024
Helsinki University (Finland)
BS in Chemistry, 2022
University of Sri Jayewardenepura (Sri Lanka)
Jin Hyeok Yoon [he/him]
Graduate Student (G1)
2024 Provost Fellowship
2024 Sherman Clarke Fellowship
MS in Chemistry, 2023
California State University – Los Angeles (US)
BS in Biochemistry, 2015
University of California – Los Angeles (US)
Postdoctoral Researchers:
Bappaditya Goswami [he/him]
Postdoctoral Researcher (PD)
PhD in Chemistry, 2023
IISER Kolkata (India)
w/ Prof.s Subhas Samanta & Pradip Kumar Ghorai
Undegraduate Students:
Rebecca Reagan [she/her]
Undergraduate Student Researcher
UR Discover Grant Awardee (2023)
University of Rochester
Class of 2025
Abe Ellenbogen [he/him]
Undergraduate Student Researcher
ACS DOC SURF Awardee (2024)
University of Rochester
Class of 2025
Matthew Gleason [he/him]
Undergraduate Student Researcher
UR Discover Grant Awardee (2024)
University of Rochester
Class of 2026
Zachary Paine [he/him]
Undergraduate Student Researcher
University of Rochester
Class of 2027
Annapurna Chakraborty [she/her]
Undergraduate Student Researcher
University of Rochester
Class of 2027
Lab Mascots:
Cupric & Ferric
Lab Mascots (K9s)
Happy Dog Certificates, 2021/2022
Young Lion Training & Behavior