Texas State University Faculty
Texas State SEED Faculty & Liason
University of Texas MRSEC Faculty
Dr. Joaquin Resasco
Doctoral PREM Researchers
Moriom Afiza
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization: (Betancourt Lab)
Khorshed Alam
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization: MBE growth GeCSn thin films for On chip silicon photonics laser (Wistey Lab)
Scott Barrett
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization: Advancement of Renewable Energy via Organic Chemistry (Brittain Lab)
Sakib Bhuiyan
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization: Synthesis and Characterization of Photothermal Hydrogels (Betancourt Lab)
Shuvo Brahma
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization: Vapor phase deposition of Electroactive polymers on nanofiber (Betancourt Lab)
Keya Das
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization: Nanotechnology-Enabled Multimodal Therapy for Neuroblastoma (Betancourt Lab)
Malay Kumar Das
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization: Thermodynamic Investigation of G-triplex DNA and Ligand Interactions (Kerwin Lab)
Adrian Fernandez
IMBC: Developing novel water soluble and stimuli reponsive rylene dye based based assemblies (Kerwin Lab)
John Miracle
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization: (Theodoropoulou Lab)
Mohammed Reaz Rahman Munna
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization: MBE growth GeCSn thin films for On chip silicon photonics laser (Wistey Lab)
Zachary Naymik
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization (Rhodes Lab)
Shivam Nigam
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization: Gate define quantum dots on 2d materials (Miyahara Lab)
Rajendra Rai
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization: Microscopy (Miyahara Lab)
M.S. PREM Researchers
Honest Obuye
M.S. Chemistry: Effect of Reaction Conditions on Electrically Wired Manganese Oxide-Carbon Nanocomposite Cathodes for Alkaline Zinc Batteries (Rhodes Lab)
Jackelyn Rodriguez
M.S. Chemistry: Effect of Carbon Substrate and Anion Environment within Nickel Hydroxide Cathodes on Electrochemical Performance of Nickel-Zinc Batteries (Rhodes Lab)
Tyler Sheppard
M.S. Physics: (Theodoropoulou Lab)
Diksha Wagle
M.S. Chemistry: Effect of Reactants on Structure and Properties of Nickel–Aluminum Hydroxide Cathodes for Nickel–Zinc Batteries (Rhodes Lab)
Undergraduate PREM Researchers
Aiden Amorella-Taylor
B.S. (Brittain Lab)
Alexander Arlott
B.S. Laser induced reduction of iron oxides (Martin Lab)
Subodh Aryal
B.S. Mechanical Engineering: Fabrication and Optical Study of Moire Patterns in Twisted 2D Heterostructures (Miyahara Lab)
Sulakshi Balasooriya
B.S. Biochemistry (Kerwin Lab)
Shreejal Bhattarai
B.S. (Miyahara Lab)
Melany Bouyer
Randilynn Brownlee
B.S. Chemistry (Betancourt Lab)
Anup Chalise
B.S. Biochemistry: Synthesis and photopnysical characterization of benzimidazole-pyrazine based fluorophores from N-alkynylazoles (Kerwin Lab)
Tegan Dagley
B.S. Biochemistry: Exploration of the Aza-Bergman Cyclization of Dialkynylpyrazoles (Kerwin Lab)
Mahesh Ghimire
B.S. Mechanical Engineering: Vapor Phase Deposition of Electroactive Polymer in Nanofibers (Betancourt Lab)
Dipti Koirala
B.S. Electrical Engineering: Fabrication and Optical Characterization of Moiré patterns in twisted 2-D h-BN.
(Miyahara Lab)
Golnoosh Rahnama Moghaddam
B.S. Electrical Engineering (Theodoropoulou Lab)
Braden Oddo
B.S. Electrical Engineering: (Theodoropoulou Lab)
Utsab Pandey
B.S. Mechanical Engineering: Ag-Coated Optical Fiber for Mechanical Parametric Amplification and Noise Squeezing of Atomic Force Microscopy Cantilever (Miyahara Lab)
Ashok Paudel
B.S. Electrical Engineering: DNA Dumbbells (Miyahara Lab)
Jacob Petrekovich
B.S. (Brittain Lab)
Deena Reinikka
B.S. Animal science: Bisazobenzene Aqueous Batteries (Brittain Lab)
Connor Rocha
B.S. Biochemistry: Ligand Synthesis for Cu-Cat. C-N couplings (Kerwin Lab)
Arriana Salazar
B.S. Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (Betancourt Lab)
Nathalia Sauceda
B.S. (Brittain Lab)
Amelia Scott
B.S. Microbiology: Dynamic Reconfigurable Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications
(Betancourt Lab)
Apar Timsina
B.S. Mechanical Engineering: Fabrication and Characterization of Fine-Tuned Silver-Coated Fiber for Interferometric Force Sensing in AFM (Miyahara Lab)
Liam Van Ronk
B.S. Biochemistry: Photothermal hydrogels (Betancourt Lab)
Clayton Wardwell
B.S. (Martin Lab)
Nikki Ziaei
B.S. (Kerwin Lab)
PREM Affiliates
Jesus Adame-Solorio
Post-Doctoral Scholar (Rhodes Lab)
Md Shamsul Alam
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization: N-Alkynyl Azoles as Versatile Synthons for Green Synthesis, Diradical Chemistry, and Functional Materials (Kerwin Lab)
Keegan Bailey
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization: (Rhodes Lab)
Nicolas Bueno Ponce
M.S. Biochemistry: (Betancourt Lab)
Sam Cantrell
(Theodoropoulou Lab)
Nazwa Chowdhury
M.S. Physics: (Miyahara Lab)
Seemanta Deb
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization: Self-Association of EYES ABSENT Protein (Lewis Seed Lab)
Hailey Dudley
M.S. Biochemistry: Engineering Thermoresponsive Perylene Diimides for G-Quadruplex Targeting (Kerwin Lab)
Bella Fancher
B.S. Biochemistry: (Kerwin Lab)
Dahlia Gaspar
B.S. Mechanical Engineering: Hydrogels for an on demand delivery drug (Betancourt Lab)
Bijay Khanal
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization:: New Physics at the interface between thin film superconductors and topological magnets (Satchell SEED Lab)
Kelvin Kyalo
M.S. Physics: (Theodoropoulou Lab)
Biddhut Lamichhane
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization: (WisteyLab)
Natalie Lerma
B.S. Radiology Therapy: Nanofiber-based scaffolds for tissue regeneration (Betancourt Lab)
Md Mahamudul Hasan
Rigo Mayorga-Luna
Brandon Melo Landero
B.S. (Martin Lab)
Chris Ortiz
B.S. (Betancourt Lab)
Durva Patel
M.S. (Brittain Lab)
Priyanshi Patel
M.S. Physics (Miyahara Lab)
Andrew Pham
B.S. (Martin Lab)
William Pollack
M.S. Chemistry: Characterization of high entropy oxide catalysts by annealing nitrate metal salts onto titanium substrates via laser synthesis (Martin Lab)
Jason Sawyer
B.S. (Martin Lab)
Lana Welch
B.S. (Martin Lab)
Rabin Gaihre
(Miyahara Lab)
Prakash Thapa
(Miyahara Lab)
Jaycee Clark
B.S. (Martin Lab)
PREM Alumni
PREM Alumni
Bekzat Abubakirov
B.S. (Brittain Lab)
Eniola Adegbola
B.S. Biochemistry: Evaluation of PEDOT Nanoparticles in Neuroblastoma Differentiation (Betancourt Lab)
Sunil Adhikari
Ayodeji Akinloye
Luis Albiter
Postdoctoral Researcher: Ruthenium-Zirconium Oxides for Highly Stable Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts (Rhodes Lab)
Kobe De La Paz
B.S. Microbiology: Optimization of PEDOT Nanoparticle Preparation (Betancourt Lab)
Augustus Arbogast
M.S. Materials Physics: Group IV Semiconductors (Wistey Lab)
Kathleen Bailey
B.S. Chemistry: Evaluation of Metal Substituents on Structure & Electrical Properties of Zirconium & Tin Oxide (Rhodes Lab)
Nikki Broussard
B.S. Microbiology: The Synthesis and Utility of Novel N-Alkynyl Azoles (Kerwin Lab)
Natalie Brown
Abby Bosket
Ellee Bounds
B.S. Biology: Preparation of miRNA-loaded nanoparticles for the treatment of neuroblastoma (Betancourt Lab)
George Bruen
B.S. Industrial Engineering: Designing and fabricating battery and electrolyzer cells (Rhodes Lab)
Warren Burke
Camden Caffey
B.S. Chemistry: High Energy Ball Milling to make Mixed Metal Oxide Oxygen Evolution Electrocatalysts (Rhodes Lab)
Emily Camera
Edith Collins
Carter Cunningham
B.S. Chemistry: Synthesis of Conductive Polymer Bottle Brushes (Irvin Lab)
Emma Die
Haley Dutton
Denally Escalona
Adrian Fernandez
Viola Fieglein
PhD IMBC: Utilization of ortho- and para- substituted azobenzene for concerted and controlled photoswitching (Brittain Lab) (Moved to Jacobs Lab)
Idania Galvan
B.S. Biology: Development of Strategies for Active Targeting of PLA-PEG Nanoparticles (Betancourt Lab)
Jacobo Garza
B.S. Biochemistry: Physical and Chemical Characterization of Putative G-Triplex-Forming DNA Oligonucleotides (Kerwin Lab)
Ben Gibson
Austin Gillette
B.S. Biochemistry: Exploring solid solution of Molybdenum-Tungsten-Sulfides using laser heating (Martin Lab)
Kayley Green-Tooney
Suzanna Griffin
Jacob Guerrero
Mariah Gutierrez
B.S. Biochemistry/Marketing: Development of Strategies for Active Targeting of PEDOT Nanoparticles (Betancourt Lab)
Chloe Hansom
Grace Haya
Ikel Hernandez
B.S. Physics: Surface potential measurements of SrTiO3 films on Si using Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (Theodoropoulou Lab)
Isabella Horcha
B.S. Chemistry: Laser Synthesis of Rutile Solid Solutions for Improved Electrocatalytic Activity (Martin Lab)
Yordanos Kinfe
B.S. Biochemistry: Dynamic Reconfigurable Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications (Betancourt Lab)
Dean Koehne
Patrick Kollias
M.S. Physics: Resistive Switching Behavior in SrTiO3/Si Thin Films (Theodoropoulou Lab)
Hector Lazaro
Skyler Lindsey
B.S. Physics (Theodoropoulou Lab) Now: Starting PhD in physics at University of Delaware
Nicholas Lontkowski
Diego Luna
Marc Maldonado
Jaret Manley
M.S. Chemistry: Effect of Nickel Hydroxide Cathode Composition on Electrochemical Performance of Nickel-Zinc Batteries
(Rhodes Lab)
Alan Martinez
B.S. Chemistry: Laser synthesis and characterization of metal oxides on metal surfaces (Martin Lab)
Mason Mault
Aleena Medrano
B.S. Animal Science: Preparing and characterizing azobenzene compounds (Brittain Lab)
Christy Meyer
Sarah Mitchell
M.S. Biochemistry: Modulation of Cancer Immunogenicity by PEDOT Nanoparticle-Mediated Photothermal Therapy (Betancourt Lab)
Juanangel Montemayor
B.S. Physics: Quantum and electromagnetic properties of CdTel or ZnTel solar panels annealed with other metals
Ezequiel (Zeke) Montes
Len Mouer
B.S. (Brittain Lab)
Jennifer Navarro
Shashank Neupane
Tan Nguyen
Alison Nichols
M.S. Physics: Low-Temperature Electronic Properties of PbTe doped with Tl grown on CdTe (211)B by MBE (Theodoropoulou Lab)
Ifeanyi Nwanegbo
Iris Okoro
B.S. Electrical Engineering: Automating Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy (Miyahara Lab)
Josue Osorio
B.S. Biochemistry: Creating a PLGA-PEI-miRNA nanovector to reprogram neuroblastoma cancer cells in vitro (Betancourt Lab)
Mackenzie Otakpor
Madeleine Pastore
Ethan Patterson
B.S. Electrical Engineering (Wistey Lab) Now: Pursuing internship
Jessica Peterson
Gabriel Pohlman
Eunice Rodriguez
B.S. Clinical Laboratory Science: Incorporation of RGD peptide into PEG-MAL hydrogels for cell encapsulation (Betancourt Lab)
Lilian Roe
B.S. Biology: Development of Strategies for Active Targeting of PEDOT Nanoparticles (Betancourt Lab)
Greta Sanchez
Marvin Santiago
Layne Sauer
Alex Sharpton
B.S. (Martin Lab)
Riley Sheikh
B.S. Chemistry: (Martin Lab)
Cory Silguero
B.S. Chemistry: Nanostructure Synthesis and Analysis via X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (Rhodes Lab)
Caleb Solis
Venus Stanton
B.S. Chemistry: Esterifcation of Ragweed-sourced Cellulose for Production of Cellulose Acetate Nanofibers (Irvin Lab)
Madeline Tello*
Kushal Thapa
Edgar Torres
B.A. Communication Studies & B.S. Chemistry: Laser Synthesis of Tungsten Sulfide (Martin Lab)
Adelyne Towne
B.S. Biochemistry: Synthesis of Conductive Polymer Bottle Brushes (Irvin Lab) (Moved to Dr. Karen Lewis Lab)
Michael Urena
M.S. Chemistry: Evaluation of Catalysts & Catalyst Layers on Proton-Exchange Membrane (PEM) Electrolyzer Performance and Durability (Rhodes Lab)
Edna Vasquez
Isaiah Velazquez
Sarah Weisbrodt
Joanna Zepeda
B.S. Biology: Synthesis of photothermally active hydrogels (Betancourt Lab)
Dillon Gee
B.S. Biology: Leveraging Star-like PEG Macromolecule Valence to Improve the Tunability of Drug Delivery from Hydrogels (Betancourt Lab) (part of URISE program)
McKenzie Siller
B.S. Biochemistry: Nanoparticles with miRNA in treatment of neuroblastoma (Betancourt Lab)
Mal Millholland
B.S. Chemistry: Laser Synthesis of Mixed Metal Spinel Materials for the Oxidation Reduction Reaction (Martin Lab)
Eryn Russel
B.S. Chemistry: Laser synthesis of ilminites (Martin Lab)
Mego Paquet
B.S. Chemistry: Laser synthesis of titanium nitrides (Martin Lab)
Lucas Ferguson
B.S. (Kerwin Lab)
Junaid Ur Rehman
PhD Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization: Polymer nanocomposites for water purification (Betancourt Lab)
Elissa Avila
B.S. Physics (Theodoropoulou Lab)
Barnabas Valenti
B.S. Physics: DNA Quantum dots (Miyahara Lab)
Nicolas Bueno Ponce
B.S. Biochemistry: Dynamic agar hydrogels with hyaluronic acid (Betancourt Lab)
Brandon Taylor
B.S: Preparation of miRNA-loaded nanoparticles for the treatment of neuroblastoma (Betancourt lab) (part of URISE program)
Juan Martinez
B.S. (Theodoropoulou Lab)
Makena Burns
M.S. Chemistry: Laser synthesis of iron cobalt spinel oxides for oxygen evolution reaction (OER) catalysis (Martin Lab)
Michael Goodman
M.S. Physics: Imaging 2D materials using advanced AFM techniques (Miyahara Lab)
Ben Williams
B.S. Kornienko Lab (previously Brittain Lab)
Dashiell Bradley Smith
B.S. Structural and Electrochemical Characterization of Y₂Ru₂O₇ Pyrochlores for Oxygen Evolution Catalysis
(Rhodes Lab)
Stephanie Espinosa
B.S. Physics (WisteyLab)
Stuart Plaugher
B.S. Electrical Engineering (Miyahara and Wistey Lab)
Sydney Mock
B.S. Physics (Satchell SEED Lab)
Ian Morgan
B.S. Chemistry & Criminal Justice: Laser Synthesis of Cobalt Molybdate for the Oxidation Evolution Reaction (Martin Lab)
Aidan Gustafson
B.S. Biochemistry: Characterization of EYA1 and EYA2 N-Terminal Hydrogels (Lewis SEED Lab)
PREM Staff
Mariah Gutierrez
PREM CIMA Administrative Assistant II