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Luo, Long (PI)
Associate Professor
B.S., Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2005-09
Ph.D., University of Utah, 2011-14 (Advisor: Dr. Henry S. White)
Postdoc, the University of Texas at Austin, 2014-17 (Advisor: Dr. Richard M. Crooks)

  • Pittcon Achievement Award, 2025
  • Editorial board member for ACS Electrochemistry and Journal of Electrochemistry, 2024
  • Scialog Fellow for “Automating Chemical Laboratories”, 2024
  • The Royce W. Murray Young Investigator Award, 2024
  • The Sloan Research Fellowship, 2023
  • Chem Comm 2022 Emerging Investigators, 2022
  • Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2023 Young Investigators, 2022
  • Nanoscale 2022 Emerging Investigators, 2021
  • NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA), 2021
  • WSU Academy of Scholars Junior Faculty Award, 2021
  • NSF CAREER Award, 2020
  • Langmuir inaugural Early Career Advisory Board Member, 2019

long.luo@utah.edu

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Maity, Rajendra
Postdoctoral Fellow
B.S., F. M. University, India (2007-2010)
M.S., Utkal University, India (2010-2012)
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India (2012-2018)
Postdoc, Fuzhou University, China (2018-2020)
Postdoc, Postdoc, Indian Institute of Science and Research Thiruvananthapuram, India (2021-2022)

Project: photo/catalytic isotope labeling
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Behera, Nibedita
Postdoctoral Fellow
B.S., Ravenshaw University (2007-2010)
M.S., Utkal University (2010-2012)
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India (2012-2018)
Postdoc., Nanjing Technology University, China (2018-2020)
Postdoc., ICAR-CIFRI Barrackpore, India (August-December 2021)

Project: electrochemical hydrogen isotope labeling

Hazra, Atanu 
Post-doctoral Fellow 
B.S., Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India (2009-2012) 
M.S., Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India (2012-2014) 
Ph.D., Centre of Bio-Medical Research(CBMR), Lucknow, India (2015-2020) 
Research Scientist, TCG Lifesciences Pvt Ltd, Kolkata, India (2020-2022) 

Project: AC electroorganic synthesis
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Navarathna,Chanaka M 
Post-doctoral Fellow 
B.S., College of Chemical Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, Sri Lanka (2011-2014)
M.Phil., University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (2015-2017)
Ph.D., Mississippi State University (2017-2021) 
Postdoctoral Associate/Non-tenured Faculty., Mississippi State University (2021 August-2022 March)
Postdoctoral Research Scientist., Rice University (2022 April – 2023 July)

Project: PFAS sensing and analysis

Mal, Diptangshu Datta
Postdoctoral Fellow
B.S., Vidyasagar University, India (2010-2013)
M.S. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India (2013-2015)
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (2016-2022)
Postdoc., Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India (2022-2023)

Project: Grain boundary material synthesis and applications
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Rodrigo, Sachini
Postdoctoral Fellow
B.S., University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Ph.D., Wayne State University (2018-2023)

  • Graduate Student Professional Travel Award 2020, 2022
  • Thomas C. Rumble University Graduate Fellowship 2021-2022
  • David F. Boltz Award in Analytical Chemistry 2023
  • Summer Dissertation Award 2023
  • Organic Chemistry Top Graduate Student Award 2023

Project: AC electroorganic synthesis

Yang, Bingxin
Postdoctoral Fellow
B.S., Shanghai University of Engineering Science, China (2014-2018)

M.S., University of California, Riverside, US (2018-2021)
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, US (2021-2023)

Project: Sensing materials and gas sensor development

Pence, Mike (Co-advised by Prof. Shelley D. Minteer)
Postdoctoral Fellow

B.S., Indiana University (2015-2019)

Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2020-2025)

Project: AC electroorganic synthesis
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Wijesinghe, Sethma Dinushi (2022-present, co-advised by Prof. Matthew Allen at Wayne State University)

3rd Year Graduate Student

B.S., University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Project: Rare earth element extraction, separation, and analysis

Sreekumar, Sreesaila

2nd Year Graduate student
Bachelors and Masters in Science,
Integrated MSc in Chemistry,
Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham,
Amrita University, Kerala, India (2017 -2022)


Project: hydrogen isotope labeling and AC electrolysis
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Kangane Arachchige, Udeshika

2nd Year Graduate student
B.S., University of Peradeniya, Sri-Lanka (12/2014 – 01/2019 )
M.S., Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS (01/2022 -05/2023)

Project: Grain boundary materials

Organiscak, Marisa

1st Year Graduate student
B.S., West Virginia University (2020 – 2023 )

Project: AC electroorganic synthesis

Tran, Nguyen

1st Year Graduate student
B.S., International University, Vietnam National University, Vietnam (2020 – 2024)

Project: PFAS sensing and analysis
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Horn, Mitchel

Undergraduate Student

Project: wireless electrochemistry cell 

Gravois, Kaden A

Undergraduate Student

  • Poster Presentation Award at College of Science symposium 2025

Project: PFAS sensing and analysis

 

Last Updated: 3/27/25