Team members

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)

• Associate Editor,  ACS Electrochemistry, 2026
• 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)

• University of Utah Postdoc Travel Assistance Award 2026

Project: photo/catalytic isotope labeling

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)

• University of Utah Postdoc Travel Assistance Award 2026

Project: electrochemical hydrogen isotope labeling

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)

• University of Utah Postdoc Travel Assistance Award 2026

Project: Grain boundary material synthesis and applications

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, Michael (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

• NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (NSF MPS-Ascend) 2025.

Sreekumar, Sreesaila

4th 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

Organiscak, Marisa

3rd  Year Graduate Student
B.S., West Virginia University (2020 – 2023)

Project: AC electroorganic synthesis

Tran, Nguyen

3rd Year Graduate Student
B.S., International University, Vietnam National University, Vietnam (2020 – 2024)

Project: PFAS sensing and analysis

Sgro, Griffyn

2nd Year Graduate Student
B.S. Wayne State University (2021-2025)

Project: AC electroorganic synthesis

Ambrose, Connor

1st Year Graduate Student

B.S., University of Florida (2021-2025)

• NSF GRFP Fellowship 2026

Project: AC electroorganic synthesis

Gravois, Kimberly

Undergraduate Student

• Poster Presentation Award at College of Science symposium 2025

Project: PFAS sensing and analysis