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Our Research Advisor

B.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1991

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996

Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology, 1999

Learn More about Jon Here.

The Team

The Wilker Lab is a blend of graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, traveling scholars, and undergraduate researchers - all in pursuit of growth and knowledge.

 

All emails have "@purdue.edu" as their domain.

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Dr. Alex Lancelot
email: alancelo

Postdoc

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Dr. Aishwarya Menon
email: menon54

Co-Advisor: Dr. Julie Liu

Postdoc

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Clayton Westerman
email: westerc

Graduate Student

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Mitchell E. Meger
email: mmeger

Graduate Student

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Nevin Naren
email: naren

Graduate Student

Cindy L. Atencio-Martínez
email: catenci

Graduate Student

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Richard Godsel
email: rgodsel

Graduate Student

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Isabelle Schaekel
email: ischaek

Graduate Student

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Mikołaj Balawender
email: mbalawen

Graduate Student

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Myah Webb
email: webb156

Graduate Student

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Aaron Mena
email: mena1

Graduate Student

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Bodhi Scott
email: crscott
School of Materials Engineering

Undergraduate

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Aidan Brown
email: brow2033
School of Chemical Engineering

Undergraduate

Our Alumni:

Postdocs and Visiting Scientists

  • Tuhin Subhra Pal, visiting 2022-23 - SERB Overseas Visiting Doctoral Fellow - Graduate Student at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

  • Dr. Stephen Taylor, postdoc 2011-2012 - scientist at Shepherd Chemical

  • Harold McCarron, visiting 2010 - instructor at University of Southern Indiana

  • Hyung Joon Cha, visiting 2007 - associate professor at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea

  • Dr. Glenn Westwood, postdoc 2004-2006 - Mallinckrodt Baker, Phillipsburg, NJ

  • Dr. Jennifer Monahan, postdoc 2001-2003 - assistant professor at St. Louis University, MO

Graduate students

  • Jennifer M. García Rodríguez, PhD 2023

  • Bradley McGill, PhD 2022 - Lead Scientist at Labcorp

  • Taylor A. Jones, PhD 2020 - Research and Development scientist 

  • Amelia Putnam, PhD 2020 - NRC Research Associate at the Air Force Research Laboratory

  • S. Lee Huntington, PhD 2020 - Scientist at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division 

  • Heather Siebert, PhD 2019 - Scientist at EAG Laboratories (Eurofins Materials Science), Maryland Heights, MO

  • Andrés Tibabuzo, PhD 2019 - Postdoc at University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Natalie Hamada, PhD 2018 - Research Associate at the Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster University

  • Michael Mazzotta, PhD 2017 - Research Chemist at Eastman

  • Shannon Daily, MS 2017

  • Michael North, PhD 2016 - Scientist at Colgate-Palmolive Company

  • Chelsey Del Grosso, PhD 2016 - Postdoc at Delft University of Technology

  • Michael Johnston, PhD 2015 - Advanced Materials Engineer at Southern Research

  • Erik Alberts, PhD 2015 - US Army Engineer Research and Development Center

  • Jessica Román, PhD 2015 - Senior member of technical staff at Sandia National Labs

  • Cori Jenkins, PhD 2015 - Postdoc at Caltech, now assistant professor of chemistry at Ball State University

  • Heather Meredith, PhD 2015 - Materials Engineer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

  • Cristina Matos-Perez, PhD 2011 - Scientist at BASF

  • James White, PhD 2010 - Postdoc at Tufts University

  • Jeremy Burkett, PhD 2010 - Assistant Professor at University of Great Falls, MT

  • Mildred Rodriguez, PhD 2009 - Scientist at Gilead

  • Joshua Cloud, MS 2009 - Alkermes, OH

  • Jessi Fautch, PhD 2008 - Assistant Professor at York College, PA

  • Sarah Gentry, MS 2007 - Genzyme, Boston, MA

  • Megan Knagge, PhD 2007 - Science writer in North Carolina

  • Steve Howell, MS 2006 - Grad Student in Sport Management and Economics at Purdue University

  • Trinity Horton, MS 2005 - Celanese, TX

  • Beth Hamilton, PhD 2005 - Scientist at Monsanto, St. Louis, MO

  • Mary Sever, PhD 2005 - Assistant Professor at Barnard College, NY

  • Jamie Weisser, MS 2005 - Central Regional Crime Lab, Phoenix, AZ

Research Technicians

  • Thomas McCarthy, BS 2010 - graduate student at Penn State

  • Chris Clark - graduate student in chemistry at Purdue University

 

Undergraduates

  • Sebastian Gomez Combellas, SURF Intern

  • Kaniese I. Mack, SURF Intern

  • Shawn Belongia

  • Morgan Heidingsfelder

  • Ashley Nguyen, SURF intern

  • Yamil Adorno, BS 2021

  • John Sloan, BS 2021

  • Elizabeth R Nichols, BS 2021

  • Ian Bretz

  • Natalie Renfro, BS 2020

  • Michael Lengel, BS 2019

  • Ai Jennifer Kobayashi

  • Narelli Narcisso, SURF intern

  • Dominic Sanchez

  • Courtney Yonkers

  • Peter Stark

  • Nicolás M. Morato Gutiérrez, SURF intern, graduate student at Purdue University

  • Jennifer M. García Rodríguez, SROP intern - graduate student at Purdue University

  • Victor Roman

  • Jenna DeSousa, BS 2015 - graduate student at Vanderbilt University, TN

  • Gwendolyn Snyder, BS 2015

  • Katherine Allemeier, BS 2015 - applying to graduate schools for Fall 2016

  • Stephanie Edwards, BS 2012 - scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Kevin Chang, BS 2012 - graduate student at Ohio State

  • Robert Clegg, BS 2011 - scientist at BASi

  • Alison Mattes, BS 2009 - Henkel, Milwaukee, WI

  • Josh Calvert

  • Greg Doddridge - Eli Lilly

  • Katie Renouf - graduate student at University of St. Andres, Scotland

  • Michael Dowd - graduate student at University of California-San Diego, CA

  • Jonathan Gortat, BS 2002 - Purdue Research Foundation

  • Ellie Hattery - U.S. Air Force

  • Lauren Hight, SURF intern - graduate student at Purdue University

  • Dana Holcomb, BS 2004 - post doc at Boston University, MA

  • Alex Huang

  • Marcus Lee - the Peace Corps

  • Dave Linson, BS 2000 - Eli Lilly

  • Tiffany Mills

  • Iren Mungo - medical school

  • Brian Neel - graduate student in psychology at University of Chicago, IL

  • Shara Pettit (now Compton), BS 2004 - visiting assistant professor, Roosevelt University

  • Jesica Ryczko

  • Andrew Shrum

  • Hailey Stowe, BS 2002 - Pharmicia, Skokie, IL

  • Mike Walls, BS 2002 - E-Ink

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