Current Group Members

  Principal Investigator

Prof. Hao Sun

PhD Students

Tarek Ibrahim
Education:
M.Sc., Chemistry
University of New Haven (2023)
​B.Sc., Chemistry
Alexandria University, Egypt (2012)
​Current Research Interests: Biomass-derived polymers as sustainable materials

Master of Science Students

Katie Durkee
Education:
B.Sc., Biology
University of New Haven (2022)
Current Research Interests: Self-healing polymer materials for space applications

Kyle Rocha
Education:
B.S., Forensic Science, Chemistry
Roger Williams University (2022)
Current Research Interest: Synthetic polymer-based biomimetic catalysts

Undergraduate Students

​Angelo Ritacco (24' BS-Fors)
Current Research Interests: Biomass-derived degradable polymer materials

Mia Rodriguez (24' BS-CHEM)
Current Research Interests: Depolymerizable polymer materials

Daniel Nalley (24' BS-Fors)
Current Research Interests: Degradable and sustainable polymer materials

Hayat Khan (25' BS-CHEM)
​Current Research Interests: Polydopamine-based anti-cancer materials

High School Students

Grace Cavallaro (Amity Regional High School)

Alumni

Farbod Shirinchi
Current position: PhD student in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Notre Dame

Education:
M.Sc., Chemistry
University of New Haven (2023)
B.Sc., Chemical Engineering
Amirkabir University of Technology (2020)
Current Research Interests: Biopolymer-based anti-cancer therapeutics