Current Members

LABORATORY MANAGER

Joseph A. (Joe) Schomaker

Email: jaschomaker@wisc.edu

Address:
Joseph A. (Joe) Schomaker received his Ph.D. in Physical Organic/Polymer Chemistry under the direction of Prof. Laren Tolbert at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He retired after a 30-year industrial career that included stints at Dow Chemical, DowPharma, Applied Biosystems, EraGen Biosciences, and Spectrum Brands. Joe also devoted several years to teaching General and Organic Chemistry as an adjunct faculty member at Saginaw Valley State University and Diablo Valley College. He is currently an Honorary Fellow in the Department of Chemistry and is helping the Schomaker Group as Lab Manager, much to Jen’s delight.

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Mahzad Dehghany

Email: dehghany@wisc.edu

Joined In: 2018

B.S. Isfahan University of Technology

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Hillary Dequina

Email: dequina@wisc.edu

Joined In: 2018

B.S. Northeastern University

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Olivia Duke

Email: oduke@wisc.edu

Joined In: 2022

B.S. University of Delaware

Bob (Yun) Hu

Email: hu346@wisc.edu

Joined In: 2018

B.A. College of the Holy Cross

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Derek Hu

Email: dbhu@wisc.edu

Joined In: 2022

B.S. University of California Berkeley

Jed Kim

Email: jhkim45@wisc.edu

Joined in: 2020

B.S. University of Southern California

Ken Lee

Email: lee766@wisc.edu

Joined in: 2020

B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Chenxi Lin

Email: clin397@wisc.edu

Joined In: 2022

B.A. Barnard College

Elijah Marris

Email: emarris@wisc.edu

Joined In: 2022

B.S Hamilton College

Tuan Anh (Anh) Trinh

Email: trinh4@wisc.edu

Joined in: 2020

B.S.: Nagoya University

Emily Zerull

Email: ezerull@wisc.edu

Joined In: 2018

B.S. Calvin University

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POSTDOCTORAL SCIENTISTS

Zhen-Yao Dai

Position title: Ph.D.

Email: zdai62@wisc.edu

Joined In: 2023

B.S., 2017 in Material Chemistry at Chongqing University

Ph.D., 2022 in Organic Chemistry at  University of Science and Technology of China

Julia Duncan

Position title: Ph.D.

Email: jmduncan3@wisc.edu

Address:
Joined in: 2021
B.Sc., 2014, in Chemistry (biochemistry) at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Ph.D., 2020, in Chemistry at the University of Nevada, Reno

Kyeongdeok Seo

Position title: Ph.D.

Email: kseo22@wisc.edu

Joined in: 2022

B.S., 2015 in Chemistry at Pohang University of Science and Technology

Ph.D., 2021 in Chemistry at Pohang University of Science and Technology

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MASTER STUDENTS

Jacob Kailing

Email: jkailing@wisc.edu

Address:
B.S. University of Wisconsin, Lacrosse

Joined In: 2022

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Colin Crawford

Email: ccrawford5@wisc.edu

Address:
Joined In: 2023

Amory Griffin

Email: afgriffin@wisc.edu

Address:
Joined in: 2022

EXCHANGE STUDENTS

Giuliana Pavaneli

Email: Pavaneli@wisc.edu

Joined In: 2022

PhD. Student at Federal University of Paraná

B.S. Federal University of Paraná