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

George Cheng

Email: gtcheng@wisc.edu

Joined in: 2024

B.S. Emory University

Olivia Duke

Email: oduke@wisc.edu

Joined In: 2022

B.S. University of Delaware

ORCID ID

Bryce Gilbert

Email: bgilbert2@wisc.edu

Joined in: 2024

B.S. Purdue University

Derek Hu

Email: dbhu@wisc.edu

Joined In: 2022

B.S. University of California Berkeley

ORCID ID

Amir Johnson-Sammy

Email: johnsonsammy@wisc.edu

Joined in: 2024

B.S. The Ohio State University

Jacob Kailing

Email: jkailing@wisc.edu

Joined: 2022

B.S. University of Wisconsin, Lacrosse

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Anna Kenny

Email: akenny4@wisc.edu

Joined in: 2024

B.S. Michigan State University

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

ORCID ID

Chenxi Lin

Email: clin397@wisc.edu

Joined in: 2022

B.A. Barnard College

Elijah Marris

Email: emarris@wisc.edu

Joined In: 2022

B.A. Hamilton College

Sierra Thein

Email: sthein@wisc.edu

Joined In: 2023

B.S. Ripon College

ORCID ID

Tuan Anh (Anh) Trinh

Email: trinh4@wisc.edu

Joined in: 2020

B.S.: Nagoya University

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POSTDOCTORAL SCIENTISTS

Subir Panja

Email: panja2@wisc.edu

Joined in: 2024

B.Sc., 2012, University of Calcutta

M.Sc., 2014, University of Calcutta

Ph.D., 2020, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS)

ORCID ID

MASTER'S STUDENTS

Jensen Zerban

Email: zerban@wisc.edu

Joined in: 2024

B.S. Air Force Academy

RESEARCH INTERNS