Former Graduate Students
Dr. Peter Gildner
BA: Lafayette College
PhD: University of Delaware, 2014
Current: Johnson Matthey Catalysis Group
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/08/Gildner-20nlh0o-e1723387603650.jpg)
Dr. Amber Gietter-Burch
BS: The College of New Jersey
PhD: University of Delaware, 2015
Current: Technical Services Specialist, Noramco
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/08/Gietter-Burch-22p0ipu-e1723387578652.jpg)
Steve Rossi
BS: University of the Scienes
MS: University of Delaware, 2013
Current: Science Teacher, Gill St. Bernard’s School
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/08/Rossi_Steve-2azf9rn-e1723387515958.jpg)
Dr. Scott Shuler
BS: Stevenson University
PhD: University of Delaware, 2017
Current: Product Development Chemist, Novoset LLC
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/Schuler-2dmi35d-e1723387455892.jpg)
Dr. Vijayarajan Devannah
MS: University of Madras
PhD: University of Delaware, 2018
Current: Research Development Chemist, Adesis, Inc.
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/Devannah-1bjlofq-e1723387372857.jpg)
Dr. Sina Rezazadeh
Pharm. D: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
PhD: University of Delaware, 2020
Current: Research Development Chemist, Adesis, Inc.
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/Sina-29oznok-e1723387322361.jpg)
Dr. Sarah Pawley
BS: Townson University
PhD: University of Delaware, 2020
Current: Research Scientist, Prelude Therapeutics
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/Krause-2dlcjtf-e1723387269215.jpg)
Nam Nguyen
BS: Bryn Mawr College
MS: University of Delaware, 2020
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2019/07/IMG_1335-e1723387177368.jpg)
Dr. Olamide Idowu
PhD: University of Delaware, 2023
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Dr. Sara Martin
BS: Lebanon Valley College
PhD: University of Delaware, 2014
Current: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, College of Wooster
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/08/McAtee2-scp8ba-e1723387553812.jpg)
Dr. Jesse McAtee
MS: University of Hawaii, Monoa
PhD: University of Delaware, 2015
Current: Business Development Manager, Dottikon Exclusive Synthesis AG
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/Shimkin_Kirk-25nm6mq-e1723387486770.jpg)
Dr. Kirk Shimkin
BS: St. Lawrence University
PhD: University of Delaware, 2016
John Montgomery Group, University of Michigan
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/Cinderella-1dn8rcm-e1723387428428.jpg)
Dr. Andrew Cinderella
BS: Gettysburg College
PhD: University of Delaware, 2017
Current: Process Chemist, Wilmington PharmaTech Co.
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/Reid-t2fkr8-e1723387346499.jpg)
Dr. William Reid
BS: Salisbury University
PhD: University of Delaware, 2018
Current: Franziska Schoenebeck Group, RWTH Aachen University
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/DSC_8288-1vnxwhe-e1723387294623.jpg)
Linh Dinh-Nguyen
BS: University of Texas, Austin
MS: University of Delaware, 2019
Current: Scientist, Agilent Tech.
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/Xu-1uqpdxr-e1723387215401.jpg)
Dr. Feiyang Xu
BS: Juniata College
PhD: University of Delaware, 2020
Current: Senior Scientist at Wuxi AppTec
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/IMG_0695-2h7dy6m-e1723386975988.jpg)
Dr. Katerina Korch
MS: California Institute of Technology
PhD: University of Delaware, 2021
Current: Scientist, AbbVie
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/DSC_8291-1fil7db-e1723386721586.jpg)
Dr. Raphael Kim
PhD: University of Delaware, 2023
Former Post-Doctoral Researchers
Dr. Qun Xu
PhD: Northeastern University
Post-doc: 2010-2012
Current: Scientist, US Pharmacopeia
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/08/Xu_Qun-1nfr4h7-e1723388573583.jpg)
Dr. Guoyin Yin
PhD: Northeastern University
Post-doc: 2014-2016
Current: Professor of Chemistry, Wuhan University
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/Yin-2d3z3i4-e1723388599605.jpg)
Dr. Bojan Vulovic
PhD: University of Belgrade
Post-doc: 2016-2017
Current: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Belgrade
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2024/08/Bojan.jpg)
Dr. Runduo Gao
PhD: Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
Post-doc: 2017-2019
Current: Post-Doctoral Researcher at John Hopkins University
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/6-tml9z2-e1723388395167.jpg)
Dr. Subhrajit Rout
PhD: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
Post-doc: 2020-2022
Current: Post-Doctoral Researcher at Harvard University
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2020/08/DSC_0011-crop-e1723388065559.jpg)
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Dr. Luis Mori-Quiroz
PhD: Northeastern University
Post-doc: 2013-2015
Current: Post-Doctoral Researcher at University of Kansas
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/Raj-25izgb0-e1723388354286.jpg)
Dr. Rajgopal Sharma
PhD: Northeastern University
Post-doc: 2015-2016
Current: Senior Research Investigator, Biocon Bristol-Myers Squibb
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/2-2gb6jdw-e1723388330728.jpg)
Dr. Michael Wistoff
PhD: University of Delaware
Post-doc: 2017-2019
Current: Process Chemist, Wilmington PharmaTech Co.
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/5-1cy2b5m-e1723388304463.jpg)
Dr. Ziqing Zuo
PhD: Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
Post-doc: 2017-2020
Current: J-STAR Research
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/image-not-available-male-1p8imvu-e1723388099112.jpg)
Dr. Humair Omer
PhD: University of Pittsburgh
Post-doc: 2020-2022
Current: Assistant Professor
Former Undergraduate Students
Derek Ahneman
BS: University of Delaware, 2012
PhD: Princeton University
Current: Advanced Analytics Data Scientist, IBM
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/08/Anheman-15n9b6y-e1723387974522.jpg)
Keywan Johnson
BS: University of Delaware, 2013
Current: Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/08/Johnson-1zkuve5-e1723387955529.jpg)
Ryan Kozlowski
BS: University of Delaware, 2015
Current: Graduate Student, University of California, Irvine
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/Kozlowski-11a2py7-e1723387912698.jpg)
Caroline Vesper
BS: University of Delaware, 2017
Current: Technical Applications Chemist, Jarchem Industrials, Inc.
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/08/DSC_8170-1-15ovh8s-e1723387880860.jpg)
Olivia Duke
BS: University of Delaware, 2022
Current: Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin, Madion
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/photo-not-available-female-wiriex-e1723387717602.jpg)
Derek Rainboth
BS: University of Delaware, 2023
Current: Graduate Student, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2022/01/Derek_Rainboth_Profile_Pic-e1723387686823.jpg)
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Naijing Su
BS: University of Delaware, 2013
Current: Graduate Student, University of Illinois, Chicago
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/08/DSC_5937-2idsayg-e1723388016961.jpg)
Jesse Spillane
BS: University of Delaware, 2015
Current: Associate Investigator, Chemours Co.
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/08/DSC_8166-1-1zp7qfj-e1723387931488.jpg)
Roxana Mitrut
BS: University of Delaware, 2015
Current: Graduate Student, John Hopkins University
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2016/01/4-1it2v02-e1723387857558.jpg)
Spencer Lawson
BS: University of Delaware, 2019
Current: Scientist, FMC Co.
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup/files/2019/07/IMG_1332-e1723387806290.jpg)
Jackson Burns
BS: University of Delaware, 2022
Current: Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
![](https://sites.udel.edu/dawatsongroup-dev/files/2024/02/18F08B0B-F523-4126-AB4B-E97AB5313BD9-5021-000003FAEFDE0055-b21f2c631f534633-1024x1024.jpg)
Montana Edwards
BS: University of Delaware, 2024
Current: Graduate Student, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill