Principal Investigator
Dr. Luis R. De Jesús Báez, Assistant Professor
B.Sc. – Universidad de Puerto Rico en Cayey
Ph.D. – Texas A&M University
Postdoc – Pennsylvania State University and University of Pennsylvania
email: ldjesus@buffalo.edu
Things I say: “Picture in your mind what you see when I say scientist… that’s what I aspire to help you reach”
Graduate Students
Jayanti Sharma, Ph.D. Student
B.Sc. – Chemistry, S.D. College, Panipat
M.Sc. – Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore
email: jayantis@buffalo.edu
Favorite quote:“You are what you believe in. You become that which you believe you can become” ― Bhagavad Gita
Alysson Bermudez, Ph.D. Student, GEM Fellow
B.Sc. – Chemistry, University at Buffalo
email: alyssonb@buffalo.edu
Favorite quote: “Our Need Will Be the Real Creator” ― Plato
Devaleena Kalita, Ph.D. Student
B.Sc.- Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, India.
M.Sc.- Chemistry, The Assam Kaziranga University, India.
email: devaleen@buffalo.edu
Favorite Quote: “Success can come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you” – C.V. Raman
Jordan Scalia, Ph.D. Student
B.Sc. – Chemistry, Shippensburg University
email: jscalia2@buffalo.edu
Favorite Quote: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela
Undergraduate Students
Elliot A. Rivera,
B. Sc. – Chemistry, University at Buffalo
Favorite quote: “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
TJ Kolpack,
B.Sc. – Chemistry, University at Buffalo
Favorite quote: “Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know.” – Enrico Fermi
Collin Hampton
B.Sc. – Computer Science, University at Buffalo
Favorite quote: “Mathematics precedes all, the primal dialect of the universe.”
Summer Interns
Karla M. Pérez Colón, Summer Intern (2023)
Grecia Fabre Latorre, Summer Intern (2024)
Patricia Fontánez Carrión, Summer Intern (2025)
Gil Cortés Rodríguez, Summer Intern (2025)
Group Alumni
Blessing Oyedepo, M.Sc. 2025