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
Blessing Adeboye, Ph.D. Student
B.Sc. -Chemistry, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria.
M.Sc. -Inorganic Chemistry, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Nigeria.
email: bmadeboy@buffalo.edu
Favorite quote: “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come”. -Dwayne Johnson
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
Karla M. Pérez Colón, Summer Intern (2023)
B.Sc. – Chemistry, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Cayey
Favorite quote: “Knowledge is the greatest power and it is something no one can see. It cannot be stolen or broken, No one can take it from you.” -John Carrick
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