{"id":47,"date":"2023-01-25T20:42:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T20:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.acsu.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2026-03-13T12:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T12:22:37","slug":"the-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/ldejesuslab\/the-group\/","title":{"rendered":"The Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Luis R. De Jes\u00fas B\u00e1ez, Assistant Professor
<\/span>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<\/a>
Things I say: \u201cPicture in your mind what you see when I say scientist… that’s what I aspire to help you reach”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jayanti Sharma, Ph.D. Student<\/span>
B.Sc. \u2013 Chemistry, S.D. College, Panipat
M.Sc. \u2013 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore
email: jayantis@buffalo.edu<\/a>
Favorite quote<\/strong>:\u201cYou are what you believe in. You become that which you believe you can become\u201d \u2015 Bhagavad Gita<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Devaleena Kalita, Ph.D. Student<\/span> 
B.Sc.- Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, India.
M.Sc.- Chemistry, The Assam Kaziranga University, India.
email: devaleen@buffalo.edu<\/a>
Favorite Quote<\/strong>: “Success can come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you” – C.V. Raman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jordan Scalia, Ph.D. Student<\/span>
B.Sc. – Chemistry, Shippensburg University 
email: jscalia2@buffalo.edu<\/a>
Favorite Quote<\/strong>: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” – Nelson Mandela <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TJ\u00a0Kolpack<\/span>,
B.Sc. \u2013\u00a0Chemistry, University at Buffalo
email: tjkolpac@buffalo.edu
Favorite quote<\/strong>:\u00a0“Never underestimate the joy people derive from hearing something they already know.” – Enrico Fermi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Elliot A. Rivera<\/span>,
B. Sc. \u2013 Chemistry, University at Buffalo
Favorite quote<\/strong>: “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Collin Hampton<\/span>
<\/strong>B.Sc. \u2013 Computer Science, University at Buffalo
Favorite quote:<\/strong> “Mathematics precedes all, the primal dialect of the universe.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Summer Interns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Karla M. P\u00e9rez Col\u00f3n<\/span>, Summer Intern (2023) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grecia Fabre Latorre<\/span>, Summer Intern (2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patricia Font\u00e1nez Carri\u00f3n<\/span>, Summer Intern (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gil Cort\u00e9s Rodr\u00edguez,<\/span> Summer Intern (2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Group Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Blessing Oyedepo, M.Sc. 2025<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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