{"id":35,"date":"2018-10-05T11:21:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T11:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpdev.acsu.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2026-06-10T20:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:32:16","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">David Watson, Professor of Chemistry<\/h3>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-489 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/02\/Watson-pic-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"David Watson\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/02\/Watson-pic-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/02\/Watson-pic-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/02\/Watson-pic-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/02\/Watson-pic-rotated.jpg 1158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Education and training\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University 2001-2004<\/li>\r\n \t<li>PhD, Chemistry, Princeton University 2001<\/li>\r\n \t<li>MS, Chemistry, Northwestern University 1997<\/li>\r\n \t<li>BS, Chemistry, Haverford College 1996<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Contact info:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Office: 531 Natural Science Complex<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Email: dwatson3@buffalo.edu<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Phone (Office): (1)716-645-4189<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>ORCID:<a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1203-2811\"> https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1203-2811<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Google scholar: <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=sJNoYE8AAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;sortby=pubdate\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Graduate Students<\/h2>\r\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-family: Bitter, Georgia, serif;font-size: 22px\">Udani Wijethunga<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-484\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/01\/4-300x300.png\" alt=\"Udani Wijethunga\" width=\"278\" height=\"278\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/01\/4-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/01\/4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/01\/4.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Year:<\/strong> 4th<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Education<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>BS in Environmental Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2018; MS in Environmental Chemistry, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 2022<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Research Interest: <\/strong>Excited-state charge transfer of ternary heterostructures for CO<sub>2<\/sub> reduction with metal-porphyrin redox co-catalysts.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>E-mail: <\/strong>udaniwij@buffalo.edu<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3>Benjamin Parasch<\/h3>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-483\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/01\/IMG_3895-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Parasch\" width=\"271\" height=\"357\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/01\/IMG_3895-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/01\/IMG_3895-780x1024.jpg 780w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/01\/IMG_3895-768x1008.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/01\/IMG_3895-1170x1536.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/01\/IMG_3895.jpg 1502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Year:<\/strong> 4th<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Education: <\/strong>BS in Chemistry, University of Tulsa, 2022<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Research Interest: <\/strong>Excited-state charge transfer between quantum dots and functionalized buckminsterfullerene for reductive production of H<sub>2<\/sub><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>E-mail: <\/strong>bdparasc@buffalo.edu<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Ashrumochan Gouda<\/h3>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-535 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9512-scaled-e1757091833194-264x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Ashrumochan Gouda\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9512-scaled-e1757091833194-264x300.jpeg 264w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9512-scaled-e1757091833194-901x1024.jpeg 901w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9512-scaled-e1757091833194-768x873.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9512-scaled-e1757091833194-1351x1536.jpeg 1351w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9512-scaled-e1757091833194.jpeg 1737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Year:<\/strong> 3rd<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Education: <\/strong>BS in Chemistry, Rayagada Autonomous College; MS in Chemistry, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Research Interest: <\/strong>Excited-state charge transfer of ternary heterostructures for CO<sub>2<\/sub> reduction with metal-porphyrin redox co-catalysts.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>E-mail: <\/strong>ashrumoc@buffalo.edu<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Seamus O&#8217;Rourke<\/h3>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-642 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/20260610_125521_Seamus-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"Seamus O'Rourke\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/20260610_125521_Seamus-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/20260610_125521_Seamus-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/20260610_125521_Seamus-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/20260610_125521_Seamus-865x1536.jpg 865w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/20260610_125521_Seamus-1153x2048.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/20260610_125521_Seamus-scaled.jpg 1441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/div>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Year:<\/strong> 2nd<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Education: <\/strong>BS in Chemistry, Binghamton University, 2023<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Research Interest: <\/strong>Photoinduced excited-state charge transfer of ternary heterostructures for selective CO<sub>2<\/sub> reduction with metalloporphyrin redox co-catalysts.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>E-mail: <\/strong>so33@buffalo.edu<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Current students<\/h3>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"Orosu\">\r\n<div class=\"PW01N l8Tnu\">\r\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Bitter, Georgia, serif;font-size: 18px\">Emily Glaub<\/span><\/h4>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-537 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9517-scaled-e1757091536773-251x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Emily Glaub\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9517-scaled-e1757091536773-251x300.jpeg 251w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9517-scaled-e1757091536773-857x1024.jpeg 857w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9517-scaled-e1757091536773-768x917.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9517-scaled-e1757091536773-1286x1536.jpeg 1286w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9517-scaled-e1757091536773.jpeg 1557w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"lT19A\">\r\n<div class=\"Jj1JU\">\r\n<div class=\"ms-OverflowSet root-173\" role=\"group\">\r\n<div class=\"ms-OverflowSet-item item-174\" role=\"none\">\r\n<div class=\"s82IJ body-156\">\r\n<div class=\"ms-TooltipHost root-165\" role=\"none\">\r\n<div><strong>Major<\/strong>: Chemistry<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<h4><span style=\"font-family: Bitter, Georgia, serif;font-size: 18px\">Holden Lester<\/span><\/h4>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-655 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/1000007457_Holden-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"Holden Lester\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/1000007457_Holden-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/1000007457_Holden-856x1024.jpg 856w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/1000007457_Holden-768x919.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/1000007457_Holden-1283x1536.jpg 1283w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/1000007457_Holden-1711x2048.jpg 1711w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/div>\r\n<strong>Major<\/strong>: Medicinal Chemistry\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"lT19A\">\r\n<div class=\"Jj1JU\">\r\n<div class=\"ms-OverflowSet root-173\" role=\"group\">\r\n<div class=\"ms-OverflowSet-item item-174\" role=\"none\">\r\n<div>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: Bitter, Georgia, serif;font-size: 22px\">Recent former students (2024-2026)<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"s82IJ body-156\">\r\n<div class=\"ms-TooltipHost root-165\" role=\"none\">\r\n<h5 class=\"o4zjZ ujrct\">Nicholas Reilly<\/h5>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-534 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9508-scaled-e1757089723189-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Nick Reilly\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9508-scaled-e1757089723189-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9508-scaled-e1757089723189-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9508-scaled-e1757089723189-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9508-scaled-e1757089723189-600x600.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<strong>UB Class of 2026:<\/strong> Chemical\u00a0 Engineering\r\n<h5>Marissa Harrell<\/h5>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-529 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/03\/original-9DDD2F57-C790-4343-8E31-4BE85852C003-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Marissa Harrell\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" \/><\/div>\r\n<strong>UB Class of 2027:<\/strong> Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science\r\n<h5>Jordan Benefield<\/h5>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-554 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9581-scaled-e1757950957415-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Jordan Benefield\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9581-scaled-e1757950957415-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9581-scaled-e1757950957415-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9581-scaled-e1757950957415-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2025\/09\/IMG_9581-scaled-e1757950957415-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/div>\r\n<strong>UB Class of 2027: <\/strong>Nuclear Medicine Technology\r\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: Bitter, Georgia, serif;font-size: 18px\">Maya Buhrmaster<\/span><\/h5>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"lT19A\">\r\n<div class=\"Jj1JU\">\r\n<div class=\"ms-OverflowSet root-173\" role=\"group\">\r\n<div class=\"ms-OverflowSet-item item-174\" role=\"none\">\r\n<div class=\"ms-TooltipHost root-804\" role=\"none\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-528 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/03\/IMG_2415-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Maya Buhrmaster\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" \/><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div><strong>UB Class of 2027:<\/strong> Biomedical Science<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: Bitter, Georgia, serif;font-size: 18px\">Monica Lubs<\/span><\/h5>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpa-warning wpa-image-missing-alt alignnone wp-image-527 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/ubwp.buffalo.edu\/watson-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2024\/03\/processed-D49C2EB2-4475-42F8-8ED9-A7BFCAE44056-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"Monica Lubs\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-warning=\"Missing alt text\" \/><\/div>\r\n<strong>UB Class of 2027:<\/strong> Biochemistry\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>PhD Alumni<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Udani Wijethunga, PhD 2026<\/strong>:<em> Heterostructures Comprising Metal Intercalated Vanadium Oxide Nanowires, CdS Quantum Dots, and Metalloporphyrins: Investigating Excited-State Charge Transfer for Visible-Light-Driven CO<sub>2<\/sub> Reduction Photocatalysis<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Karoline Garcia-Pedraza, PhD 2025<\/strong>:<em> Interface-Driven Charge Transfer Dynamics and Photocatalysis in Cadmium Chalcogenide Quantum Dot-Based Heterostructures\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Austin Gilbert, PhD 2023<\/strong>:<em> Emergent Properties of Coordination-Driven Self-Assembled Nanocages: i.) Redox Chemistry of a Multi-Ferrocene Palladium(II) Structure and Its Charge-Transfer Dynamics with Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots, and ii.) Cyclometallated Iridium(III)-Based Architectures\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Arianna Rothfuss, PhD 2023<\/strong>: <em>Charge Transfer Dynamics and Photocatalytic Water Splitting in Cadmium Chalcogenide Quantum Dot Based Linker-Assisted Assembly Heterostructures<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Michael Clark, PhD 2023<\/strong>: <em>Synthesis and Evaluation of Chalcogenoxanthylium Dyes for Photophysical and Photoelectrochemical Applications<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Caitlin McGranahan PhD, 2022<\/strong>: <em>Excited-State Charge Transfer within Covalently Tethered Dual-Cadmium Chalcogenide Quantum Dot Heterostructures and Photocatalytic Production of Solar Fuels by Ternary Vanadium Oxide\/Quantum Dot Heterostructures<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Aaron Sheng, PhD 2020<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>Heterostructures Consisting of Vanadium Oxide Nanowires, with or without Intercalated Cations, Interfaced with Cadmium Chalcogenide Quantum Dots: Investigating Band Energetics for More Efficient Charge-Transfer Processes<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Nuwanthi Savindrika Suwandaratne, PhD 2020<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>Photocatalysis and Charge Transfer Dynamics in Cadmium Chalcogenide Quantum Dot-based Heterostructures<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Guy Edward Wolfe II, PhD 2019<\/strong>:<em> Excited-State Charge Transfer in Covalently Tethered Cadmium Chalcogenide Quantum Dot Heterostructures<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Natalia Rivera-Gonz\u00e1lez, PhD 2019<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>Surface Chemistry and Charge Transfer Dynamics in Cadmium Chalcogenide Quantum Dots Tethered to Linker Functionalized Metal Oxides and Redox-Active Molecules<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Saurabh Chauhan, PhD 2018<\/strong>: <em>Charge Transfer Dynamics in Quantum Dots Based Heterostructures<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Justin Nasca,\u00a0PhD 2017<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>Spectroscopic Analysis of Covalently Tethered Quantum Dot Systems and Chalcogenorhodamine Dyes on TiO<sub>2<\/sub>: Probing Electron Transfer Processes<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Chris Milleville, PhD 2016<\/strong>: <em>CdSe\/\u03b2-Pb<sub>0.33<\/sub>V<sub>2<\/sub>O<sub>5<\/sub> Heterostructures: Nanoscale Semiconductor Interfaces with Tunable Energetic Configurations for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Meghan Kern, PhD 2013<\/strong>: <em>Investigations of the Surface Functionalization of Titania: Dispersion-Induced effects within Mixed Monolayers, Linker-Assisted Assembly of Quantum Dots, and Photovoltaic Device Performance<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Kacie Mulhern, PhD 2013<\/strong>: <em>Spectroscopic and Photoelectrochemical Studies of Metal-Free Dyes for Applications in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Diane Youker, PhD 2013<\/strong>: <em>Fundamental Studies of Interfacial Excited-State Charge Transfer in Molecularly Tethered Semiconductor Nanoassemblies<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Kathleen Coughlin, PhD 2012<\/strong>: <em>Aqueous Cadmium Chalcogenide Quantum Dots: Synthesis, Characterization, Spectroscopic Investigation of Electron Transfer Properties and Photovoltaic Device Performance<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Jeremy Nevins, PhD 2011<\/strong>: <em>Surface Chemistry of Nanostructures: 1) Interactions of Mixed Monolayers of Carboxylic Acids on Titania, 2) Synthesis and Immobilization of Aqueous Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Anthony Smith, PhD 2010<\/strong>: <em>Photopatterning and Solar Energy Conversion Using Nanocrystalline Metal Oxide Films<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Rachel Dibbell, PhD 2009<\/strong>: <em>Fundamental Studies of the Surface Chemistry and Photoinduced Charge Transfer Reactivity of Tethered Semiconductor Nanoassemblies<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Greg Soja, PhD 2008<\/strong>: <em>Patterning Applications via Photochemical and Intermolecular Reactions within Monolayers on Metal Oxide Films<\/em><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Master&#8217;s Alumni<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Sarah Forney (MS 2023)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Zak Schmidt (MA 2020)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Amanda Button (MA 2014)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ian Anderson (MA 2013)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Scott Martin (MA 2008)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Tzuchuan Cheng (MA 2007)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Ruth Hoth (MS 2006)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principal Investigator David Watson, Professor of Chemistry Education and training Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University 2001-2004 PhD, Chemistry, Princeton University 2001 MS, Chemistry, Northwestern University 1997 BS, Chemistry, Haverford College &hellip; 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