The Group
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Principal Investigator |
Igor Alabugin, Professor Ph.D.: Moscow State University, 1995, Postdoc: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996-2000, Faculty: Florida State University, 2000-current Recent Awards The 2019 Favorsky Lecturer (St. Petersburg University) (2019) Fullbright Scholar Award - Distinguished Chair (UK) (2018) Cottrell Professorship (2015) FSU Inaugural Undergraduate Research Mentor Award (2013) Phi Beta Kappa Excellence in Teaching Award (2013) |
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Rahul Kawade Rahul completed his M. Sc. in chemistry in 2008 at University of Pune, India. He completed his Ph. D. in Organic Chemistry in 2015 at the National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. |
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Edgar Gonzalez-Rodriguez Edgar earned his bachelor's degree in Chemical Pharmaceutical Biology from Universidad LaSalle in Mexico City. He is currently working on combining stereoelectronics, traceless directing groups, and dynamic covalent chemistry for the design of alkyne cascades towards carbon-rich molecules and materials. |
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Michael Maxwell Maxwell obtained his B.S. in Chemistry from University of North Carolina at Greensboro under Dr. Mitchell P. Croatt. He currently focuses on developing radical synthetic methods to forge carbon-nitrogen bonds. |
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Adam Campbell Adam completed his B.Sc. in Chemistry at Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida. He is synthesizing compounds for the photochemical release of ketones and aldehydes. |
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Febin Kuriakose Febin Kuriakose received his BS-MS in chemistry from IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India in 2016. He joined Florida State University in 2016 to pursue PhD in the laboratory of Professor Igor V. Alabugin. His research focuses on the design, synthesis and study the properties of functionalized carbon-rich materials. |
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Quintin Elliott Quintin received his bachelors degree from the University of North Dakota. After growing tired of blistering winds he moved down to Florida and is currently exploring new ways to utilize 2-centered 3-electron bonds. |
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Chaowei Hu Chaowei received his bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Beijing University of Chemical Technology. He works on alkyne radical reactions for the synthesis of carbon-rich materials. |
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Nikolas R. Dos Santos Nikolas was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, and moved to the United States in 2010, when he was 16 years old. He earned his B.Sc in chemistry from Wingate University in North Carolina in 2018. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in chemistry. His interests are in the use of strategy design to drive the discovery of new photochemical cyclizations and design of novel PAHs. |
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Leah Kuhn Leah received her bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Her interests involve the use of computational methods to explore reaction mechanisms. |
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Miguel Abdo Miguel graduated from Florida State University with a B.S. in Chemsitry. He started working with the Alabugin group on double peri-annulations during his undergraduate study, and has continued the work upon graduation. Since graduating, he has worked in the group as a laboratory assistant and expanded his abilities to computations focused on stereoelectronic effects in organic molecules and reactions. He plans on pursuing his Ph.D. in computational chemistry. |
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Morgan Skala Morgan is from Jacksonville, Florida and is finishing her bachelor's in Chemistry. She has been working with Dr. Alabugin since her freshman year here at FSU. She is now completing her undergraduate thesis involving double peri-annulations to access nanographenes. |
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Angel Chu Angel is from Pensacola, FL. She is at Florida State University completing her B.S. in Biochemistry, hoping to become an industrial polymer chemist. She is currently working on a new method for creating substituted pyrenes using a photochemical, radical pathway. |
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Alexandria Palazzo Alexandria is a third year undergraduate from Pembroke Pines, FL. She currently works with Nikolas Dos Santos in the understanding and development of new photochemical pathways to novel PAHs. Although previously a Biology major, she is now pursuing a B.Sc. in Chemistry. She intends to pursue a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and begin her own discoveries after she graduates. |
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Patricia Mehaffy My name is Patricia Mehaffy and I am pursuing a major in Chemistry. I work under Febin in Alabugin's group and we study the design and synthesis of functionalized carbon-rich materials. |
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Curtis DeShong Hi my name is Curtis DeShong and I am a second year Biochemistry student. After college I am planning on attending graduate school to study chemistry. |
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Josef Maselli Josef was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He is currently an undergraduate student studying Cell and Molecular Neuroscience. His interests are in the design and understanding of PAHs within the laboratory. He is pursuing a career as an orthopedic surgeon and plans to apply to medical school after graduation. |
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Jordan Suarez Jordan was born in Cali, Colombia, and later moved to Fort Lauderdale, FL when he was 2 years old. He is currently a fourth year undergraduate student at Florida State University. |
VisitorsBrenda Guzman Geisa Pires |
Alumni
PostdocsNikolay Tsvetkov Kamalkishore Pati (Grace Pharma) Sayantan Mondal (Assistant Professor, Bankura Zilla Saradamani Mahila Mahavidyapith) Sergey Emets (Avekshan LLC) Runa Pal (TCG Lifesciences) Samuya Roy (Biocon, at Bristol Myers Squibb Research Centre) Nikolay Shevchenko (Sibur) Sergei Kovalenko (Halocarbon Products) Mariappan Manoharan (Bethune-Cookman University) Vitaliy Timokhin (UW-Madison)
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Graduate studentsAudrey Hughes (Ph.D., 18) Gabriel dos Passos Gomes (Ph.D., 18) Christopher Evoniuk (Ph.D., 18) Trevor Harris (Ph.D., 17) Rana K. Mohamed (Ph.D., 16) Stefan Bresch (Ph.D., 15)Kemal Kaya (Ph.D., 15) Brian Gold (Ph. D., 14) Philip Byers (Ph.D., 13) Paul Peterson (Ph.D., 13) Kerry Gilmore (Ph.D., 12) Wang-Yong Yang (Ph.D., 11) Abdulkader Baroudi (Ph.D., 10) Jason Abrams (Ph. D., 09) Boris Breiner (Ph.D., 06) Tarek Zeidan (Ph.D., 05) Satish Patil (M.S. 05) Scott Peabody (M.S. 04)
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UndergraduatesArian Rastgou Juan Nogues Cindy Martinez Inge Montoya Michelle Ly C.J. Kelsheimer Joseph Guerrera Andrew Castro Jacob Andring David Allenger Christopher Michas William Speranza Peter Coutros Qudsi Baker Obi Ugochukwu Ana Phelan Chase Goldsborough Thaís de Faria Nick Bigerton Ilya Piskun Diana Fritzner Sarah Crawford Maycee Mularkee Tristan Vaughan Allister Bent Iris Denmark Guillermo del Valle Anusha Kavuru Allison Pearce John Paul Kolcun Miriam Swartz Cristina Chiodi Alex Lopez Olivia Bass Daniel Farinas Lugo Tim Guest Corinne Brack Jeremiah Alicea Vekarious Barnes Natalie Bonus Camila Cairo Matthew Gatcombe Forat Lufti Nalisha Minors Dani Phrathep Zach Rengert Jason Kirincich | (Cont.)Anabel Rodriguez Kelly Hensley Kasey Schaettle Sarah Rappach Kathryn Kaleel Juan Rojas Michael Bruno Alexandra Morgan Lessie Skiba Michael Scheer Julian Rashid Danny Gesua Brian Lynch Trevor Harris Kadar Gelinas Madeleine Johnson Travis CreveCoeur Audrey Smith Jameka Dorsey Mary Wojcik Hannah Bartges Rebecca Allen James Thompson Wolfgang Wesson Angela Sayoc Zlatko Sokolikj Catherine St. Laurent Grant Vellanti Sheeva Yazdani Catalina Zapata Ayisha Buckley Blake Davis Catalina Galvis Chris Davis Morgan Malloy Phillip Flack Lindsey Rosen Maggie Kingsley Josyln Rubin Alexandra Elios Samantha Marrone Heidi Moreno Justin Mauldin Nigel Hill Rita Gordon |
(Cont.)Jess Delaune Andrew Rice Vivian Sterling Lacy Stark Karen Ritter Jon Yarbrough Andrew Klein Peter Kaus Casey Fulmer Matthew Buck Patrice Worthy Aaron Pearson Alexander Dorofeev Chris French Christina Storozuk Jennifer Markiewicz Jeff Whalen Olga Barykina Megan Stultz Amy Hinsley Alexander Schevtsov Anatoly Vereschagin Elissey Yagodkin Katrina Coumbos Deborah McGhee (now Deborah Breiner) Melissa Naiman Alexander Chirokov Nikolay Tsvetkov Juliya Sumskaya Brian Puckett Shannon Mills Nathan Roney Matthew Clark Adam Morris Benjamin Arline Rachel Abrams Catherine Callahan Jonathan Lopez |
Contact us:
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4390
E-mail: alabugin at chem.fsu.edu
Office: (850)644-5795
Fax: (850)644-8281
Our work is supported by the National Science Foundation.
Designed and updated by Michelle Ly.
Copyright 2015 Igor Alabugin / The Alabugin Group, FSU