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Principle Investigator

   

Hao Jing

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

George Mason University, Fairfax VA

Phone: 703-993-5221, Fax: 703-993-1055

Email: hjing2@gmu.edu

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA);

Ph.D., University of South Carolina


Current Members

Doctoral Students

Caroline A. Friedersdorf 

Email: cfudala@gmu.edu

M.S. in Forensic Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, 05/2021

B.S. in Chemistry,  George Mason University, 05/2019


Au Lac Nguyen

Email: anguy87@gmu.edu

M.S. in Chemistry, Central Michigan University, 05/2023

M.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Industry Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam,  2016

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Industry Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, 2012


Undergraduate Students

Quinn J. Griffin

Email: qgriffin@gmu.edu

B.S. in Chemistry,  George Mason University, 05/2025 (expected)


Jasmine Kha-thi Bui

Email: jbui9@gmu.edu

B.S. in Neuroscience,  George Mason University, 05/2026 (expected)



Claire Hanyi Zhang

Email: czhang30@gmu.edu

B.S. in Biology,  George Mason University, 05/2025 (expected)


Fatima Nour Rafie

Email: frafie@gmu.edu

B.S. in Chemistry,  George Mason University, 05/2024


Lab Alumni

Doctoral Students

Mariia Ivanchenko

Email: mivanch@gmu.edu

Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, George Mason University, 09/2023

M.S. in Physical Chemistry, National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, 06/2015

B.S. in Chemistry,  National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, 06/2013

Current: Postdoctoral Fellow (Dr. Fei Wang's group), Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, GMU


  

Andrew J. Evangelista

Email: aevange3@gmu.edu

Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry,  George Mason University, 08/2022

B.S. in Chemistry,  James Madison University, 05/2012

Current: Lambda Consulting, LLC


Master Students

Samuel Bernard Jeffrey

Email: sjeffre@gmu.edu

B.S. in Chemistry, George Mason University, August 2020

M.S. in Chemistry, George Mason University, Summer 2024


Undergraduate Students



Alison L. Carroll

Email: acarro7@gmu.edu

B.S. in Chemistry,  George Mason University, 05/2023

Current: PhD student in Dr. Naomi Halas's group at the Department of Chemistry, Rice University


Keith T. Clark

Email: kclark32@gmu.edu

B.S. in Chemistry,  George Mason University, 05/2022

Current: PhD student at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University


Gillian Megan Payne

Email: gpayne4@masonlive.gmu.edu

B.S. in Chemistry,  George Mason University, 05/2021

Current: Formulation Technician at Inotiv Inc.


    

Ume Tahir

Email: utahir2@gmu.edu

B.S. in Chemistry,  George Mason University, 05/2020

Current: Biophysical Chemistry PhD student at Yale University


Lisa McAnulty

Email: lisamcanulty7@gmail.com

B.S. in Chemistry,  George Mason University, 05/2019

Current: Analytical Chemist at Micron Technology Inc.


High School Students


Tejas Venkatesh

Program: Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Program (ASSIP), Summer 2024

Email: tejven8@gmail.com

High School Junior (Grade 11)

Oberoi International School, Mumbai, India

Current: Admitted to Carnegie Mellon University, Fall 2025


Allison Yutong Lin

Program: Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Program (ASSIP), Summer 2024

Email: y.a.lin.34521@gmail.com

Chantilly High School Junior (Grade 11)



Nidhi Kolluri

Email: nidhikolluri27@gmail.com

Independence High School and the Academy of Science in Loudoun County, July 2023-August 2023


Lab Visitors/Volunteers 

Avkul Singh Dhillon (enlisted in US Navy)

Email: adhillo4@gmu.edu

Cohort 9, Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program (EMDP2), George Mason University, 2022

B.A. in Psychology, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, HI


Roland Kiendrebeogo (enlisted in US Navy)

Email: rkiendre@gmu.edu

Cohort 6, Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program (EMDP2), George Mason University, 2019

M.P.H. (Master of Public Health), National University, CA

B.S. in Healthcare Management,  Southern Illinois University, IL

Current: F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine--"America's Medical School", The Uniformed Services University (USU) of the Health Sciences, MD


Geovanny F. Reyes Matute (enlisted in US Army)

Email: greyesma@gmu.edu

Cohort 6, Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program (EMDP2), George Mason University, 2019

B.A. in Business Administration, Saint Martin's University, WA, 2018

B.A. in Marketing, University of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, 2009

Current: F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine--"America's Medical School", The Uniformed Services University (USU) of the Health Sciences, MD


Christopher L. Calderon (enlisted in US Navy)

Email: ccalder@gmu.edu

Cohort 6, Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program (EMDP2), George Mason University, 2019

B.S. in Organizational Leadership, University of Charleston, WV, 2017

Current: F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine--"America's Medical School", The Uniformed Services University (USU) of the Health Sciences, MD


                                

Bright B. Mills (enlisted in US Air Force)

Email: bmills3@gmu.edu

Cohort 6, Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory Program (EMDP2), George Mason University, 2019

M.S. in Biology, George Mason University, 2021 (expected)

B.S. in Applied Science and Technology, Thomas Edison State University, NJ, 2017

A.A.S. in Biomedical Equipment Technology, Community College of the Air Force, AL, 2015

Current: F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine--"America's Medical School", The Uniformed Services University (USU) of the Health Sciences, MD