Principle Investigator
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Michael D. Schulz
Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Virginia Tech
Research Interests: Antiviral materials, metal extraction, catalyst design, treatment of bacterial infections with toxin-binding compounds, novel polymer synthesis approaches, and chemotherapeutic capture agents.
mdschulz@vt.edu | Office: 313-D Davidson Hall | CV | Google Scholar
Graduate Students
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Ophelia Wadsworth
M.A. Chemistry – Fisk University
B.S. Chemistry – University of the Virgin Islands
7th Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Surface engineering of materials for DOX capture.
Email: jwoph17@vt.edu
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Rachel Bianculli
B.S. Chemistry – Bowling Green State University
6th Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Synthesis of antiviral polymer therapeutics.
Email: rbiancu@vt.edu
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Jonathan Mase
B.S. Biochemistry – Bowling Green State University
5th Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Synthesis of antiviral polymer therapeutics.
Email: jdmase1991@vt.edu
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Connor Gallagher
B.S. Chemistry – Western Washington University
4th Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Metal chelating polymers.
Email:cgallagher@vt.edu
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Zhen Shi
B.S. Polymer Science and Engineering– Shenzhen University
M.S. Polymer Science– The University of Akron
3rd Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Antiviral Polymers
Email: szhen@vt.edu
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Gillian Su
B.S. Chemistry- SUNY Binghamton University
3rd Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Development of materials for the capture of chemotherapy drugs
Email: gillians@vt.edu
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Amira Mohammed
Pharm.D. – Helwan University
M.S Analytical Chemistry – Zagazig University
2nd year Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
Research Interests: Ring-opening Metathesis using hyperbranched polymers
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Lane Kennedy
B.S Chemistry – Western Carolina University
M.S Chemistry – Western Carolina University
2nd year Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
Research Interests: Polyesters
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Christopher C. Armstrong
B.S. Chemistry: University of New Mexico
2nd Year Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
Research Interests: Metal chelating polymers.
Undergraduate Students
Tim Ermolaev
Suzie Muller
Joey Rubino
Mihika Khubchandani
Paul Reiter