Principle Investigator

Michael D. Schulz
Associate 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

Jonathan Mase
B.S. Biochemistry – Bowling Green State University
7th Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Synthesis of antiviral polymer therapeutics.
Email: jdmase1991@vt.edu

Zhen Shi
B.S. Polymer Science and Engineering– Shenzhen University
M.S. Polymer Science– The University of Akron
5th Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Antiviral Polymers
Email: szhen@vt.edu

Gillian Su
B.S. Chemistry- SUNY Binghamton University
5th Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Development of materials for the capture of chemotherapy drugs
Email: gillians@vt.edu

Amira Mohammed
Pharm.D. – Helwan University
M.S Analytical Chemistry – Zagazig University
4th year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Ring-opening Metathesis using hyperbranched polymers

Lane Kennedy
B.S Chemistry – Western Carolina University
M.S Chemistry – Western Carolina University
4th year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Polyesters

Christopher C. Armstrong
B.S. Chemistry: University of New Mexico
4th Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Metal chelating polymers.

Cassell McMillian
B.S. Biochemistry– Virginia Tech
3rd Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry

Tyler K. Bridges
B.S. Earth Sciences – Paleontology– Montana State University
M.S. Zoology– North Carolina State University
3rd Year Ph.D. Student in Macromolecular Science and Engineering

Muhammad Ali
B.S Chemistry – Kohat University of Sciences & Technology (KUST), Pakistan
M.S Chemistry – National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Pakistan
2nd year Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
Research Interests: Metal Chelating Polymers
Email: muhammad23@vt.edu

Nishat Tamanna Adiba
B.S Applied Chemistry & Chemical Engineering – University of Dhaka
M.S Applied Chemistry & Chemical Engineering – University of Dhaka
2nd year Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
Research Interests: Polymer synthesis for metal extraction
Email: nishattadiba@vt.edu

Destiny Mathews
2nd year Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
Research Interests: Metal-polymer interactions
Undergraduate Students
Joey Rubino
Mihika Khubchandani
Lily Webb
Rhone Jenkins
Joshua Angulo