Principle Investigator
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
Ophelia Wadsworth
M.A. Chemistry – Fisk University
B.S. Chemistry – University of the Virgin Islands
5th Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Surface engineering of materials for DOX capture.
Email: jwoph17@vt.edu
Ryan Archer
B.S. Chemistry – Western Carolina University
B.S. Forensic Science – Western Carolina University
5th Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Synthesis of polymer platforms capable of extracting critical metals from solutions. Design of olefin metathesis catalysts capable of producing polymers with precise architectures.
Email: willra1@vt.edu
Tiffany Thompson
M.A. Chemistry – Fisk University
B.S. Chemistry – Fisk University
4th Year Ph.D. Student in Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Research Interests: Development of radiation sensitive self-immolative polymer systems for applications in cancer therapy, signal amplification and smart materials.
Email: tnthomp1@vt.edu
Rachel Bianculli
B.S. Chemistry – Bowling Green State University
4th Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Synthesis of antiviral polymer therapeutics.
Email: rbiancu@vt.edu
Hanan Almuzaini
M.S. Chemistry – Middle Tennessee State University
B.S. Chemistry – Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University
4th Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests:
Email: hanana@vt.edu
Jonathan Mase
B.S. Biochemistry – Bowling Green State University
3rd Year Phd Candidate
Research Interests: Synthesis of antiviral polymer therapeutics.
Email: jdmase1991@vt.edu
Nuren Iftekhar
B.Sc. Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering – University of Dhaka
3rd Year Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
Research Interests: Development of polymer for the sequestration rare-earth metals.
Email: nureniftekhar@vt.edu
Meagan Mazza
B.S. Chemistry – College of William and Mary
3rd Year Ph.D. Student in Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Research Interests:
Email: megay@vt.edu
Connor Gallagher
B.S. Chemistry – Western Washington University
2nd Year Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
Research Interests: Metal chelating polymers.
Email:cgallagher@vt.edu
Zhen Shi
B.S. Polymer Science and Engineering– Shenzhen University
M.S. Polymer Science– The University of Akron
1st Year Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
Research Interests: Antivial Polymers
Email: szhen@vt.edu
Gillian Su
B.S. Chemistry- SUNY Binghamton University
1st Year Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
Research Interests: Development of materials for the capture of chemotherapy drugs.
Email: gillians@vt.edu
Undergraduate Students
Grace Dinges
Agustin Fiorito
Piper MacNicol
Alex Coley
Javier Ortiz