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
Ophelia Wadsworth
M.A. Chemistry – Fisk University
B.S. Chemistry – University of the Virgin Islands
8th Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Surface engineering of materials for DOX capture.
Email: jwoph17@vt.edu
Jonathan Mase
B.S. Biochemistry – Bowling Green State University
6th Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Synthesis of antiviral polymer therapeutics.
Email: jdmase1991@vt.edu
Connor Gallagher
B.S. Chemistry – Western Washington University
5th Year Ph.D. Candidate 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
4th Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Antiviral Polymers
Email: szhen@vt.edu
Gillian Su
B.S. Chemistry- SUNY Binghamton University
4th 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
3rd 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
3rd year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Polyesters
Christopher C. Armstrong
B.S. Chemistry: University of New Mexico
3rd Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Research Interests: Metal chelating polymers.
Cassell McMillian
2nd Year Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry
Tyler K. Bridges
2nd 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
1st 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
1st year Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
Research Interests: Polymer synthesis for metal extraction
Email: nishattadiba@vt.edu
Destiny Mathews
1st year Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
Research Interests: Metal-polymer interactions
Matthew Williams
B.S Chemistry – Chemistry – Randolph College
5th year Ph.D. Student in Chemistry
Research Interests: Uranyl catalysts and hyperbranched polymers
Email: mjwilliams20@vt.edu
Undergraduate Students
Joey Rubino
Mihika Khubchandani
Lily Webb
Rhone Jenkins
Joshua Angulo