

THE GROUP


David C. Powers
Associate Professor
powers@chem.tamu.edu
Office: Chem 1223
979.862.3089
curriculum vitae
Dave was born in Allentown, PA in 1983. He received his undergraduate education in Lancaster, PA at Franklin and Marshall College where he conducted undergraduate research with Professor Phyllis Leber investigating the mechanisms of gas-phase hydrocarbon isomerization reactions. In 2006, Dave moved to Harvard University to pursue graduate studies with Professor Tobias Ritter and investigated the role of metal–metal redox cooperation in C–H oxidation catalysis. After receiving a Ph.D. in 2011, Dave joined Professor Daniel Nocera's research group as an NIH post-doctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, where he studied molecular photocataylsis for solar energy conversion. In 2015, Dave moved to Texas A&M University as an assistant professor. His research program is based on synthetic organic and inorganic chemistry with an emphasis on developing reaction chemistry for sustainable synthesis.

Richard Thompson
Post-doctoral Scholar
vmdt60@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Reactive Intermediates

Promita Biswas
Post-doctoral Scholar
pbiswas@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Pyridinium Aziridine Derivatization
POST-DOCTORAL SCHOLARS

Richard Thompson
Post-doctoral Scholar
vmdt60@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Reactive Intermediates

Promita Biswas
Post-doctoral Scholar
pbiswas@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Pyridinium Aziridine Derivatization

Ananya Banik
Post-doctoral Scholar
ananyabanik@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Functionalization of Aziridine

Andrew Ezazi
ezaz1andrew@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Lattice-isolated metal active sites

Mario Cosio
mario_nicholas@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Molecular Ruthenium
Azides

Brandon Frey
blfrey@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Main Group Electrocatalysis

Pritam Roychowdhury
pritamroy@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Amine transfer reagent
design
GRADUATE STUDENTS

Hao Tan
tanhao9703@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Amine transfer reagent
design

Aishanee Sur
aishanee_95@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Lattice isolated metal
active sites

Phong Thai
phongthaitamu.edu
Research interests:
Hypervalent iodine
electrocatalysis

Samya Samanta
samya.samanta@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Amine transfer reagent
design

Arpan Paikar
paikararpan@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Reactive intermediates

Matthew Figgins
mtfiggins@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Reactive intermediates

Debasmita Dutta
debasmitadutta@tamu.edu Research interests:
Reactive intermediates

Uddalak Sengupta
udda@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Amine transfer reagent
design

Subham Sarkar
subham98@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Lattice isolated
metal active sites

Lauv Patel
lauv@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Hypervalent iodine
electrocatalysis

Nick Jernigan
Research interests:
MOF-based catalysis

Aidan Gomez
Research interests:
Nitrogen atom transfer

Hanna Goble
Research interests:
Reactive intermediates
