

THE GROUP

GROUP NEWS

David C. Powers
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

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

Duleeka Wannipurage
Post-doctoral Scholar
sneha2014@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Reactive Intermediates

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
phongthai@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Hypervalent iodine electrocatalysis
GRADUATE STUDENTS

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

Diyasha Manna
diyashamanna@tamu.edu
Research interests:
N-Amino pyridinium
reagents

Cali Kucifer
calikucifer@tamu.edu
Research interests:
N-Amino pyridinium
reagents

Arka Sinha
arkas23@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Lattice isolated metal
active sites

Justin Kendrick
jkenrick@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Reactive Intermediates

Edgar Damian Ascencio
ea.damian.ascencio@tamu.edu
Research interests:
N-Amino pyridinium
reagents

Bodhisattwa Mandal
bodhisattwa_222@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Lattice isolated metal
active sites

Isaac Deavenport
Research interests:
Pyridinium Amine reagents

Lauren Brown
Research interests:
Preparation of N-aminopyridinium derivatives
