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The Group
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.
Powers
Postdoctoral Scientists
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
Saikat Chatterjee
Post-doctoral Scholar
saikat25@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Pyridinium Aziridine Derivatization
Duleeka Wannipurage
Post-doctoral Scholar
sneha2014@tamu.edu
Research interests:
Reactive Intermediates
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
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
Guilherme Ragi Berto
Research interests:
Metal catalyzed Phosphinidene transfer
Lauren Brown
Research interests:
Preparation of N-aminopyridinium derivatives
Saim Waheed
Research interests:
Pyridinium Amine reagents
Undergraduates
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
ALUMNI
Post–Doctoral Scholars
Dr. Richard Thompson (2021-2023)
Assistant Professor at University of Idaho
Dr. Debabrata Sengupta (2020-2021)
Postdoctoral Researcher at Northwestern University
Dr. Wenyang Gao (2018-2020)
New Mexico Institute of Technology
Dr. Hye-Jeong Park (2016-2017)
Samsung
Graduate Students
Dr. Ashley Cardenal (Ph.D. 2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Oberlin College & Conservatory
Dr. Chen-Hao Wang (Ph.D 2020)
Post-Doctoral scholar at Serena DeBeer's lab at Max Planck Institute
Dr. Anuvab Das (Ph.D. 2020)
Post-Doctoral scholar for Dr. Frances Arnold at California Institute of Technology
Dr. Sung-Min Hyun (Ph.D. 2020)
Post-Doctoral scholar for Dr. Adam Veige at University of Florida
Dr. Asim Maity(Ph.D. 2022)
Senior Scientist at The Dow Chemical Company
Dr. Gerard Van Trieste(Ph.D. 2022)
Etch Module Engineer at Intel
Dr. Brandon Frey (Ph.D. 2023)
Post-Doctoral scholar at NREL National labs, Colorado
Dr. Mario N. Cosio (Ph.D. 2023)
Chemist at Boulder Scientific, Colorado
Dr. Andrew A. Ezazi (Ph.D. 2023)
Post-Doctoral scholar for Dr. Sarbajit Banerjee, Texas A&M University
Dr. Pritam Roy Chowdhury (Ph.D. 2024)
Post-Doctoral scholar for Dr. Andrew Zahrt, UPenn
Undergraduate Students
Braeden C. O'Bannon
Laboratory Technician, BioVeritas
Rodas Hagos
Student, UT Health Houston
Veronica Knipp
M.S. Finance, Penn State University
Aiden Gomez
Graduate Student, UPenn
Roberto Herrera
Graduate Student, MIT
Victoria Akwaowo
Scribe at UT Southwestern Children's Hospital
Jeremy Beaty
Process Engineer, Solvay
Kimberlie Chudej
Quality Control Technician
Kailyn Cohen (REU)
Graduate Student, Princeton University
Carolyn Divita
Synthesis Tech, Dow Chemical Company
Madeline Hicks
Graduate Student, CalTech
Connor Hoffman
U.S Air Force Flight School
Brianna Lilly
Manufacturing Associate Supervisor, PepsiCo
Austin Miller (REU)
Graduate Student, UNC Chapel Hill
Kacey Ortiz
Graduate Student, Auburn University
Danna Pinto
Manufacturing Technician, Fujifilm
Meredith Spradlin
Graduate Student, U. Texas Austin
Haleigh Stafford
Alan Wortman
Graduate Student, University of Michigan
Ryan Wise
Graduate Student, University of Florida
TEACHING
Organic Chemistry I
Chem 227
Organic Reactions
Chem 610
Introduction to
Organometallics
Teaching
CONTACT US
979-862-3089
Texas A&M University
Department of Chemistry
P.O. Box 30012
College Station, TX 77840
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