People

Graduate Student Researchers

Alejandra Macias
Graduate Researcher

I received my bachelor's degree from 麻豆精品 and have been working in Hosmane's lab for the past three years. I started as a Research Rookie and continued working in the laboratory through the SEF (Student Engagement Fund). I am currently working with fluorescein derived molecules as a potential carrier for BNCT.

Soumya Sagar
Graduate Researcher

I received my bachelors and masters degree from IISER (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research), Thiruvananthapuram in 2018. I majored in Chemistry and minored in Biology. My master thesis work was mainly focused on supramolecular chemistry and drug delivery. I joined Professor Hosmane's research group as a Ph.D. student in fall 2019 and have focused my research on the use of various amino acids to use as delivery agents for BNCT. In my free time I listen to various genre of music and play cricket.

Visiting International Graduate Students

Okan Içten
Graduate Researcher

I received my bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Cukurova University in Turkey. Now, I am a research assistant and Ph.D. student at Hacettepe University in Turkey. My department is nanotechnology and nanomedicine. I joined Dr. Hosmane's Lab in February 2011 as a visiting researcher. My research focuses on synthesis, characterization and functionalization of multifunctional nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications such as Boron and Gadolinium Capture Therapy as Cancer Treatment.

Undergraduate Researchers

Caroline Rosequist
Undergraduate Researcher

I am currently a junior double majoring in chemistry with a pre-professional emphasis, and vocal music. I joined the Hosmane research group during the summer of 2019 and am working alongside graduate students and visiting researchers to test different amino acid compounds as boron delivery agents for BNCT.

Eunice Oladesu
Undergraduate Researcher

I am a chemistry major with a pre-med emphasis. I have been a part of Dr. Hosmane's lab doing Boron Neutron Capture Therapy research for the past three years.

Post‐Doctoral and Visiting Scientists

Name	Years	Current Position
Narayan N. Sirmokadam	1983–1984	Professor and Head, Dandeli College, Karnataka, India
Noormahamad N. Maldar	1984–1985	Acting Vice Chancellor and Head, Chemistry Department, Solapur University, India
M. Safiqul Islam	1986–1988	Research Scientist, Vulcan Chemicals, Birmingham, Ala. (Formerly at Mayo Chemical Co.)
Hong Zhu	1986–1988	Associate Professor, , Wuhan, China
Upali Siriwardane	1986–1989	Professor, , Ruston, La.
Goumin Zhang	1988	Professor, , Wuhan, China
Kai‐Juan Lu	1988–1991; 1994–1996	Professor, , Beijing, China
Reynaldo D. Barreto	1989–1990	, Ind.
Manjunath S. Shet	1989–1990	Scientist, , Ardsley, N.Y.
Lei Jia	1990–1991	Research Chemist, Agouron Pharmaceuticals, La Jolla, Calif.
Changxing Zhou	1990–1991	Associate Professor, , Beijing, China
Aderemi R. Oki	1990–1992	Professor and Head of the Chemistry Department at , Prairie View, Texas
Jorge Castillo	1991–1992	Associate Professor, , Chicago, Ill.
Anil Saxena	1991–1994	Research Scientist, , Midland, Mich.
Ying Wang	1992–1995	Research Scientist, , Wilmington, Del.
Thomas J. Colacot	1993–1995	Research Scientist, , N.J.
Maria B. Ezhova	1994–1996	Research Associate, , Canada
Dunming Zhu	1994–1996	Research Scientist, Chemistry Department, , Dallas, Texas
Robert E. Blake, Jr.	1995–1996	Assistant Professor of Chemical Education, , Lubbock, Tex.
Serdar Söylemez	1995–1996	Research Scientist, Borax, Inc., Turkey
Pradeep Mathur	1995; 2004	Professor, , Bombay, India
Francisco Martinez	1996	Associate Professor, Istituto Politecnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico
Andreas Franken	1997–1998	Research Associate, , England
Julie L. C. Thomas	1997–1998	Staff Computer Specialist, Chemistry Department, , Dallas, Texas
Ji‐Quan Wang	1998–1999	Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Radiology‐Imaging Sciences, IUPUI
Chang‐Zheng Li	2000–2001	Postdoctoral Research Associate, , College Station, Texas
Ketai Wang	2000–2001	Research Associate, Radiology Dept. of Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
Luqman Adams	2000–2002	Graduate Student, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas
Yinghuai Zhu	2002-2003 2017-2018	Professor at , Taipa, Macau
Chao Guo Yan	2001–2002	Professor, , PR China
Jianhui Wang	2001–2005	Professor, Chemistry Dept., , Tianjin, China
K. K. Mohammed Yusuff	2003	Professor, , Chemistry Dept., Cochin, India
P. Bindu	2003–2004	Chemistry Department, (IIT); Madras, India
Christa Salt	2003–2004	, Switzerland
Ioannis Tiritiris	2004	Research Associate, Inst. Anorganische Chemie, , Germany
Graciela Canseco‐Melchor	2004–2005	Area Coordinator, Chemistry; , Mexico City
Senait Ghirmai	2005	Currently at San Diego Research Institute, San Diego, Calif.
Liping Qin	2005–2006	School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, P. R. China
Prosanta Dey	2006	IIT Kharagpur, India
Vladimir Meshcheryakov	2006–2008	INEOS, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Rashmirekha Satapathy	2007–2011	Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, , Bhubaneswar, India
Amartya Chakrabarti	2008–2015	Research Associate, , Dallas, Texas
Kyoung‐Ho Park	2009–2010	Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, —ERICA Campus, Ansan, Korea
Shanmin Gao	2010–2012	Professor, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Ludong University
Mark Zabawa	2011–2012	Assistant Professor, Iowa Lakes Community College
	2012–2013	Research Chemist, , Czech Republic
Siddappa Patil	2013–2014
Vijayaraghavan Kalavakunda	2014–2015	Raman Postdoctoral Fellow Sponsored by UGC—India, , DeKalb, Illinois
Prabhuodeyara. M. Gurubasavaraj	2017-2018	Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, , Belagavi, India
Fatima Abi-Ghaida	2017–2018	Associate Professor, Faculty of Sciences, , Lebanon

Graduate Students

Name	Years	Degree	Current Position
Lei Jia	1991–1993	M.S.
Temesgen Demissie	1993–1994, 1996–1998	Ph.D. (Harvard University)	M.D. student, , Baltimore, Md.
Jimin Yang	1994–1996	M.S.	Canadian Chemical Co., Canada
Aiqing Ke	1995–1996	M.S.	Ph.D. student, , Arlington, Texas
Stephen P. Taylor	1995–1996	M.S.	M.S. student, , Baltimore, Md.
Sirishkumar Dutt	1996–1997	M.S.
Xiaodong Wang	1996–1998	M.S.	Ph.D. student, , Pittsburgh, Pa.
Craig Senese	1998–1999	M.S.	Ph.D. student in Medicinal Chemistry, , Ill.
Susan Tomlinson	1998–2000	M.S.	Scientific Software Analyst, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, Mass.
Grayden T. Johnson	1998–2001	M.S.	, St. Louis, Mo.
Zachary King	1999	M.S.	, Abbott Park, Ill.
Geeta Rana	2000–2003	Ph.D.	, Boulder, Colo.
Kamesh Vyakaranam	2000–2003	Ph.D.	, Midland, Mich.
Gauthami Arikatla	2002–2003	M.S.	Homemaker
Wenjiao Lin	2003	M.S.	Graduated from , Iowa City, Iowa
	2003–2004	Ph.D.	Senior R&D Scientist at Honeywell
Ang Li	2003–2004	Ph.D.	Graduated from , DeKalb, Ill.
Arun Kumar Vadali	2003–2006	M.S.	CompUSA, Atlanta, Ga.
Manjunath R. Bisalehalli	2005–2006	M.S.	Graduated from
Christina Allard	2005–2007	Ph.D.
Madhu Suresh	2006	M.S.	Graduated from
Daniel Hilby	2006–2007	M.S.	Assistant Project Manager, , Greater Chicago Area, Ill.
Barada Dash	2006–2011	Ph.D.	Graduated from
Anila Kethe	2007–2008	Ph.D.	Graduate Student,
Sunitha Krovvidi	2008	M.S.	Former Graduate Student,
Ekta Mishra	2008	Ph.D.	Graduate Student,
Sonam Patil	2008	M.S.	Former Graduate Student,
Radhika Thokala	2008	M.S.	Graduated from
Sri Harsha Vemuri	2008	M.S.	Former Graduate Student,
Nicole Potts	2008–2013	Ph.D.	Faculty at , Malta, Illinois
Yuheng Liang	2009–2010	Ph.D.	Former Graduate Student,
Samantha Gladden	2010	M.S.	Adjunct Faculty at
Devangi Patel	2010–2013	Ph.D.	Associate Scientist at PPD
	2011–2013	M.S.	Graduated from
	2011–2013	M.S.	Ph.D. Student at University of California, Riverside
David Kuntz	2012–2013	Ph.D.	Ph.D. Student at
Eyrusalam Bedasso	2013–2016	Ph.D.	Graduated from
Tirtha Raj Sibakoti	2014–2015	M.S.	Graduated from
	2016-2019		Waiting for a Ph.D. progam in the USA
Okan Içten	2015–
Mohammed Kaleem	2016–2017

Visiting International Graduate Students

Name	Years	Current Position
Elva Nettzayeert Cordova (Colima, Mexico)	2013	Graduate Student at Universidad de Colima, Mexico
Irina Elkina (Prague, Czech Republic)	2014	Graduate Student at Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic
Banafshe Samani (Tehran, Iran)	2014	Graduate Student at University of Illinois at Chicago

Undergraduate Students

Name	Years	Current Position
Michael Seitz	1983	Chemist
Mark N. Mollenhauer	1983–1984	Assistant Professor, , Johns Hopkins University
Susan Davies	1984	Pediatrician
Mojdeh Dehghan	1984	, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Stephen B. Potts	1984–1985	Physician
Thomas A. West	1985	Physician
Elizabeth Burns	1986	Chemist,
Scott Gray	1987	Physician
Brian S. Pinkston	1987–1989	Manager, Aerospace Medical Education Divsion, , FAA
Joseph S. Fagner	1987–1990	Physician
Michael A. Tolle	1988–1990	Physician
Chris Orf	1990
Nazish Islahi	1991	M.D. Family Physician, Dallas Diagnostic Association, Park Cities
Temesgen Demissie	1991–1994	Ph.D., ; M.D. student,
Sarah‐Jane Whitten	1992	Chemist
Kim Dawson	1992–1993	Biologist
Komel V. Grover	1992–1993	Physician
Hebrework Demissie	1993	Graduate student
Bobby Grover	1993	Graduate student
Michael McInnis	1993	Physician
Thomas G. Gray	1993–1996	Assistant Professor, ; Cleveland, Ohio
Emily McDonald	1994	M.D. Graduated from
Jess Collins	1994–1995	M.D. Graduated from
Jason Eintracht	1994–1995	Physician
Vikram P. Weiss	1994–1995	Graduate student
Karen Brooks	1994–1997	Ph.D. Student, at Boulder, Colo. (graduated)
James E. McDonald	1995	M.D. student, (graduated)
Sarah C. Helfert	1995–1996	M.D. Graduated from
Deepa Chari	1996	Undergraduate student, (graduated)
Catherine Glidden	1996–1997	Undergraduate student, (graduated)
John Naegle, Jr.	1996–1997	Undergraduate student, (graduated)
Emily Luke	1997	Undergraduate student, (graduated)
Krishna Veeraraghavan	1997	Undergraduate student, (graduated)
Cindy Sanderson	1998–1999	Graduated from the
Suneil Hosmane	1999–2001	Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins University
Artie Ratanasuwan	2000	Undergraduate Student, , DeKalb, Ill. (graduated)
Kari Dicke‐Schlicht	2001	Research and Development Scientist II at
Bridget (Hines) Dolash	2001	Scientist at
Jamie Eklund	2001	Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Staff Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Walter Reed Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.
Kurt Grelck	2001	Graduate Student, , Downers Grove, Ill.
Shannon Delaney	2002	Medical Student, , Milwaukee; Milwaukee, Wis.
Sarah Ledger	2002	Medical Student, Des Moines University College of Medicine and Surgery, Des Moines, Iowa
Christina Allard	2003–2004
Joanna Smith	2003–2004	, San Francisco, Calif.
Zack Terranova	2005	Graduated from , Milwaukee, Wis., in 2008
Daniel Hilby	2005–2008	Graduate Student,
Nikhil Jayaram	2006	Pre‐Med,
Christine McMillion	2006	, Normal, Ill.
Nina Hosmane	2006–2007	Pre‐Med,
Dennis Kriventsov	2006–2007	, Aurora, Ill.
Adeel Tariq	2006–2007	Graduated from
Jennifer Dougherty	2006–2008	Undergraduate Student at
Syad Rafea	2006–2008	Pre‐Med,
Janet Truckenbrad	2006–2008	Biological Sciences,
Hamzat Azeez	2007	Undergraduate at
Patrick T. Wilhelm	2007–2009	Graduated early from Sycamore High School and now Undergraduate Student at
Arth Patel	2008	Undergraduate Student at
Emily DeBisschop	2008–2010	Undergraduate Student at
Laura Paulson	2008–2012	Graduate of
Rebecca Welker	2009	Education Reentry Specialist at Opportunities with AmeriCorps for Reentry Success (OARS)
Sudeshna Chakraborty	2009–2010	Graduate Student,
Neha Chug	2009–2010	Undergraduate Student at
Kate Krise	2009–2010
Kathleen Norton	2009–2010	Undergraduate Student at
Shelby Stanley	2009–2010	Research Assistant; Undergraduate Student at
Robin Patel	2009–2011	Undergraduate Student at
Lauren Kuta	2009–2012	Post‐Bachelor Researcher,
John Price	2009–2012	Graduate of
Hiren Patel	2009–2013	Post‐Bachelor Researcher,
	2010	Research Chemist at Orthogonal Inc.
Emily Byczynski	2010	Undergraduate Student at
Amber Carrick	2010	Undergraduate Student at
Kia Eabron	2010	Graduated
Mark Fiedler	2010	Undergraduate Student at
Brittney Harris	2010	Graduated
Valencia Hutson	2010	Undergraduate Student at
Allen Mason	2010	Undergraduate Student at
Petar Matic	2010	Undergraduate Student at
Ami Patel	2010	Undergraduate Student at
	2010	Attended Chamberlain College of Nursing
Cory Reidl	2010	Undergraduate Student at
James Sawicki	2010	Graduate of ; Undergraduate Student at
	2010–2011	National Senior Director, National Pre‐SOMA
Ken Lusardi	2010–2011	Undergraduate Student at
	2010–2011	Quality Control at PQ Corporation, North Utica, Illinois
Jennifer Skrabutenas	2010–2011	Undergraduate Student at
	2010–2011	Research Chemist
Adam McNamara	2010–2012	Graduate of
Brian Muller	2010–2013	Graduate Student,
Anneliese Amaya	2011	Graduated
	2011	Sales Representative/Accounts Receivable at CLM Systems
Nha Thanh Le	2011	Graduated
Emilee McNally	2011
Valentin Pacuraru	2011	Graduated
Josh Demuth	2011–2012	Graduate of
Jeffrey Gelband	2011–2012	Graduated with Biology Major
Tam Le	2011–2012	Graduate of
Xinyuan Miao	2011–2012	Graduate of
Ashley Pales	2011–2012	Undergraduate Student at
Niki Patel	2011–2012	Color Development Chemist at NB Coatings
Ronald Peter	2011–2012	Graduate of
Sharon Peter	2011–2012	Undergraduate Student at
Kelsey Phillips	2011–2012	Dental Assistant/Project Manager/New Hire Trainer at
Chanté Pniewski	2011–2012	Undergraduate Student at
Audrina Pryer	2011–2012	Undergraduate Student at
Swati Sharma	2011–2012	Undergraduate Student at
Aaron Street	2011–2012	Graduated
	2011–2012	Graduate Student at University of Illinois in Chicago; Certified Pharmacy Intern at Walgreens
Matthew Woznicki	2011–2012	Undergraduate Student at
	2011–2013	Graduated
	2011–2013	Graduated
Joshua Peter	2011, 2013	Associate Chemist at Valspar
Chris Potocki	2011–2014	Undergraduate Student at
Mahreen Bux	2012	M.S. Student (Public Health),
Katherine Carlson	2012	Former High School Student Researcher; Graduated from Indian Creek (Shabbona, Ill.) High School
Kathryn V. Esham	2012	Former REU Researcher, Northern Illinois University
	2012	Pharmacy Technician at Rush University Medical Center
	2012	Analytical Chemist at FONA International
Mischelle Nelson	2012	Former REU Researcher,
Mathew Rodriguez	2012	Graduated
Caitlin Sherman	2012	Former High School Student Researcher
Chanisse Abraham	2012–2013	Undergraduate Student at
Hector Alvarado	2012–2013	Undergraduate Student at
Mudita Jain	2012–2013	Graduated
Dan Jeffries	2012–2013	Undergraduate Student at
Kyle Mondron	2012–2013	Undergraduate Student at
Yaa Karikari	2012–2014	Graduated
Allysa Fatigati	2013
	2013	Graduated. Business Analyst at Exelon
	2013	Graduated
Veronica Minor	2013	Graduated
Steven Szlembarski	2013	Graduated
	2013	Junior Microbiologist at IEH Consulting
Melissa Watts	2013	Graduated
	2013	Graduated. Crew Chief at Portillo's
	2013–2014	Graduated
	2013–2014	Graduated
	2013–2014	Energetic Young Professional
	2013–2014	Certified Nursing Assistant at Dekalb County Rehab and Nursing Center
Rebecca Dominguez	2013–2017	Huskie Research Rookies Honors Degree with capstone project
Kylee Ackland	2014	Graduated
Christopher Clark	2014	Graduated
	2014	Graduated
Sameeha Fatima	2014	Graduated
Michael Montelongo	2014	Graduated
Julio Sanchez	2014
Ryan Small	2014	Graduated
	2014	Graduated
Tonisha Conway	2014–2015	Graduated
Natalia Street	2014–2015	Graduated
Alyssa Vega	2014–2015	Graduated
Anthony Reporto	2014–2016	Honors Degree with capstone project
Wasay Ahmad	2015	Graduated
Abraham La Montagne	2015	Graduated
Majeed Papa	2015	Graduated
Laetitia Tchetgna	2015	Graduated
Zubeda Vaid	2015	Honors Degree with capstone project
Manas Chug	2015–2016	Honors Degree with captsone project
Nicole Fisher	2015–2016	Graduated
Nathanielle Guevarra	2014–2016	Graduated
Roxana Moraga	2014–2017	Honors Degree with capstone project
Brianna Harper	2015–2016	Huskie Research Rookies
Tu Nguyen	2015–2016	Gratudated, John Hopkins University
Michael Opielowski	2015–2016	Graduated
Gina Poci	2015–2016	Graduated
Stephane Sanan	2015–2016	Summer Independent Researcher
Thimoro Cheng	2015–2017	Huskie Research Rookies
Gabriela Fuentes	2015–2017	Honors Degree with capstone project
Luc Kuzmanic	2015–2017	Honors Degree with capstone project
Mark Nogalo	2015–	Current Undergraduate Researcher at Northern Illinois University
Leena Ghrayeb	2016–2017	Huskie Research Rookies
Tom Vincent	2016–2017	Graduated
Lauren Zuidema	2016–2017	Honors Degree with capstone project
Dmytro Lyutyk	2016–2018	Undergraduate Researcher
Tyler Easter	2017–2018	Undergraduate Researcher
Megan Polz	2017–2018	Undergraduate Researcher, Honors Degree with capstone project
Nick Naylor	2017–2018	Undergraduate Researcher
Nathan Scanlon	2017–2017	Undergraduate Researcher
Ryan Yedinak	2017–2017	Undergraduate Researcher
Alejandra Macias	2016–2019	Huskie Research Rookie and Undergraduate Researcher
Michelle Norberciak	2018–2018	Huskie Research Rookie
Jennifer Zarate	2018	Undergraduate Researcher
Oreana Teran	2018–present	Undergraduate Researcher
Stephen Binderup	2018–present	Undergraduate Researcher
Richard Miller	2018	Undergraduate Researcher
Ausem Kattom	2018	Undergraduate Researcher
Blake Mirman	2018	Undergraduate Researcher
Jake Kimball	2018	Undergraduate Researcher
Eunice Oladesu	2019–present	Undergraduate Researcher
Sarah Johnson	2019–present	Undergraduate Researcher
Caroline Rosenquist	2019–present	Undergraduate Researcher

High School and IMSA

Name	Years	Current Position
Mahreen Bux (High School)	2012	M.S. student, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Katherine Carlson (High School)	2012	Graduated from 麻豆精品
Nicholas Inocencio (IMSA)	2015–2016	Graduated from High School
Lily Li	2018-2019	Student at Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Caitlin Sherman (IMSA)	2012	Graduated from Medical School
Nitya Nagarajan	2017-2018	Graduated High School
Joon Park	2016-2017	Graduated High School
Shrutika Gupta	2019	Senior IMSA Student
Shambhavi Punjala	2019	Senior IMSA Student
Carolina Seoane	2019	Senior IMSA Student

Updates and/or Corrections

If you were a member of the Hosmane Group, we would like to hear from you! Please send updates and/or corrections to Professor Narayan Hosmane, hosmane@niu.edu.