Current Group Members


Bess Vlaisavljevich
Assistant Professor
PhD, University of Minnesota

  • Jorge Barroso
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    PhD, CINVESTAV Mérida

    Sabyasachi Roy Chowdhury
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    PhD, IIT Kharagpur

  • Rina Bhowmick
    PhD Student
    BS/MS, University of Dhaka

  • Samuel Fosu
    PhD Student
    BS/MS, KNUST

  • Nathan Loutsch
    Accelerated MS Student
    BS in progress at USD

    Christina Nguyen
    USD Undergraduate Student

    Taylor Ravelo
    USD Undergraduate Student

    Naomi Rehberg
    USD Undergraduate Student

    Previous Group Members

    Nadira Moore, NSF CSP Summer Student, Summer 2022–Spring 2023, Co-advised by Dr. Salman, Clark Atlanta University

    Kh Mahfuzul Alam, MS Student, January 2021–January 2023, Currently a production chemisty at Entegris

    Parisa Fasihianifard, MS Student, September 2020–August 2022, Currently a PhD student at the University of California Riverside.

    Lacey Labee, REU Student, Summer 2022, University of Central Arkansas

    Jefferey Palmer, REU Student, Summer 2022, University of Western Kentucky

    Emma Saucerman, Undergraduate Student, Spring 2021–Spring 2022

    Ashen Suduweli Kondage, MS Student, September 2019–August 2021

    Dr. Riffat Parveen, Postdoctoral Researcher, June 2019–June 2021, Currently an Asst. Prof. at Government College University in Lahore, Pakistan

    Clara Kirkvold, Undergraduate Student, Fall 2018–August 2020, Currently in graduate school at the University of Minnesota

    Dr. Brian Finney, Postdoctoral Researcher, September 2018–June 2020

    MaKenna Koble, REU Student, Summer 2019, Augustana University

    Callie Wersal, Undergraduate Student, Spring 2019, Co-advised with Miró Group

    Ethan Hare, Undergraduate Student, Fall 2018–Spring2018, Co-advised by Dr. Miró

    Haley Rust, Undergraduate Student, Fall 2018–Spring2018, Co-advised by Dr. Miró

    Megan Bruns, PhD Student, Spring/Summer 2018

    Andrew Reuter, REU Student, Summer 2018, St. Olaf College

    Zachary Hansen, Undergraduate Student, Fall 2017 to Spring 2018, University of South Dakota

    Taylor Pickthorn, REU Student, Summer 2017, St. John's University