Our Research Team
Alex Fertig
(he/him/his)
6th Year
- B.S. 2017:Chemistry, University of Cincinnati
- Hometown:Powell, Ohio
Eric Schreiber
(he/him/his)
5th Year
- B.S. 2018:Chemistry, The College of New Jersey
- Hometown:Ridgefield Park, NJ
Rachel Garwick
(she/her/hers)
3rd Year
- B.S. 2020:Chemistry, UCSB
- Hometown:La Verne, CA
Robert Lewis
(he/him/his)
3rd Year
- B.S. 2020:Chemistry, Portland Community College and Portland State University
- Hometown:Portland, OR
Shannon Cooney
(she/her/hers)
2nd Year
- B.S. 2021:Chemistry, Ohio State University
- Hometown:Delaware OH
Mamta Dagar
(she/her/hers)
2nd Year
- M.S. 2020:Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, India
- Hometown:Gurgaon, India
Chari Peter
(she/her/hers)
2nd Year
- B.S. 2021:Chemistry, Grambling State University
- B.S. 2021:Math & Physics, Grambling State University
- Hometown:Portsmouth, Commonwealth of Dominica
Kathryn Proe
(she/her/hers)
2nd Year
- B.S. 2017:Chemistry, Nazareth College
- Hometown:Canandaigua, NY
Leyla Valerio
(she/her/hers)
2nd Year
- B.A. 2021:Chemistry, Hamilton College
- Hometown:Yonkers, NY
Daniela Carmona Perez
(she/her/hers)
Class of 2022
daniela.carmona@alumno.buap.mx
- Hometown:Puebla, Mexico
Ellen M. Matson
(she/her/hers)
Associate Professor
- Post Doc 2013-2015:Inorganic Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign(Alison R. Fout)
- Ph.D. 2013:Inorganic Chemistry, Purdue University(Suzanne C. Bart)
- B.S. 2009:Science Education, Boston University
- B.A. 2009:Chemistry, Boston University
Ellen was born in Washington D.C. and spent most of her life moving around the world with her family. After graduating from Somers High School (Somers, NY), Ellen attended Boston University, where she participated in the BUCOP program, pursuing simultaneous degrees in Science Education (B.S.) and Chemistry (B.A.). Following graduation, she journeyed out west to begin her graduate work at Purdue University, where she became a founding member of the research group of Suzanne C. Bart. Her thesis was centered around the synthesis and reactivity of low-valent, organouranium complexes. In 2013, she completed her Ph. D. work and began a postdoctoral position in the Fout Laboratory at UIUC, where she studied the development of bioinorganic systems for functional models of nitrite reduction. Ellen is a runner and has completed multiple marathons and half-marathons.