Kartika Group Members

Current Members

Graduate Students

  • Estefania Armendariz-Gonzalez (G3) – NSF GRFP
  • Edward Mureka (G3)
  • Adi Saputra (G2)
  • Adenike Adebanji (G1)
  • Jhonny Aldas (G1)

Undergraduate Students

  • Gabrielle Womble (UG4) – Chemistry Major
  • Abigail Watson (UG2) – Chemistry Major

Kartika Group Alumni

Postdoctoral Reseachers

  • Raju S. Thombal, PhD (2021-2023) – Team Leader at BASF.
  • Prakash D. Chaudhari, PhD (2022-2023) – Postdoctoral Researcher at Florida International University.
  • Satish Chandra Philkhana, PhD (2019-2021) – Scientist at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute.
  • Nitin S. Dange, Ph.D. (2014-2015) – Principal Investigator at Syngene International.

Graduate Students

  • Fatimat O. Badmus, PhD (2022) – Process Chemist at AbbVie.
  • Moshood O. Ganiu, PhD (2022) – Senior Associate Scientist at Amgen. 
  • Binod Nepal, PhD (2022) – Senior Research Scientist at Curia Global.
  • Christian Bailey, MS (2022) – Associate Scientist at Sterling Pharma Solutions.
  • Isaac C. Dos Reis, MS (2021) – Research Associate at Fount Bio, Inc.
  • Joshua P. Van Houten, PhD (2021) – Senior Chemist at PPD Laboratories, Inc.
  • Joshua A. Malone, PhD (2021) – Senior Process Chemist at Albany Molecular Research Inc.
  • Alexander H. Cleveland, PhD (2020) – Staff Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  • Mirza A. Saputra, PhD (2017) – Faculty at Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia.
  • Jacob R. Stepherson, MS (2016) – Anesthesiology MD Resident at Oschner Health.
  • Caitlan E. Ayala, PhD (2016) – Patent Engineer at Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP.
  • Andres Villalpando, PhD (2016) – Plant Chemist at ExxonMobil Corporation.
  • Rashel Forgey, MS (2014)

Undergraduate Students

  • Peyton Meares, BS in Chemistry with College Honors (2024) – PhD in Chemistry program at University of Texas, Austin.
  • Cale Locicero, BS in Chemistry with Honors Distinction (2023) – PhD in Chemistry program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • Gloria Tan, BS in Chemistry (2022) – PhD in Chemistry program at the University of Notre Dame.
  • Hayden Noblet, BS in Biochemistry (2022) – PhD in Neuroscience program at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
  • Thomas “Davis” Curry, B.S. in Chemistry with Honors Distinction (2021) – PhD in Chemistry program at University of Kansas.
  • Joshua Nguyen, B.S. in Chemistry (2021) – Ph.D. in Chemistry program at University of Virginia.
  • Alexander Du Plooy, BS in Chemistry and Biology (2021)
  • Nicholas Borne, BS in Chemistry (2020) – MS in Chemical Engineering program at Tulane University. 
  • Ellen R. Hymel, BS in Chemistry (2020) – Market Partner at MONAT Global.
  • Courtney E. Toussel, BS in Chemistry (2020) – MD program at LSU Health Shreveport.
  • Kristine M. Sobie, BS in Chemistry (2020) – PhD in Chemistry program at University of Florida.
  • Jarrod L. Paul
  • Ly Ngo, BS in Chemistry (2015) – PhD in Chemistry program at Louisiana State University.
  • Janine S. Hamideh, BS in Biology – PharmD program at Xavier University of New Orleans.
  • Thomas H. Tugwell, B.S. in Chemistry (2015) – PhD in Chemistry program at University of Pittsburgh.
  • Jeffrey L. Henry, BS in Chemistry (2015) – PhD in Chemistry program at University of Notre Dame.
  • Christopher B. Watson, BS in Chemistry and Physics (2014) – PhD in Chemistry program at Texas A&M University.