Group Members
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Dr. Baruth's Nanomaterials Research Group
Group Alumni
Name | 
Major | 
Years | 
Project | 
Current Location | 
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 Hannah Mullally  | 
 BIO  | 
 2012  | 
 Cryostat Mount  | 
 University of Tennessee  | 
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 Molly Berringer  | 
 H.S.  | 
 2012  | 
 Cryostat Mount  | 
 MIT, Mechanical Engineering  | 
| 
 Daniel Dean  | 
 ERG/BIO  | 
 2012  | 
 Cryostat Mount and X-ray Fluorescence  | 
 Montana Conservation Corps  | 
| 
 Erin Cheese  | 
 ERG/ PHY  | 
 2013-15  | 
 Ex-situ Sulfidation  | 
 Special Assistant to Gina McCarthy (Climate Advisor to President Biden), White House, OMB, White House, Program Examiner, Energy M.P.A.: Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton REU: K-State  | 
| 
 Brianna Baca  | 
 ERG  | 
 2013-14  | 
 Ex-situ Sulfidation  | 
 Asst. Developer, Tradewind Energy  | 
| 
 Ryan Gnabasik, PhD  | 
 ERG/ PHY  | 
 2013-15  | 
 Solvent Annealing/ Dental Materials  | 
 Post-Doc: University of California, Santa Barbara Ph.D., University of Minnesota – Material Science REU: UC-Davis, Olin  | 
| 
 Sam Rosol  | 
 ERG/ PHY  | 
 2013  | 
 Polymer Characterization  | 
 Project Manager, SITE Construction Engineer 1, Kiewit  | 
| 
 Katherine Ostermann  | 
 PHY  | 
 2014  | 
 Dental Materials  | 
 LEED and WELL Certification Reviewer, Catalyst Partners Analyst, BranchPattern Kiewit Building Group Services – Sustainability Engineer  | 
| 
 Anton Yanchillin  | 
 ERG  | 
 2014-16  | 
 Ex-situ Sulfidation  | 
 Launch Operations Strategy, SpaceX Lockheed Martin Data Analyst  | 
| 
 Jason Rogers  | 
 PHY  | 
 2014  | 
 Hall Effect Instrument  | 
 United States Space Force, Officer  | 
| 
 Gunnar Nelson  | 
 PHY  | 
 2014-18  | 
 Solvent Annealing  | 
 PhD, University of Minnesota – Material Science  | 
| 
 Caroline Ladley  | 
 CHEM. E  | 
 2014  | 
 Ex-situ Sulfidation  | 
 Scientist, Uniliver Cornell University  | 
| 
 Nick Fischer, PhD  | 
 BIO/ EVS  | 
 2014-17  | 
 Dental Materials  | 
 DDS-PhD Fellow – University of Minnesota  | 
| 
 Rachel Pham  | 
 CHM  | 
 2014  | 
 Dental Materials  | 
 
 CU Medical School  | 
| 
 Koy Matthews  | 
 ERG  | 
 2014  | 
 Hall Effect Instrument  | 
 Follet  | 
| 
 Jake Yager  | 
 ERG  | 
 2014  | 
 External Quantum Efficiency Apparatus  | 
 Inspector at Alfred Benesch & Company AMI Environmental Systems, Project Manager  | 
| 
 Ala’a Rayyan  | 
 ERG  | 
 2015-16  | 
 Ex-situ Sulfidation  | 
 Electrical Engineer at CMTA, Inc. PhD Program in Architectural Engineering  | 
| 
 Karen (Sass) Hardy  | 
 PHY  | 
 2015-16  | 
 Ex-situ Sulfidation  | 
 User Experience Analyst, University of Nebraska Foundation Associate Project Manager, Siemens Intern: Kiewit, Berkshire Hathaway, Omtimized Systems  | 
| 
 Keelan Okazaki  | 
 ERG  | 
 2015-16  | 
 Dental Materials and Outreach  | 
 Project Manager at PhotonWorks Engineering LLP  | 
| 
 Meagan Grant  | 
 ERG  | 
 2015-17  | 
 Solvent Annealing and Outreach  | 
 MSE, Polymer Science and Engineering. University of Akron Coatings and Materials Approval Engineer at PACCAR Technical Center  | 
| 
 Jeffery Wong  | 
 PHY  | 
 2015-18  | 
 Solvent Annealing  | 
 CU Medical Physics MS  | 
| 
 Sierra Brown  | 
 ERG  | 
 2015  | 
 Outreach and LED efficiency  | 
 Designer, Gensler U. Virginia Architecture  | 
| 
 Colin Thomas  | 
 ERG  | 
 2015  | 
 Outreach and LED efficiency  | 
 Optimized Systems Creighton University Verdis Group  | 
| 
 Michael Watras  | 
 ERG  | 
 2015  | 
 Dental Materials, Solar Array, Outreach and LED efficiency  | 
 Kiewit Building Analyst Data Presentation Engineer, Spreetail  | 
| 
 John Sunderland  | 
 PHY  | 
 2016-18  | 
 Ex-Situ Sulfidation  | 
 U. Wisconsin Material Science PhD  | 
| 
 Christopher Landis  | 
 PHY  | 
 2016  | 
 LabView Control for Quantum Efficiency Testing  | 
 Sales Consultant, Mauer Chevrolet  | 
| 
 Teresa Kooima  | 
 ERG  | 
 2016-17  | 
 Ex-Situ Sulfidation  | 
 Development Strategist Bluestem Energy Solutions Project Manager Branch Pattern  | 
| 
 Will Jakubowski  | 
 ERG  | 
 2016-17  | 
 Solvent Annealing  | 
 Retail Trader Junior Financial Analyst, Garrett Consulting  | 
| 
 Isaac Lamppa  | 
 ERG  | 
 2016-18  | 
 Ex-Situ Sulfidation  | 
 Senior Analyst, Renewable Project Development at Invenergy LLC  | 
| 
 Joseph Gray  | 
 ERG  | 
 2016  | 
 Quantum Efficiency Testing  | 
 Left Creighton  | 
| 
 Son Nguyen  | 
 PHY  | 
 2016-18  | 
 Solvent Annealing  | 
 Deported  | 
| 
 Jack Arkfeld  | 
 ERG  | 
 2016-17  | 
 Designing a four-terminal probe station  | 
 Habitat for Humanity Solar Energy Consultant at LGCY Power  | 
| 
 Jimmy Connors  | 
 ERG  | 
 2016-17  | 
 Solvent Annealing  | 
 
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| 
 Hannah Okelberry  | 
 BIO/EVS  | 
 2016  | 
 Solvent Annealing  | 
 Research Study Coordinator, Institute for Human Neuroscience at Boys Town National Research Hospital  | 
| 
 Jon Dang  | 
 BIO  | 
 2016-17  | 
 Dental Materials  | 
 Creighton Dental School  | 
| 
 Mitchel Pham  | 
 BIO  | 
 2016-18  | 
 Dental Materials  | 
 Creighton Medical School  | 
| 
 Yidedia Bekele  | 
 ERG  | 
 2017  | 
 Solvent Annealing  | 
 Risk and Financial Advisory Analyst at Deloitte  | 
| 
 Shrestha Samuel  | 
 CHM  | 
 2017-18  | 
 Dental Materials  | 
 Creighton Medical School  | 
| 
 Emily Johnson  | 
 CHM  | 
 2017-18  | 
 Dental Materials  | 
 Creighton Dental School  | 
| 
 Sam Ruiz  | 
 PHY  | 
 2017-18  | 
 Ex-Situ Sulfidation  | 
 U. Nebraska – Lincoln Materials Engineering, PhD  | 
| 
 Jack Widmer  | 
 PHY  | 
 2017  | 
 Ex-Situ Sulfidation  | 
 National Energy Technology Laboratory Oregon Graduate Research Assistant at University of Colorado Boulder  | 
| 
 Max Marcussen DiPrince  | 
 ERG/ PHY  | 
 2019-2021  | 
 Dye-sensitized Solar Cells  | 
 MS Creighton University  | 
| 
 Grace Dirks  | 
 PHY  | 
 2019-2021  | 
 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Magnetic Skyrmions and Virtual Reality  | 
 BS Creighton University  | 
| 
 Vikram Venkataraman  | 
 H.S.  | 
 2019  | 
 Dental Materials  | 
 BS U. of Miami, FL  | 
| 
 Logan Smith  | 
 ERG  | 
 2019 - 20  | 
 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells  | 
 Energy Analyst at Taitem Engineering  | 
| 
 John Vosicky  | 
 PHY  | 
 2019  | 
 Glucose-Derived Carbon Dots  | 
 Runner at Locher Pavelka Dostal Braddy & Hammes, LLC  | 
| 
 Emily Engel  | 
 H.S.  | 
 2019  | 
 Copper Sulfide  | 
 
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| 
 Noor Himdan  | 
 H.S.  | 
 2019  | 
 Copper Sulfide  | 
 
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| 
 Keren Lopez  | 
 H.S.  | 
 2019  | 
 Copper Sulfide  | 
 
  | 
| 
 Natalie Schwartzenberger  | 
 CS  | 
 2021  | 
 Virtual Reality  | 
 Software Engineer Telcoin  | 
| 
 Aaron Musson  | 
 H.S. Teacher  | 
 2022  | 
 Dye-sensitized Solar Cells  | 
 Chem teacher – Omaha North  | 
| 
 Davis Reed  | 
 PHY  | 
 2022  | 
 Dye-sensitized Solar Cells  | 
 Active  | 
| 
 Name  | 
 Major  | 
 Years  | 
 Project  | 
 Last Known Institution  | 
| 
 Rustin Haase  | 
 PHY  | 
 2012-2014  | 
 Solvent Annealing  | 
 1Staff Training and Development, Network Manager  | 
| 
 Mark Akubo, S.J.  | 
 PHY  | 
 2013-2015  | 
 Solvent Annealing  | 
 PhD Candidate, Learning Systems Institute, Florida State University Post-doc: Cornell  | 
| 
 Chloe Drapes  | 
 PHY  | 
 2015-17  | 
 Solvent Annealing  | 
 
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| 
 Ben Marcussen  | 
 PHY  | 
 2016-18  | 
 Ex-Situ Sulfidation  | 
 Midwest Labs  | 
| 
 Ikenna Odeluzigbo  | 
 PHY  | 
 2021-  | 
 Magnetic Skyrmions  | 
 Active  | 
| 
 Max Markuson DiPrince  | 
 PHY  | 
 2021 -  | 
 Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells  | 
 Active  |