Samantha Sloane

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Samantha.Sloane@marquette.edu

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Samantha graduated from Miami University in Ohio in 2016 with a degree in Chemistry and then went on to work in Chicago at a chemical manufacturing company for 2 years. She started at Marquette University in August 2018 and enjoys traveling and being in the sunshine while not in lab.

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Sam Hintzsche

Samuel.Hintzsche@marquette.edu

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Sam was born and raised in Byron, IL. Sam graduated from the Marquette University in 2020 with a BA in Chemistry. In his free time, he enjoys swimming in nearby rivers and the occasional day at the spa.

Lihan Qi

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Lihan.Qi@marquette.com

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Lihan graduated from Shaanxi University of Science & Technology in 2020 with BS in chemistry. He enjoys sandbox games and playing with reptiles.

Aniel J. Rivera Arzola

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Aniel.riveraarzola@marquette.edu

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University of Puerto Rico Cayey

Bachelors of Science - Chemistry Major Class 2022

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Official Bad Bunny lyrics translator

for the laboratory. Fluent in the language

of the streets of Puerto Rico.

Ali Yadegari

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ali.yadegarihargalan@marquette.edu

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Ali graduated from the University of Tehran with a MSc. He was teaching assistant in the University of Tehran. After graduation, he worked as a quality control senior expert in a biopharmaceutical company in Iran, CinnaGen, for two years. In his free time, he enjoys swimming, traveling, and watching movies.

Gabriel Garcia Padin​

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gabriel.garcia-padin@marquette.edu

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Gabriel received his BS in Biology from the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey in 2023.

When he is not in lab he enjoys climbing, martial arts and the occasional attempt to play pool. 

Dr. Hathaithep (Grape) Senkum

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hathaithep.senkum@marquette.edu

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Grape is from Thailand. She graduated with a PhD in Chemistry at the University of Maine, where she performed polymer-based research. She had worked with renewable and nanomaterials for biomedical and 3D printing applications. After that, she was an industrial postdoc at MilliporeSigma (Milwaukee site), working with process development for catalysts and organic compounds. The work ignited her interest in exploring wider research in the organic synthesis realm. She recently joined the Clark Lab to expand her skills and expertise in medicinal chemistry and natural products.

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Isaac Anderson

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Isaac.j.anderson@marquette.edu

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Isaac is an undergraduate chemistry major from Portland, OR. Outside of the lab, he enjoys swimming with the Marquette Swim Club and climbing.

Dr. Zoua Pa Vang

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Current Position: NIH F32 Ruth Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Ian Tonks (UMinn)

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Zoua Pa graduated from the College of St. Benedict in 2018 with a BA in Chemistry. She enjoys navigating through airports and traveling, solving puzzles, and empowering women. 

Kiera Behlow 

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Marquette University MS in Chemistry 2021

Dana Stambekova 

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Dana.Stambekova@marquette.edu

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Dana graduated from Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan in 2017 with a B.S. in Chemistry and then she worked as a teaching and laboratory assistant at Nazarbayev University until 2019. She started at Marquette in 2019. When she is not working hard in the lab, she likes to run to stay active, travel, and drink coffee. 

Emanuel Rivera Torres

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Emanuel.RiveraTorres@marquette.com

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2021 Research Associate

2020 BS Chemistry University of Puerto Rico Cayey (UPR-Cayey)

2019 Undergraduate Summer Intern at Clark Lab 

Enjoys jazz in the park and cool summer days in Milwaukee. 

Has the spirit of a wolf.

Erik Hensle

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Erik.hensle@marquette.

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Erik graduated from the University of Portland in 2020 with a B.S. in chemistry.  He worked in the medical device/pharmaceutical industry for two years before starting at Marquette in 2022.  If he is not at the lab, he can be found at the nearest ski slope or live music show. 

Nazanin Farmanbordar​

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nazanin.farmanbordarghadikolaei@marquette.edu

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Nazanin graduated from AmirKabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) with a MSc. She worked as a quality control senior expert in a biopharmaceutical company in Iran, CinnaGen, for two years. She enjoy traveling to ancient places, playing dulcimer, and doing Karate in her free time.

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Moataz Hendi

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moataz.hendi@marquette.edu

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Born and raised in Egypt. Moataz graduated in 2011 from Ain Shams University, Cairo with a Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences degree. In 2019 he gained his Master's degree in pharmaceutical chemistry. He worked as a community and hospital pharmacist, and then as an assistant researcher at the Centre for Drug Research and Development, the British University in Egypt. He likes movies, soccer, and reading while having a coffee.

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Dr. Shashank Sancheti

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shashank.sancheti@marquette.edu

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Shashank set off on his academic journey into the mystic world of Chemistry (BSMS. 2017) at the University of Pune, India. Seeking to deepen his knowledge and skills in organic chemistry, he then moved to the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, India, where he successfully earned his PhD in Organic Chemistry in 2023. Presently, as a Post Doc, Shashank is a wizard in the laboratory at Marquette University, developing magical organic transformations that precisely infuse hydrogen and its isotopes into organic molecules. Beyond the realm of chemistry and research, Shashank reveals his culinary prowess as a dedicated foodie, often found mastering the art of cooking in his kitchen kingdom!

Katie Smith

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Kathryn.Smith@marquette.edu

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Katie Smith is an undergraduate chemistry major from Schaumburg, IL. In her free time, she enjoys playing soccer for the Marquette club team and watching movies. 

Olivia Smetana

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olivia.smetana@marquette.edu

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Olivia is an undergraduate at Marquette University studying chemistry. She began working in the Clark Lab as an undergraduate summer research fellow in 2022. In her free time she enjoys hanging out with her friends, traveling, and hiking.

Mitchell Mills

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Master of Science (M.S.) in Chemistry 2022

Dr. Lingzi Li 

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Harbin University of Science and Technology

B.S. Chemical Engineering 2012

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Marquette University

Ph.D. Chemistry 2018