People

Marcelo I. Guzman

Principal Investigator

Professor of Chemistry and Lewis Honors College Faculty Fellow, University of Kentucky

Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

Ph.D. California Institute of Technology

B.S. National University of Tucuman

Email: marcelo dot guzman at uky dot edu

Reagan Patton Witt

Ph. D. Student, University of Kentucky, 2021-

B.S. Forensic Chemistry, Eastern Kentucky University 2021

Email: Reagan dot A dot Patton at uky dot edu

Project: Environmental Oxidation Reactions

Josiel Barrios Cossio

Ph. D. Student, University of Kentucky, 2021-

M.S. Advanced Technology, CICATA Legaria, IPN, México, 2020

B.S. Radiochemistry, InSTEC, La Habana, Cuba, 2016

Email: barrios dot cossio at uky dot edu

Project: Heterogeneous Processes

Damilola Petinrin

Ph. D. Student, University of Kentucky, 2021-

B.S. Industrial Chemistry, Federal University of Technology Akure, 2018

Email: damilola dot petinrin  at uky dot edu

Project: Interfacial Chemistry

Deborah Adeyemi

Ph. D. Student, University of Kentucky, 2021-

B.S. Industrial Chemistry, Federal University of Technology Akure, 2016

Email: deborah dot adeyemi  at uky dot edu

Project: Interfacial Chemistry

Motunrayo Oladele

Ph. D. Student, University of Kentucky, 2022-

B.S. (Hons) Chemistry, Olabisi Onabanjo University, 2021

Email: Motunrayo dot Ola at uky dot edu 

Project: Chemistry in microdroplets

Alexander Igwebuike

Ph. D. Student (joint with Dr. David Atwood), University of Kentucky, 2023-

M.S. Chemistry, Miami University, 2023

B.S. Chemistry, Miami University, 2021

Email: Alexander dot Igwebuike at uky dot edu 

Project: Sustainable Chemistry

Rambod Edarehchi Gilani

Ph. D. Student, University of Kentucky, 2024-

B.S. Chemistry, Center College, 2023

Email: rambod dot edarehchigilani at uky dot edu

Project: Photocatalysis

Shino Toma

Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Decarbonization and Energy Advancement, University of Kentucky, 2024- 

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of the Ryukyus, Japan, 2021-2023 

Postdoctoral Fellow, CAER, University of Kentucky, 2018-2020 

Ph.D., Western Michigan University, 2017

Email: shino dot toma at uky dot edu

Project: carbon capture

Stephanie Athanasatos

M.S. Student, University of Kentucky, 2025-

B.S. Marine and Environmental Science, U.S. Coast Guard Academy 2019

Email: stephanie dot atanasato at uky dot edu

Project: Functional Materials

Lauren Gravatte

B.S. Chemistry Student, University of Kentucky, 2025-

Email: Lauren dot Gravatte at uky dot edu

Project: Chemistry in Microdroplets