Current Group Members

Carl K. Brozek

Principal Investigator
WRF Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow,
University of Washington (D. R. Gamelin), 2015-2018
Ph.D., MIT (M. Dincă), 2015
S.B., University of Chicago (G. L. Hillhouse), 2010

Honors and Awards
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award (2025)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowship (2024)
NSF CAREER Award (2024)
Dream Chemistry Award (2022)
Cottrell Scholar Award (2022)
ACS DIC Young Investigator Award (2016)
Davison Thesis Award, MIT (2015)
Washington Research Foundation Innovation Fellow in Clean Energy (2015)
NSF Graduate Research Fellow (2011-2014)
Beckman Scholars Program Fellow (2007-2009)

C.V.
Office: LISB 434
Phone: 541-346-0146
Email: cbrozek@uoregon.edu

Postdocs

Erik Svensson Grape

Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D, Stockholm University (A. Ken Inge group), 2022
B.S., Stockholm University (Dag Noreus group), 2018

Office: LISB 437
Phone: 541-346-7655
Email: ersv@uoregon.edu

Jonathan Rowell

Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D, Cornell University (Robinson group), 2025
B.S., University of Florida (Biochemistry), 2020

Office: LISB 437
Phone: 541-346-7655
Email: jonlr@uoregon.edu

PhD Students

Audrey Davenport
B.S., Butler University (Chemistry, French language and cultural studies) 2021
Office: LISB 438
Phone: 541-346-7655
Email: adavenp3@uoregon.edu

Faiqa Khaliq
M.S., COMSATS University of Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Pakistan, (Chemistry), 2021

Office: LISB 437
Email: faiqak@uoregon.edu

Hannah Negri
B.S., California Polytechnic State University (Chemistry), 2025

Office: LISB 437
Phone: 541-346-7655
Email: hnegri@uoregon.edu

Joseph Daddona
B.S., University of Hartford (Chemistry), 2021

Office: LISB 438
Phone: 541-346-7655
Email: jdaddona@uoregon.edu

Sam Thompson
B.S., Gettysburg College/i> (Environmental Science, Chemistry), 2017
M.S., Ball State University/i> (Chemistry), 2025

Office: LISB 438
Phone: 541-346-7655
Email: sthomp@uoregon.edu

Lilly Johnson
B.S., Ithaca College (Chemistry), 2025

Office: LISB 437
Phone: 541-346-7655
Email: lillyj@uoregon.edu

Undergrads

Saul Bremel

4th Year Undergraduate Student
Hometown: Eugene, OR
Office: LISB 439
Phone: 541-346-7655
Email: saulb@uoregon.edu

Emma Mahady

3rd Year Undergraduate Student
Hometown: Beaverton, OR
Office: LISB 438
Phone: 541-346-7655
Email: emahady@uoregon.edu

Audrey Boeschoten

2nd Year Undergraduate Student
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Office: LISB 438
Phone: 541-346-7655
Email: audreybo@uoregon.edu

Nolan Poole

2nd Year Undergraduate Student
Hometown: Portland, OR
Office: LISB 438
Phone: 541-346-7655
Email: npoole@uoregon.edu

Group Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Jiawei Huang, 2022-2024
Currently: Senior Electrochemical Engineer, Eleryc, CA

Dr. Kasinath Ojha, 2022-2023
Currently: Senior Electrochemical Engineer, Utility Global, Denver, CO

Dr. Kentaro Kadota, 2020-2022
JSPS Fellow, 2021-2022
Currently: Assistant Professor, Kyoto University

Dr. Kostas Lazarou, 2019-2020
Currently: Information Scientist, CAS

Graduate Students

Checkers Marshall
Rosaria Haugland Awardee, 2020-2022
Currently: Svante, Materials Synthesis R&D Chemist
Ph.D. Thesis: "Nanoparticles of Metal-Organic Frameworks: A General Synthetic Method and Size-Dependent Properties" (2022)
B.S., Fort Lewis College (Math minor), 2016

Kevin Fabrizio
Currently: Transaera, Principal Materials Chemist
Ph.D. Thesis: "Modulating the Electronic Structure of Metal-Organic Frameworks through Nuclear Rearrangement" (2023)
B.S., Suffolk University (Chemistry, German Studies, Philosophy), 2019

Ashley Mapile
Currently: Nature Publishing Group, Editor
Ph.D. Thesis: "Unique Mechanisms of Colloidal Stability Probed by Surface-Specific Vibrational Spectroscopy" (2024)
B.S., University of Puget Sound (Chemistry, Music Minor), 2019

Michael LeRoy
Currently: Google, Data Analyst
Ph.D. Thesis: "Using molecular design principles to elucidate the interfacial chemistry of soft materials" (2024)
B.S., UC Santa Cruz (Chemistry), 2012

Jacob McKenzie
Currently: Kolitch Romano Dascenzo Gates LLC, Technology Specialist
Ph.D. Thesis: "Charge Transport Phenomena in High Surface Area Materials" (2024)
B.S., Pacific Lutheran University (Chemistry), 2018
M.Sci., University of Oregon, 2019

Quinn Valentine
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
Ph.D. Thesis: "Synthesis, Characterization, Analysis and Design of Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks for Charge Transport and Redox Activity" (2025)
B.S., University of West Florida (Chemistry), 2020

Emma Timmel, 2019-2020, M.S., Evidera
Augie Witkowski, 2019-2021, M.S., Medtronic

Undergraduates

Sara Staudhammer, 2018-2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Maria Anderson, 2019-2020, Lonza
Alexi Overland, 2019-2021, Knight Campus Master's Industrial Internship Program
Jeffrey Gombart, 2021-2023, PhD student, UCLA, Chemistry
Jeremy Love, 2020-2023, R&D Chemist, The Willamette Valley Company LLC
Kelsie Heffernan, 2021-2023
Anastasia Andreeva, 2019-2022, PhD student, University of Texas--Austin, Chemistry

REU Students
Andrew Jenkins, 2023

University of New Hampshire (Berda Group)

Marissa Polzin, 2024

Lawrence University (Sazama Group)

Vistors
Haeun Chang, 2022

Visiting Student, University of California—San Diego (Schimpf Group)

Sergio Tatay, 2022

Visiting Professor, University of Valencia (Martí-Gastaldo Group)

Hooman Parhizkar, 2019-2022

Visiting Scholar, Ph.D. Candidate (Architecture)
M.S., University of Oregon (Building Science and Technology), 2018
B.A., University of Kashan (Architectural Engineering), 2015

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