Please join us in congratulating the recipients of the 2023 Mandel Fellowships, an award made possible by a gift established in honor of Dr. Frederick Mandel. This year’s recipients are:
- Lopez, Claudia
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6KRRB-wAAAAJ&hl
- Project: Composite and Polymer Formulation Employing Sulfur and Bio-olefin Feedstocks
- Advisor: Dr. Rhett Smith
- Sheriff, Kirkland
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ukocOBoAAAAJ&hl=en
- Project: Investigations on New Inorganic and Hybrid Nanomaterials – Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties.
- Advisor: Dr. Shiou-Jyh Hwu
- Miller, Brock
- Project: Expansion of the Diazacyclobutene Motif for Antiparasitic Evaluation
- Advisor: Dan Whitehead
- Edirisinghe, Dimuthu
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=dimuthu+edirisinghe&hl=en&oi=ao
- Project: Metal Silicate Complexes as a Versatile Intermediate for the Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles and Complex Nanostructures
- Advisor: Prof. George Chumanov
- Kwain, Samuel
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Tf2vzrcAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
- Project: Molecular Modelling-Aided Discovery of Small Molecules for the Selective Inhibition of Polysaccharide Metabolism in Human Gut Microbes
- Advisors: Dr. Daniel Whitehead and Dr. Brain Dominy
- Wysor, Sarah
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=RM_-B4UAAAAJ
- Project: Two-dimensional Liquid Chromatography using Capillary-Channeled Polymer Fibers
- Advisor: Dr. R. Kenneth Marcus
- Bandara, Madushi
- Project: Deep Eutectic Solvents and cocrystals based on Halogen Bonding.
- Advisor: Dr.Bill Pennington
- Patel, Bhakti
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=G9G1AwoAAAAJ
- Project: Hydrothermal Synthesis of Novel Single-Crystal Magnetic Materials
- Advisor: Dr. Joseph Kolis
- Meedin, Shalika
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cL-xNtYAAAAJ&hl=en–
- Project: Response of Ionizable Polymers to Changing Environments: NMR and Molecular Dynamics (MD) Simulation Studies
- Advisor: Dr. Dvora Perahia
- Kosgallana, Chathurika
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=J4K-zKQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
- Project: Ionomer Response to Effects of Dielectrics of the Solvent: Neutron Scattering and Computational Study
- Advisor: Dr. Dvora Perahia
- Wolsleger, Rhianna
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Ol6ry-UAAAAJ&
- Project: Development of Mixed O/S-Donor Imidazole Thione Ligands for Trivalent Actinide/Lanthanide Separations
- Advisor: Dr. Julia Brumaghim
We are thankful for their contribution and we expect that this award contributes to their professional development and success.
