2023 Mandel Fellows

January 9, 2023

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.