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Prof. Russell J. Holmes    
Ronald L. and Janet A. Christenson Chair in Renewable Energy            
Distinguished McKnight University Professor            
Distinguished University Teaching Professor            
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
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Wan-Ju Hsu            
National Taiwan University            
Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate
wanju
 
Evgeny Pakhomenko            
Coe College            
Materials Science Ph.D. Candidate
Evgeny
 
Siliang He            
North Carolina State University            
Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate
Brian
 
Yicheng Liu            
University of California, Los Angeles            
Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate
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Emma Pettit            
Georgia Institute of Technology            
Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate
Emma
 

Former Members of the Holmes Research Group:

Graduate Students: (18 Ph.D., 4 Masters): Nolan Concannon, Ph.D., 2022, Kaicheng Shi, Ph.D., 2021, Intel, Catherine Clark, Ph.D., 2020, MRS Congressional Policy Fellow, John Bangsund, Ph.D., 2020, GRIP Molecular, Deepesh Rai, Ph.D., 2020, Applied Materials, Tao Zhang, Ph.D., 2019, Lam Research, Robert Newcomb, M.S. (Thesis), 2019, Sage Electrochromics, Kyle Hershey, Ph.D., 2018, Microsoft, Ian Curtin, Ph.D., 2018, Lam Research, Tom Fielitz, Ph.D., 2017, The Dow Chemical Co., Nathan Morgan, Ph.D., 2016, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, Tyler Mullenbach, Ph.D., 2016, Amazon, Preston Groethe, M., 2015, Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Abbey Chanda, M.S., 2015, Boston Scientific, Yunlong Zou, Ph.D., 2015, Dupont, Matt Menke, Ph.D., 2015, 3M, Nick Erickson, Ph.D., 2014, 3M, Meng Li, M.S. (Thesis) , 2013, Zurich Instruments AG, Kai-Yuan Cheng, Ph.D., 2012, Amazon 126, Richa Pandey, Ph.D., 2012, Ubiquitous Energy, Salil Bapat, M.S. (Thesis), 2011, Purdue University, Grant Lodden, Ph.D., 2011, Honeywell, Wade Luhman, Ph.D., 2011, Anderson Windows

Post-doctoral Researchers (3): Rajiv Kaudal, 2021-2022, Gang Qian, 2014-2016, Dreve, Yi Zhang, 2012-2014, Seagate

Undergraduate Students: Adam Pieterick, UMN Physics, 2007-2009, Now at CalTech, Jason Houle, UMN Chem. Eng., 2007-2008, Ahmad Syafiq Ahmad Hazmi, UMN Chem. Eng., 2008,  Jersin Nguetio, UMN Elec. Eng., 2009, Now at UMN Elec. Eng., Jon Bertram, UMN Mat. Sci., 2009, Bob Halperin, UMN Mat. Sci., 2009, Scott Isaacson, UMN Chem. Eng., 2009-2010, Now at Stanford University, Gareth Westler, UMN Mat. Sci., 2009-2010, Now at University of Wisconsin, Patrick Duffy, UMN Mat. Sci., 2009-2010, Now at Northwestern University, Ross Kerner, UMN Mat. Sci., 2009-2013, Now at Princeton University, Joe Loof, UMN Mat. Sci, 2012, Alan Wang, UMN Chem. Eng. 2012, Kayla Simmion, Florida A&M, 2012.  Luke Balhorn, UMN Mat. Sci., 2012-2014, Now at Stanford University, Chris Lindsay, UMN Mat. Sci., 2012-2014, Now at Stanford University, Chris Phenicie, UMN Physics, 2014-2016, Now at Princeton University, Caroline Qian, UMN Chem. Eng., 2014-2016, Kyle Miller, University of Puget Sound, 2016, Trevor Steiner, UMN Mat. Sci., 2016-2019, Nick Rothbacher, University of Puget Sound, 2017, Jack Van Sambeek, UMN Mat. Sci., 2020-present, Trevor Steiner, UMN Mat. Sci., 2017-present, Katherine Gramling, 2018-2019, Taylor Kettering, 2019-2020, Colton Gerber, 2019-2020, Aaditya Nandakumar (2020-2023), Isabell Jones (2021), Sage Martin (2021-present).

High School Students: Michael Crump, Breck School, 2008, Brandon Onopa, Breck School, 2009, Addison Weilier, Breck School, 2010, Partha Naidu, Wayzata High School, 2011, Robert Dorn, Breck School, 2011, Saeed Hakim-Hashemi, Breck School, 2011, Peter Metzger, Breck School, 2012, Easton McChesney, Breck School, 2014, Wolfgang Ofstedal, Breck School, 2014, Jiaheng He, Breck School, 2016, Sung Wan Huh, Breck School, 2016.