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The PI

Theo Dingemans, PhD

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Department of Applied Physical Sciences

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

121 South Road, Murray Hall 1111

Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA

Phone:

919-843-4048

Email:

The Group

Current Members

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Ed Samulski, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Dr. Samulski is Professor Emeritus at UNC-CH.  After receiving his PhD from Princeton in 1970, Dr. Samulski would go on to found the journal Liquid Crystals, create a Polymer and Materials Science program at UNC-CH, serve as chair of both the Chemistry and Applied Physical Sciences Departments, and continues to contribute to the field of polymer materials having published over 300 peer-reviewed articles.

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Office: Caudill 161

Email: et@unc.edu

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Maruti Hegde, PhD

Research Associate Professor

Dr. Hegde specializes in the design, synthesis, and characterization of all-aromatic polymers for next-generation membrane and nanocomposite technologies. Dr. Hegde served as a postdoctoral fellow studying high strength polyetherimides at Virginia Tech with Dr. Tim E. Long and received his PhD from Delft University of Technology (Netherlands).

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Office: Murray Hall 1131

Email: mhegde@email.unc.edu

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Chhabilal Regmi, PhD

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Dr. Regmi currently serves as an AGILE Innovation Post-Doctoral Fellow at UNC Chapel Hill, where he is designing high-performance polymer-nanocomposites for dialysis membrane applications. Dr. Regmi earned his PhD from Sun Moon University (Republic of Korea) after receiving an M.S. from Tribhuvan University (Nepal).

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Office: Murray Hall 1131

Email: chregmi@unc.edu

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John Migliore

5th Year Graduate Student

John designs and synthesizes self-assembling, rodlike polyelectrolytes to understand the molecular design rules of associating polymers for the development of biomemetic materials. John is served as President of the MRS Chapter at UNC-CH and Secretary for Science in the Stacks (SITS), a STEM outreach organization.

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Office: Murray Hall 1131

Email: jmigs@email.unc.edu

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Maria Furukawa

3rd Year Graduate Student

Maria focuses on the structural design of linear, high-aspect-ratio polymeric materials to enhance the structure/property capabilities of current state-of-the-art separation technologies.  After graduating from Georgia Tech, Maria worked as an industry R&D researcher before joining the Dingemans group to pursue a PhD in Polymer Science.

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Office: Murray Hall 1131

Email: mfuruk@unc.edu

Anna Bronson

Undergraduate Researcher

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Abegael Johnson

Undergraduate Researcher

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Lexi Handley

Undergraduate Researcher

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Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

Alumni

Bhausaheb Tawade, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Group Alumni: 2022-2023

After UNC: Keva

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Anna Fraser, PhD

Graduate Student

Group Alumni: 2017-2022

After UNC: Solvay

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Gabby Esposito, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Group Alumni: 2020-2022

After UNC: Air Force Research Laboratory

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Shreya Roy Choudhury, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Group Alumni: 2019-2021

After UNC: Corning, Inc.

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Ryan Fox, PhD

Graduate Student

Group Alumni: 2016-2020

After UNC: Exponent Consulting

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Undergraduate Researchers, Visiting Scholars, and More...

Alumni

Michael
Bakas, PhD

Adjunct
Professor

Group Alumni: 2024

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Ainsley Kaplan

Undergraduate
Researcher

Group Alumni: 2024

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Alex
Allred

Undergraduate
Researcher

Group Alumni: 2023

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Joseph Delaloye

Undergraduate
Researcher

Group Alumni: 2023

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Lenya
Schmidt-Neuhaus

Undergraduate
Researcher

Group Alumni: 2023

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Christian Desimone

Undergraduate Researcher

Group Alumni: 2021

Christian DeSimone

Bryan
Yang

Undergraduate Researcher

Group Alumni: 2020

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Jacob
Yankey

Undergraduate Researcher

Group Alumni: 2020

Jacob Yankey

Griffin
Barnes

Undergraduate Researcher

Group Alumni: 2019

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Louise
Lindegaard

Undergraduate Researcher

Group Alumni: 2019

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Andrew
Traywick

Undergraduate Researcher

Group Alumni: 2019

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Emerald
Ollenberger

Undergraduate Researcher

Group Alumni: 2018

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