

​T H E G R O U P

​PROF. JAMES P. DONAHUE
Contact Information​
Department of Chemistry Phone: 504-862-3562
Tulane University Fax: 504-865-5596
Email: donahue@tulane.edu
Street Address: 6400 Freret Street, New Orleans, LA 70118-5698
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Education
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, Harvard University, November 1998
M.A., Inorganic Chemistry, Harvard University, June 1995
B.S., Chemistry, M.I.T., June 1991
GRADUATE STUDENTS

Justin Barnes (2015)
B.S., Chemistry, Louisiana State University, 2015
LBOR Fellow (2015-2019)
Hometown: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Gayathri Ragunathan (2016)
B.S., Chemistry, University of Jaffna, 2014
Hometown: Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Che Wu (2018)
B.S., M.S., Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2015
Hometown: Changchun, China

Titir Das Gupta (2020)
B.S., M.S., Analytical Chemistry, University of Mumbai, 2015
Hometown: Kolkata, India

Atahar Rabby (2020)
B.S., M.S., Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Dhaka, 2015
Hometown: Noakhali, Bangladesh

Jimmy Martinez (2022)
B.S., Chemistry, St. Edward's University, 2021
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas, USA

Saikat Mishra (2023)
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
Hometown: Midnapore, WB, India

Dichen Wang (2024)
B.S. Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022
Hometown: Yangzhou, China
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Spenser Simpson
Undergraduate Research
B.S., Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. '16
Currently @ University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Hometown: Zionsville, IN, USA

Max McMahon
Undergraduate Research
Tulane University '17
Hometown: Chicago, IL, USA

Yeuli Chen
Summer REU program - 2017
B.S., Chemistry, SUNY Stony Brook University, New York, NY. '18
Currently @ University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Hometown: New York, NY, USA
Yeuli Chen
Summer REU program -
B.S., Chemistry, SUNY Stony Brook University, New York, NY. '18
Currently @ University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Hometown: New York, NY, USA

Melissa Hoang
Summer REU program - 2018
Xavier University, New Orleans, LA. '20​
Hometown: Lafayette, LA, USA

Kendra Valerius
Undergraduate Research
Tulane University '21
Hometown: Boston, MA, USA

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Spenser Simpson
Undergraduate Research
B.S., Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. '16
Currently @ University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Hometown: Zionsville, IN, USA

Max McMahon
Undergraduate Research
Tulane University '17
Hometown: Chicago, IL, USA

Yeuli Chen
Summer REU program - 2017
B.S., Chemistry, SUNY Stony Brook University, New York, NY. '18
Currently @ University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Hometown: New York, NY, USA

Melissa Hoang
Summer REU program - 2018
Xavier University, New Orleans, LA. '20​
Hometown: Lafayette, LA, USA

Kendra Valerius
Undergraduate Research
Tulane University '21
Hometown: Boston, MA, USA

Michael Maurer
Undergraduate Research
Tulane University '21
Hometown: New Lenox, IL, USA

Haobo Zhu
Undergraduate Research
Tulane University '24
Hometown: Shanghai, China
RECENT ALUMNI

Dr. Jared Taylor
Research Chemist, The McCrone Group, Westmont, Illinois
Ph.D., Chemistry, Tulane University, August 2023
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Dr. Satyendra Kumar
Xavier University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, India, 2016
Post Doc., Tulane University 2021

Dr. Antony Obanda
Process Engineer, Intel Corporation, Chandler, Arizona
Ph.D., Chemistry, Tulane University, November 2019

Dr. Malathy Pratheepkumar
Assistant Professor, University of Jaffna, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
Ph.D., Chemistry, Tulane University, May 2019

Dr. Bo Wang
Scientist at Catalent Pharma Solutions, Morrisville, North Carolina.
Ph.D., Chemistry, Tulane University, March 2019

Dr. Patricia Fontenot
Analytical Inorganic Chemist at the Army Public Health Center (ORISE Postdoctoral Appointment). Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
Ph.D., Chemistry, Tulane University, July 2018

Dr. Angelique F. Greene
Senior Polymer Scientist, Scion, Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Ph.D., Chemistry, Tulane University, July 2016

Dr. Skylar Ferrara
Senior Scientist, 20BLOC
Ph.D., Chemistry, Tulane University, Sept. 2014

Dr. Yong Yan
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, San Diego State University
Ph.D., Chemistry, Tulane University, Summer 2012

Dr. T.A. Upul Jayarathne
Associate Professor, Odessa College
Ph.D., Chemistry, Tulane University, Oct 2012

Dr. Arumugam Kuppuswamy (Swamy)
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Wright State University
Ph.D., Chemistry, Tulane University

Dr. Perumalreddy Chandrasekaran (Chandru)
Associate Professor, Lamar University

Scott Gryspeerdt
Undergraduate Research
Tulane University '15

Nick Kelley
Undergraduate Summer Research
Spring Hill College '12
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Samuel Dahlhauser
Summer Research
Sewanee, The University of the South '14
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Other Alumni
Nick Kelley
Samuel Dahlhauser
Karry Wright
Scott Mayer
Elaine Haas
Clifford Nelson
Mohammed Shaw
Dan Clark
Yvon Tran
Kia WIlliams
Ashok Manipalli
Dr. Rongmin Yu