Members

Gabbai Research Group

Texas A&M University

Deparment of Chemistry

HOME ::

Group Members
	Dr. Francois P. Gabbai Davidson Professor of Science, Professor of Chemistry gabbai@mail.chem.tamu.edu
CURRENT RESEARCH GROUP
	Youngmin Kim- Graduate Student B.S./ Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea M.S./ Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea ymkim@mail.chem.tamu.edu
	Casey Wade- Graduate Student B.S./ Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska cwade@mail.chem.tamu.edu
	Haiyan Zhao- Graduate Student B.S./ Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, P.R. China zhao@mail.chem.tamu.edu
	Tzu-Pin Lin- Graduate Student B.S./ Chemistry, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan tplin@mail.chem.tamu.edu
	Iou-Sheng Ke- Graduate Student B.S./ Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan M.S./ Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan ike@mail.chem.tamu.edu
	Hyun-Sue Huh- Postdoc B.S/M.S./ Chemistry, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea Ph.D./ Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea hhuh@mail.chem.tamu.edu
	Dr. Zureima García Hernandez- Postdoc & Visiting Scholar B.S./ Chemistry, Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla Ph.D./ Chemistry, Centro de Investigaciones y de Estudios Avanzados- IPN zureima.garcia@mail.chem.tamu.edu
	Professor Mitsukimi Tsunoda- Visiting Professor B.S./ Chemistry, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil Ph.D. / Universite de Nice, Nice, France Professorship/ University of Sao Carlos, Sao Carlos, Brazil tsunoda@mail.chem.tamu.edu
	Merid Haile- Undergraduate Student Chemistry, Texas A&M University merid_haile@tamu.edu
	Vasin Wongamornpitak- Undergraduate Researcher Chemistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand vasin_w@hotmail.com
	Dr. Duxia Cao- Postdoc & Visiting Scholar B.S./ Composite Materials, Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Jinan Ph.D./ Materials Science, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University duxia.cao@mail.chem.tamu.edu
Picture Unavailable	Travyss Chitolie- LSAMP Undergraduate Researcher Chemistry, Texas A&M University cheeto721@tamu.edu
Picture Unavailable	Candice Bowling- Administrative Assistant B.A./ Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana cbowling@mail.chem.tamu.edu

PAST RESEARCH GROUP
Former Graduate Students
Dr. Christopher L. Dorsey Theis Title (2009): Neutral and Cationic Main Group Lewis Acids – Synthesis, Anion Complexation and Redox Properties	Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Houston cdorsey@uh.edu
Dr. Todd Hudnall Thesis Title (2008): Neutral and Cationic Main Group Lewis Acids-Synthesis, Characterization and Anion Complexation	Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Texas-Austin thudnall@mail.utexas.edu
Dr. Ching-Wen Chiu Thesis Title (2008): Synthesis, Characterization, Anion Complexation and Electrochemistry of Cationic Lewis Acids	Posdoctoral Research Associate, University Wurzburg chingwen.chiu@uni-wuerzburg.de
Dr. Thomas Taylor ThesisTitle (2007): Synthesis and Material Properties of Supramolecules Containing Fluorinated Organomercurials	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Bristol University t.taylor@bristol.ac.uk http://www.inchm.bris.ac.uk/people/manners/people/tom.html
Dr. Charlotte Burress Thesis Title (2006): "Heavy Atom Induced Phosphorescence of Organic Materials Using mono- and Trifunctional Organomercury Derivatives"	Haliburton, Houston, Texas
Dr. Martin Tschinkl	Infineon Technologies, Dresden, Germany
Dr. James D. Hoefelmeyer Thesis Title (2002): "Naphthalene derivatives peri-substituted by group 13 elements as polyfunctional Lewis acids"	Assistant Professor at the University of South Dakota http://www.usd.edu/~jhoefelm/
Dr. Julie Beckwith King Thesis Title (2002) : "Bifunctional Lewis acids for the activation of organic carbonyls"	Washington University Medical School
Dr. Mason Haneline Thesis Title (2004): "Trimeric perfluoro-ortho-phenylene mercury as a building block for supramolecular materials"	Heraeus Metal Processing, Santa Fe Springs, CA
Dr. Alexandre Picot Thesis Title (2004): "Catalysts for the hydrolysis of thiophosphate triesters"	Postdoctoral Reseacher, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung picot@mpi-muelheim.mpg.de http://www.mpi-muelheim.mpg.de/kofo/institut/arbeitsbereiche/fuerstner/fuerstner_e.html#interest
Dr. Huadong Wang Thesis Title (2005): "Synthesis, Stuctures and Reactivities of Bis(Triarylmethylium) Dications and Relates Diboranes"	Alexander von Humboldt, Postdoctoral Researcher, Munster, Germany huadongwang@gmail.com

Former Postdoctoral Researchers and Visiting Scholars
Dr. Takeshi Matsumoto- Postdoc (2008-2009)	Postdoctoral Researcher, Hokkaido Unviersity, Sapporo, Japan tmatsumoto@sci.hokudai.ac.jp
Dr. Chammi Palehepitiya Gamage– Postdoc (2008)	Lecturer, Blinn College cgamage@mail.chem.tamu.edu
Dr. Mieock Kim– Postdoc (2004-2008)	Samsung General Chemicals, Daejeon, Korea mokim@mail.sogang.ac.kr
Professor Mitsukimi Tsunoda- Visiting Professor (1998- present)	University of Sao Carlos, Brazil tsunoda@mail.chem.tamu.edu
Dr. Min Hyung Lee– Postdoc (2006-2007)	Research Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Technology (KAIST) lmh74@kaist.ac.kr
Dr. Mohand Melaimi– Postdoc (2004- 2006)	Research Associate, UC Riverside mohand.melaimi@ucr.edu http://research.chem.ucr.edu/groups/bertrand/guybertrandwebpage/pages(groupmembers)/mohandframeset.html
Dr. Mingxing Qian– Postdoc (2005-2006)	UT Southwestern mxqian2000@yahoo.com
Dr. Qiancai Liu– Postdoc (2002-2003)	Assistant Professor at East China Normal University, Shangai http://faculty.ecnu.edu.cn/liuqiancai/Info_eng.html
Dr. Stéphane Solé– Postdoc (August 2002- December 2003)	Toulouse
Dr. Marcus Schulte– Postdoc (2000-2001)	Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (2000-2001) Procter & Gamble, Darmstadt, Garmany
Dr. Ganesan Mani - Postdoc (2002-2004)	Assistant Professor at Indian Institue of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India gmani@chem.iitkgp.ernet.in http://www.chem.iitkgp.ernet.in/faculty/GM/index.php
Dr. James Gardinier- Postdoc (1999-2001)	Assistant Professor at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Associate Professor (1999-2000) http://www.marquette.edu/chem/faculty/Gardinier.shtml

Former Undergraduate Students, Visiting Scholars, and Staff
Vasupol Leerungruang- Undergraduate Researcher (Summer 2009)	Chemistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand vasupol-lee@hotmail.com
Latisha Jeffries- Undergraduate Researcher & NSF REU Fellow (Summer 2009)	Chemistry, University of Mary-Hardin Baylor lrjefferies@tamu.edu
Bryant Delka- Undergraduate Student (2008-2009)	Chemistry, Texas A&M University bdelka@tamu.edu
Chiu Hang "Felix" Yu- Undergraduate Researcher (2008-2009)	Chemistry, Texas A&M University fy534@tamu.edu
Mohammed Rashad Saber- Visiting Fulbright Scholar (2008-2009)	Texas A&M University- First Year Graduate Student - August 2009 mrsaber1@yahoo.com
Lea Melancon- Administrative Assistant (2005-2008)	B.S./ Marketing, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana melancon@mail.chem.tamu.edu
Dan Gardner- Undergraduate Researcher & NSF REU Fellow (Summer 2008)	Graduate Student, University of Chicago- august 2009 dgardn2@ilstu.edu
Bret Macha- Undergraduate Reearcher (Summer 2008)	Texas A&M University- December, 2008
Tugrul Nalbantoglu - Visiting Undergraduate Scholar (Summer 2008)	Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey tnalbant@caltech.edu
Sirinan Kulchat - Visiting Undergraduate Junior Science Talent Project Scholar (Spring 2008)	Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand aj_chemistry@yahoo.com
Bryan Carroll– Undergraduate Researcher (Spring & Summer 2008)	Medical Student, UT Southwestern
Ashlee Jahnke – Undergraduate Researcher (Summer & Fall 2007)	Graduate Student, University of Toronto- August 2009

Former Members Photo Gallery