Principle Investigator
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Jonathan D. Burns, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Department of Radiology
Current Members
Postdoctoral Researchers
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Jennifer M. Pyles
Ph.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2023
Joined March 2023
Graduate Students
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Jehan Perera
Second Year PhD Student
Joined August 2023
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Imansha Madhushan
Second Year PhD Student
Joined August 2023
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Carson Smith
First Year PhD Student
Joined January 2024
Undergraduate Students
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David V. Russell
Undergraduate Researcher
Joined August 2023
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Adrianna L. Orsi
Undergraduate Researcher
Joined October 2023
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Karma K. Cook
Undergraduate Researcher
Joined January 2024
Former Members
Alumni
Postdoctoral Researchers
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Avinash K. Srivastava
Postdoctoral Researcher, UAB
January 2023 – January 2024
Currently in the Keinänen Research Laboratory
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Jeffrey D. Einkauf
Postdoctoral Researcher, TAMU
September 2018 – November 2019
Currently at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Graduate Students
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Andrew J. Wilcox
MS in Nuclear Engineering, TAMU May 2018
Currently at Sandia National Laboratory
Undergraduate Students
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Brooke B. Nguyen
Undergraduate Researcher, UAB September 2023 – December 2023
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Michael A. Jones
Undergraduate Researcher, UAB January 2022 – May 2023
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Emma G. Schaetzle
Undergraduate Researcher, UAB October 2022 – March 2023
REU Summer Students
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Chandni Bhat
UAB REU Student 2023 from the University of Alabama
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Maddison Gibson
UAB REU Student 2022 from Savannah State University
HIPPO Students
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Aditi Gurudutt
HIPPO Undergraduate Student Summer 2023 from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Michael A. Jones
HIPPO Undergraduate Student May 2022 – April 2023 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham