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Graduate Students
Maksym Pavlenko
Graduate Student (Fall 2021 – present)
Education: MChem Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry, University of Manchester (UK) with Michael Greaney (2021).
Interests: Sports (Olympic weightlifting, swimming and snowboarding), gastronomy (cooking and baking, including food chemistry), literature, music, and linguistics.
Postdoctoral Researchers
Jacob Dalton
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Winter 2025 – present)
Education: PhD in Chemistry, University of California Davis with Annaliese Franz (2024).
Interests: Skiing, hiking, cycling, reading novels (mystery, historical romance, fantasy, science fiction), and tabletop games.
Jitao Xu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Winter 2025 – present)
Education: PhD in Organic Chemistry, Xiamen University (China) with Haohua Huo (2024).
Interests: Traveling, running, reading history books, and watching classic Oscar-winning films.
Aparna Tyagi
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Summer 2025 – present)
Education: PhD in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (India) with Chinmoy Hazra (2024).
Interests: Watching cricket, listening to music, dancing, and cooking.
Undergraduate Students
Meredith Slimp
Undergraduate Student (Summer 2025 – present)
Education: BS in Chemistry (Expected Spring 2027).
Interests: Watching movies made famous by pop culture, playing videogames, listening to music and podcasts, and spending time with my family and friends.
Mauricio Calzada
Undergraduate Student (Summer 2025 – present)
Emily Nguyen
REU Student (Summer 2025). Undergraduate at University of Texas at Arlington.
Cooper Malloy
REU Student (Summer 2025). Undergraduate at University of Idaho.
Alumni
Postdoctoral Researchers
Kimberly Wasik Reid (Summer 2022 – Fall 2024). Present position: Lecturer at Dartmouth College.
Jorge Garduño (Spring 2022 – Winter 2023). Present position: Associate Professor at Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico (website).
Graduate Students
Randy Sutio (Spring 2023 – Fall 2024). Present position: Graduate student at Dartmouth, with Jimmy Wu.
Abigail Procione (Fall 2022 – Fall 2024). Present position: Graduate student at Dartmouth, with Miguel Gonzalez.
Yagmur Unal (Fall 2023 – Summer 2024). Present position: Graduate student at Dartmouth, with Ivan Aprahamian.
Undergraduate Students
Jack Ranani (Honors Thesis Fall 2024; Fall 2021 – Fall 2024). Present position: Graduate student at Harvard.
Brennah Slaney (Winter 2023 – Summer 2024).
Maya Raghunathan (Fall 2023 – Spring 2024). Present position: Consultancy.
Colby Lish (Winter 2023 – Spring 2024). Present position: Teaching Science Fellow at Dartmouth.
Ryan Tanski (Summer 2022 – Winter 2024).
Katherine Plaza (Winter 2022 – Winter 2023).
Lord Charité Igirimbabazi (Winter 2022 – Summer 2022).
Dahlia Igiraneza (Fall 2021 – Winter 2022). Present position: Software engineer.
Opportunities
Undergraduate students at the University of Texas at San Antonio interested in research opportunities are encouraged to contact Chris. Those interested in research programs from the Office of Undergraduate Research are very welcome to reach out for more information. External funded programs include the ACS DOC SURF program (for the summer between the junior and senior year).
Undergraduates from universities other than UTSA who would be interested in summer research should consider our Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program.
Prospective graduate students should apply through the UTSA Department of Chemistry program. Inquiries from interested prospective students are always welcome.
Funded postdoctoral positions will be advertised here when available. Interested postdoctoral candidates should send: a cover letter; CV; 2-page summary of past research accomplishments and future research interests and how they overlap with the research directions of the Sandford lab; and contact details for two or more referees (only applications that meet all these criteria will receive a response). Outstanding applicants who wish to apply for independent funding will receive assistance with fellowship applications and should contact Chris well in advance of application deadlines.
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