Group Members – Pluth Research Group

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Professor Michael Pluth B.S. University of Oregon 2004 Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2008
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
Dr. Ismail Ph.D. Nankai University 2020 B.S. University of Peshawar 2007
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Andy Davis B.S. Cal Poly 2020 NIH NRSA F31 Fellow NSF NRT Fellow	Haley Smith B.S. Linfield College 2020 NSF NRT Fellow	Keyan Li B.S. UC Davis 2021 UO Keana Fellow NSF NRT Fellow
Jasmine Collins B.S. Cal Poly, Humbolt 2022 NSF NRT Fellow	Juan Hernandez B.S. Willamette University 2023
UNDERGRADUATES
Kaitlyn Klotz UO Class of 2025	Addison Sattler UO Class of 2027	Christopher Steven UO Class of 2027
Aleanna Lengkong UO Class of 2028

GROUP ALUMNI
Postdoctoral Associates Nathanael Lau, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA Shiva Moaven, Ph.D. – Postdoc, Ohio State University. Tobias Sherbow, Ph.D. – ThermoFisher Scientific, Eugene, OR Michael Wade Wolfe, Ph.D – Assistant Professor, Marshall University, Huntington, WV Yu Zhao, Ph.D. – Cascade Chemistry, Eugene, OR
Graduate Students Olivia Apicella, M.S. 2022 Spence Bailey, Ph.D. 2016 – Postdoc, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Rauchfuss). Intel, Portland, OR Sarah Bolton, Ph.D. 2021 – ALX Oncology, Palo Alto, CA Matt Cerda, Ph.D. 2020 – Postdoc, UC Berkeley (Nomura). Lonza Bioscience, Bend, OR Kaylin Fosnacht, Ph.D. 2024 – Roche Sequencing, Seattle, WA Arman Garcia, Ph.D. 2024 – Postdoc, UC Riverside. Riverside, CA Annie Gilbert, Ph.D. 2022 – Postdoc, NIH. Bethesda, MD. Matthew Hammers, Ph.D. 2016 – NIH Postdoc Fellow, U. Minnesota (Distefano). Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Matt Hartle, Ph.D. 2017 – Pyxant Labs, Colorado Springs, CO Hillary Henthorn, M.S. 2017 Carolyn Levinn, Ph.D. 2020 – AAAS Policy Fellow, Washington DC Jackie McGrath, Ph.D. 2015 – AMPAC Fine Chemicals, Sacramento, CA Leticia Montoya, Ph.D. 2015 – ThermoFisher Scientific, Eugene, OR Turner Newton, Ph.D. 2022 – Lonza Bioscience, Bend, OR Dan Seidenkranz, Ph.D. 2018 – Postdoc, University of Wisconsin (Boydston). Cascade Chemistry, Eugene, OR Sam Sommer, Ph.D. 2015 – Arclin Chemicals, Springfield, OR Sam Sylvain, M.S. 2023 Andrea Steiger, Ph.D. 2018 – Postdoc, PNNL, Richland, WA (Wright). Absci, Vancouver, WA
Undergraduates Wyatt Choi, B.S. Chemistry 2018 Alder Crammond, B.S. Chemistry 2017 Stephen Dietrich, B.S. Chemistry 2013 David Drake, B.S. Chemistry 2015 Mary Earp, B.S. Chemistry 2017 Brendan Gallagher, B.S. Chemistry 2018 Ryan Hansen, B.S. Chemistry 2013 Rachel Lutz, B.S. Chemistry 2020 Jordan Mohrhardt, B.S. Chemistry 2015 Emma Mullen, B.S. Chemistry 2020 Taylor Pearce, B.S. Chemistry 2013 Jonathan Pines, B.S. Chemistry 2024 Sam Prakel, B.S. Chemistry 2018 Mia Ramos, B.S. Chemistry 2022 Kay Ransberger Loveprit Singh, B.S. Chemistry 2015 Katie Stile, B.S. Chemistry 2014 Sterling Tanner, B.S. Chemistry 2015 McKinna Tillotson, B.S. Biology 2017 Husam Zaidan, B.S. Biochemistry 2018