Former Members

Destin Maleka

Undergraduate Researcher
Current Position: 
Chemical Engineering undergraduate at Texas Tech University


Tionna Harris

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Current Position:  PhD student and NSF Graduate Research Fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado School of Mines


Kelsey Evans

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Current Position:  ORISE Intern, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense


Andrew Psoras

MS – Environmental Science, Towson University
BS – Environmental Science (Environmental Chemistry Concentration)
, Towson University
Current Position:  Chemist, U.S. Geological Survey


 

 

 

 

Seth McCoy

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Current Position:  PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada Reno


Thomas FitzGibbon

BS – Chemistry, Towson University



Hanna Hudson

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Current Position:  Quality Analyst, AstraZeneca



Olivia Driessen

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Honors Thesis Topic:  Halogenation Kinetics of Halosalicylic Acid
Current Position:  PhD student in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Toronto


Reginald Briscoe

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Project:  Fate of herbicide safeners during drinking water treatment
Current Position:  PharmD student at the University of Maryland



Max Denn

BS – Chemistry and Forensic Chemistry, Towson University
Project:  Performance and Stability of Corrosion Inhibitors in Oxidative Systems
MS – Forensic and Investigative Science, West Virginia University


Bryce Collingwood

BS – Biology (Chemistry Minor), Towson University
Project:  Fate of herbicide safeners during drinking water treatment
Current Position:  PhD student in the Department of Chemistry at Temple University


Marella Schammel

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Honors Thesis Topic: Investigating Electrophilic Aromatic Halogenation in Synthetic and in Natural Waters
Current Position:  PhD student and NSF Graduate Research Fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California


 

Tyler Swanson

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Honors Thesis Topic:  Exploring the Bromination Kinetics of Anisole and Salicylic Acid in Natural Waters
Current Position:  PhD student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Delaware 


Mark Niedzwiecki

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Honors Thesis Topic:  Characterization of Dichloroacetamide Safeners in Commercial Formulations, Ecotoxicology Experiments, and Simulated Drinking Water Treatment
Current Position: Formulation Chemist, Ingredion


Garrett Alexander II

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Research Project:  Kinetics of Disinfection Byproduct Formation
Current Position:  Medical student at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine



Ryan Dias

BS – Chemistry and Forensic Chemistry, Towson University
Honors Thesis Topic: Selective Quantification of Residual Free Chlorine and Free Bromine in Aqueous Solutions
PhD – Analytical Chemistry, University of Alberta
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Alberta


Kayla Martin-Culet

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Honors Thesis Topic: Factors Controlling the Rate and Regioselectivity of Arene Bromination
Current Position: Field Service Engineer, Agilent



Garrett Taggart

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Honors Thesis Topic: Influence of Organic Compound Structure on Rates of Bromination in Solution of Free Bromine
PhDInorganic Chemistry, University of Delaware
Current Position:  Application scientist, Microtrac MRB



Matthew Broadwater

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Honors Thesis Topic: Reactivity of Aromatic Compounds toward Aqueous Halogenating Agents
PharmD – University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
MBA – Carey School of Business, Johns Hopkins University
Residency:  Johns Hopkins Hospital Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Program (Baltimore, MD)
Current Position:  Clinical Pharmacy Manager of Critical Care and Operating Rooms, MedStar Washington Hospital Center (Washington, DC)



Nick Race

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Honors Thesis Topic: Quantitation of Free Bromine and Free Chlorine in Complex Aquatic Matrices
MS –
Chemistry, William and Mary
Current Position: Chemist, Broward County Environmental Monitoring Lab (Davie, FL)



Allison Ricko

BS – Geology, Towson University
MS – Environmental Science, Towson University
MS Thesis Topic: Abiotic Reduction Reactions of Dichloroacetamide Herbicide Safeners
Current Position: Product Manager, Echo360



Mark Bickley

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Honors Thesis Topic: Reactivity of Aromatic Amino Acids toward Aqueous Halogenating Agents
PharmD –
University of Maryland
Current Position:  Advanced Practice Pharmacist, Clifton T. Perkins Hospital (Jessup, MD)


Mark Burton

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Honors Thesis Topic: Abiotic Transformations of Herbicides and Herbicide Safeners at the Mineral-Water Interface
PhD – Physical Chemistry
, University of Arizona
Current Position: Optical spectroscopist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Livermore, CA)


Alyssa Allen

BS – Forensic Chemistry, Towson University
Independent Research Topic: Halides as Catalysts in Aqueous Environmental Systems
PhD – Analytical and Forensic Chemistry
, University of Central Florida
Current Positions: Chemist, Blue Grass Chemical Activity, U.S. Army (Richmond, KY)


Daniel Victor

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Honors Thesis Topic: Reactivity of Free Bromine toward Substituted Benzenes
Current Position: Senior Analytical Chemist, Catalent Phama Solutions (Greenville, NC)


Nick Sapienza

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Independent Research Topic: Novel Methods for Quantifying Halides in Drinking Water Influent and in Related Matrices
Current Position: PhD candidate in Prof. John Morris’s Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Tech

 


Steven LeVine

BS – Chemistry, Towson University
Independent Research Topic: Fate of Agrochemical Inert Ingredients in Model Environmental Systems



Former Research Interns

Asia Jones

College:  Virginia Commonwealth University


Brandon Puckett

College:  Community College of Baltimore County


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gage Fogler

College:  Towson University


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ada Sivey

College:  Arizona State University


Wasilat Dosunmu

College:   University of Maryland, College Park


Klein Arias

College:  Towson University


Farzin Farhad

College:  George Washington University


Zachary Clark

College:  University of Maryland