{"id":598,"date":"2021-07-15T10:06:02","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T10:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/maitra-group\/?page_id=598"},"modified":"2025-09-19T18:58:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T18:58:47","slug":"alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/maitra-group\/alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Alumni have previously worked with Prof. Neepa Maitra at <a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.cuny.edu\/\">Hunter College of the City University of New York<\/a> and\/or Rutgers University-Newark.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ce0834\">Former Postdoctoral Fellows<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr. Harshani Wijewardane<\/strong> (2007-2009): Senior Lecturer at Rajarata University, Sri Lanka<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Zenaida Shields<\/strong> (2009): Computational Chemist \/ Data Scientist at CleveTheoComp<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Peter Elliott<\/strong> (2010-2012): Postdoctoral Fellow at MPI-Halle<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Ali Abedi<\/strong> (2014): Marie-Curie Fellow, San Sebastian Spain<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Elham Khosravi<\/strong> (2014): Marie-Curie Fellow, San Sebastian Spain<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Johanna Fuks<\/strong> (2013-2017): Researcher for Conicet U. Buenos Aires<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Graeme Gossel<\/strong> (2016-2018): Data Scientist at FreightExchange, Australia<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/etsf.polytechnique.fr\/poeple\/Lionel\"><strong>Dr. Lionel Lacombe<\/strong><\/a> (2017-2021): Marie-Curie Fellow, Ecole Polytechnique Paris<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Patricia Vindel Zandbergen<\/strong> (2019-2022): Postdoctoral Fellow NYU<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in\/people\/saswata-roy\"><strong>Dr. Saswata Roy<\/strong><\/a> (2021-2023): Professor at Azim Premji University, India<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lcqs.unistra.fr\/staff-members\/lucien-dupuy\/\"><strong>Dr. Lucien Dupuy<\/strong><\/a> (2023-2025): Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Strasbourg, France<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ce0834\">Former Doctoral Students<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr. Arun Rajam<\/strong> (2007-2010): Assistant Professor at St Johns University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Kai Luo<\/strong> (2012-2015): Postdoctoral Fellow at U. Florida<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ccichef.chem.columbia.edu\/people\/norah-m-hoffmann\"><strong>Dr. Norah Hoffmann<\/strong><\/a> (joint PhD student with MPI Hamburg 2018&#8211;2021): Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ce0834\">Former Graduate Students<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Christian Gaun (<\/strong>2008-2009): Financial Math at NYU<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ernesto Sandoval<\/strong> (2013-2015) : PhD program at SUNY Binghamton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-muenster.de\/Chemie.oc\/neugebauer\/\"><strong>Anton Rikus<\/strong> <\/a>(visiting MS, Jan 2023 &#8212; Jun 2023) : PhD program at U. Muenster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ce0834\">Former Undergraduate Students<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>David Tempel<\/strong> (2005-2007): <span class=\"GramE\">PhD<\/span> student at Harvard (2007-12)<\/li>\n<li><strong>August Krueger<\/strong> (2007-2008 ): PhD student at Rutgers (2008-2013)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Allen Kamal<\/strong> (2007-2008)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gabriella Mullady<\/strong> (2007-2008)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Matt Olim<\/strong> (2008)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Izabela Raczkowska<\/strong> (2009-2010): PhD program at NYU<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sharma Goldson<\/strong> (2008-2009): MA program in math at Hunter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chris Canahui<\/strong> (2009)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Steven Crisostomo<\/strong> (2016-2018 ): PhD program at U.C. 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