Group Alumni

Parson Chan

Parson completed his MS in the School of Chemistry & Biochemistry in May 2026. As part of his program, he carried out research in the group using non-targeted metabolomics informatics workflows to characterize the chemical properties of organic molecules in tropical peatlands in Indonesia. He presented his findings at the Southeastern Biogeochemistry Symposium before graduating. Parson is now a PhD student in Geography and Environmental Systems at University of Maryland Baltimore County.

MS student, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Jae Clery

Summer REU student

Jae is an undergraduate student at the College of Coastal Georgia who participated in the group as a summer REU student in 2026. She investigated controls on iron concentrations, DOC chemistry, and DOC photomineralization in a flooded Alaskan wetland, and presented her findings at the Georgia Tech College of Science Research Symposium. She is broadly interested in geochemistry and hopes to pursue graduate school in the future. Jae will complete her BS in Environmental Science (concentrations in Geology and Chemistry and a minor in Math) in spring 2027.

Jad El Kaissi

Summer undergraduate researcher

Jad is a third-year Mechanical Engineering undergraduate at Georgia Tech from Beirut, Lebanon! He is interested in motorsports design and manufacturing, and joined the group out of curiosity to learn more about biogeochemistry and to help manufacture designs for controlled photochemistry experiments in the group. He enjoys playing tennis, pickleball, padel, and motorsport racing!

Former students co-advised

Conner Breyer (2025) SURGE REU student, Stanford University
Lauren Karp (2025) MS in Chemistry, Western Washington University
Rasis Putra Ritonga, PhD (2023 - 2025) Data Manager at Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara (now postdoc at NUS)
Erin Dayanti (2023 - 2025) MS in Environmental Science, Tanjungpura University (now research assistant at Tanjungpura)
Yulita Andriyani (2023 - 2025) Post-baccalaureate researcher, Tanjungpura University (now research assistant at Tanjungpura)
Desi Silviani P.A.B. (2022 - 2025) Post-baccalaureate researcher, Tanjungpura University (now LPDP scholarship recipient through the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education Agency)
Jevan Yu (2022 - 2023) BS in Computer Science, Stanford University (now PhD student at MIT)
Putri Juliandini Wahyudio (2021 - 2023) MS in Environmental Science, Tanjungpura University (now research assistant at Tanjungpura)
Eleanor Walker (2021 - 2022) MS in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University (now PhD student at Harvard)