Principal Investigator

Jeremy I. Feldblyum
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
University at Albany, SUNY
Postdoc, Stanford University
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
B.S., University of Maryland, College Park
B.Mus., University of Maryland, College Park
Jeremy Feldblyum (pronounced FELD-bloom) has been fascinated by science since the age of 10, when he picked up Richard Feynman's physics primer Six Easy Pieces. After his first high school research experience at The Institute for Genomic Research (now the J. Craig Venter Institute), Feldblyum went to the University of Maryland where he studied both chemistry and piano performance. Pursuing a Ph.D. with Adam Matzger and in collaboration with David Gidley at the University of Michigan, Feldblyum studied metal-organic framework properties using positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS). An interest in electronic materials took him to the Zhenan Bao group at Stanford, where he developed synthesis and processing methods for 2D network semiconductors. As an assistant professor at SUNY Albany, he is developing new methods to synthesize, characterize, and utilize functional coordination materials for diverse applications in electronics, separations, and catalysis.
Postdoctoral Scholars
Graduate Students

Audrey Crom
Ph.D. Student
B.S., Nanoscale Science, SUNY Polytechnic
Research areas: Metal-organic frameworks, chemistry education
Favorite vegetable: Carrots
Favorite books: Animorphs Series
Favorite instrument to play: Guitar
Favorite color: Green

Darin Sukalingum
Ph.D. Student
B.S., Chemistry, University at Albany, SUNY
Research areas: Porous and semiconducting metallopolymers
Favorite vegetable: Have not yet tried them all
Favorite type of filter paper: Whatman 5
Undergraduate Students

Brendan Waldorf
B.S. Student (Chemistry)
Research areas: Chromatography
Favorite pastime: Snowboarding, photography
Favorite movie: Intersteller, Dead Poets Society
Favorite element: Thorium

Kris Haughton
B.S. Student (Chemistry)
Research areas: Metal-organic frameworks, proton conductivity
Favorite vegetable: Cucumber
Favorite animal: Eagle
Favorite anime: Black Clover

Nissi Okuji
B.S. Student (Undeclared major)
Research areas: Metal-organic frameworks
Favorite vegetable: Potato
Favorite anime: Tokyo Ghoul
Favorite book: Looking for Alaska

Alex Kalena
B.S. Student (Chemistry)
Research areas: Detection of energetic materials
Favorite book: The Song of Achilles
Favorite podcast: Welcome to Night Vale
Favorite movie: Lord of the Rings trilogy
Alumni
Tairan Zhai
Ph.D., Chemistry, 2023.
Mengwen Yan
Ph.D., Chemistry, 2022.
Fernanda Giongo Fernandes
M.S., Chemistry, 2022.
Matthew Sherrill
M.S., Chemistry, 2022.
Ebtisam Alammri
M.S., Chemistry, 2019.
Sarthak Patel
M.S., Chemistry, 2019.
Kelly Walter
M.S., Chemistry, 2018.
Erica Nunoo
B.S., Biology, 2026 [expected].
Jacob Dobson
B.S., Chemistry, 2022.
Sandra Wiedmann
B.S., Chemistry, 2022.
Jessica Andras
B.S., Chemistry, 2021.
Chaya Eastmond
B.S., Biology, 2021.
Sazzad Ali
Benita Britton-George
B.S., Chemistry, 2019.
Kate Holley
B.S. Chemistry and M.S. Chemistry, 2019.
Nikki Taylor
B.S., Chemistry and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2018.
Alexander Vandish
B.S., Chemistry, 2018.