James Nathan Hohman
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Institute of Materials Science
Education
- Staff Scientist, The Molecular Foundry, Berkeley Laboratory, 2015-2019
- Postdoc, Stanford University, 2012-2014
- Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 2004-2011
- B.S., Butler University, 2000-2004
Research Aims
- Design and synthesis of nanomaterials and nanointerfaces for applications ranging from new semiconductors and superconductors to supramolecular coatings for defending against pathogenic viruses and microbes.
- Understanding the origin of how structure leads to function in complex materials.
- Solving the synthetic problems that will lead to the design of custom-built materials for new advances in sensing, batteries, photovoltaics, or advanced manufacturing.
Awards
DOE Grant, “AI Tools for the Characterization and Design of Achievable Hypothetical Materials” (2022-2025)
Chamathka Dehiwala Liyanage
Contact Info: chamathka.dehiwala_liyanage@uconn.edu
Education: B.S. in Chemistry at University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Experience: Undergraduate Research in adsorption of acid dyes on hydroxyapatite
Research Interests: Surface science using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM).
Fourth-Year Graduate Student
Elyse Schriber
Contact Info: elyse.schriber@uconn.edu
Education: B.A. in Chemistry at California State University, East Bay, CA
Experience: Research Assistant at Molecular Foundry, LBL (2017-2020)
Affiliate at SLAC (2018-present)
DOE Fellow (awarded 2023)
Research Interests: Method development of small-molecule SFX
Third-Year Graduate Student
Master of Coin
Masha Aleksich
Contact Info: mariya.aleksich@uconn.edu
Education: B.S. in Chemistry, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX (2020)
Experience: Undergraduate Research in synthesis of chiral amino acid-based surfactants.
Lab Technician at SGS – Oil, Gas & Chemicals (March 2020 – December 2020)
Research Interests: Optimizing synthesis of MOCHas for comprehensive characterization.
Third-Year Graduate Student
VP & Treasurer of Joint Safety Team
Patience Kotei
Contact Info: patience.kotei@uconn.edu
Education: B.S of Chemistry at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumsai, Ghana (2018)
MPhil in Inorganic Chemistry at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumsai, Ghana (2021)
Experience: Volunteer/Intern at The African Research Academies of Women Inc. (June 2017 – Oct 2019)
Research Interests: Supramolecular synthon characterizations of MOChas to predict crystal structure.
Third-Year Graduate Student
Qiaoling Fan
Contact Info: qiaoling.fan@uconn.edu
Education: B.S. in Chemistry at Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China
M.S. in Chemistry at East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Experience: Chemistry high school teacher in China
Research Interests: Synthesis of organic ligands for MOChas and synthesis/characterization of MOChas.
Second-Year Graduate Student
Maggie Ward
Contact Info: maggie.ward@uconn.edu
Education: B.S. in Chemistry – ACS Certificate, Minors in Biology and French at the University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK (2022)
Experience: Undergraduate Research in characterization of inorganic complexes
Research Interests: Synthesis and characterization of Au and Cu MOChas
Second Year Graduate Student
Lab Safety Officer
Tarun Kaushik
Contact Info: tarun.tarun@uconn.edu
Education: B.S Chemistry at Ramjas College, Delhi, India (2018)
M.S. in chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology – Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India (2020)
Experience: Undergraduate research in low-overpotential water splitting.
Research assistant at Indian Institute of Technology – Gandhinagar (Aug 2021 – December 2021)
Internship at Indian Institute of Technology – Roorkee (December 2021 – June 2022)
Research Interests: Synthesis and characterization of chiral MOChas and phase identification of thin film catalysts.
Second Year Graduate Student
Avery LaMonica
Contact Info: avery.lamonica@uconn.edu
Education: Working on B.S. in Chemistry at the University of Connecticut (current)
Experience: Undergraduate ACS SURF Fellow (June 2023-Aug. 2023)
Research Interests: Biphasic synthesis of selenium-based MOChas.
Undergraduate Researcher
Anita Ghodsi
Contact Info: anita.ghodsi@uconn.edu
Education: B.S. in Biological Sciences, Minor in Ecology at the University of Connecticut (2023)
Working on B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Central Connecticut State University (current)
Experience: Clinical Medical Assistant (2021 – current)
Research Interests: Surface chemistry with a focus on silver coatings.