Lei Zhu
PhD, Principal Investigator
BS, Chemistry, Beijing University
PhD, Chemistry, New York University
Postdoctoral, Organic Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin
Email: lzhu@chem.fsu.edu
Lei Zhu received his Bachelor's Degree in chemistry from Peking University in 1997. In that summer, Lei went to New York University for graduate studies in chemistry under the mentorship of Professor James Canary. After defending his PhD dissertation in January 2003, Lei joined Professor Eric Anslyn’s group at the University of Texas at Austin as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Upon completing his postdoctoral appointment, Lei started his independent career in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida State University in August 2005.
Quinton Meisner
PhD Candidate, 5th Year
BS, Chemistry, Kennesaw State University, GA
MS, Chemistry, Florida State University, FL
Email: qmeisner@chem.fsu.edu
Research interest: Light-emitting molecules and materials
Miguel Macias-Contreras
PhD Candidate, 4th Year
BS, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico
MS, Chemical Sciences, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico
Email: mcontreras@chem.fsu.edu
Research interest: Developing fluorescent indicators for biological imaging
Peiye Liu
PhD Candidate, 3rd Year
BS, Chemistry, Nankai University, China
Email: peiyeliu@chem.fsu.edu
Research interest: Metal-catalyzed reactions and mechanisms
Joe Hurley
Graduate Student, 2nd Year
BS, Chemistry, Northern Illinois University, IL
Email: jhurley@chem.fsu.edu
Research interest: Light-emitting molecules and materials
Neda Arabzadeh
Graduate Student, 1st Year
Neda received her MS degree in Organic Chemistry from Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran. Her current research involves the studies of fluorescent molecules that contain intramolecular hydrogen bonds.
Brendan Marlin
Undergraduate Student, Senior
Brendan is working on the synthesis of new organic fluorescent molecules.
Brandon Nusser
REU Undergraduate Student, California State University, Chico
Brandon spent the summer of 2018 to study new solvatochromic fluorescent molecules.