{"id":120,"date":"2026-04-20T09:25:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mimc\/?page_id=120"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:30:06","slug":"120-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mimc\/120-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-heading--style-marked\">Graduate Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Washington State University (2024-present)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Benjamin Rooney-Sailand (M.S. 2025: Founder of ConiFriends)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">University of Massachusetts Amherst (2011-2024)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Gaurav Mitra (Ph.D. UMass Amherst, 2025: Institutional Effectiveness Project Manager at UMass Amherst)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hyunggu Kim (Ph.D. UMass Amherst, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moshood Animashaun (M.Sc. UMass Amherst, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enes Buz (Ph.D. UMass Amherst, 2024: Postdoc at MPI for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jillian Denhardt (Ph.D. UMass Amherst, 2022: Instructor at University of Hawai&#8217;i at M\u0101noa)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Muhammad Abdullah (Ph.D. UMass Amherst, 2021: Process Engineer at Global Foundry)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Haneen Mansoor (Ph.D. UMass Amherst, 2022: Materials Engineer at Electrified Thermal Systems)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>William Harrigan (Ph.D. UMass Amherst, 2019: High School Chemistry Teacher)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fumitoshi Kato (Ph.D. UMass Amherst, 2019: Process Engineer at Tokyo Electronics)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dongming Zhou (Ph.D. UMass Amherst, 2017: Process Engineer at AMEC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keith Lehuta (Ph.D. UMass Amherst, 2016: Senior Scientist at Honeywell)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Swamy Pittala (Ph.D. UMass Amherst, 2016: Process Engineer at Intel)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jenileigh Harris (M.Sc. UMass Amherst, 2014: Consultant)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kim-Ngan Hua (M.Sc. UMass Amherst, 2013: Ph.D. University of Vermont, 2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-heading--style-marked\">Undergraduate Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Washington State University (2024-present)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Ethan Nguyen (class of 2025, Fall)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">University of Massachusetts Amherst (2011-2024)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span>Samuel Lawrence (class of 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anthony Mastromatteo (class of 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacob Collins (class of 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ruby J. Nelson (class of 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christopher Roy (class of 2018, Grad student @ University of Wisconsin)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Kelly (class of 2018, Grad student @ University of Maine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew Yee (class of 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anubhab Haldar (class of 2017, Grad student @ Boston University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anton El Khoury (class of 2017, Grad student @ University of California Los Angeles)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samuel E. Michaud (class of 2016, Grad student @ University of Michigan)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michael Mortelliti (class of 2016, Grad student @ University of North Carolina &#8211; Chapel Hill)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benjamin Satterfield (class of 2015: Chem Eng)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gino Dos Santos (class of 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Austin Virtue (class of 2013: Ph.D. Chemistry, Univ. of Maryland)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stan Najmr (class of 2013: Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robert Nathan (class of 2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jesse Guillet (class of 2012: Ph.D. Chemistry, Boston University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tom Foley (class of 2011: J.D., Boston University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chris Coakley (class of 2012)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bill Rowley (class of 2011)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-heading--style-marked\">Visiting Scholars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Eva Belmonte S\u00e1nchez (Universidad de Almeria)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Niall Coogan (visiting international student: Spring 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Renita Thim (visiting international student: Spring 2011)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-heading--style-marked\">Archived group photos<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Fall-2025-group-photo.png\" alt=\"Group photo taken in Fall 2025 in front of Troy Hall at Washington State University. Pictured from left-to-right are Zaman, Thomas, Ethan, Molly, Kami, Ashlyn, Arthur, Christian, and Kevin. \" class=\"wp-image-455\" width=\"636\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Fall-2025-group-photo.png 1272w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Fall-2025-group-photo-396x274.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Fall-2025-group-photo-792x548.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Fall-2025-group-photo-768x531.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">October 2025 (left-to-right): Zaman, Thomas, Ethan, Molly, Kami, Ashlyn, Arthur, Christian, Kevin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" id=\"block-c5cbf7e5-308b-46eb-94d4-554415a1ea07\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/September-2022-group-picture-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph taken after Jillian Denhardt's Final Examination in April 2022. Pictured from left-to-right are: Hyunggu, Enes, Dr. Jill, Gaurav, Haneen, Mo, and Kevin. \" class=\"wp-image-476\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/September-2022-group-picture-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/September-2022-group-picture-396x297.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/September-2022-group-picture-792x594.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/September-2022-group-picture-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/September-2022-group-picture-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/September-2022-group-picture-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">April 2022 (left-to-right): Hyunggu, Enes, Dr. Jill, Gaurav, Haneen, Mo, Kevin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" id=\"block-c5cbf7e5-308b-46eb-94d4-554415a1ea07\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/DSC_0221-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Photograph of the group standing outside of the brand new Physical Sciences Building in June 2018. Shown in the picture are (from left-to-right) Abdullah, Jill, Fumi, Haneen, William, Enes, Ekeoma, Anand, and Kevin.\" class=\"wp-image-458\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/DSC_0221-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/DSC_0221-396x264.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/DSC_0221-792x528.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/DSC_0221-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/DSC_0221-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/DSC_0221-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">June 2018 (left-to-right): Abdullah, Jill, Fumi, Haneen, William, Enes, Ekeoma, Anand, Kevin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Group-2017-picture-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo from 2017 (left-to-right): Fumi, William, Jill, Abdullah, Dongming, Chris, Haneen, Kevin\" class=\"wp-image-473\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Group-2017-picture-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Group-2017-picture-396x233.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Group-2017-picture-792x466.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Group-2017-picture-768x452.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Group-2017-picture-1536x903.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Group-2017-picture-2048x1204.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2017 (left-to-right): Fumi, William, Jill, Abdullah, Dongming, Chris, Haneen, Kevin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Jan-2016-group-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo from January 2016 (left-to-right): Swamy, Peter, Elaine, Chris, Michael, William, Fumi, Sam, Steven, Keith, Dongming\" class=\"wp-image-466\" width=\"640\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Jan-2016-group-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Jan-2016-group-1-396x207.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Jan-2016-group-1-792x415.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Jan-2016-group-1-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Jan-2016-group-1-1536x804.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Jan-2016-group-1-2048x1072.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">January 2016 (left-to-right): Swamy, Peter, Elaine, Chris, Michael, William, Fumi, Sam, Steven, Keith, Dongming<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/2014-group-photo-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo from March 2014 (left-to-right): Niall, Dongming, Sam, Jenileigh, William, Swamy, Gino, Fumi, Keith, Michael, Kevin\" class=\"wp-image-470\" width=\"640\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/2014-group-photo-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/2014-group-photo-396x207.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/2014-group-photo-792x413.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/2014-group-photo-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/2014-group-photo-1536x801.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/2014-group-photo-2048x1068.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">March 2014 (left-to-right): Niall, Dongming, Sam, Jenileigh, William, Swamy, Gino, Fumi, Keith, Michael, Kevin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Summer2013.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo from Summer 2013 (left-to-right): William, Jenileigh, Dongming, Kevin, Keith, Swamy\" class=\"wp-image-457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Summer2013.jpg 576w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2026\/04\/Summer2013-396x276.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Summer 2013 (left-to-right): William, Jenileigh, Dongming, Kevin, Keith, Swamy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"512\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2024\/01\/Group2012-2.jpg\" alt=\"The group assembled on the stairs of the Integrated Science Building in Spring 2012 (left to right: Dongming, Kim, Keith, Kevin, Swamy)\" class=\"wp-image-32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2024\/01\/Group2012-2.jpg 512w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/3402\/2024\/01\/Group2012-2-396x295.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Spring 2012 (left-to-right): Dongming, Kim, Keith, Kevin, Swamy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" id=\"block-c5cbf7e5-308b-46eb-94d4-554415a1ea07\" \/>\n\n\n<div 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