{"id":654,"date":"2013-11-20T18:06:32","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T23:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/?page_id=654"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:15:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T17:15:26","slug":"graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/members\/graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2022\/09\/Anil.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4306\" src=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2022\/09\/Anil.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><strong>Yagiz Anil Cicek<br \/>\n<\/strong>B.Sc. Chemistry<br \/>\nOrta Dogu Teknik University<br \/>\nEntry year: <strong>2020<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:ycicek@umass.edu\">ycicek@umass.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/research\/drug-delivery\/\"><em>Drug Delivery<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2022\/09\/Cristina.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4305\" src=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2022\/09\/Cristina.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cristina-maria-hirschbiegel-a593991a2\/\">Cristina-Maria Hirschbiegel<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>B.Sc. Biomedical Chemistry (2019),<br \/>\nJohannes Gutenberg-University Mainz<br \/>\nEntry year: <strong>2020<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:chirschbiege@umass.edu\">chirschbiege@umass.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/bioorthogonal-chemistry\/\"><em>Nanozyme<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2022\/09\/Hassan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4308\" src=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2022\/09\/Hassan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mhassan206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Muhammad Aamir Hassan<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>M.S. Microbiology<br \/>\nGCU, Pakistan<br \/>\nEntry year: <strong>2021<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:junwheeyang@umass.edu\">muhammadaami@umass.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/antimicrobial\/\"><em>Antimicrobials\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2022\/09\/Junwhee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4307\" src=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2022\/09\/Junwhee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><strong>Junwhee Yang<br \/>\n<\/strong>M.Sc. Polymer Science<br \/>\nJeonbuk National University<br \/>\nEntry year: <strong>2021<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:junwheeyang@umass.edu\">junwheeyang@umass.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/research\/sensing\/\"><em>Sensing<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_0439-5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5022 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_0439-5-262x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"191\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_0439-5-262x300.jpeg 262w, https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_0439-5-895x1024.jpeg 895w, https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_0439-5-768x879.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_0439-5-1342x1536.jpeg 1342w, https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/04\/IMG_0439-5.jpeg 1420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/a><strong>Nourina Nasim<br \/>\n<\/strong>M.Phil. Chemistry 2021<br \/>\nH.E.J Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Pakistan<br \/>\nEntry year: <strong>2022<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:nnasim@umass.edu\">nnasim@umass.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/drug-delivery\/\"><em>Drug Delivery<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2025\/07\/unnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4912 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2025\/07\/unnamed-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2025\/07\/unnamed-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2025\/07\/unnamed-786x1024.jpg 786w, https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2025\/07\/unnamed-768x1001.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2025\/07\/unnamed-1179x1536.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2025\/07\/unnamed.jpg 1408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><strong>Soham Chakraborty<br \/>\n<\/strong>M.Sc. Chemistry 2022<br \/>\nIndian Institute of Technology Dhanbad<br \/>\nEntry year: <strong>2022<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:sohamchakrab@umass.edu\">sohamchakrab@umass.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/research\/bioorthogonal-chemistry\/\"><em>Nanozyme<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2871-200x300.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4307\" src=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2024\/01\/IMG_2871-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><strong>Derek Rainboth<br \/>\n<\/strong>B.Sc. Biochemistry 2023<br \/>\nUniversity of Delaware<br \/>\nEntry year: <strong>2023<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:drainboth@umass.edu\">drainboth@umass.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/research\/bioorthogonal-chemistry\/\"><em>Drug Delivery\/Nanozyme<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2024\/01\/Maged-300x225.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4307\" src=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2024\/01\/Maged-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"229\" \/><\/a><strong>Maged Abd Elaziz<br \/>\n<\/strong>M.Sc. Organic Chemistry 2023<br \/>\nZagazig University, Egypt<br \/>\nEntry year: <strong>2023<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:mabdelaziz@umass.edu\">mabdelaziz@umass.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/research\/antimicrobial\/\"><em>Antimicrobial\/Nanozyme<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2024\/02\/Kanwal.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4538\" src=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2024\/02\/Kanwal-261x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2024\/02\/Kanwal-261x300.jpeg 261w, https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2024\/02\/Kanwal.jpeg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kanwal-nazir-35241136?utm_source=share&amp;utm_campaign=share_via&amp;utm_content=profile&amp;utm_medium=android_app\">Kanwal Nazir<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>M. Phil., Biotechnology<br \/>\nNIBGE, PIEAS, Pakistan<br \/>\nEntry year: <strong>2024<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:drainboth@umass.edu\">knazir@umass.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/research\/sensing\/\"><em>Sensing<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2024\/12\/Joa_1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4722 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2024\/12\/Joa_1-240x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2024\/12\/Joa_1-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2024\/12\/Joa_1.jpeg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joe-truong-22034133a\/\">Joe Truong<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>B.Sc. Chemistry<br \/>\nMissouri State University<br \/>\nEntry year: <strong>2024<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:joetruong@umass.edu\">joetruong@umass.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/research\/bioorthogonal-chemistry\/\"><em>Nanozyme<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/01\/Jan-27-2026-11_37_42-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4995 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/01\/Jan-27-2026-11_37_42-AM-e1769531946320-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/01\/Jan-27-2026-11_37_42-AM-e1769531946320-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/01\/Jan-27-2026-11_37_42-AM-e1769531946320-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/01\/Jan-27-2026-11_37_42-AM-e1769531946320-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/01\/Jan-27-2026-11_37_42-AM-e1769531946320.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a><strong>Harini Chandrababu<br \/>\n<\/strong>Integrated M.Tech. Medical Nanotechnology<br \/>\nSASTRA University, India<br \/>\nEntry year: <strong>2024<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:hchandrababu@umass.edu\">hchandrababu@umass.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/antimicrobial\/\"><em>Antimicrobials<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/01\/Website-photo-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4991 \" src=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/01\/Website-photo-1-scaled-e1769530783919-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/01\/Website-photo-1-scaled-e1769530783919-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/01\/Website-photo-1-scaled-e1769530783919.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Huyen Ngoc Nguyen<br \/>\n<\/strong>B.Sc. Chemistry,<br \/>\nVietnam National University<br \/>\nEntry year: <strong>2025<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:huyen@umass.edu\">huyen@umass.edu\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/research\/bioorthogonal-chemistry\/\">Nanozyme<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/01\/Lab-site-picure-Tadman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4993 \" src=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/01\/Lab-site-picure-Tadman-e1769531701381-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/01\/Lab-site-picure-Tadman-e1769531701381-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/01\/Lab-site-picure-Tadman-e1769531701381-816x1024.jpg 816w, https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/01\/Lab-site-picure-Tadman-e1769531701381-768x964.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/files\/2026\/01\/Lab-site-picure-Tadman-e1769531701381.jpg 1014w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a>Sarah Tadman<br \/>\n<\/strong>B.Sc. Biochemistry,<br \/>\nCurry College<br \/>\nEntry year: <strong>2026<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:stadman@umass.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stadman@umass.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/research\/bioorthogonal-chemistry\/\"><em>Drug Delivery\/Sensing<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yagiz Anil Cicek B.Sc. Chemistry Orta Dogu Teknik University Entry year: 2020 ycicek@umass.edu Drug Delivery &nbsp; Cristina-Maria Hirschbiegel B.Sc. Biomedical Chemistry (2019), Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz Entry year: 2020 chirschbiege@umass.edu Nanozyme &nbsp; Muhammad Aamir Hassan M.S. Microbiology GCU, Pakistan Entry year: 2021 muhammadaami@umass.edu Antimicrobials\u00a0 &nbsp; Junwhee Yang M.Sc. Polymer Science Jeonbuk National University Entry year: 2021 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/members\/graduate-students\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Graduate Students<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"parent":181,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-654","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":174,"href":"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5024,"href":"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/654\/revisions\/5024"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elements.chem.umass.edu\/rotellogroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}