OuR Team

Principal Investigator

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Dr. Mariam N. Ismail

Prof. Ismail earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2011) from Northeastern University under the advising of Dr. Albert Sacco, Jr. Throughout her work at the Center for Advanced Microgravity Materials Processing Center (NASA-sponsored Lab, Northeastern University), she developed a method for the hydrothermal synthesis of vanadosilicate AM-6 for enhanced visible light photocatalysis. She’s currently an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Massachusetts – Boston. [CV]

Graduate Students

Catherine Schrader 

Ph.D. Student

Email: c.schrader001 at umb.edu

Chemistry, UMass Boston (2021-present)

B.S. Chemistry: Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA. (2021)

Shahrzad (Sherry) Radpour

Ph.D. Student

Email: shahrzad.radpour001 at umb.edu

Chemistry, UMass Boston (2022-present)

B.S. Applied Science & Chemistry: Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. (2022)

Hannah Flayhart

Hannah Flayhart

Ph.D. Student

Email: hannah.flayhart001 at umb.edu

Chemistry, UMass Boston (2023-present)

B.S. Chemistry: Washington College, Chestertown, MD. (2022)

Undergraduate Students

Sam Nagel

Email: Samuel.Nagel001 at umb.edu

Chemistry, UMass Boston (2023)

Hannah Ramos

Email: Hannah.Ramos001 at umb.edu

Chemistry, UMass Boston (2023)

Diti B. Patel

Email: d.patel013 at umb.edu

Biology, UMass Boston (2024)

Aidan Bayliss

Email: aidan.bayliss001 at umb.edu

Chemistry, UMass Boston (2025)

Youssef Saad

Email: youssef.saad001 at umb.edu

Biochemistry, UMass Boston (2025)

Lab Outings and Events

Group dinner at the 2023 Spring ACS Meeting in Indianapolis
Katie and Hannah at the 2023 Spring ACS Meeting in Indianapolis
Katie Schrader presenting at the Spring 2023 National ACS Meeting
Hannah Ramos presenting at the Spring 2023 National ACS Meeting
Sam Nagel presenting at the Spring 2023 National ACS Meeting
SuryaKumar Vatti presenting at the Spring 2023 National ACS Meeting
Group Outing, December 2022
Fall 2022 Group Photo
Summer 2022
Group Outing, June 2022
Spring 2022 Group Photo
2021 Simmons University Commencement
2021 Simmons University Commencement
After successful thesis defense
Spring 2021 Group Photo
2019 Simmons University Commencement
Group at the 2019 Simmons University Commencement
Fall 2019 Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry Poster Session
Group outing in Orlando, FL at the ACS national meeting
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Maddie Karod at the Spring 2019 ACS Meeting in Florida
Group at the 2019 Seniors-Faculty Celebration Dinner
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2018 Simmons University Commencement
2018 Simmons University Commencement
Group outing at the 2018 ACS Meeting in New Orleans
Joie Mastandrea at the Spring 2018 ACS Meeting in New Orleans
@ the 2017 NSCRC Meeting
2017 Simmons University Commencement
2017 Seniors & Faculty Banquet
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Group Alumni

Post Docs and Visiting Scholars:

  • Dr. SuryaKumar Vatti (2023)

Undergraduate students:

  • Emily Buttafuoco (2021) – Scientist, Johnson & Johnson Vision
  • Julia Hart (2021) – Junior Research Engineer, Izentist LLC
  • Sydney Oliver (2021) – Research Associate, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
  • Bianca Boschetti (2020) – Research Associate, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
  • Maddie Karod (2019) – PhD Candidate in Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
  • Sophie Streimer (2019) – Associate Marketing Manager, Credo Beauty
  • Sophie Lawsure (2020) – Registered Nurse, Maine Medical Center
  • Eriko Hishiya (2020)
  • Kayla Kilduff (2018) – Associate Scientist, Actnano
  • Joie Mastandrea (2018) – Registered Nurse, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Jordan Mattheisen (2017) – PhD Candidate in the Tri-Institutional Program in Chemical Biology, The Rockefeller University