Meet the Research Group
Principal Investigator
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Dr. Ranil Gurusinghe
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Tennessee Tech (2022 – Present)
Graduate Students
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Rusiru Rajapaksha
Chemistry Masters Student
(Spring 2023 – Present)
E-mail: rhrajapaks42@tntech.edu
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Randi K. Padikoralage
Chemistry Masters Student
(Fall 2023 – Present)
E-mail: rikalahepa42@tntech.edu
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Chemistry Masters Student
Thushitha Jayasekara
(Fall 2023 – Present)
E-mail: tsjayaseka42@tntech.edu
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Cadence Miller
PhD
(Fall 2024 – Present)
E-mail: cemiller43@tntech.edu
Undergraduate Research Students
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Mitchell Swann
Chemistry, Custom Chemistry Concentration, ACS certification
E-mail: mwswann42@tntech.edu
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Vasilisa Khodyakova
Chemistry
E-mail: vzhukova42@tntech.edu
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Madeline Kidder
Chemical Engineering
E-mail: mrkidder42@tntech.edu