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Current Laboratory Members

Graduate Students

I am thankful for the trust and confidence for the students joining the lab. I can only promise great challenges that are worthy of your time and effort.

Mr Garrett Olrogg

second year graduate student


chemical synthesis of [4Fe-4S]-maquettes, spectroscopic characterization, and structural determination


co-advised with Research Professor Eric Shepard, Ph.D.; funded by NSF CLP.

Ms Alexis England

second year graduate student


bioinformatics analysis of iron-sulfur metalloproteins and metalloenzymes


co-advised with Prof. Eric Boyd, MSU; funded by NSF CLP and DOE BES


Undergraduate Students

I consider as a great recognition of my teaching efforts if undergraduate students from my class decide to join the research lab.

Mr. Rylan Rowsey

senior, chemistry professional major


computational modeling of amorphous carbon material maquettes


co-advised with Prof. Nicholas Stadie; funded by MSU USP

Mr. Mason DeVries

senior, chemistry professional major


redox chemistry of [4Fe-4S]-maquettes


co-advised with Research Professor Eric Shepard, Ph.D.; funded by NSF CLP.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED WORKING WITH US PLEASE CONTACT THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS AT SZILAGYI@MONTANA.EDU

Past Laboratory Members

Visiting Professors

It was a great pleasure to welcome collaborators in the laboratory and work together on joint publications.

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Dr. György Lendvay

Professor of Chemistry

University of Pannonia 

Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Budapest, Hungary


July 2017


electronic structure of Ru complexes

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Dr. Yuichi Shimazaki

Professor of Chemistry

Ibaraki University

Mito, Ibaraki, Japan


December 2014


coordination chemistry of non-innocent ligands

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Dr. Kenji Hara

Professor of Chemistry

Tokyo University of Technology

Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan


August 2014


XAS data collection and analysis

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Dr. Seiji Mori

Professor of Chemistry

Ibaraki University

Mito, Ibaraki, Japan


September 2012


computational chemistry

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Dr. Karen McFarlane Holman

Associate Professor of Chemistry
Willamette University
Salem, OR USA


June 2006


Ru-anticancer drugs


Postdoctoral Research Associates

The lab would have not been where it is without the significant contributions of the following young scientists.

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Dr. Savio Poovathingal

Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY


April 2017 - August 2018

(joint research associate with Dr. Tim Minton)


development of the density functional treatment of Ru-Cl-P complexes for beam/ionic-liquid surface scattering studies

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Dr. Mercédesz Kiss

July 2015 - June 2016

(MTA-"Lendület" Chemical Structure/Function Laboratory, ELTE, Budapest, Hungary)


synthesis of Ir-Cl complexes, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (SSRL, Electra), density functional electronic structure

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Dr. Mike Vance

Magician, Science Editor, and Professional "Student"


May 2009 - May 2011 


computational analysis of H-cluster of the FeFe-hydrogenase, roles of Fe-S minerals in activation of small molecules, such as dinitrogen, nitrite, nitrate

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Dr. Gnana Sutha Siluvai Pitchai

Research Associate

Department of Chemistry

Toronto University 

Toronto, ON Canada

August 2009 - November 2010
 

electronic structure in Mo-3Fe-4S clusters and synthesis of 3:1 site differentiated [4Fe-4S] clusters

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Dr. Dalia Rokhsana

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry

Whitman College

Walla Walla, WA


September 2005 - August 2010
(joint research associate with Dr. David Dooley)

virtual chemical models for ground state electronic and geometric structures of the Cu-O(Tyr) biradical active site of galactose oxidase

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Dr. Alexios Grigoropoulos

Research Associate

Department of Chemistry

Liverpool University

Liverpool, U.K.


December, 2007 - May, 2010
 

synthetic lab installation, collect and analyze multi-edge X-ray edge data, and biosynthesis of H-cluster

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Dr. Ju-Guang Han

National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory

University of Science and Technology of China

Hefei, China


October, 2005 - June, 2006


virtual chemical models of metalloenzymes using ONIOM

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED WORKING WITH US PLEASE CONTACT THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS AT SZILAGYI@MONTANA.EDU

Graduate Students

I celebrate with great pride the achievements of every student who joined the lab and took their projects to successful defense.

Mr. Attila Táborosi

Pannonia University

Defense: October 25, 2017 (Ph.D.)

Thesis: Development and Application of Nano-Kaolinite Molecular Cluster Models


Attila is currently a postdoctoral research associate at Ibaraki University in Prof. Takamitsu Kohzuma's laboratory.

Mr. Takahide Yamaguchi

Ibaraki University

Defense: February 5, 2016

Thesis: Electronic Structure Regulation of Blue Copper Protein through Non-covalent Weak Interaction 


Co-advised with Prof. Takamitsu Kohzuma. Yamaguchi san is Assistant Professor at Ibaraki University, as part of the Quantum Beam Science program.

Mr. Matt Queen

Montana State University

Defense: July 7, 2014

Thesis:  Development of the Molecular Level Description for Nickel(II)-Based Ligand-Exchange Thermochromism 


Matt is Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Montana State University - Billings. In addition to considerable teaching load, he continues inorganic/materials science research with undergraduates.

Ms Rhonda Barton

Montana State University

November, 2013 (M.Sc.)

Mr. Bradley Towey

Montana State University

September, 2013 

(left the lab without graduating)

Ms Katie Burbank

Montana State University

September, 2013 

(left the lab without graduating)

Mr. Travis Harris

Montana State University

Defense: November 21, 2011 (Ph.D.)

Thesis: Composition and molecular structure of nitrogenase FeMo-cofactor


Travis is an Assistant Professor at Pacific Lutheran University, Seattle, WA

Mr. David Gardenghi

Montana State University

Defense: April 10, 2012 (Ph.D.)

Thesis: X-ray absorption characterization of Fe-S clusters, metalloenzymes, nanoparticles, and minerals


David is an Assistant Professor at Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC

Mr. Logan Giles

Montana State University

Defense: April 17, 2012 (Ph.D.)

Thesis: Biomimetic chemistry of FeFe-hydrogenase's catalytic cofactor, the H-cluster


Logan is a Principal Scientist at Point One USA, LLC, in Virginia Beach, VA.

Ms Linda Barr

Montana State University

September, 2009

(left the lab without graduation)

Ms Brittany Fonner

Montana State University

September, 2010

(left the lab without graduation)

Mr. David Schwab

Montana State University

September, 2007 

(left the lab without graduation)

Mr. Ryan Boysen

Montana State University

Defense: November, 2005 (M.Sc.)

Mr. Miklós Szabó

University of Veszprém

Defense: July, 2003 (Ph.D.)


Visiting Graduate Students

The generous funding from international mobility grants allowed the following students to work in the lab.

Ms Mercédesz Kiss

University of Pécs, Hungary

(supported by Campus Hungary)

Ms Orsolya Fónagy

University of Pannonia, Hungary

(supported by Campus Hungary)

Mr. Balázs Zsirka

University of Pannonia, Hungary

(supported by Campus Hungary)

Mr. Takahide Yamaguchi

Ibaraki University

co-advised by Prof. Takamitsu Kohzuma

(supported by Ibaraki University)

Mr. Kawai Minoru

Ibaraki University

co-advised by Prof. Yuichi Shimazaki

(supported by Ibaraki University)

Mr. Hideyuki Takisawa

Ibaraki University

co-advised by Prof. Kiyoshi Fujisawa

(supported by Ibaraki University)


Undergraduate Students

A tremendous resource at Montana State University is a talented body of undergraduate student researchers. They often become perpetual first year graduate students with their own, independent research project.

Mr. Luke MacHale

Montana State University

chemistry professional major
computational modeling of Fe-S clusters, nanoparticles, and minerals
funded by NSF CLP

Mr. Taylor Okon

Montana State U

chemistry professional major
redox chemistry of [4Fe-4S]-maquettes
co-advised with Research Professor Eric Shepard, Ph.D.; funded by NSF CLP.

Mr. Agustin Pineda

Montana State University

MALDI and ESI-MS characterization of [4Fe-4S]-maquettes; supported by  MSU USP/NSF


Ms. Mariquita Harris

Montana State University

supported by NSF

Ms. Becky Hanscam

University of Puget Sound

 supported by NSF

Ms. Morgan Jones

Montana State University

supported by  MSU USP and INBRE

Ms. Katherine White

Montana State University

Ms. Tacey Hicks

Montana State University

supported by MSU USP

Mr. Scott Spring

Montana State University

supported by MSU USP

Mr. Takuya Ishitsuka

Ibaraki University

co-advised by Prof. Seiji Mori

Ms. Kevin Murray

Montana State University

supported by MSU USP

Ms. Emily Gravens

Montana State University

supported by MSU USP

Mr. Gourav Krishna Nandi

Montana State University

supported by MSU USP

Mr. Matt Bacon

Montana State University

Ms. Sri Srija

Whitman College

supported by NASA NAI

Ms. Christina Flansburg

Montana State University

supported by MSU AIRO

Ms. Christine Holzwarth

Montana State University

supported by MSU INBRE

Mr. Meredith Tall Bull

Montana State University

supported by MSU AIRO

Mr. Brett Patterson

Montana State University

supported by Pleotint LLC

Mr. CJ Koll

University of Oregon

supported by NASA NAI

Mr. Ethan Edwards

Montana State University

supported by MSU USP

Mr. Tyler Arbour

Montana State University

supported by MSU CBIN

Ms. Jessica Wittman

Montana State University

supported by MSU TBI

Mr. Christian Coe

Montana State University

GHC fellow, MSU

Mr. David Mulder

Calvin College

supported by NSF REU

Mr. Ethan Walker

Fort Lewis College

supported by NSF REU

Mr. Mark A. Winslow

Montana State University

supported by MSU IBRE


High School Students

I am thankful for the MAP and AIRO programs for trusting the lab with the following students for the summer months.

Ms Tia Watson

American Indian Research Opportunity program

Mr. Martin Burgoss

Bozeman High School

Mr. Johann Martinez

Montana Apprenticeship Program

(visiting student from Puerto Rico)

More to come ...

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