Laboratory Directory

Faculty

Hans Schmittenner

Hans Schmitthenner

Research Professor 
School of chemistry and materials science

A114 Thomas Gosnell Hall
Phone: (585) 749-4705
Email: hfssch@rit.edu

Research Interests: Imaging Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, HPLC-Mass Spectrometry, Biochemistry

Teaching: CHEM 130: Chemical Connections, CHMA 165: Analytical Methods, CHMA 650: Separations and Mass Spectroscopy in Biological Chemistry

Current Students

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Dana Murphy Soika

(Present - 2020)
Biotechnology

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Ceyda Durmaz

(Present - 2020)
Chemistry
Project: Synthesis of Dual Modal OMI-PET Molecular Imaging Agents. Aspiring medicinal chemist in drug development or molecular imaging agents.

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Osar Otasowie

(Present - 2020)
Chemistry
Project: Dual Gadolinium 

Osar is from NYC and wants to go to graduate school to get her Ph.D

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Emily Mahoney

(Present - 2021)
Chemistry
Project: IR800 and QC-1 Dye.

Emily is studying abroad in Fall 2019 at Oxford University.

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Ricardo Carrion

(Present - 2021)
Chemistry
Project: TMIA for MRI.

From Rochester, New York. Going into his third year at RIT. He is a part of a few clubs and organizations on-campus as a way to stay involved.

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Toan Mach

(Present - 2021)
Chemistry
Project: Zwitterionic Dye for Molecular Imaging in Breast Cancer.

Toan would like to continue with cancer research in the future.

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Matthew Law

(Present - 2022)
Biochemistry
Project Name: SPPS

From Livonia, NY and is entering his second year at RIT

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Basant Kaur 

(Present - 2022)
Masters Student in Chemistry
Project Name: SPPS

B.S. from Roberts Wesleyan College 

Julia Crandall

Julia Crandall

(Present - 2022)
Chemistry
Project Name: SPPS and Breast Cancer Peptide Agents 

From Grennbush, NY Class of 2023

Alumni

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Ph.D. Chemistry 
Purdue University

Ph.D. Chemistry 
Institute of Organic and Biochemistry AS CR, Prague, C.Z.

Searching for position in Peptide Chemistry
Now a scientist in peptide synthesis at LifeTein

Ph.D. Chemistry 
UC Irvine 

Ph.D.  Chemistry
University of Buffalo

Ph.D. Chemistry 
U. of Connecticut

M.S. position in Medical Research in the D.R.
UnivTecnológica de Santiago, D.R.

Analytical Chemistry Technician
Sanofi Pharmaceuticals

M.S. Chemistry 
Rochester Institute of Technology

Michael Regan (BS, 2016) Ph.D. Chemistry Clarkson University

Ph.D. Chemistry 
Clarkson University

Lauren Heese (BS, 2016) Biochemistry Technician M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Center

Biochemistry Technician 
M.D. Anderson Cancer Research Center

Ph.D. Chemistry 
UC Santa Barbara
Senior scientist in a process chemistry group of Merck

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Ph.D. Chemistry 
Senior scientist at BASF
University of Georgia

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Ph.D. Biological Chemistry 
Assistant professor in Biochemistry at Swarthmore College
U. of Pennsylvania

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M.S. Biological Chemistry 
Boston College

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Ph.D. Chemistry
Boston University

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Ph.D. Chemistry 
Clarkson University

Ph.D. Bioanalytical Chemistry
University of Buffalo

Summer Research Groups

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2019

2016

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Group Dinner

2015