The Ackerson Lab and Alumni

Published on March 8, 2021 6:16 pm MT
Updated on October 23, 2024 1:55 pm MT

August 2024: Lab reunion and group retreat in Breckenridge, Colorado.
Pictured (generally left-right): (back) Rachel, Matt, Alex H, Chris, Christian, James, Wil, Ricky, Collin, Scott, Phillip, Ian, (middle) Kanda, Marcus, Meg, Gavin, Eli, Addison (hiding), Alex K, (front) Michelle, Bradley, Taylor, Courtney, MaKayla, Tony, Cynthia

Current Ackerson Lab Members

Alumni

August 2023: Mini-reunion and group retreat in Breckenridge, Colorado.
Back row (L to R): Chris Ackerson, Christian Collins, Wil Biddle (honorary alumni), Collin Perry, James Armstrong
Middle row (L to R): Alex Hendricks, Meg Ackerson, Courtney Solomon, MaKayla Walker, Tony Tien, Audrey Alspach, Addison Bralick, Gavin McEwen
Front row (L to R): Bradley Guilliams, Marcus Tofanelli

Postdocs

  • Dr. Christine Heinecke – Assistant Professor, Loyola University New Orleans
  • Dr. O. Andrea Wong – Group Lead – Millipore Sigma
  • Dr. Ryan Riskowski – Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska, Omaha

Visiting Scientists

  • Dr. Kirsi Salorinne – Associate, Neste
  • Dr. Lucian Staicu – Principal Investigator, University of Warsaw
  • Dr. Stefan Knoppe – Agilent Technologies
  • Dr. Hiroyuki Naoi

Graduate students

  • Dr. Thomas Ni – Scientist, Merck
  • Ruthanne McCoy
  • Laura Tvedte
  • Dr. Marcus Tofanelli – Research Scientist, Buzzkill Labs.
  • Dr. Scott Compel – Founder and CEO, AEMS Inc.
  • Aly Main – Leonardo Museum
  • Dr. Tim Dreier – Postdoc – Sandia National Laboratories
  • Dr. Christian Collins – Skiing in Utah
  • Dr. Ricky Nemeth – Enzymologist, Watchmaker Genomics
  • Dr. Chris Hosier – Postdoctoral Researcher, Philipps-Universität Marburg
  • Dr. Zach Butz – Immunoassay Development Scientist – Zepto Life Technology
  • Dr. Luiza Knittel – Postdoctoral Researcher, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Dr. Phillip Window – Research Technologist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Dr. James Armstrong – Thin Film Engineer, Spark Ionx
  • Dr. Kanda Borgognoni – Postdoctoral Researcher, NIH
  • Dr. Ian Anderson – Catalyst Chemist, Plug Power
  • Dr. Alex Hendricks – R&D Lead, Strategic Market Research, AEMS Corp.

Undergraduates

  • Mackenzie Neubert
  • Tyler Calvino – Chemical Process Engineer, Worley
  • Billy Phillips – Design Engineer at Ratio Eleven Technologies
  • Josh Nordstrom
  • Jeff Crawford – Metrology Engineer at Excelitas
  • Erik Knudson
  • Lisa Windom
  • Jeff Seligman
  • Mengmeng Fang
  • Connor Neu
  • Tata Zhu
  • Skylar Hinckley – Dental School
  • Hao Fan – Brandeis Univ, PhD program
  • Matthew Peppercorn – Compounders International Analytical Lab
  • Caroline McPhillips
  • Paige Liao
  • Audrey Alspach
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