Group Leader

Thomas A. R. Purcell
Chemical Sciences Building 214
purcellt@arizona.edu
(520) 626-6194

Postdoctoral Scholars

Dr. Sumandeep Kaur
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Chemical Sciences Building 206
sumandeepkaur@arizona.edu

Research Interests:
Symbolic Regression Development, Computational materials science, 2D Materials, Energy Materials

Research Experience:
Ph.D. Punjab University: 2D materials for energy and electronic application
Michigan Technological University: non-linear optical properties of 2D nanoflakes
Oregon State University: Catalytic active site design

Ph.D. Students

Kevin Beck
Applied Mathematics
Chemical Sciences Building 208
kevinbeck@arizona.edu

Research Interests:
machine learning, statistical machine learning

Previous Experience:
bioinformatics and discrete math applied to molecular biology

Colin Dral
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Chemical Sciences Building 206
cdral@arizona.edu

Research Interests
Machine Learning, Machine Learning Workflows, AI

Research Experience
Synthetic Organic/Organometallic, Dual Photochemistry synthesis, Zinc Intermolecular Hydroamination methodology design

Raushan Anjum
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Chemical Sciences Building 206
anjum310324@arizona.edu

Research Interests
Materials Discovery, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Research Experience
Bioinformatics, Computer-aided Drug Discovery, Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Molecular Docking, Database Development
Project Scientist: SCFBio, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
M.Sc. Chemistry: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

Master and Bachelor Students

Rahul Bangad
Master of Science in Data Science
Chemical Sciences Building 208
rahulbangad@arizona.edu

Interests:
Playing sports and cricket

Previous Experience:
data analysis and modeling

Bryan Frank
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Chemical Sciences Building 208
frankb2@arizona.edu

The Purcell Lab is actively recruiting new students and postdocs. Anyone interested should email purcellt@arizona.edu.