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

Sean Raglow
Physics (joint with Adam Printz
sraglow@arizona.edu

Research Interests
Materials research for energy applications, Metal-halide perovskite semiconductors

Research Experience
2D materials and fabricating Van der Waals heterostructure devices
B.S. in Physics and Mathematics at the University of Arizona

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.