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Geneviève Sauvé Professor Materials and Energy, Organic, Polymers, Physical Phone: (216) 368-3665 E-mail: genevieve.sauve@case.edu Office: 418B Millis Hall Google Scholar More about Dr. Sauve |
PhD. Graduate Students:
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David Raufman Education: B.S. The Ohio State University Email: dar147@case.edu Expertise: Synthesis Expected graduation: Spring 2026 |
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Neha Jadhav
Education: M.S. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India
Email: nbj16@case.edu Expertise: Device fabrication and testing, Physical chemistry Expected graduation: Spring 2029 |
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Mastura Rahman
Education: Email: mxr999@case.edu Expertise: Synthesis, Polymers Expected graduation: Spring 2031
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| Shashika Perera Education: Email: ssp227@case.edu Expertise: Synthesis, Photochemistry Expected graduation: Spring 2031 |
Undergraduate Students:
LaNyah Terry
Ava Driggers
High School Students:
Summer 2025: Ayat Jaffar, Soleil Fleming (SEED,
Summer 2024: Maia Tritt, Varun Rodrigues
Summer 2023: Teddy Prokvolit (SEED) and Maia Tritt
Volunteers:
Thilina Wijethilaka
Eibne Shakil
Ph.D. Alumni:
| Ph.D. Student | Time in our group | Employment |
| Lexi Knight | 2020-2025 |
Postdoctoral fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy – Office of Technology Commercialization
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| Quynh Trần | 2019-2023 | Center of Excellence for Materials Data Science for Stockpile Stewardship: Postdoctoral Fellow (2023-2025), Assistant Research Professor (2025-present). |
| Muyuan Zhao | 2017-2022 | Engineer in R&D Department at Zolix Instrument |
| Jayvic C. Jimenez | 2016-2021 | Postdoc with Prof. Roger French, CWRU (2021-2023); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Postdoctoral Fellow (2023-2025); Materials Engineer (2025-present). |
| Chunlai Wang | 2014-2019 | Postdoc with Prof. Ming Shao, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (2019-2021);
Wuxi AppTec: Project Manage Group Lead (2021-present) and Assistant Director (2023-present).
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| Sandra Pejic | 2013-2018 | Advanced R&D Engineer at Owens Corning (2019-2020); Thermo Fisher Scientific : Technical Sales Engineer (2020-2023), Business Development Manager (2023-2025) and Market Strategy Manager – Polymers and Chemicals (2025-present). |
| Forrest Etheridge | 2011-2016 | PostDoc w Rowan, U. Chicago; NanoPattern Technologies Inc. : Senior Scientist (2019-2022), Director of Chemistry (2022-2023), Chief Operator Officer (2023-present). |
| Cassie Daddario | 2010-2015 |
Global Prior Art : Senior Analyst (2017-2018), Project Manager (2018-2019), Group Leader (2019-present).
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| Roshan Fernando | 2009-2014 |
Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Alan Sellinger at Colorado School of Mines (2015-2017); Thermo Fisher Scientific, OR: Associate Scientist III (R&D Chemistry)(2019-2020), Scientist I, Formulation (2020-2021), Team Leader, Formulation Manufacturing (2021-2025), Manufacturing Supervisor (2025-present).
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| Wasana Senevirathna |
2010-2014 | Thermo Fisher Scientific, OR : Scientist III at Thermo Fisher Scientific (2017-2022), Staff Scientist (2022-present). |
| Zhenghao Mao | 2009-2014 | Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics |
Other Alumni:
Nicolo Mouthrop UG from The Ohio State U., Summer 2025
Kalli Wall, UG (09/2024-12/20/2025)
Gato Rueda, UG (09/2024-12/20/2025)
Owen Gladwish, UG (01/2023-05/2024)
John Spencer UG (09/2023-05/2024)
Samuel Lichtenstein UG (06/2023-12/2023)
Alexander Bushnell, UG 01/2022-05/2023, Joined Georgia Tech for graduate school.
Madison Pugh, UG 2021-2022, Joined Berkeley CA for graduate school.
Zoltan Kotrebai, HS from Hawken High school.
Anna Ryder, UG 2021-2022. Enrolled in a Masters in Medical Physiology at CWRU.
Sonia Hou, UG 2021-2022. Joined Johns Hopkins University for graduate school. Joined Dr. Chao Wang’s group.
Christina Brancel, UG 2020-2021. Joined UC Berkeley for graduate school. Joined Brooks Abel’s group.
Danny Kim, Solon High School, Summer 2021.
Charlie (Chenwei) Liu, Undergraduate Student , 2019-2021, went to University of Boulder, CO for graduate studies.
Tingrui Ma, Undergraduate Student, 2019-2021.
Yibin Mao, Undergraduate Student, 2019-2020 and 2021.
Jing-Jing Shen Highschool student from Beachwood, summer 2018-Spring 2019. Went to Harvard for UG studies.
Anna Thomsen, Undergraduate Student, 2016-2018
Manal Faleh, SEED student, summer 2018
Mya Porche, MS student, 2015-2018
Carlson Britt, Undergraduate Student, 2014-2018
Madeline Strnad, Undergraduate Student, 2017
Victor John Pan, High School Student, Hawken, 2017. Went to Northwestern University.
Daphney Bonner, REU student, Summer 2017
Yondez Webb, SEED student, Summer 2016 and 2017
Justin Smith, SURPstudent, Summer 2016.
Hilary Vogelbaum, High School Student from Hawken, 2014-2016. Went to MIT for UG studies.
Alison Kennedy, High School student from Mentor High, 2015-20016.
Brendan Graziano, REU student from Ohio Northern University, Summer 2015
Matthew Porter, Undergraduate student, 9/2013-5/2014
JIa-yu Liao, Master student, 6/2013-8/2014
Jun gu, Master student, 6/2013-8/2014
Qi Han, Master student, 5/2013-5/2014
Jie Li, Master student 7/2012-6/2013.
Grace Eder, UG student, 9/2011-5/2013, SURES fellow. Graduate school at Michigan State University.
Evan Muller, UG student, 1/2012-5/2013. He went to graduate school at Iowa State University.
Fei Ruan, Master student. 5/2012-12/2012.
Dr. Lei Gao, Postdoc June 2010-2012, taught at John Carroll Univeristy in Cleveland, OH (2012-2015).
Xin Hao, UG student, Jan. 2011-May 2012.
Margaret Oti, UG student, Aug. 2010-May 2011, MS Chemistry from Brown University.
Joshua Young, UG student, Aug. 2010-May 2011, Graduate School in the department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University.
Quinn Gleisner, UG student, summer 2010, SURES fellow.
Cassie Daddario, UG student, Aug. 2009 – Aug. 2010.
Kalli Wall, UG (09/2024-12/20/2025)
Gato Rueda, UG (09/2024-12/20/2025)
Owen Gladwish, UG (01/2023-05/2024)
John Spencer UG (09/2023-05/2024)
Samuel Lichtenstein UG (06/2023-12/2023)
Alexander Bushnell, UG 01/2022-05/2023, Joined Georgia Tech for graduate school.
Madison Pugh, UG 2021-2022, Joined Berkeley CA for graduate school.
Zoltan Kotrebai, HS from Hawken High school.
Anna Ryder, UG 2021-2022. Enrolled in a Masters in Medical Physiology at CWRU.
Sonia Hou, UG 2021-2022. Joined Johns Hopkins University for graduate school. Joined Dr. Chao Wang’s group.
Christina Brancel, UG 2020-2021. Joined UC Berkeley for graduate school. Joined Brooks Abel’s group.
Danny Kim, Solon High School, Summer 2021.
Charlie (Chenwei) Liu, Undergraduate Student , 2019-2021, went to University of Boulder, CO for graduate studies.
Tingrui Ma, Undergraduate Student, 2019-2021.
Yibin Mao, Undergraduate Student, 2019-2020 and 2021.
Jing-Jing Shen Highschool student from Beachwood, summer 2018-Spring 2019. Went to Harvard for UG studies.
Anna Thomsen, Undergraduate Student, 2016-2018
Manal Faleh, SEED student, summer 2018
Mya Porche, MS student, 2015-2018
Carlson Britt, Undergraduate Student, 2014-2018
Madeline Strnad, Undergraduate Student, 2017
Victor John Pan, High School Student, Hawken, 2017. Went to Northwestern University.
Daphney Bonner, REU student, Summer 2017
Yondez Webb, SEED student, Summer 2016 and 2017
Justin Smith, SURPstudent, Summer 2016.
Hilary Vogelbaum, High School Student from Hawken, 2014-2016. Went to MIT for UG studies.
Alison Kennedy, High School student from Mentor High, 2015-20016.
Brendan Graziano, REU student from Ohio Northern University, Summer 2015
Matthew Porter, Undergraduate student, 9/2013-5/2014
JIa-yu Liao, Master student, 6/2013-8/2014
Jun gu, Master student, 6/2013-8/2014
Qi Han, Master student, 5/2013-5/2014
Jie Li, Master student 7/2012-6/2013.
Grace Eder, UG student, 9/2011-5/2013, SURES fellow. Graduate school at Michigan State University.
Evan Muller, UG student, 1/2012-5/2013. He went to graduate school at Iowa State University.
Fei Ruan, Master student. 5/2012-12/2012.
Dr. Lei Gao, Postdoc June 2010-2012, taught at John Carroll Univeristy in Cleveland, OH (2012-2015).
Xin Hao, UG student, Jan. 2011-May 2012.
Margaret Oti, UG student, Aug. 2010-May 2011, MS Chemistry from Brown University.
Joshua Young, UG student, Aug. 2010-May 2011, Graduate School in the department of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University.
Quinn Gleisner, UG student, summer 2010, SURES fellow.
Cassie Daddario, UG student, Aug. 2009 – Aug. 2010.
Collaborators:
At Case Western Reserve University:
Chemistry Department:
Prof. Carlos Crespo Hernández
Prof. Thomas Gray
Prof. John Protasiewicz
Physics Department:
Prof. Kenneth Singer
Macromolecular Engineering:
Prof. Lei Zhu
Other Institutions:
Yuning Li (Waterloo)
Simon Rondeau-Gagné (University of Windsor)