Our Team

Dr. Liam Duffy

​Director of Graduate Studies
Assistant Professor (w/tenure)
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
416 Sullivan Science Building
301 McIver Street, Greensboro, NC 27412

Affiliated Faculty with the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN)

Dr. Duffy earned a B.A. degree in Chemistry from Boston University in 1988, a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1995 (mentor: Prof. Tomas Baer), and was a National Research Council – Research Associate in the Physics Department at Duke University for 1996-99 under the direction Dr. David Skatrud.  (See CV for more details)

 

Current Members

Jibin S S

Graduate Researcher
BSc Chemistry (2018)
Mother Theresa College, Affiliated to University of Kerala
MSc Chemistry (2020)
CMS College Kottayam (Autonomous), Affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University
3rd Year PhD student
Joined Duffy lab Spring 2022

Recent Graduates

  • Will Styers - Will graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry and is now working on his Ph.D with the Mcmahon and Woods research group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Haley Elizabeth McInnis - Graduated with a B.S in Chemistry focused in research. 
  • Luke Rotrammel -
  • Annathea Henton - Annathea went on to medical school.
  • Michael Shiver -
  • Timothy Wagner - TJ graduated and has been working at a local chemical company in town for a couple years.  He has studied abroad and speaks German.  E-mail: timothyjwagner@gmail.com
  • Adam Davis - Adam was an undergraduate physics major and went on to get his Masters degree at NC State.
  • Erin Edwards - Erin graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2005 with a BA in chemistry.
  • Elizabeth Williams - Elizabeth graduated with a BA degree in chemistry with secondary teaching licensure and  he is now teaching chemistry at Western High School in Alamance County NC.
  • Joseph Krenicky - Joseph is an undergraduate physics major with diverse interests.  He has conducted research in different departments including Mathematics.
  • Steven Sjostedt - Steve received his Ph.D. in atmospheric science from Georgia Tech under the direction of Prof. Greg Huey. Steven had a postdoc with the Abbatt group at the U. of Toronto. Email: sjostedt67@yahoo.com    
  • Christina Ragain - Received her master's degree in chemistry from Yale. Teaches chemistry at the University of Texas at Tyler Texas Tech. Email: cragain@uttyler.edu  
  • Brian Mehl - Brain worked on his Ph.D. with Prof. Papanikolas at UNC Chapel Hill Email: mehl@email.unc.edu  
  • Jennifer Ashton - Jennifer had graduate degree with Prof. Herschel A. Rabitz at Princeton. Email: ashton@Princeton.edu
  • Zaron Johnson - Biochemistry major. Email: zzjohnson@hotmail.com
  • Jennifer Flynn - Honors college member. Email: JLFLYNN3@uncg.edu
  • Greg Carlton - Pre-vetrinarian chemistry major Email: GMCARLTO@uncg.edu
  • Kyle Truitt - Graduated with a B.S in chemistry. 
  • Ayesha Ejaz - Graduated with a B.S in Chemistry. UNCG Student Excellence Award Winner (2019) and UNCG Undergraduate EXPO 1st place winner (2019)
  • Sungjin Lee - Graduated with a B.S in chemistry. 
  • John Bracewell - UNCG Student Excellence Award Winner (2020) Undergraduate Student, B.S. in Chemistry major with concentration in Research Email: jmbracew@uncg.edu  
  • Ryan O’Neal - Ryan graduated and is now working on his Ph.D in bio-analytical chemistry at the University of Maryland under Dr. Nemes.
  • Bobby H. Layne - B.S. in Biochemistry major. He was a part of the Duffy Research Group for 2 years and was a semi-finalist in the UNCG Undergraduate Research Expo. Email: hirolayne@yahoo.com