Former Students with Ph. D. Degree (70)
| Hwan-Kyu Kim | "Synthesis of Polysilanes by Sonochemical Reductive Coupling" Came to CMU 09.01.1986, Ph.D. November 1990, Currently professor at Korea University, Korea | 
| Chi-Hwa Lin | "Cationic Polymerization of Alkenes Initiated by Activated Covalent Species" Came to CMU 01.01. 1986, Ph.D. April 1991, Currently advisor to Minister of Science and Economy, Taiwan | 
| Karen Ruehl | "Synthesis and Characterization of Oligosilanes and Polysilanes " Came to CMU 09.01.1987, Ph.D. January 1992, Currently at Calgon | 
| Jeff Hrkach | "Synthesis of Graft Copolymers with a Polysilane Backbone and Organic Side Chains" Came to CMU 09.01.1987, Ph.D. March 1993, Currently Co-president of Advanced Inhalation Research | 
| Bob Montague | "Polyphosphazenes by Catalyzed Polymerization of Phosphoranimines " Came to CMU 09.01.1988, Ph.D. May 1993, Currently at PPG | 
| Mike White | "The Synthesis and Characterization of Polyphosphazene Copolymers" Came to CMU 09.01.1989, Ph.D. August 1994, Currently at Cabot | 
| Eric Fossum | "Ring Opening Polymerization of Strained Cyclotetrasilanes" Came to CMU 01.01.1991, Ph.D. May 1995, Currently associate professor at Wright State University | 
| Scott Gaynor | "Hyperbranched (Co)polymers by Radical Polymerization" Came to CMU 09.01. 1993, Ph.D. April 1997, Currently at Arieca | 
| Dorota Greszta | "Gradient Copolymers" Came to CMU 09.01.1992, Ph.D. June 1997, Currently at Bayer | 
| Peter Miller | "Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and the Synthesis of Well-Defined Inorganic / Organic Hybrid Polymeric Materials" Came to CMU 09.01.1994, Ph.D. June 1999 Currently Vice President at Eastman | 
| Jianhui Xia | "Design of New Catalysts for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization" Came to CMU 06.01.1995, Ph.D. August 1999 Currently at 3M | 
| Kathryn Beers | "Graft Copolymers and Hydrogels by Controlled Radical Polymerization" Came to CMU 09.01. 1994, Ph.D. August 2000 Currently at NIST | 
| Jian Qiu | "Emulsion Polymerization by ATRP" Came to CMU 09.01, 1995, Ph.D. November 2000 Currently at Pall Corp. | 
| Hyun-Jong Paik | "Transformation for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Model Reactions" Came to CMU 09.01.1995, Ph.D. January 2001 Professor at Pusan University | 
| Kelly Davis | "ABC Triblock Copolymers by Controlled Radical Polymerization" Came to CMU 09.01, 1995, Ph.D. January 2001 Currently at Kimberly Clark | 
| Jeff Pyun | "Synthesis of Nanostructured Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials Using Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization" Came to CMU 07.15. 1997, Ph.D. July 2002 Currently Professor at University of Arizona | 
| Tomislav Pintauer | "Structure of Catalysts for ATRP " Came to CMU 05.1998, Ph. D December 2002 Currently at NSF | 
| Nicolay Tsarevsky | "Aqueous ATRP" Came to CMU 01.2000, Ph.D. May 2005 Currently Assistant Professor at Southern Methodist University, Dallas | 
| Chuanbing Tang 
 
 | “Block copolymers and nanostructured carbons” Came to CMU 09.2001, Ph.D. May 2006 Currently Professor at University of South Carolina | 
| Hyung-il Lee | “Molecular Brushes” Came to CMU 07.2002, Ph.D. May 2007 Currently Professor at Ulsan University | 
| Wojtek Jakubowski | “New ATRP Initiating Systems” Came to CMU 09.2002, Ph.D. May 2007 Currently at Baker Hughes | 
| Jinyu Huang | “Biorelated hybrid materials by ATRP” Came to CMU 09.2002, Ph.D. May 2007 Currently at Shinetsu Silicones | 
| Wei Wu | “Well-defined Block Copolymers with Crystalline Segments” Came to CMU 09.2002, Ph.D. January 2008 Currently at Intel | 
| Daniel Siegwart | “Biomedical Polymers by ATRP” Came to CMU 06.2003, Ph.D. May 2008 Currently Professor at Southern Texas University | 
| Wade Braunecker | “Crossing from Coordination to Controlled Radical Polymerization” Came to CMU 06.2003, Ph.D. May 2008 Currently at the Department of Energy, Colorado | 
| Ke Min | “ATRP in water in Heterogeneous Systems” Came to CMU 06.2003, Ph.D. May 2008 Currently at Corteva | 
| Wei Tang | “Mechanism and Kinetics for Model and Macromolecular ATRP systems” Came to CMU 06.2003, Ph.D. May 2008 Currently at Exxon | 
| Haifeng Gao | “Use of Divinyl Monomers for Stars and Networks in ATRP” Came to CMU 03.2004, Ph.D. December 2008 Currently at Corteva. Former Professor at Notre Dame University. | 
| Sidi Bencherif | “Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of biodegradable polymers and biomimetic hydrogel scaffolds for biomedical applications” Came to CMU 01.2005, Ph.D. April 2009 Currently Professor at Northeastern University | 
| Lynne McCullough | “Nanostructured conducting materials templated on block copolymers” Came to CMU 06.2004, Ph.D. August 2009 Currently at E-Ink | 
| Renaud Nicolay | “Enhancing Control of Macromolecular Architecture by Synergistic Combination of ATRP, NMP and RAFT polymerization” Came to CMU 01.2005, Ph.D. December 2009 Currently Professor at ESPCI, Paris, France | 
| “Rational Design of Polymeric Dispersants for Nanoparticles and Substrates for Chemistry Using Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization” Came to CMU 01.2005, Ph.D. April 2010 Currently at Kenvue | |
| “From New Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Initiating Systems to Functional Nanomaterials and Surfaces” Came to CMU 08.2005, Ph.D. April 2010 Currently at GE | |
| “Expanding the Scope of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization with Low Catalyst Concentrations” Came to CMU 08.2005, Ph.D. April 2010 Currently at Community College in Houston | |
| “Responsive Gels” Came to CMU 08.2006, Ph.D. January 2011 Currently at LG Chemicals | |
| “Functional Stars and Bottlebrushes” Came to CMU 08.2006, Ph.D. December 2011 Currently CEO of cogniDNA | |
| “Nanogels and hybrids by ATRP” Came to CMU 08.2007, Ph.D. April 2012 Currently at Aramco | |
| "Green ATRP Procedures for Polymers with Well Preserved Chain End Functionalities" Came to CMU 08.2008, Ph.D. September 2013 Currently Professor at University of Louisiana, Lafayette | |
| "Block Copolymer Templated Nitrogen-Enriched Nanocarbons" Came to CMU 08.2008, Ph.D. September 2013 Currently Professor at Yale | |
| "Heterogeneity in Copolymers" Came to CMU 08.2009, Ph.D. May 2014 Currently at L'Oreal | |
| "Nano-Engineered Polymer Composites Synthesized by SI-ATRP – From Synthesis to Novel Materials" Came to CMU 08.2009, Ph.D. May 2014 Currently at PPG | |
| "Synthesis of Multifunctional Star Polymers for Potential siRNA Delivery Carriers" Came to CMU 08.2008, Ph.D. June 2014 Currently at Pusan University, Korea | |
| "Synthesis of Precise Bioconjugates using Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization" Came to CMU 08.2009, Ph.D. July 2014 Currently Director of Biomaterials Chemistry- Colossal Biosciences | |
| “High Molecular Weight Polymethacrylates with POSS Moieties by ATRP” Came to CMU 01.2012, Ph.D, September 2014, Co-advised by Prof. B. Marciniec Poznan University, Poland Currently Assistant Professor at Poznan University | |
| "Controlling Architecture in Molecular Bottlebrushes" Came to CMU 02.2010, Ph.D. February 2015 Currently at Factorial Energy, MA | |
| Katarzyna Szczesniak | “Star Polymers as model nanocarriers of drugs and nucleic acids: synthesis, structure and dynamics” Came to CMU 01.2012, Ph.D, March 2015, Co-advised by Prof. S. Jurga Poznan University, Poland Currently Professor at Poznan University | 
| "Functional Porous Polymers and Poly(ionic liquid)s: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application for CO2 Capture" Came to CMU 08.2010, Ph.D. May 2015 Currently at Eastman | |
| “Biomaterials by CRP” Came to CMU 08.2010, Ph.D. September 2015 Currently at Biohybrid Solutions and Myris | |
| "Electrochemically Controlled Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization and Synthesis of Polymers with Complex Architectures" Ph.D. June 2016 Currently at Arkema | |
| "The Application of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization to Improve The Preparation of Porous Polymer-based Materials" Ph.D. June 2016 Currently at Avery denison | |
| “Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization: From Mechanistic Investigations to Materials and Applications” Came to CMU 08.2012, Ph.D. June 2017 Currently at PPG | |
| “Advanced hybrid materials” Came to CMU 08.2013, Ph.D. June 2018 Currently Professor at Shanghai Tech University | |
| Tom Ribelli | “New ligands for ATRP” Came to CMU 06.2013, Ph. D June 2018 Currently at Avery Dennison | 
| Guojun Xie | “Brushes with shape memory” Came to CMU 08.2013, Ph.D. June 2018 Currently at Dupont | 
| Sipei Li | “New Lithium Metal Batteries” Came to CMU 08.2014, Ph. D. December 2019 Currently at MIT and Ionic Materials | 
| Zongyu Wang | “Hybrids with enhanced thermal conductivity” Came to CMU 06.2014, Ph. D. December 2019 Currently at Henkel Corp. | 
| Rui Yuan | “Heteroatom-Doped Nanocarbons Derived from Polyacrylonitrile-Based Structures” Came to CMU 09.2015, Ph. D. June 2020 Currently at PPG | 
| Yi Wang | “ATRP in Dispersed Media and Electrochemical RAFT” Came to CMU 09.2015, Ph. D. June 2020 Currently at Peking University | 
| Liye Fu | “Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization under Biologically Relevant Conditions” Came to CMU 06.2015, Ph. D. June 2020 Currently at Nitto Denko | 
| Sushil Lathwal | “DNA and Exosome Polymer Hybrids” Came to CMU 08.2014, Ph. D. August 2020 Currently at Earli Inc. | 
| Sajjad Dadashi Silab | “External Control in ATRP” Came to CMU 09.2016, Ph.D. July 2021 Currently at Princeton | 
| Julia Cuthbert | “STEM gels” Came to CMU 09.2016, Ph.D. August 2021 Currently at Regina Caeli, Austin | 
| Michael Martinez | “Supersoft elastomers” Came to CMU 07.2017, Ph.D. April 2022 Currently at Synthomer | 
| Mingkang Sun | “Photochemical and Chemical Cocatalysts for Cu-Catalyzed ATRP: From Cocatalyst Properties to Polymerization Mechanisms” Came to CMU 07.2017, Ph. D. August 2022 Currently at Corteva | 
| Mateusz Olszewski | “Molecular Bottlebrushes for Biorelevant Applications” Came to CMU 08.2017, Ph. D. September 2022 Currently at Nirvana Sciences | 
| Tong Liu | “Polymers for Li Batteries” Came to CMU 08.2018, Ph. D. August 2023 Currently at Arieca | 
| Jao Costa | “Photo-controlled radical polymerization: o-ATRP catalyzed by a phenothiazine derivatives” Came to CMU October 2018 for one year, Ph.D. January 2024, Co-advised by Prof. J. Coelho, and Prof. A. Serra University of Coimbra, Portugal Currently at University of Coimbra | 
| Jaepil Jeong | “New DNA-polymer Hybrids” Came to CMU 09.2019, Ph.D. January 2024 Currently a postdoc at Emory University | 
| Kriti Kapil | “Synthesis of Protein-Polymer Hybrids by Aqueous Photo ATRP” Came to CMU 09.2019,Ph.D. May 9, 2024 Currently at Dow Chemicals | 
| Julian Sobieski | "Expanding the Scope of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization: Mechanism, Computation, and Additives" PhD August 27,2025 Currently postdoc at CMU Cloud Lab | 
List of Postdoctoral Fellows (157)
| Dr. Y. L. Chen | "Functionalization of Polysilanes" Came to CMU 10.01.1986, left 9.30.1987 Sponsored from set-up funds Currently President of Chrom Expert Co. | 
| Dr. B. Karandikar | "Immobilization of pH-Sensitive Indicators on the Surface of Optical Fibers" Came to CMU 07.01.1987, left 06.30.1988 Project cosponsored by University of Pittsburgh and Dialysis Clinic Inc. Currently at STC | 
| Dr. Y. Gupta | "Ring-Opening Polymerization of Cyclosilanes" Came to CMU 04.01.1987, left 09.01.1990 Project funded by ONR Currently at the US Patent Office | 
| Dr. B. S. Rao | "Surface Modification of Optical Fibers" Came to CMU 02.01.1989, left 02.01.1990 Project sponsored by Dialysis Clinic Inc. Currently at Indian National Laboratories | 
| Dr. C.-Y. Hu | "Polysilanes with Side Functional Groups" Came to CMU 02.01.1989, left 02.01.1990 Project sponsored by NSF Currently at Academia Sinica | 
| Dr. M. Cypryk | "Functional Polysilanes and Ring-Opening Polymerization " Came to CMU 03.01.1990, left 09.01.1991 Project sponsored by ONR Currently at Polish Academy of Sciences | 
| Dr. J. Chrusciel | "Polysilanes by Catalysis with Transition Metals" Came to CMU 05.01. 1991, left 12.01.1992 Project sponsored by NSF Currently Associate Professor at Lodz Polytechnic, Poland | 
| Dr. C.H. Lin | "Cationic Polymerization in the Presence of Chiral Additives" Started as a Postdoc 05.01.1991, left 12.01.1993 Project sponsored by PRF Currently advisor to Minister of Science and Economy, Taiwan | 
| Dr. Coleen Pugh | "Exchange Reactions in the Cationic Polymerization" Came to CMU 01.01. 1992, left 12.01. 1992 Project sponsored by NSF Currently Professor at University of Akron | 
| Dr. Jim Maxka | "Polysilanes with Nonlinear Topologies" Came to CMU 09.01. 1992, left 09.01.93 Project sponsored by ONR Currently Professor at Northern Arizona University | 
| Dr. Daniela Mardare | "Living Radical Polymerization" Came to CMU 02.01.1993, left 02.01.1995 Project sponsored by DuPont Currently at Cabot Microelectronics | 
| Dr. Ryszard Szymanski | "Monte Carlo Simulation of Cationic Polymerization" Came to CMU 09.01. 1993, left 12.01.1993 Project sponsored by NSF Currently at Polish Academy of Sciences | 
| Dr. Kenkichi Sakamoto | "Cyclosilanes and Electron Acceptors" Came to CMU 10.01. 1993, left 4.01.1994 Project sponsored by ONR Currently Professor at Tohoku University, Japan | 
| Dr. Mircea Teodorescu | "Functionalization of Radical Polymers" Came to CMU 10.01. 1993, left 10.01. 1994 Also "Polymerization of Acrylamides by ATRP" Came to CMU 02.01.1998, left 01.30.2000 Currently Professor at Polytechnic Institute, Bucarest, Romania | 
| Dr. Takeo Shigemoto | "Radical Polymerization with Nitroxy Radicals" Came to CMU 10.01. 1993, left 10.15. 1995 Currently employed by JSR | 
| Dr. Jin-Shan Wang | "Radical Polymerization via Degenerative Transfer and ATRP" Came to CMU 09.01. 1994, left 08.15. 1995 Formerly employed by Kodak | 
| Dr. Simion Coca | "Preparation of Telechelics by Cationic and Radical Reactions" Came to CMU 11.01. 1994, left 08.01. 1997 Formerly employed by PPG | 
| Dr. Timothy Patten | "Organometallics for Polyphosphazenes and for Controlled Radical Polymerization" Came to CMU 5.01. 1995, left 07.01.1996 Currently Program Director at NSF | 
| Dr. Yoshiki Nakagawa | "Hybrids of Inorganic and Organic Polymers by ATRP" Came to CMU 6.15. 1995, left 05.01.1997 Currently employed by Kaneka | 
| Dr. Seong Mu Jo | "New Acrylonitrile Containing Copolymers" Came to CMU 09.01.1995, left 02.01. 1997 Currently employed by KIST | 
| Dr. Mingli Wei | "Iron Based Catalysts for ATRP" Came to CMU 06.01 1996, left 12.01.1997 Currently employed by Nalco | 
| Dr. Atsushi Kajiwara | "EPR Studies of ATRP", Came to CMU 10.15. 1996, left 09.01. 1997 Also came as visiting prof. 08.04 2004 and left 01.10.2005 Currently Professor at Nara University, Japan | 
| Dr. Jen-Lung Wang | "Controlled Radical Polymerization of Methacrylates" Came to CMU 11.10. 1996, left 12.01.1997 Formerly employed by Rohmax | 
| Dr. Andreas Muehlebach | "Amphiphilic Block Copolymers" Came to CMU 11.15. 1997, left 03.01.1998 Formerly employed by Ciba | 
| Dr. Christina Jasieczek | "Application of MALDI to Characterization of Polymers Prepared by ATRP" Came to CMU 10.15. 1996, left 02.01. 1998 Currently employed by Lubrizol | 
| Dr. Brian Woodworth | "New Metal Catalysts for ATRP" Came to CMU 4.1.1997, left 05.1. 1998 Currently employed by PPG | 
| Dr. Metin Acar | "Combination of Various Polymers with ATRP" Came to CMU 11.03. 1997, left 06.01.1998 Formerly professor at Technical University of Istanbul, Turkey | 
| Dr. Guido Kickelbick | "Combination of Various Inorganic Polymers with ATRP" Came to CMU 07.25. 1997, left 08.01.1998 Currently Professor at University of Saarbrucken | 
| Dr. Mathias Destarac | "Functional Linear and Branched Polymers" Came to CMU 11.15. 1997, left 10.01.1998 Currently Professor at University of Toulouse | 
| Dr. Veerle Coessens | "Functionalization of End Groups in Polymers Prepared by ATRP" Came to CMU 02.1.1997, left 02.01.1999 Formerly employed by Ciba Novartis | 
| Dr. Xuan Zhang 
 | "Water Soluble Polymers by ATRP" Came to CMU 06.25.1997, left 04.01.1999 Currently employed by Cabot | 
| Dr. Anne Shim 
 | "Amphiphilic Polymers by ATRP" Came to CMU 01.01.1999, left 07.01.1999 Formerly employed by Dow Corning | 
| Dr. Devon Shipp 
 | "Block Copolymers with (Meth)acrylates" Came to CMU 10.27.1997, left 08.01.1999 Currently Professor at Clarkson University | 
| Dr. Stephanie Jousset | "Emulsion Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate" Came to CMU 09.01.1999, left, 02.28. 2000 Currently at University of Peau | 
| Dr. Scott Gaynor | "(Co)polymers with Novel Topologies" Came to CMU 06.01. 1997, left 05.01.2000 Currently employed by Arieca | 
| Dr. Bernd Goebelt | "Ligands for ATRP" Came to CMU 05.01.1999, left 06.30.2000 Formerly employed by BYK | 
| Dr. Jianhui Xia | "Synthesis of New Generation of Photoresists" Came to CMU 09.15.1999, left 06.07.2000 Formerly employed by 3M | 
| Dr. Hosei Shinoda | "Polymerization of Macromonomers" Came to CMU 04.01.1999, left 04.01. 2001 Formerly employed by Mitsui Co. | 
| Dr. Alex Kavros | “Segmented copolymers by CRP” Came to CMU 01.20.01, left 06.01.01 Formerly at Leicester University | 
| Dr. Jian Qiu | “Polymerization in Dispersed Media” Came to CMU 01.01.01, left 07.01.01 Currently employed by Pall Corporation | 
| Dr. Hans Boerner | "Densely Grafted Polymers by CRP" Came to CMU 05.12.2000, left 09.10.2001 Currently Professor at Humboldt University, Berlin | 
| Dr. Sung-Chul Hong | "Immobilized Catalysts for ATRP" Came to CMU 25.01.2000, left 12.01.2001 Currently Professor at Seong University, Seoul Korea | 
| Dr. Gena Ananchenko | “Model Studies for ATRPP” Came to CMU 04.01.01, left 12.30.2001 Formerly at University of Ottawa | 
| Dr. Sang Beom Lee | “ Hybrids between Natural and Synthetic Polymers” Came to CMU 04.01.02, left 09.01.2002 Currently Chief Researcher Bioenabled Nanoproducts NanoDynamics Life Sciences Inc | 
| Dr. Shuhui Qin | “Densely Grafted Polymeric Brushes” Came to CMU 08.20.01, left 09.01.2002 Currently at Henkel | 
| Dr. Im Sik Chung | “Block Copolymerization by CRP from Step-Growth Polymers” Came to CMU 04.15.02, left 04.01.2003 Currently at KAIST | 
| Dr. Tianqi Liu | “Grafting Well Defined Polymers from Carbon Black” Came to CMU 2.21.02, left 03.01.2003 Currently at Cabot | 
| Dr. Mihaela Iovu | “Degenerative Transfer Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate” Came to CMU 2.01.02, left 07.01.2003 Currently Professor at University of Texas, Dallas | 
| Dr. Dorota Neugebauer | “Amphiphilic Block and Graft Copolymers” Came to CMU 08.01.01, left 08.01.2003 Currently at Silesian Politechnic, Gliwice | 
| Dr. Tomislav Pintauer | “Copolymerization of acrylates and olefins” Came to CMU 01.01.2003, left 08.01.2003 Currently at NSF | 
| Dr. Jean-Francois Lutz | “Controlling microstructures by CRP” Came to CMU 02.01.01, left 09.15.2003 Currently Director at ISIS, Strasbourg | 
| Dr. Mei Li | “ATRP by Continuous Process and by Emulsion” Came to CMU 04.01.02, left 11.01.03 Currently at Dow Agrosciences | 
| Dr. Yang Kyoo Han | “Well-defined polymers with mesogenic segments by ATRP” Came to CMU 04.01.2003, left 12.31.2003 Professor at Hanyang University | 
| Dr. Yoshihisa Inoue | “New Catalysts for ATRP” Came to CMU 10.08.2001, left 12.01.2003 Currently at Mitsui | 
| Dr. Ajaya Nanda | “Functional Polymers by ATRP and Model Reactions” Came to CMU 11.01.01, left 12.29.2003 Formerly at University of Southern Mississippi | 
| Dr. Yujiro Itami | “New Ligands for ATRP” Came to CMU 07.20. 2003, left 07.20.2004 Currently at FujiFilm, NL | 
| Dr. Nazeem Jahed | “Functional Polymers by ATRP and Template Systems” Came to CMU 04.01.02, left 10.01.2004 Currently at Western Cape University | 
| Dr. Traian Sarbu | "Smart particles for DNAPL and functional polymers" Came to CMU 05.01.2000, left 11.01.2004 Formerly at Plextronics | 
| Dr. Brent Sumerlin | “Block Copolymers and Molecular brushes by RAFT and ATRP” Came to CMU 05.01.2003, left 07.01.2005 Currently Professor at University of Florida | 
| Dr. Atsushi Nagai | “Novel Polymers for Drag Reduction” Came to CMU April 1, 2005, left July 1, 2005 Currently Professor at Kinki University | 
| Dr. Michal Kruk | “New Mesoporous Structures via CRP Amphiphiles” Came to CMU 09.01.2003. left 08.20.2005 Currently Professor at CUNY, Staten Island | 
| Dr. Jeongbing Ok | “Novel inflammable hybrid materials” Came to CMU 10.01.2004, left 09.30.2005. Currently at LG Cable | 
| Dr. Bruno Dufour | “Electronic Materials by ATRP” Came to CMU 11.01.2002, left 10.20.2005 Currently at Hutchinson (Total), France | 
| Dr. Hiromu Kaneyoshi | “Polyolefins and ATRP” Came to CMU 12.15.03, left 01.30.2006 Currently at Mitsui | 
| Dr. Sherri Lovelace-Cameron | “Well-defined Poly(ferrocenyl (meth)acrylates)” Came to CMU 05.23, 2005, left 05.01.2006 Currently at Youngstown State University | 
| Dr. Joanna Pietrasik | “Organic-Inorganic Hybrids and Brushes from Surfaces” Came to CMU 07.20.2004, left 09.20. 2006 Currently Professor at Lodz Polytechnic | 
| Dr. Shigeki Ohno | “Polymacromonomers” Came to CMU 10.01.2004. left 09.30.2006 Currently at Kaneka | 
| Dr. Jung Kwon Oh | “Inverse miniemulsion” Came to CMU 02.20. 2005, left 02.15. 2007 Currently at Concordia University | 
| Dr. Kenya Tanaka | “Copolymerization of Polar and Non-Polar Monomers” Came to CMU 07.15.2006, Left July 15, 2007 Currently at Asahi | 
| Dr. Shin-ichi Yamamoto | “Thermoresponsive polymers” Came to CMU 08.01.2006, left September 30, 2007 Currently Professor at Japanese Defense Academy | 
| Dr. Wojciech Jakubowski | “”Green” ATRP processes” Came to CMU 07.01.2007, left September 30, 2007 Currently at Baker Hughes | 
| Dr. Nicolay Tsarevsky | "Well-defined polymers for biomedical applications" Came to CMU June 1, 2005, left October 15, 2007 Currently Professor at Southern Methodist University | 
| Dr. Yuichi Yamamura | “Hybrid Polyolefins and new Ligands for ATRP” Came to CMU 01.01.2006, Left 12.30.2007 Currently at Mitsui | 
| Dr. Fabio di Lena | “MS Studies of ATRP kinetics and ATRP polymers” Came to CMU 10.01.2007, left 09.25. 2008 Currently at VTT, Finland | 
| Dr. Sebastien Viale | “Amphiphilic Block Copolymers” Came July 15, 2008, left 09.30.2008 Currently at CIP, Mexico | 
| Dr. Jaroslav Mosnacek | “Inhibition of autopolymerization of acrylic acid” Came to CMU 10.01.2007, left 09.30, 2008 Currently Professor at Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia | 
| Dr. Andrew Bohaty | “Biodegradable stars and nanogels” Came to CMU 01.01.2008, Left 12.20.2008 Currently at US Patent Office | 
| Dr. Tomasz Halamus | “Grafting from and onto surfaces” Came to CMU 10.01.2008, left 12.30.2008 Formerly at Lodz Polytechnic | 
| Dr. Florian Seeliger | “Kinetics and Thermodynamics of ATRP” Came to CMU May 1, 2008, left May 30, 2009 Currently at Vinnolit | 
| Dr. Wim Van Camp | “Branched polymers by ATRP” Came to CMU October 1, 2008, left April 30, 2009 Formerly at Ghent University | 
| Dr. Sidi Bencherif | “Polymers for Injectable Hydrogels” Came to CMU 06.01.2009, Left 08.01.2009 Currently Professor at Northeastern University | 
| Dr. Andrzej Plichta | “Effect of polydispersity on polymer morphology” Came to CMU 10.01.2007, left July 1, 2009 Currently Professor at Warsaw Polytechnic | 
| Dr. Chih-Feng Huang | “New hybrid and photoresponsive systems by ATRP” Came to CMU 12.01.2007, left July 30, 2009 Currently at National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan | 
| Dr. Joanna Pietrasik | “High molecular weight hybrids by ATRP” Came to CMU 06.21.2009, left August 30, 2009 Currently at Lodz Polytechnic | 
| Dr. Hyun Jong Paik | “ Polymers for biomedical applications” Came to CMU February 1, 2009, left February 1, 2010 Currently Professor at Pusan University | 
| Dr. Jun Kamada | “Hybrid Polyolefins and new Ligands for ATRP” Came to CMU 01.01.2008, left 06.30.2010 Currently at Mitsui | 
| Dr. Yungwan Kwak | “ATRP kinetics” Came to CMU 09.01.2006, left August 30, 2010 Currently at Silberline | 
| Dr. Weipu Zhu | “Combining ATRP with Anionic Polymerization” Came to CMU December 1, 2009, Left December 1, 2010 Currently Professor Zhejiang University, China | 
| Dr. Matthew Tonge | “Mechanistic Studies of ATRP” Came to CMU February 15, 2010, Left February 14, 2011 Currently in Australia | 
| Dr. Dingcai Wu | ”Nanostructured carbons” Came to CMU April 1, 2010, left April 5, 2011 Currently Professor at San Yat San University in Guangzhou, China | 
| Dr. Chi-How Peng | “Mechanisms of ATRP” Came to CMU, June 20, 2009, left May 15, 2011 Currently Professor at National Taiwan University, Taiwan | 
| Dr. Georg Witek | "Silicone based hybrids” Came to CMU March 1, 2011, left May 30, 2011 Formerly at University of Graz | 
| Dr. Dagmar D'Hooge | "Modeling of ATRP" Came to CMU April 1, 2011, left June 30, 2011 Currently Professor at University of Ghent | 
| “Electrochemical ATRP” Came to CMU February 1, 2010, left March 1, 2012 Currently Professor at Drexel | |
| “Towards green ATRP” Came to CMU September 1, 2011, left April 30, 2012, Currently at Penn State, New Kensington | |
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 | “Modeling ATRP” Came to CMU January 15, 2012, left June 15, 2012, Currently at University of Goettingen | 
| ”Self-healing materials” Came to CMU April 1, 2011, left September 27, 2012 Currently Professor at University of Tokyo | |
| ”Segmented copolymers by ATRP” Came to CMU October 1, 2010, Left November 1, 2012 Currently at Canon | |
| “Tacticity in molecular brushes” Came to CMU September 7, 2012, Left December 7, 2012 Currently at Osaka University | |
| “Fe-based ATRP” Came to CMU June 8, 2011, Left April 15, 2013 Currently at BASF | |
| “New Materials vis new ATRP Catalysts” Came to CMU April 26, 2012, Left May 1, 2013 Currently at Samsung, Korea | |
| ”New ATRA catalytic systems” Came to CMU January 15, 2013, Left April 15, 2013 Currently at NSF | |
| ”More selective ATRP catalyst” Came to CMU January 1, 2013, left May 31 Currently Professor at Sichuan University | |
| “SiRNA Delivery” Came to CMU February 21, 2011; Left September 2013 Currently VP of MediCarbone | |
| “Polymers for reversible CO2 capture” Came to CMU January 1, 2012, Left September 2013 Currently at PPG | |
| Dr. Mohamed Vatankhah | “Shape memory brushes” Came to CMU June 15, 2014, Left July 15, 2014 Currently at UNC | 
| “ATRP at low ppm Cu” Came to CMU January 15, 2011, Left August 15, 2014 Currently Professor at Miami University, OH | |
| “New active Fe catalyst” Came to CMU November 1, 2012, left October 28, 2014 Currently at Canon | |
| “Degradable renewable gels and polymers by ATRP” Came to CMU July 15, 2014, Left October 15, 2014 Currently at University of San Sebastien | |
| “Electrochemical ATRP of acrylamides” Came July 15, 2014, Left December 14, 2014 Currently Professor at Technical University of Rzeszow, Poland | |
| Dr. Lawrence J. Hill | “Polymers for CO2 capture and separation” Came to CMU November 1, 2014, Left November 2015 Currently Professor at Western Kentucky University | 
| “Rational design of Fe and Cu ATRP catalysts” Came to CMU June 20, 2014, Left August 2015 Currently at Exxon | |
| “Hybrid nanoparticles” Came August 15, 2014, Left March 2016 Currently at Toronto University | |
| “Electroactive Biomedical Materials” Came to CMU June 1, 2012, Left August 31, 2016 Formmerly at CMU | |
| “Catalysis with Nanocarbons” Came August 25, 2014, Left August 20, 2016 Currently professor at University of Bath, UK | |
| “Segmented Copolymers by PISA” Came to CMU September 7, 2015 , Left September 6, 2016 Currently Associate Professor at Fudan University, China | |
| “Electrochemical ATRPs” Came September 12, 2016, left December 15, 2016 Currently Professor at Rzeszow Polytechnic | |
| “Stem Gels” Came to CMU January 1, 2015, Left December 15, 2016 Currently at BASF | |
| “Monomers with Bulky Substituents and Hydrogels” Came to CMU January 12, 2015, Left December 18, 2016 Currently at Canon | |
| “Mechanism of SARA ATRP” Came to CMU May 1st, Left August 31, 2016 Currently Professor at Coimbra University | |
| “Nanocarbons” Came to CMU September 15, 2016, Left March 15, 2017 Currently at Beijing University of Chemical Technology | |
| Dr. Eddy Benetti | “Brushes with cyclic monomers” Came January 19, 2017, Left March 29, 2017 Currently Professor at University of Padova | 
| “Protein Polymer Engineering” Came October 15, 20016, Left April 15, 2017 Currently in France | |
| “Photo ATRP and organocatalysis” Came to CMU June 1, 2014, Left May 15, 2017 Currently Professor at Fudan University | |
| “Arrays of Quantum Dots Hybrids” Came to CMU January 10, 2015, left August 31, 2017 Currently Professor at Anhui University | |
| “Vanishing Poly(olefin sulfones)” Came to CMU November 15, 2015, left August 31, 2017 Currently at Kuraray | |
| “Fluorinated Polymer brushes” Came October 17, 20016, Left October 20, 2017 Currently at CAS | |
| Dr. Sheiliza Carmali | “Modeling Polymer-Protein Hybrids” Came to CMU August 15, 2016, left March 1, 2018 Currently Professor at Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland | 
| “New photocatalysts for ATRP” Came April 1 2018, Left September 1, 2018 Currently Professor at University of Mulhouse | |
| “Protein Polymer Hybrids for Biodiesel” Came September 23, 2016, left September 25, 2018 Formerly at Northwestern University | |
| “Stem Gels and eRAFT” Came November 15, 2017, left October 10, 2018 Currently at Averey Dennison | |
| “New hybrid materials” Came June 15, 2018, left December 1, 2018 Currently Professor at Shanghai Tech University | |
| “Biohybrid Materials” Came January 19, 2018. Left January 20, 2019 Currently Professor at Liaoning Normal University | |
| Dr. Patricia Mendonca | “Antimicrobial coatings by photodynamic inactivation” Came February 1, 2019, Left April 1, 2019 Currently Professor at University of Coimbra | 
| Dr. Marco Fantin | “Electropolymerization Relevant to Biological Systems” Came to CMU January 15, 2016, Left April 23, 2019 Currently Professor at University of Padova, Italy | 
| Dr. Antonina Simakova | “siRNA Delivery and polymer-protein hybrids” Came to CMU October 1, 2015, Left June 1, 2019 Currently VP of Research at Biohybrid Solutions | 
| Dr. Hongliang Liu | “New Architectures with Ionic Liquids” Came October 25, 2018, Left July 31, 2019 Currently Professor at Chinese Academy of Sciences | 
| Dr. Pawel Chmielarz | “Hybrids by eATRP” Came May 9, 2019 Left August 7, 2019 Currently Professor at Rzeszow Technical University, Poland | 
| Dr. Libin Zhang | “Synthesis and Applications of Protein Polymer Hybrids” Came November 15, 2017, Left October 25, 2019 Formerly at MIT | 
| Dr. Qiangbing Wei | “Liquid metal hybrids and new lubricants” Came April 1, 2018, Left July 2020 Currently at Lanzhou Northwestern Normal University | 
| Dr. Xuan Qin | “Functional polymers with complex architecture by ATRP” Came August 1, 2019, Left August 30, 2020 Currently Professor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology | 
| Dr. Adam Gorczynski | "New ATRP Systems” Came February 7, 2019, Left November 10, 2020 Project sponsored by Fulbright and Polish Science Foundation Currently Professor at Poznan University, Poland | 
| Dr. Sylwia Dworakowska | “Functional STEM Gels” Came January 2, 2019, left July 1, 2021 Project sponsored by Polish Science Foundation Currently Professor at Krakow Polytechnic, Poland | 
| Dr. Francesca Lorandi | “eATRP, Emulsion Polymerization and Lithium Batteries” Came January 1, 2018, left July 1st, 2021 Project sponsored by CMU and Ionic Materials Currently Professor at University of Padova, Italy | 
| Dr. Upenyu Muza | “Characterization of Exosomes by SEC and FFF methods” Came July 1, 2021, Left September 1, 2021 Project sponsored by DFG Currently at University of Stellenbosch | 
| Dr. Roland Geagea | “Hybrid materials via RAFT and ATRP” Came May 15, 2021, Left September 15, 2021 Project sponsored by Fulbright Foundation Currently Professor at Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon | 
| “ATRP under high Pressure” Came March 31, 2022, left June 6, 2022 Project sponsored by FNP, Currently Professor at Silesian Polytechnic University | |
| Dr. Mohammad Yasir | “ Complex Polymer Architectures by ATRP and ROMP” Came August 1, 2021, left August 10, 2022 Project sponsored by Swiss NSF, Currently Professor at Jackson State University | 
| Dr. Dirk Schild | “Iron-based Catalysts for ATRP” Came October 1, 2021, left December 9, 2022 Project sponsored by NSF Currently at Emerald Cloud Lab | 
| Dr. Grzegorz Szczepaniak | "New ATRP Catalytic Systems" Came March 1, 2018, left March 1, 2023 Project sponsored by FNP and by DoE Currently Assist Professor at Warsaw University | 
| Dr. Martin Cvek | “Piezoelectric Inorganic hybrids” Came September 1, 2022, Left March 1, 2023 Project sponsored by Fulbright Foundation Currently Assist. Professor at Bata University, Czech Republic | 
| Dr. Piotr Mocny | “Hybrid materials based on Liquid Metals” Came August 1, 2021, Left July 31, 2023 Project sponsored by Swiss Science Foundation Currently Assist. Professor at Warsaw University, Poland | 
| Dr. Soyoung An | “ATRP for battery materials” Came March 1, 2022, left December 1, 2023 Project sponsored by NRSEC Currently at Factorial Energy, Boston | 
| Dr. Adam Gorczynski | “New ATRP Catalysts” Came October 15, 2023, Left February 25, 2024 Project sponsored by Polish Science Foundation Currently Professor at Poznan University, Poland | 
| Dr. Paulina Maksym | “Self assembly and Polymerization of challenging monomers by ATRP” Came June 1, 2023, left June 1, 2024 Project sponsored by FNP, Currently Professor at Silesian Polytechnic University, Dublin University | 
| Dr. Roksana Bernat | “Radical Ring Opening Polymerization” Came March 1, 2024, Left June 15, 2024 Project sponsored by Polish Science Foundation Currently Professor at Silesian University, Poland | 
| Dr. Arman Jazani | “New bioconjugates with hyperbranched structures” Came September 1, 2021, Left November 15, 2024 Project sponsored by Quebec Science Foundation and NSF Currently at ThermoFisher | 
| Dr. Jorge Coelho | “Regenerative ATRP” Came May 15, 2025 left June 1 2025 Project sponsored by University of Coimbra, Portugal | 
| Dr. Kwangmo Go | Came August, 2024 left August 2025 | 
Former Students with M. Sc. Degree (31: 18 MS only, 13 towards Ph.D.)
| Jeff Hrkach | "Initiation of the Cationic Polymerization by Electrophilic Silanes"(1989) | 
| Eric Nickel | "Synthesis of Polysilazanes with Hydrazine Linkage"(1989) | 
| Karen Ruehl | "Preparation and Characterization of Oligosilanes Bearing Electron Donating and Electron Withdrawing Substituents"(1989) | 
| Shaoyun Xiang | "Living Cationic Polymerization of Styrene in the Presence of Tetrabutylmmonium Salts" (1992) | 
| Mike White | "Copolyphosphazenes" (1992) | 
| Angelique Bon | "Controlled Carbocationic Polymerization of Vinyl Ethers and Styrenes" (1994) | 
| Priya Bhalchandani | "Copolymerization of (Meth)acrylates with ABC* Monomers by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization" (1996) | 
| Apala Bhaumik | "Role of triamine as a ligand for the preparation of well-defined polymers, copolymers and oligomers by ATRP" (1998), currently at National Starch | 
| Stephen Arehart | "Gradient Copolymers with Special Functionalities and Architectures" (1999) | 
| Mike Zeigler | “Copolymerization Kinetics by ATRP” (2000), currently at PPG | 
| Chuanbing Tang | “Well-defined Polyacrylonitrile”, (2003) | 
| Wei Wu | “Crystallizable polymers by ATRP” (2004) | 
| Daniel Siegwart | “Biomedical polymers” (2005) | 
| Sidi Bencherif | “Hydrogels” (2007) | 
| Yaozhong Zhang | “Gels by CRP” (2012) | 
| Zongyu Wang | “Hybrids for enhanced thermal properties” (2014) | 
| Matthew Mackenzie | “Biomaterials by ATRP” (2014) | 
| Karan Bhangaonkar | “Thermoconductive Hybrids” (2015) | 
| Nikhil Malhotra | “New ATRP Organocatalysts” (2015) | 
| Liyang Wang | “Transient Polymers” (2016) | 
| “Effect of Solvent and Temperature on SARA ATRP” (2017) | |
| Jacob Flum | “Hybrid materials for energy applications” (2018) | 
| Liye Fu | “Protein Polymer Hybrids (2019) | 
| Julia Cuthbert | STEM Gels (2019) | 
| Travis Fu | Degradable Stars (2021) | 
| Samuel Adida | Protein polymer hybrids (2021) | 
| Kriti Kapil | Hyperbranched polymers (2024) | 
| Brian Hu | Poly(oxa)norbornene-Based Materials for All-Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries and Other Advanced Applications (2024) | 
| Khidong Kim | Polyethylene -polyacrylate block copolymers (2025) | 
List of Undergraduate Students Involved in Research
| 1986/87 | Brian Hall, Pam Hare, Michelle Kolloney, Rona Rubinstein | 
| 1987/88 | Fabienne Emery, Brian Hall, George Micheal, Frank Yenca | 
| 1988/89 | Steve Banko, Darryl Thomas, Jason Wittes, Sheila Bomberger | 
| 1989/90 | Steve Banko, Matt Davis, Tom Markotan, Jason Wittes, Chris Reddick | 
| 1990/91 | Matt Davis, Chris Reddick, Jim Spearman | 
| 1991/92 | Joe Green, Mike Lindenberg, Frank Burkus, Mary Moore, Jim Spearman | 
| 1992/93 | Frank Burkus, Theresa Han, Mary Moore, Jennifer Hart | 
| 1993/94 | Frank Burkus, Jennifer Hart | 
| 1994/95 | Jonathan Love, Yerin Key, Priya Balchandani, Chris Pacis, Shane Edelman, Jeff Milton | 
| 1995/96 | Connie Kim, Theresa Abernathy, Chris Pacis, Shane Edelman, Jeff Milton, Matt Podwika, Tony Kulfan | 
| 1996/97 | Chris Pacis, Matt Podwika, Jennifer O'Malley, Nancy McDermott, Helen Lu, Shane Edelman, Allison Kern, Damian Jones, Chris Canitz, Amy Fuh, Sohyun Boo, Tony Kulfan | 
| 1997/98 | Matt Podwika, Zack Metzner, Steven Diamanti, Steven Schaffer, Sohyun Boo, Doug King, Eric Silverman | 
| 1998/99 | Phil Constanza, Gabriel McMurphy, Steven Diamanti | 
| 1999/00 | Phil Constanza, Steven Diamanti, Eric Holowka, Kate Dessler | 
| 2000/01 | Phil Constanza, Eric Holowka, Kate Dessler, John Ell, Dave Duran, Blayne McKenzie, Liz Glogowski | 
| 2001/02 | Dave Duran, Blayne McKenzie, Liz Glogowski, Beth M. Cooper, John Ell | 
| 2002/03 | Blayne McKenzie, Beth M. Cooper, John Ell, Oliver Wojtyna, Grace Lin | 
| 2003/04 | Amit Kumar, Blayne McKenzie, Beth M. Cooper, Oliver Wojtyna, Grace Lin, Monisha Mandalaywala | 
| 2004/05 | Beth M. Cooper, Monisha Mandalaywala, Irene Ojini, Brian Morelli, Robert Lee, Cecelia Gondek | 
| 2005/06 | Monisha Mandalaywala, Brian Morelli, Robert Lee, Cecelia Gondek, Sam Brooks, Greg Bascug, Diana Bacal | 
| 2006/07 | Will Brown, Jack Chen, Brian Belardi, Allen Sha | 
| 2007/08 | Allison Hannan, Jack Chen, Brian Belardi, Will Brown, Halima Binte Gose Ahmad Sha | 
| 2008/09 | Allen Sha, Theresa Myers, Arianna Gutierrez, Shuo Yuan | 
| 2009/10 | Arianna Gutierrez, Shuo Yuan, Clement Lin | 
| 2010/11 | Kevin Vitmeier, Andy Seong, Amram Averick, George Leonard, Bernard Parker, Erica Chen, Stacey Chin | 
| 2011/12 | McKenzie Martin, Stacey Chin, Bernard Parker | 
| 2012/13 | Brittany Robertson, Jay Woo Kim, Andrew K. Jeffries, Amram Averick, Stacey Chin, Josh Kubiak, Callie Jerman | 
| 2013/14 | Ernesto Acosta | 
| 2014/15 | Yidan Cong | 
| 2015/16 | Yidan Cong | 
| 2022/23 | 
Visiting Ph.D. students/researchers working in our laboratory (103)
| Holger Frey | University of Freiburg, Germany and University of Twente, Holland spent nine months in 1990 and 1993. He worked on chiral polysilanes and copolysilanes (6 publications) | 
| Jochen Dauth | University of Bayreuth, Germany spent three months in 1991. He worked on polyphosphazenes (3 publications). | 
| Hiroto Uchida | Mitsubishi Metal Co., Japan spent a year in 1990/1 working on degradation of polysilanes (1 publication) | 
| Uli Franz | University of Munich spent one year in 1992/3 working on polyphosphazenes formed via phosphine azides intermediates (3 publications). | 
| Manabu Sasaki | Sumitomo Co., Japan spent a year in 1993/4 working on silicon clusters incorporated into polysilanes. (3 publications) | 
| Thomas Grimaud | spent 16 months in 1995/96 working on triblock copolymers based on acrylates (support from Elf Atochem, 5 publications) | 
| Maarten Krupers | University of Ulm spent three months in 1996 working on fluorinated acrylates | 
| Sebastian Roos | University of Mainz spent three months in 1996 working on the copolymerization of macromonomers using ATRP ( 2 publications) | 
| Sagrario Pascual | University of Paris spent three months in 1998 working on application of tripodal amine ligands for ATRP | 
| Jerome Queffelec | Ecole Normale Superier in Paris spent six months in 1999 working on application of tripodal amine ligands for ATRP (1 paper) | 
| Gabrielle Wittmann | Technical University of Darmstadt spent three months in 2000 working on functional polymers by ATRP | 
| Lars Hahn | University of Goettingen spent four months in 2000 working on block copolymers from polyols using ATRP | 
| Jocelyn Saget | Ecole Normale Superier de Chimie Paris, France, spent 6 months from February 2001, working on combining polyolefins with CRP (1 paper) | 
| Jerome Gromada | University of Lille, France, spent 16 months from December 2000, working on new catalysts for ATRP (4 papers) | 
| Betul Kirci | University of Ankara, spent 14 months from March 2001, working on alternating copolymers by RAFT and ATRP (4 papers) | 
| Christine Strissel | Technical University of Munich, spent 3 months from September 2001, working on inorganic hybrids by ATRP (1 paper) | 
| Delphine Dispa | Ecole de Physic et Chimie Industrielle de Paris, France, spent 6 months from February 2003, working on combining polyolefins with CRP | 
| Hideaki Itoh | Kyoto University, Japan, spent two months from July 2003 working on colloidal particles decorated by ATTRP polymers | 
| Katrien Bearnards | University of Ghent spent 3 months from March 2004, working on polymerization from surfaces via ATRP (1 paper) | 
| Catarina Esteves | Portuguese Academy of Sciences stays for 3 months from March 2004, working on organic-inorganic hybrids with CdSe and CdS (1 paper) | 
| Francisco Diaz | University of Mexico, spent 2 months from May 2004, working on Ru-based ATRP and bimetallic catalysts | 
| Dr. Elizabeth Burns | Cabot spent 2 weeks in summer 2004 working on carbon black modification using miniemulsion and ATRP | 
| Dr. Patrick McCarthy | Dionex spend 1 month from July to August 204 working on new supports for chromatography using ATRP (1 paper) | 
| Guilliame Louche | Ecole de Physic et Chimie Industrielle de Paris, France, spent 6 months from February 2005, working on click chemistry and CRP (2 papers) | 
| Gabriel Vazguez | University of Mexico, spent 2 months from July 2005, working on Ru-based ATRP and bimetallic catalysts | 
| Fabien Perineau | from Ecole de Physic et Chimie Industrielle de Paris, spent 5 months from February 2006, working on new aqueous systems (2 papers) | 
| Humeyra Mert | University of Istanbul, Turkey spent 5 months from March 2006, working on new reducing agents for ATRP | 
| Betul Kirci | Turkey, spent 3 months from June 2006, working on ARGET and ICAR | 
| Sven Fleishmann | MPI Dresden spent 2 months from August 2007 working on polymer modification | 
| Anna Miasnikova | Ecole de Physic et Chimie Industrielle de Paris, spent 5 months from February 2008, working on new nanogel systems | 
| Junko Aimi | University of Tokyo spent 12 months October 2007-November 2008 working on nanostructured carbon | 
| Jonathan Weis | Case Western spent 2 months from May 2008 working on block copolymers | 
| Andrew Watkins | Harvard spent 2 months from May 2008 working on nanogels | 
| Dr. Marc Grusse | Rohner spent 2 weeks in July 2008 working on ARGET ATRP | 
| Jungmok Yoo | Yonsei University spent 2 months from January 2009 working on bio-electroactive polymers via CRP | 
| Johannes Harder | Munich University spent 2 months from March 2009 working on mechanisms of ATRP | 
| Fabio Paris | University of Bologna spent 6 months from January 2009 working on hybrid materials by ATRP | 
| Sangwoo Park | Pusan University spent 12 months from February 2009 working on biomaterials by ATRP | 
| Annette Kelsch | University of Mainz spent 6 months from March 2009 working on biomaterials by ATRP | 
| Junko Aimi | Tokyo University spent 2 months from March 2009 working on optoelectronic materials by ATRP | 
| Abigail Van Wassen | Kenyon College spent 2 months from May 2009 working on reversible gels | 
| Patrizia de Paoli | University of Padova, Italy, spent 2 months from September 2009 working on electrochemistry and ATRP | 
| Yoshifumi Amamoto | Kyushu University, Japan spent 6 months from March 2010 working on self-healing polymers | 
| Kevin Vietmeier | Case Western University spent 2 months from May 2010 working on self-healing materials | 
| Felisa Reyes | University of Madrid spent 5 months from August 2010 working on biopolymers | 
| Amram Averick | CUNY spent 1 month working on curcumin drugs by ATRP | 
| Nicola Bortolamei | University of Padova, Italy, spent 6 months from December 2010 working on electrochemistry and ATRP | 
| Elena Frick | University of Karlsruhe, Germany, spent 4 months from April 2011 working on electrochemistry and ATRP | 
| McKenzie Martin | Case Western University spent 2 months from May 2011 working on self-healing materials | 
| Vikas Aggarwal | University of Bonn, Germany spent 2 months from January 2012 working on brush systems by ATRP | 
| Adrian Franczyk | University of Poznan, Poland, spent 6 months from January 2012 working on hybrid systems by ATRP | 
| Hendrik Shroeder | University of Goettingen, Germany spent 4 months from April 2012, working on iron based catalysts for ATRP | 
| Andrew K. Jeffries | Case Western spent 2 months from May 2012 working on self-healing materials | 
| Amram Averick | CUNY spent 1 month from July 15, 2012, working on drug delivery systems by ATRP | 
| Shiham Telitel | University of Mulhuse, France spent 3 months from March 2012, working on self-healing systems | 
| Aurelie Morin | University of Toulouse, France spent 6 months from March 2012, working on new catalysts for ATRP | 
| Kasia Wegner | University of Poznan, Poland, spent 12 months from January 2012 working on siRNA delivery systems by ATRP | 
| Maciej Kopec | Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, spent 6 months from September 2012 working on graphine oxide brushes by ATRP | 
| Annie Jackson | UNC spent 1 month in December 2012 working on polymeric brushes | 
| Karolina Adrjanowicz | Uniwersytet Slaski, spent 1 month from March 2013 working on high pressure ATRP | 
| Natalia Agudelo Perez | Universidad De Antioquia spent 6 months from March 2013 working on block copolymers from polycondensation polymers. | 
| Joerg Werner | Cornell University, spent 1 month in May 2013 working on functionalized nanocarbon materials. | 
| Joana Gois | University of Coimbra, Portugal, spent 6 months from July 1st, 2013 working on SARA in water | 
| Patrícia Mendonça | University of Coimbra, Portugal, spent 6 months from July 1st, 2013 working on ATRP of cationic monomer | 
| Kasia Wegner | University of Poznan, Poland, spent 3 months from January 2014 working on siRNA delivery systems by ATRP | 
| Magda Ciekanska | Technical University of Lodz, Poland, spent 4 months from January 2014 working on hybrid nanoparticles | 
| Piotr Wagner | Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie, Germany | 
| Rafael Natal | University of Campinas, Brazil | 
| Stacey Qi | Duke University spent 5 weeks in May/June 2014 working on bioconjugates | 
| Boo Jae Jang | Korea University, spent 4 weeks in August 2014 working on nanocarbons | 
| Jiayun Zhang | USC, spent 4 weeks in November/December 2014 working on eRAFT and electro-thermally responsive polymers | 
| Marco Fantin | University of Padova, Italy, spent 7 months from January 2015 working on electrochemistry and ATRP | 
| Sonia Lanzalaco | University of Palermo, Italy, spent 4 months from April 2015 working on electrochemical grafting by ATRP | 
| Caroline Arnoux | University of Lyon, France, spent 3 months from May 2015 working on biopolymers by ATRP | 
| Carlos Abreu | University of Coimbra, Portugal | 
| Rafael Natal | University of San Paola, Brazil spent 3 months from August 2015 working on STEM gels | 
| Alisa Gapchenko | University of Hamburg, spent 3 months from July 2015, working on block copolymers by ATRP | 
| Taniya M.S.K. Pathiranage | University of Texas, Dallas, spent 2 months from October 2, 2015 working on conductive block copolymers | 
| Yang Song | Tsinghua University, China, spent 12 months from November 2015, working on nanocarbons. | 
| Andreas Spinnrock | University of Konstanz, Germany, spent 3 months from September 2016 working on block copolymerization by photo ATRP | 
| Francesca Lorandi | University of Padova, Italy, spent 6 months from September 2016 working on electropolymerization systems | 
| Grzegorz Szczepaniak | University of Warsaw, Poland, spent 3 months from January 2, 2017 working on immobilized ATRP catalysts. | 
| Taeheon Lee | Pusan National University in Korea, spent 4 months from June 15, 2017 working on electrochemical click reactions | 
| Zhenhua Wang | Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, spent 2 years from October 2016 working on transient polymers | 
| Lucas Thevenin | University of Toulouse, spent 4 months from January 2018 working on organometallic Cu species. | 
| Michael Giessl | University of Konstanz, Germany, spent 3 months from September 2018 working on PEEK surface modification by ATRP | 
| Joao Costa | University of Coimbra, Portugal spent 12 months from October 2018 working on aqueous organo ATRP systems | 
| Patricia Borim | University of Sao Paolo, Brazil spent 6 months from November 2018 working on STEM Gels by ATRP | 
| Izabela Zaborniak | Rzeszow Technical University, Poland spent 3 months from May 9, 2019 working on e ATRP | 
| Alfred Fung | Australian National University spent 1 month from March 8, 2020 working on highly active ATRP catalysts | 
| Fatima Kaupbayeva | Chem. Engineering and Biology Department, stayed in our lab for 12 months from July 1, 2020 working on polymer-protein hybrids | 
| Dawid Marcinkowski | Poznan University, Poland, spent 3 months from February 10, 2021, working on new ATRP catalysts | 
| Juliana Bem | Cornell University spent 3 months from May 31st, 2022 working on Fe catalyzed ATRP systems | 
| Mirko Buffagni | University of Modena and Reggio Emilia | 
| Paulina Ratajczyk | Poznan University, Poland, spent 3 months from July 1, 2022, working on new ATRP photocatalysts | 
| Bruce Yang | UC Santa Barbara, spent 3 months from June 20, 2023 working on membrane modification. | 
| Dr. Martin Cvek | Currently at Tomas Bata University in Zlin | 
| Grzegorz Przesławski | University of Poznan spent 3 months from March 1, 2024 working on star polymers. | 
| Thomas Votruba-Drzal | UVA spent 3 months from May 15, 2024 working on d light responsive materials | 
| Carlo Gericke | University of Padova spent 3 months from June 1, 2024 working on pH and light responsive microgels | 
| Kaho Nakano | Institute of Technology, spent 3 months from June 1, 2024 working on responsive bottlebrushes. | 
| Paulina Gwardys | University of Warsaw spent 3 months from September 15 , 2024 working on electroconductive nanogels | 
| Kaito Takahashi | Tokyo Institute of Technology, spent 3 months from October 1, 2024 working on liquid crystalline polymers by ATRP | 
| Laurianne Forget | University of Toulouse spent 3 months from January 10, 2025 working on the mechanism of ATRP | 
| Zofia Kornatowska | Lodz Polytechnic, Poland, spends 1 month from May 10, 2025 working on the polymer networks by ATRP | 
