The Mayes Group @ UMass Dartmouth
Computational Chemistry and Materials Modeling
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
MARICRIS LODRIGUITO MAYES
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, MA 02747
Phone: 508-999-8420
Email: maricris.mayes at umassd.edu
Background:
Ph.D. Chemistry, Michigan State University
B.S. Chemistry, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology
Postdoc:
Northwestern University
Argonne National Laboratory
CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
MICHAEL DAVE BARQUILLA
Ph.D. student in Chemistry
M.S. Chemistry, Mindanao State University, Iligan Institute of Technology​
B.S. Chemistry, Mindanao State University, Iligan Institute of Technology
AHMED ABDULAI
Ph.D. student in Chemistry
B.S. Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
MUBEEN JAMAL
Ph.D. student in Chemistry
M.Phil. Applied Chemistry, Government College University Faisalabad
M.S. AppliedChemistry,Government College University Faisalabad
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KAYODE OJO
Ph.D. student in Chemistry
B.S. Chemistry, Obafemi Awolowo University
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CURRENT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Yanni Etchi (REU, summer 2023)
Adrian Miller (REU, summer 2023)
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FORMER RESEARCH STUDENTS
Graduate Students (Program, Year Graduated)
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Benjoe Rey Visayas (PhD Chemistry, 2023)
Dissertation: A Comprehensive Computational Framework for in silico Development of Redox Flow Battery Active Materials
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Lisa Perreault (MS Chemistry, 2018)
Thesis: A Study of the Role of Non-Covalent Interactions in Tyrosine-Based Dipeptides and Halogenated Isatins
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Brian Candido (MS Chemistry, 2022)
Thesis: Density Functional Theory On The Adsorption of Polyaromatic Organosulfur Molecules Onto Palladium and Gold Catalysts
Undergraduates (Senior Capstone, Year Graduated)
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Gwynne Eichman (BS Chemistry, 2023)
Lisa Perreault (BS Chemistry, 2017)
Dominic Siaw (BS Chemistry, 2017)
Danica Mondon-Pier (BS Chemistry, 2018)
Short-term students (visiting, summer, etc)
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John Murphy (EAS)
Benjamin Burnett (EAS)
Aries Erickson (Snow College, REU student, Summer 2022)
Fr L to R; Benjoe, Maricris, Danica, Brian, Dave, Ben
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Fr L to R; Benjoe, Maricris, Danica, Brian, Dave, Ben