Graduate Students
- Heidi Bednar, M.S. with Thesis, 2006 - 2008, Graduate Student, UCLA
- Megan Butzke, M.S., 2014, P.A. Student, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
- Tyson Friday, M.S., 2006 - 2008, Frontier Natural Products Co-op
- Mike Ivanov, Ph.D., 2008-2011, Associate Director of Digital Content at McGraw Hill; Adjunct Professor at NICC
- Grace Lu, Ph.D., 2012-2017, Post-Doctoral Associate with Professor Lisa Holland, West Virginia University
- Binita Neupane, M.S., 2015-2017, Process Engineer, Intel.
- Marie Carmelle Pierre, Ph.D., 2013, Adjunct Professor at Kean College
- Binaya Shrestha, Ph.D., 2015, Engineering Consultant, University of Iowa
- Anna Volkert, Ph.D., 2014, Visiting Assistant Professor at Gustavus Adolphus
- Brandon Walker, M.S. with Thesis, 2006 - 2009, Research Instrumentation Position, Albany State University
- Lahiru Wijenayaka (co-advised with C. Cheatum), Ph.D., 2015, Post-Doctoral Associate, Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology
- Wenjing Xi, Ph.D., 2013-2019
Post Doctoral Associates
- Maryuri Roca, 2007 - 2009, Visiting Assistant Professor, Skidmore College
- Sudip Nath, 2009 - 2010, India
- Varuni Subramaniam, 2008 - 2010, Chemist, Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Undergraduate Students
- Felix Alfonso, Summer 2011, B.S. University of Massachusetts at Amherst (2013), Graduate Student at Stanford University, NSF Fellow
- Brennan Ayres, Summer 2011-2012, B.S. 2014, Graduate student at the University of Iowa
- David Bolien, Summer 2008, Graduate student at the University of Southampton
- Michael Boller, 2012-2013, B.S. with Honors Thesis, Graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Sierra Boriskey, 2006 - 2007
- Zac Builta, 2012, B.S. 2014, Research Assistant, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Daniel Davies, 2015-2016, B.S. 2016, Graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Lindsay Griffith, Summer 2009, Graduated from John Brown University (2010), Currently a Assistant Chemist at Consumer Testing Laboratories
- Dan Grigsby, 2011 - 2012, B.S. 2014, Graduate Student at Duke University
- Jenny Hedlund, 2010-2012, B.S. 2012, Graduate student, University of Texas, Dallas
- Thomas Heiderscheit, 2012-2015, B.S. with Honors Thesis, Graduate Student at Rice University
- Anneli Hoggard, Summer 2010, B.S. from Missouri State University (2011), Graduate Student in Stephan Link's group at Rice University, NSF Fellow
- Amanda Jones/Goodman, B.S. with Honors Thesis, 2009-2011 (2011), Graduate Student in Naomi Halas's group at Rice University, NSF Fellow
- Ben Kasting, Summer 2015, Undergraduate Student at Northern Ohio University
- Regan Keeney, Summer 2008, Graduated from Loras College (2009)
- Muriel Konne, 2011
- Daniel Kraft, B.S. in Chemistry, 2006-2008, Pharmacy student at the University of Iowa
- Scott Mackie, B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, 2008 - 2009, M.S. in Biomedical Engineering (2011)
- Bridget McCaskill, Summer 2011, Graduated from North Carolina A & T State University (2012), Currently an entry-level chemist at ERG
- Stevie Norcross, Summer 2012, B.S. from Westminster College (Utah) (2013), Graduate Student at Purdue University, NSF Fellow
- Kristen O'Connor, Summer 2013, Undergraduate Student at The College of St. Scholastica, Graduate Student at Iowa State University
- Annie Whiteley, Summer 2012, B.A. from Luther College (2013), Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford in England (beginning October 2013)
Visiting Scientists
- Kyungtag Ryu, 2008, deceased