The Ball Research Group

Current Group Members:

Zachary Ball

zb1@rice.edu
Office: GRB E200C, phone 713.348.6159

Zach's CV.

Postdocs

Brian Popp

Brian.V.Popp@rice.edu
Lab: GRB E219, phone 713.348.2066

Brian is a J. Evans Attwell-Welch Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemistry. He received his Ph.D. in 2007 from the Univeristy of Wisconsin, Madison. He was a postdoctoral fellow, also at UW, in 2007-2008 before moving to Houston in the fall of 2008.

Graduate Students

Jessica Herron

jessica.r.herron@rice.edu
Lab: GRB E227, phone 713.348.2066

Jes is a 2006 graduate of Henderson State University, and is examining rhodium catalysis and copper(I) complexes for selective bond activation.

Alexander Zaykov

alexander.n.zaykov@rice.edu
Lab: GRB E219, phone 713.348.2066

Alex is studying metalloenzyme design based on synthetic polypeptides. He received his undergraduate degree from Kazan State University in Kazan, Russia.

Vincenzo Russo

vincenzo.russo@rice.edu
Lab: GRB E227, phone 713.348.2066

Vincenzo is a graduate of the University of Messina, Italy (B.S., 2004) and the University of Pisa, Italy (M.S., 2006). He is interested in adamantane-like structures and the synthesis of sulfur-containing hydrocarbons.

Rituparna Kundu

rk8@rice.edu
Lab: GRB E219, phone 713.348.2066

Rituparna Kundu came to Rice in 2007 after earning her masters in chemistry from IIT Delhi in India.

Cara Bovet

Cara.L.Bovet@rice.edu
Lab: GRB E227, phone 713.348.2066

Cara joined the lab in 2008.

Ramya Sambasivan

Ramya.Sambasivan@rice.edu
Lab: GRB E219, phone 713.348.2066

Ramya joined the lab in 2009.

Undergraduates

Dillon Miles

dhm1@rice.edu
Lab: GRB E219, phone 713.348.2066

Dillon is currently a junior and a member of Will Rice College. His work mainly focuses
on the synthesis of functionalized polymers and their interactions with carbon nanotubes.



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