
Solar Fuels via Surface Molecular Catalysis
Principal Investigator

Dr. Gonghu Li
Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of New Hampshire
Email: gonghu.li@unh.edu
Phone: 603-862-0607
Mailing Address
Department of Chemistry
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH 03824
Current Group Members
Graduate Students

Mahalakshmi Thiyagarajan
Ph.D. Candidate (4th year)
B.Tech. 2022, CSIR, India

Andrew Jenkins
Ph.D. Student (3rd year)
B.S. 2024, UNH
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Kallan Blakemore
Ph.D. Candidate (4th year)
B.S. 2023, Auburn University

Pouria Alaei Roozbahani
Ph.D. Candidate (3rd year)
B.S. 2018, Arak University, Iran
M.S. 2023, University of Tehran, Iran

Samin Motallebzadeh
Ph.D. Student (2nd year)
B.S. 2020, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
M.S. 2025, UNH
Undergraduate and High School Students
Caitlin Mace (Thesis student)
Madeline Tracy (Thesis student)
Former Group Members
Recent Graduate Students
Allison St. John (PhD 2025, Jordi Labs in MA)
Esraa Ahmad (PhD 2024, Emmanuel College)
Tianqi Jin (MS 2023, Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Ehab Shaaban (PhD 2023, ioKinetic)
Norbert Okolie (PhD 2023, Wisconsin Electric Company Energy Group)
Sebastian A. Pantovich (PhD 2020, FujiFilm Electronic Materials)
Shaochen Xu (MS 2019, co-advised by Christine Caputo, Northeastern University)
Jarec A. Rondeau (PhD 2019, co-advised by Roy Planalp, ProVerde Laboratories in MA)
Thomas G. Fenton (PhD 2018, American Boronite Corporation in MA)
Benjamin D. Stewart (MS 2018, Pinkerton Academy in NH)
Michael E. Louis (PhD 2017, Jordi Labs in MA)
Tong Jin (PhD 2016, NYU Shanghai, China)
Chao Liu (PhD 2015, ExxonMobil Asia Pacific R&D Centre in Shanghai, China)
He He (MS 2013, Wuhan University, China)
Kevin D. Dubois (MS 2013, Instrumentation Laboratory in MA)
Former Undergraduate Thesis Students
Alexandra Caliri (2026)
Ruotong Zhong (2020)
Anyu Gao (2016)
Barry Powers (2015)
Sebastian Pantovich (2014)
Matthew Marcinkowski (2011)
Jay Agarwal (2010, Co-advised with Howard Mayne)
Former Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Peipei Huang (2017 – 2020, Shaanxi Normal University, China)
Dr. Alexander S. Vorushilov (2011 – 2012, Fuchs Lubricants Ltd. in Shanghai, China)