
Solar Fuels via Surface Molecular Catalysis
Principal Investigator

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

Dr. Allison St. John
Lab Manager
Ph.D. 2025, UNH
B.S. 2020, Trinity University

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

Mahalakshmi Thiyagarajan
Ph.D. Candidate (4th year)
B.Tech. 2022, CSIR, India
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Kallan Blakemore
Ph.D. Candidate (3rd year)
B.S. 2023, Auburn University

Samin Motallebzadeh
Ph.D. Student (1st year)
B.S. 2020, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
M.S. 2025, University of New Hampshire
Undergraduate and High School Students
Former Group Members
Recent Graduate Students
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
Ruotong Zhong (Senior Thesis, 2020)
Anyu Gao (Senior Thesis, 2016)
Barry Powers (Senior Thesis, 2015)
Sebastian A. Pantovich (Senior Thesis, 2014)
Matthew Marcinkowski (Senior Thesis, 2011)
Jay Agarwal (Senior Thesis, 2010)
Former Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Peipei Huang (2017 – 2020, Shaanxi Normal University, China)
Dr. Alexander S. Vorushilov (2011 – 2012, Fuchs Lubricants Ltd. in Shanghai, China)