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We are hiring!

Postdocs:

Postdoctoral candidates with strong background of transition metal complex synthesis, organic synthesis, small molecule activation, electrocatalysis, and photocatalysis, please email Dr. Xie with CV for further information.

Perspective Graduate Students:

We are actively recruiting graduate students. Perspective students who are motivated to conduct high-quality research and are interested in synthetic inorganic chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, electrocatalysis, and photocatalysis, please contact Dr. Xie and apply for FAU.

Undergraduate Researchers:

Undergraduates who want to gain research training and are interested in the reserach projects in our group are encouraged to contact Dr. Xie for further information.

Principal Investigator

Zhu-Lin (Sam) Xie (pronunciation: zu lin sheh) 

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Argonne National Laboratory, 2019-2023
  • Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 2013-2019
  • B.S. in Chemistry, University of Jinan, China, 2008-2012

Awards:

  • 2018 Leon O. Morgan Fellowship, UT Austin
  • 2018 Ethel Gene Kahmer Endowed Presidential Fellowship, UT Austin
  • 2016 Professional Development Award, UT Austin

CV

Graduate Students

Muhammad Shahid

Joined Aug., 2024

B.S. in Chemistry, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan, 2021

 

Popy Rani Paul

Joined Aug., 2024

M.S. in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Chittagong, 2023

B.S. in Chemistry, minor in Physics and Math,
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2021.

 

Undergraduate Students

Sandra Dickson

Joined Feb, 2025

B.S. in Chemistry ’26

 

Rafael Fanjul

Joined Nov, 2024

B.S. in Chemistry ’26

 

Jonas Putigna

Joined Nov, 2024

B.S. in Chemistry ’27

Juan Delfin

Joined Mar., 2024

B.S. in Chemistry ’25

US Army Reserve, 68K Med. Lab. Spec./MLT

West Palm Beach, FL

 

 

Past Members

Former Postdoc

Laxmi Devkota

 May 2024 – April 2025

Current: Scientist at Waste Management, Arlington Oregon

Ph.D. in Chemistry, Marquette University, 2024

M.S. in Chemistry, New Mexico State University, 2019 

M.S. in Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, 2012

B.S. in Chemistry, Tribhuvan University, Pokhara, Nepal, 2010

Former Undergraduate Students

Shaaz Mumtazali

Oct 2023 – April 2025

B.S. in Neuroscience and Behavior ’27

Houston, TX

LEARN Scholar

Jordan Deblasis

Oct 2023 – Feb 2025

B.S. in Medical Biology ’27

Fort Lauderdale, FL

LEARN Scholar