Group Members
Email: connor.bischak@utah.edu
Office: HEB 1128
Washington Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow: University of Washington, David Ginger
PhD 2017: University of California, Berkeley, Naomi Ginsberg
B.S. 2010: Haverford College, Casey Londergan, Joshua Schrier
Connor Bischak
Assistant Professor
Rae Hunter
Graduate Student
Undergraduate: Iowa State
Office: HEB 1112
Jyorthana Muralidhar
Wilkes Postdoctoral Fellow
Office: HEB 1112
Sofia Perez
Kevin Liebetrau
Graduate Student
Undergraduate: University of Utah
Office: HEB 1112
Undergraduate Student
University of Utah, 2027
Office: HEB 1118
Yunhao Wei
Graduate Student
Undergraduate: Huazhong Agriculture University
Office: HEB 1112
Seth Jackson
Graduate Student
Undergraduate: Saint John’s University (MN)
Office: HEB 1112
Perry Martin
Graduate Student
Undergraduate: Utah Valley University
Office: HEB 1118
Thy Phan
Graduate Student
Undergraduate: International University, VNU-HCM
Office: HEB 1112
Alex Sultanovskaia
Graduate Student
Undergraduate: Moscow State University
Office: HEB 1112
Graduate Students:
Garrett Collins (PhD, 2026) - Now a postdoctoral researcher at Georgia Tech
Jolene Keller (MS, 2026)
Clara Reed (MS, 2023)
Rand Kingsford (MS, 2023) - Now a Research and Development Engineer at UCSD MRSEC’s Materials Characterization Facility
Undergraduates:
Jashen Moonsamy (SRI, 2026)
Jayden Kaufman (SRI, 2026)
Emily Dalley (2023-2026) - Now a graduate student at Northwestern University
Zach Coons (2024-2026)
Nathan Jackson (2024-2026)
Bodie Gebhardt (SRI, 2025)
Kaiyan Jiang (SRI, 2025)
Liz Tellez (SRI, 2025)
Becca Leavitt (SRI, 2025)
Delaney Miller (2024-2025) - Now a graduate student at UT Austin
Kierra Forthman (2023-2025) - Now a graduate student at UT Austin
Leo Bloxham (2023-2024) - Now a graduate student at CU Boulder
Celeste Kalapala (2022)
Arnel Besic (2022-2024) - Now at bioMérieux
High School Students:
Becket Evans (2025)
Lisa Song (2024) - Now an undergraduate student at the UoU
Orion Xiao (2023) - Now an undergraduate student at the UoU
Others
Jed Martin (2025) - BYU Idaho Research Intern
Franka Gädeke (2022-2023) - University of Braunschweig Exchange Student
Alumni:
We are looking for interested graduate students, undergraduate students, and postdoctoral researchers.
Graduate students must first submit an application to the University of Utah for admission into the Department of Chemistry graduate program. Please email Connor if you are interested in the research group.
Undergraduate students should email Connor with a CV and a brief statement about research interests.
Postdoctoral applicants should email Connor with a CV, a summary of previous research accomplishments and future research interests, and two letters of references. Please use the subject line “Postdoc Application Bischak Lab” in your email
