Group members
Michael Baptiste
PhD student
Michael got his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin La-Crosse. He researches how the structure of MOF nodes affects their guest selectivity.
Jou-Tsen (Olie) Ou
PhD student
Olie got her B.S. from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University and her M.S. from National Taiwan University. Her research focus is on flexible materials that undergo reversible phase changes.
Min Chieh (Jack) Yang
PhD student
Jack got his B.S. from the University of Oregon. He designs and synthesizes materials to bind metal ions in water.
Garrison Bauer
PhD student
Garrison got his B.S. from the University of Central Oklahoma. His research focus is on the metallation of covalent organic frameworks.
Silas Frimpong
PhD student
Silas got his B.S from the University of Education, Winneba, and his M.S. from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He designs and synthesizes covalent organic frameworks.
Angela Tai
PhD student
Angela got her B.S. from the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research focus is on porous materials that are built around metal binding sites.
ghunter1@umd.edu
George Hunter
PhD student
George got his B.S. from Davidson College. He studies rare-earth adsorption in supramolecular cages.
etobias1@umd.edu
Elissa Tobias
PhD student
Elissa got her B.S. from Rowan University. She designs and synthesizes metal–organic cages.
Jason Kaff
Undergraduate
Jason is a 4th-year undergrad at UMD, majoring in chemistry and microbiology. In the Taylor lab, Jason is synthesizing organic molecules and learning materials chemistry.
maximap@terpmail.umd.edu
Maxima Pacheco
Undergraduate
Maxima is a 4th-year undergrad at UMD, majoring in chemistry and criminology. In lab, Maxima focuses on the synthesis of transition-metal ligands.
Group Alumni
Dr. Andrea Zeppuhar
Postdoc 2021-2023
Current position: Senior Scientist, Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University
Group photos, 2023
Group photos, 2022
