Laboratory Members
Principal Investigator
Michael Haley
haley@uoregon.edu
Full CV
Michael M. Haley was born in 1965 in Lake Charles, Louisiana but spent most of his pre-college years growing up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He
received both his Bachelor’s (1987) and Ph.D. (1991) degrees from Rice University working with Prof. Ed Billups on the chemistry of
cyclopropenes and cycloproparenes. Haley then pursued his postdoctoral studies with Prof. Peter Vollhardt at the University of
California-Berkeley from 1991 to 1993 studying [N]phenylenes. He joined the faculty at the University of Oregon in 1993 where he is
currently Professor of Chemistry and Head of the Department. He is a well-recognized expert in the synthesis and study of aromatic
and carbon-rich molecules with potential applications in materials science. He has co-authored over 130 papers on novel aromatic and
carbon-rich molecules and published most of these studies in some of the most respected chemistry journals (Journal of the American
Chemical Society, Journal of Organic Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie, etc.). When not on campus, he can often be found on the mountain
snowboarding, on the river kayaking, in the back yard tending his fruit and vegetable gardens, or in the kitchen cooking, usually with
wine glass in hand.
Graduate Students
Aaron Fix
G5 PhD Candidate
Indenofluorene project
B.S. 2003 University of Arizona
Hometown: Stewartstown, PA
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Jeffrey Engle
G5 PhD Candidate
Sensing project
B.S. 2007 Seattle University
Hometown: Seattle, WA
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Brian Young
G5 PhD Candidate
Indenofluorene project
B.S. 2003 University of New Mexico
Hometown: Seattle, WA
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Bradley Rose
G4 PhD Candidate
Indenofluorene project
B.S. 2009 Illinois State University
Hometown: Normal, Illinois
Link to CV
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Michelle Watt
G4 PhD Candidate
Sensing project
B.S. 2007 St. Louis University
M.S.(R) 2009 St. Louis University
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
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Chris Vonnegut
G3 PhD Candidate
Sensing project
B.S. 2007 Benedictine College
Hometown: St. Joseph, MO
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Gabriel Rudebusch
G3 PhD Candidate
Indenofluorene project
B.S. 2010 University of Nevada, Reno
Hometown: Reno, NV
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G3 PhD Candidate
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Aaron Docter
G2 Graduate Student
Myotonic Dystrophy project
B.S. 2010 Colorado State
Hometown: Centennial, CO
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Undergraduate Researchers
Timothy Robitshek
Senior
Sensing project
Hometown: Minneapolis, MN |
Airlia Shonkwiler
Senior
Sensing project
Hometown: Portland, OR
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Jessica Choi
Post-baccalaureate
Myotonic Dystrophy project
B.S. 2008 University of Puget Sound
Hometown: Eugene, OR
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Muhammad Khalifa
Senior
Myotonic Dystrophy project
Hometown: Eugene, OR
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Nicolas Johansen
Post-baccalaureate
Indenofluorene project
B.S. 2012 University of Florida
Hometown: Gulf Breeze, FL
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Kevin Fajardo
Sophomore
Myotonic Dystrophy project
Hometown: Beaverton, OR
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Previous Lab Members
Micah Bodner
Post-doctoral Fellow 11/2010-11/2012
Senior Chemist
Organic Consultants
Eugene, OR
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Cameron Hilton
Post-doctoral Fellow 09/2008-09/2010
Senior Chemist
Momentive, Inc.
Springfield, OR
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Takashi Takeda
Post-doctoral Fellow 07/2008-03/2009
Assistant Professor
Tohoku University
Sendai, Japan
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Carissa Jones
Post-doctoral Fellow 08/2003-06/2005
Staff Scientist
Brewer Scientific, Inc.
Springfield, MO
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He-Ping Wu
Post-doctoral Fellow 07/2001-09/2003
Research Scientist
Merck, Inc
Rahway, NJ
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Volker Jacob
Post-doctoral Fellow 10/2001-09/2002
Associate Editor for Angewandte Chemie
Wiley-VCH
Weinheim, Germany
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Grant J. Palmer
Post-doctoral Fellow 07/2001-06/2002
Research Associate
Albany Molecular
Albany, NY
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Abhijit Sarkar
Post-doctoral Fellow 06/1999-05/2001
Research Scientist
Michigan Molecular Institute
Midland, MI
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Daniel Chase
Ph.D. 2011
Visiting Assistant Professor
Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA
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Calden Carroll
Ph.D. 2011
CEO
Suprasensor Technologies
Eugene, OR
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Sean McClintock
Ph.D. 2009
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Western New England University
Springfield, MA
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Eric Spitler
Ph.D. 2008
Research Associate
PPG Industries
Pittsburgh, PA
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Matthew O’Connor
Ph.D. 2008
Postdoctoral Associate
New York University - Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
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Charles Johnson II
Ph.D. 2007
Monroe, OR
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Christopher W. Landorf
Ph.D. 2007
Research Associate
Brewer Scientific, Inc.
Springfield, MO
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Laura Shirtcliff
Ph.D. 2006
Stillwater, OK
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Jeremiah Marsden
Ph.D. 2005
President
Organic Consultants, Inc.
Eugene, OR
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AJ Boydston
M.S. 2002
Assistant Professor
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
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David Kimball
Ph.D. 2002
Staff Scientist
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM
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Thomas Lau
M.S. June 2000
Bend, OR
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Brad Wan
Ph.D. 2001
Oceanside, CA
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Joshua Pak
Ph.D. 1999
Professor
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID
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Heather Smith
Ph.D. 1999
Staff Researcher
AstraZeneca
Boston, MA
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Robert Gilbertson
Ph.D. 1999
Group Leader
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM
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Stephen Brand
M.S. 1995
Eugene, OR
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