Kathryn Kloepper
Department of Chemistry - Mercer University
 
Former Undergraduate Research Students
 
Mentored at Mercer University:
 
7. Katherine (Katie) Miller (Aug. 2010 to May 2013).  Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, May 2013. Accepted to Mercer Medical School for Fall 2014.
 
6. Kassandra (Kasie) Knapper (Jan. 2010 to May 2013).  Chemistry and Psychology double major with a Biology minor, May 2013. Currently a graduate student in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin.
 
5. Matthew Bowen (Jan. 2012 to May 2012).  Expected graduation: May 2014.
 
4. Annika Sinha (Jan. 2012 to May 2012). Expected graduation: May 2015.
 
3. Danielle Montanari (Aug. 2010 to May 2012), currently a graduate student in Chemistry at the University of Utah. Recipient of a NSF IGERT fellowship.
 
2. Gordan Rak (Jan. 2010 to May 2011).  Mercer graduate, 2013.
 
1. Alex Ford (June 2009 to March 2011).  Mercer graduate (B.S. 2009) worked on joint projects and research with KaMin LLC and Mercer. Currently in the US Navy.
 
 
Supervised at the University of Illinois:
 
4. Reika Ebisu (Jan. 2007 to May 2008),  Pharm.D., University of Minnesota (2012), PGY1 pharmacy resident at Advocate Christ Medical Center, currently a clinical pharmacist with the Minneapolis VA Health Care System.
 
3. Daniel Ladror (Jan. 2005 to May 2008), Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, 2013; recipient of the 2008 Outstanding Undergraduate Chemistry Thesis Award
 
2. Kevin Hartman (Jan. 2005 to August 2007), Ph.D. in Chemistry (2012) from the University of California, Berkeley. Currently a researcher at Seoul University.
 
1. Kem (Winter) Sochacki (June 2004 to August 2005), Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin in 2011. Currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Imaging at the National Institutes of Health.
 
Collaborators
 
Britt Cicerchi, KaMin LLC
 
Dr. Dan Ma, KaMin LLC
 
Dr. Doug Carter, KaMin LLC
 
Dr. Joseph Kloepper, Auburn University
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kathryn D. Kloepper, Ph.D.
 
Assistant Professor
 
Department of Chemistry
Mercer University
1400 Coleman Ave.
Macon, GA 31207
 
478-301-5308
kloepper_kd AT mercer DOT edu
 
Assistant Professor, Mercer University (2010-present)
 
Visiting Assistant Professor, Mercer University (2009-2010)
 
Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Lawrence University (2008-2009)
 
Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2008)
 
B.S. Chemistry, University of Dallas (2003)
Current Undergraduate Research Students
 
  1. ‣  Jessica (Jessie) Armstrong (Aug. 2012 - present), Chemistry major. Expected      
       graduation: May 2014      
 
  1. ‣  Brooke Fenn (Aug. 2013 - present), joint with Dr. Animesh Aditya, Chemistry major. Expected graduation: May 2015
 
  1. ‣  Joshua Funderburke (Aug. 2013 - present), Chemical Commerce major. Expected graduation: May 2016
 
  1. ‣  (Arthur) Paden King (Aug. 2013 - present), Chemistry and English double major. Expected graduation: May 2015
  2. ‣  Erin Oliver (Aug. 2013 - present), Chemistry major. Expected graduation: May 2016

  3. ‣  Kaydren Orcutt (Jan. 2014 - present), Chemistry and Spanish double major. Expected graduation: May 2017
 
  1. ‣  Cody Quattlebaum (Aug. 2012 - present), Chemistry major. Expected graduation: May 2014

  2. ‣  Charnelle Rogers (Aug. 2013 - present), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology      
    Concentration. Expected graduation: May 2014
 
  1. ‣  Justis Ward (Jan. 2014 - present), tentative majors: BMB and English. Expected graduation: May 2017
Taken in Rotorua, New Zealand.