Alumni
The IRES Dresden Alumni page features past participants starting with the inaugural 2024 cohort. Here, you’ll find each student’s home university, their research project and host institution in Germany, and a link to their LinkedIn profile if available.
2025
| REID BARNETT NC State / PTS, Host: Andreas Geißler Biological Functionalization of Paper linkedin.com/in/reid-barnett-1307891b0 |
| AARON CROSS NC State / HZDR, Host: Denys Makarov Self-Aware and Self-Healable Magnetic Soft Robots |
| MERVE FEDAI NC State / Leibniz IPF, Host: Arash Nikoubashman Molecular Insights into Self-Assembly and Structural Color in CNC-Inspired Liquid Crystalline Phases linkedin.com/in/merve-fedai-a35737129/ |
| NICHOLAS FINAN Duke / Leibniz IPF, Host: Quinn Besford Developing Messenger Material Nanoparticles for Probing Physical Phenomena linkedin.com/in/nicholas-finan |
| RICHARD GILMAN NC State / Leibniz IPF, Host: Jonas Schubert TBD linkedin.com/in/richard-gilman-6502211ba |
| NIKKI HAMMOND NC State / Leibniz IPF, Hosts: Jens-Uwe Sommer, Tyler Harmon Simulation/Theory of Nucleation Barriers for Phase Separation in Polymerizing Systems linkedin.com/in/nikki-hammond-1300nmh/ |
| FONTAINE MCFEATERS NC State / Leibniz IPF, Hosts: Carsten Werner, Lars Renner Multifunctional Anchor Polymer Coatings for Next-Generation Antibacterial Surfaces linkedin.com/in/fmcfeaters/ |
| S M ABU SHOVON NC State / DKFZ, Hosts: Tian Qiu, Jiyuan Tian Soft Micro-Robot via Ultrasound Actuation linkedin.com/in/s-m-abu-naser-shovon/ |
| JING JING WANG UNC / Leibniz IPF, Host: Christian Roßner Polyoxazoline-Based Bottle-Brush Polymers for Functionalizing Gold Nanoparticles linkedin.com/in/cjw86/ |
2024
| CHRISSY BAYARD NC State / TU Dresden, Hosts: Gianaurelio Cuniberti, Leonardo Medrano Sandonas Quantum Machine Learning for RNA Simulations https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinavilchezishired |
| MATT DORSEY NC State / Leibniz IPF, Hosts: Jens-Uwe Sommer, Ron Dockhorn Hysteresis of Stiff, Interlocking Polymer Rings https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewadorsey |
| ALEX FORET Duke / Leibniz IPF, Host: Christian Roßner Synthesis of Terpyridine-Containing Copolymers with Star Topology as Ligands for Gold Nanoparticles https://www.linkedin.com/in/annika-foret-67bab51a1/ |
| MARIA FURUKAWA UNC / Leibniz IPF, Host: Petra Uhlmann Preparation of Biocompatible Polyamide Nanofilms with Multifunctional Polymer Brushes https://www.linkedin.com/in/mfurukawa6/ |
| JIMMY NGUYEN NC State / TU Dresden, Hosts: Stefan Kaskel, Irena Senkovska Synthesis and Chemistry of 2D Metal-Organic Frameworks www.linkedin.com/in/jmmyngyn |
| TAYLOR ROBINSON UNC / Leibniz IPF, Host: Quinn Besford Developing Messenger Material Nanoparticles for Probing Physical Phenomena www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-robinson-996367133 |
| DARRYL TAYLOR Duke / Papiertechnische Stiftung, Host: Martin Zahel Acetosolv Nanocellulose |
Summer 2024
