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Principal Investigator

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Dr. Ngong Kodiah Beyeh
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Departmental Seminar & Ph.D. Program Coordinator
Executive Member, Black Faculty Association
Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan USA
e-mail: beyeh@oakland.edu
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Post-Doctoral Fellows

Graduate Students

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Frank Boateng Osei
Graduate Student, joined the Beyeh lab in January 2021.
Research: Targeting bioanalytes and working on petroleum asphaltenes aggregation

Abena Adjei

Abena A. Adjei
Graduate Student, joined the Beyeh lab in January 2024.
Research: Halogen-bonded materials

 

Hosanna Ese
Graduate Student, joined the Beyeh lab in January 2026.
Research: Bioanalytical Chemistry

Undergraduate Students

Savannah Manjo
Research: Asphaltene Research (join the lab in 2025)
Mas Salman (Honors College)
Research: Anion Receptors (join the lab in 2024)

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Noor Attar (Honors College)
Research: Petroleum Asphaltene aggregation/de-aggregation (Join the lab in 2024)
Gisele Koods
Gisele Koods (Honors College)
Research: Sensing bioanalytes with organic macrocycles (Join the lab in 2024)
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Abdullah Abdulmuttalib (Honors College)
Research: Halogen-bonded polymeric materials (Join the lab in 2024)
Sarah Ghafari (Honors College)
Research: Macrocycles as formulating agents (Join the lab in 2025)
Gevon Hannawa (SURP)
Research: Halogen-bonded polymeric materials (Join the lab in 2026)
Ashonti Evans-Wilson
Research: Halogen-bonded polymeric materials (Join the lab in 2026)

 

High School Students

Lucy Joy Janus (2026)
Sarah Vue (2026)
Niya Ikkurthy (2026)
Abdullah Abbasi (2026)

Alumni

Former PostDocs

  • Dr. Yvonne Bessem (2023-2025), CRA Executive, Canada, Europe  & USA
  • Dr. Deblina Roy (2024-2025): Industry, India
  • Dr. Chandan Giri (2024): India

Former Graduate Students

  • Dr. Kwaku Twum, Ph.D. (2017-2023):  Assistant Director of Clinical Chemistry, Boston Medical Center
  • Lara Dhayni, M.Sc.: Quality Control Chemist for Cytiva, Muskegon
  • Nicholas Schileru, M.Sc.: Medical School, Chicago
  • Jordan Feder, M.Sc.: Industry, Dallas Area

Former Undergraduates

  • Max Kakos (2024): Oakland University
  • Martin Nasir (2024): Oakland University
  • Lourd Lazar (2024): Oakland University
  • John Rubarth, B.Sc. Honors College (2023-2024): Medical student at Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University
  • Noor Kojan, B.Sc. Honors College (2023-2024): Dental School student at the University of Michigan
  • Roy Yasay, B.Sc. Honors College (2023-2024): 
  • Zachary Christodolu,  B.Sc. (2022-2023):  Graduate student at Wayne State University – 2023 ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Undergraduate awardee
  • Sruthi Surapaneni, B.Sc.: Medical student at Michigan State University Medical School
  • Anna Karle: Medical student at Wayne State University School of Medicine – ACS Division of Organic Chemistry Undergraduate Awardee
  • Audrey Franklin: Medical Student at Central Michigan College of Medicine
  • Mariana Fatohi: Oakland University
  • Amanda Surur: Research Technician at the University of Arizona College of Medicine
  • Bianca Elias: Medical student at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
  • Elan Pszenica: Medical student at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
  • Cory Martin: Industry, Michigan
  • Maya Jaradi: Residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, to become an anesthesiologist!
  • Alise Haddad: Medical student at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
  • Noorhan Sabbagh: Student at Wayne State University School of Pharmacy
  • Sarah Bdeir: Medical student at Wayne State University School of Medicine
  • Leena Yaqoo: Oakland University
  • Rand Aqrawi: Oakland University
  • Anthony Cholaugh: Medical student at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
  • Alexander Ivory: Oakland University
  • Paul Kozlowski: Oakland University

Former High School Students

  • Kylie Manjo– Notre Dame Preparatory Academy, Pontiac – 2025 
  • Breylen Gonzalez-Aviles – International Technology Academy, Pontiac – 2025
  • Nicole Voto – Notre Dame Preparatory High School, Pontiac, MI – 2024
  • Izabela Larkins – International Technology Academy, I.T.A, Pontiac, MI – 2024
  • Maria Alvares – International Technology Academy, I.T.A., Pontiac, MI – 2022
  • Daniel Asika – University of Detroit Jesuit High School, MI, USA – 2022 (Princeton University) 
  • Abhinay Mundrigi – Adams High School, Rochester, MI, USA – 2021 (University of Michigan)