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Dr. Nuwan Bandara
Principal Investigator

Dhanush Amarasekara

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Katherine Gussenhoven
Graduate Student

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Tithi Lai

Graduate Student

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Teesha Pathirage

Graduate Student

Shimayali Kaushal
Senior Research Technician

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Ryan Dudestadt

Undergraduate Student

Yiming Chen
Undergraduate Student

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Annam Pham 

Undergraduate Student

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Tony Li
Undergraduate Student

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Liana Plachkova
Undergraduate Student

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Garret Bradshaw
Undergraduate Student

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Past Lab Members

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Jay Hewage
Senior Research Technician
September 2025 - July 2026
Last Update: Visiting Assistant Professor at Heildelberg University

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Kyung Kim
Ohio Five SURE Student
Summer 2026
Last Update: Undergrad at The College of Wooster

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Jack Canfield
Undergraduate Student
Spring 2025, Summer 2025, Fall 2025, and Spring 2026
Last Update:

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Gigi Zhang
Undergraduate Student
Spring 2025 and Fall 2025
Last Update: Pursuing MS at Northeastern University

Contact Information

The Ohio State University

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

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McPherson Chemical Laboratory, 3033B

140 W 18th Ave #053, Columbus, OH 43210

Email:  bandara.7@osu.edu

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