Thompson Group at the Children's Hands On Museum, Fall 2021

Primary Investigator:

Matthew K. Thompson, PhD
Assistant Professor

Phone #: (205) 348-8439
Email:  mthompson10@ua.edu
Shelby Hall 3006-B
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Education:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Vanderbilt University, 2011-2017

• PhD, North Carolina State University, 2011
• BS, Eastern Kentucky University, 2004

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Graduate Students:

Courtney Petersen
B.S. Chemistry,  Salisbury University
cmpetersen@crimson.ua.edu

​Vanessa Wiltsie
B.S. Chemistry, State University of New York at Oswego
vwiltsie@crimson.ua.edu

Undergraduate Students:

Tatum Smith
Majors: Chemical Engineering and Chemistry

Graduate Alumni:

Dr. Skye Chiasson
Biochemistry Lab Coordinator, University of Southern Mississippi

Hailey Dollard​
M.S. Chemistry, University of Alabama May 2023​

​Ashley Miller
M.S. Chemistry, University of Alabama May 2023

​Genoah Collins 
Research Lead Specialist, Emory University

​Zachary Simmons
M.S. Chemistry, University of Alabama May 2019

Undergraduate Alumni:

Megan Juba
Major: Chemical Engineering
Graduation: Spring 2023
Post-graduation: Engineer I at Moderna

Cara Wessel
Major: Chemistry
Graduation: Spring 2022
Post-graduation: Graduate program at Wisconsin

Madison Scott
Major: Chemistry
​Graduation: Spring 2022
Post-graduation: Post-baccalaureate position at NIH 

Brooke Titshaw
Majors: Chemistry and Biology
Graduation: Summer 2022
Post-graduation: Graduate school

Ethan Gunn
Major: Biology
Graduation: Spring 2021
Post-Graduation: Dental school at The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Madeline Shay
Majors: Chemistry & Microbiology 
Graduation: Spring 2020
Post-Graduation: PIBS PhD program at the University of Michigan

Ashton Hunter
Major: Biophysics
Graduation: Winter 2018
Post-Graduation: Research Position at Vanderbilt University 

Chase Tirman
​Majors: Chemistry & Mathematics
Graduation: Spring 2019
Post-Graduation: Graduate program at the University of South Alabama 

Alivia Bergman
Major: Chemical Engineering
Graduation: Spring 2021