Group Members

ABOUT Prof. Caputo

Associate Professor, University of New Hampshire, 2022 - present

Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire, 2015 - 2022

Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Clare Hall College Research Fellow, University of Cambridge, UK, 2012 - 2015

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis, 2009 - 2012

Ph.D., Western University, Canada 2009

M.Sc., McGill University, Canada 2004

B.Sc., Carleton University, Canada 2001

Graduate Students

Taylir Bullick

Ph.D. Student

Taylir is from Elbow Lake, Minnesota.

She received a BA in chemistry from the University of Minnesota, Morris. There, she worked on a project to develop a lab for organic chemistry students, and on another involving ferrocenyl ligands as a McNair Scholar. Taylir joined the Caputo group in the Fall of 2018 to pursue her interests in carbene chemistry and small molecule activation.

Charles (Cj) Wilson

Ph.D. Student

Cj is from Edgewood, MD just outside of Baltimore. He received his B.S. in Chemistry (Hons.) from Liberty University in 2017. Before joining the Caputo Lab, he spent some time in the pharma industry working as an analytical research chemist. Cj joined the Caputo group in the Fall of 2020 to pursue his love of inorganic synthesis and jump into the world of photocatalytic chemistry.

Katie Facteau

Ph.D. Student

Katie is from Clifton Park, NY a little bit North of Albany. She received her B.S. in chemistry from Siena College in 2022. Her undergraduate work focused on naturally occurring compounds in biomedical applications. She joined the Caputo group in the fall of 2022 and started working with group 13 synthesis before shifting to working with carbon dots for their use as biocompatible UV-absorbers.

Ramakrishna Munasa

Ph.D. Student

Rama is from AP, India. He received his BSc in 2020 from Adikavi Nannaya University in Rajamahendravaram, India and his MSc in 2022 from Andhra University in Visakhapatnam, India. During his MSc, he studied the qualitative analysis of norganic materials and their properties. He joined the UNH Chemistry Department in Fall 2023 and is studying materials for dark photocatalysis applications in the Caputo Group.

Niloufar Mohseni

Ph.D. Student

Nil is from Lar, Iran. She earned her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Chemical Engineering from Sahand University of Technology, Iran. During her Master's thesis work, she focused on developing efficient photocatalysts for water treatment applications. She joined the Caputo group in Spring 2024 to continue her work in photocatalysis, specifically focusing on black phosphorus nanosheets. Her hobbies outside the lab include walking in nature, reading books, and playing the Santoor, a Persian instrument