The
Lab
PRoulx
We are looking for talented and motivated graduate and undergraduate researchers to join the team!
Ellen Warner
Graduate student (ejwarner@ncsu.edu)
Ellen is from Trinidad and Tobago, and graduated with a BS in chemistry from Davidson College. During her time at Davidson, she worked with Dr. Mitch Anstey on developing a new electrolyte for the redox flow battery that can deliver two electrons while being able to be charged and recharged multiple times. She enjoys paddle boarding, kayaking, and going to the beach especially when she is back home.
Spring 2020
Left to right : Caroline Proulx, Evan Willis, Carolynn Davern, Hailey Young, Quibria Guthrie, Adam Rosfi, Briley Humphrey, Preston Gourville, Maxwell Bowles
Summer 2019
Left to right : Caroline Proulx, Preston Gourville, Hailey Young, Evan Willis,
Sophia Cornish, Quibria Guthrie, Brandon Lowe, Carolynn Davern
Summer 2018
top row, from left to right : Caroline Proulx, Michael McMechen, Evan Willis, Tyler Price
bottom row, from left to right: Quibria Guthrie, Carolynn Davern, Jazmine Lumpan
Summer 2017
from left to right: Caroline Proulx, Evan Willis, Tyler Price, Quibria Guthrie, Michael McMechen.
Graduate students
Carolynn Davern
Graduate student (cdavern@ncsu.edu)
Carolynn is from Burlington, NC and finished her undergraduate studies at NC Wesleyan College. She majored in Chemistry with minors in Biology and Math. Carolynn spent summer 2017 in the Proulx lab as an undergrad REU student and came back as a graduate student in summer 2018. Besides chemistry, Carolynn is also interested in honey beekeeping and spending time with her friends and family.
Hailey Young
Graduate student (hayoung3@ncsu.edu)
Hailey was raised in Eldersburg, Maryland. She studied at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) and received her B.S. in Chemistry in May 2018. While at UNCW, she worked with Dr. Thomas Coombs developing a cost-effective route to cyclizing heterocyclic aryl vinyl ketones utilizing Photo-Nazarov reactions. Hailey started her graduate studies at NC State in August 2018. Outside of the lab, she enjoys hiking with her dog, rock climbing, and drawing.
Maxwell Bowles
Graduate student (mbowles@ncsu.edu)
Maxwell was born in San Diego, CA but grew up in Cedar City, UT. He studied chemistry at Southern Utah University where he got he B.S. in May 2019. At SUU, he worked in the laboratory of Dr. Mackay Steffensen. He joined the Proulx lab in the Fall of 2019. In his spare time, he enjoys rock climbing, snowboarding and biking.
Undergraduate students
Meghan Broderick
Undergraduate student (mrbroder@ncsu.edu)
Meghan was born in Springfield, Massachusetts but grew up in Charlotte, NC. She is a rising junior studying Chemistry as well an active member of the University Scholars Program at NC State. In her free time, she enjoys playing the trumpet, reading, and working out.
Previous members
Quibria Guthrie - Ph.D. 2021
Briley Humphrey - B.Sc. 2021, Titanium Award, given to a student that exhibits the strong and resilient properties of this metal in the classroom.
Adam Rosfi - B.Sc. 2021
Preston Gourville - B.Sc. 2020, Senior Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Department of Chemistry.
Evan L. Willis - M.Sc. 2020.
Sophia Cornish - ACS Project SEED high school student, summer 2019.
Michael McMechen - M.Sc. 2018
W. Tyler Price - 2016 - 2018
Brandon Lowe - REU summer student (integrated Computational and Experimental), 2019
Jazmine Lumpan - REU summer student (integrated Computational and Experimental), 2018
Carolynn Davern - REU summer student (integrated Computational and Experimental), 2017
Fall 2021
Left to right : Caroline Proulx, Hailey Young, Ellen Warner, Michael Kirsch, Maxwell Bowles, Carolynn Davern
Michael Kirsch
Graduate student (mpkirsch@ncsu.edu)
Mike is from Dryden, NY and got his B.S. in Biochemistry, with a Mathematics minor, from SUNY Oswego in December 2020. At SUNY Oswego he worked in the lab of Dr. Julia Koeppe, investigating the function of proteins of unknown function using a mix of wet-lab and computational approaches. He officially joined the Proulx lab in Fall 2021, after spending Summer 2021 working alongside the Proulx Crew as an early introduction to NC State. Outside of the lab he enjoys hiking, spending time with friends, and playing board games.
