Dr. Michael T. Bowser
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Nils Hasselmo Hall
Room 7-132
312 Church St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Current Students
Cecilia Douma
PhD Student, Chemistry
Research Interests: Nucleic acid catalysts, microfluidics, micro free flow electrophoresis, assay development
Education: B.A., Luther College
Contact: [email protected]
Gretchen Burke
PhD Student, Chemistry
Research Interests: Catalytic DNA, Biochemical Assays in Micro Free Flow Electrophoresis
Education: B.A., St. Olaf College
Contact: [email protected]
Bowser Group Alumni
Matthew LeMon
Defended Thesis 2023, currently a QC Analyst at Bimeda
Nicholas Brinza
Defended Thesis 2023, currently a Public Health Laboratory Scientist at the Maryland Department of Health through the APHL-CDC Fellowship Program
Ryan Hunt
Defended Master's Thesis 2019, currently a Quality Operations Supervisor at Charles River Laboratories
Sean K. Dembowski
Defended Thesis 2021, currently a Senior Scientist at Pace Analytical
Sarah Nelson
Post-Doc (left 2021), currently a Grants & Contracts Administrator at The University of Minnesota
Kailey J. Soller
Defended Thesis 2017, currently a Business Development Manager at Beckman Coulter Diagnostics
Alex C. Johnson
Defended Thesis 2017, currently a Principal Scientist at Pfizer
Megan M. Groskreutz (Weisenberger)
Defended Thesis 2017, currently a Clinical Trial Project Manager at Eli Lilly
Sarah K. Anciaux
Defended Thesis 2017, currently a Chemistry R&D Manager at Hatch
Jae-Sung-Kwon
Post-Doc (left 2016), currently an Associate Professor at Incheon National University
Matthew Geiger
Defended Thesis 2016, currently a Senior Scientist at Land O’Lakes
Rachel K. Harstad
Defended Thesis 2016, currently a Senior Analytical Chemist at Cargill, Inc.
Amy L. Stading (Hogerton)
Defended Thesis 2016, currently an Upper School Science Teacher at St. Paul Academy
Thane H. Taylor
Defended Master's Thesis 2014 (co-advisor E. Arriaga)
Jing Yang
Defended Thesis 2014, currently a Scientist II at Biogen
Nicholas W. Frost
Defended Thesis 2014
Yixiao Sheng
Defended Thesis 2012
Eric Castro
Defended Thesis 2012, currently a Senior Associate Editor at Wiley-VCH
Meng Jing
Defended Thesis 2012, currently an Associate Research Scientist at Dow
Yixiao Sheng
Defended Thesis (Biomedical Engineering) 2012
Neil J. Graf
Defended Thesis 2011
Anne P. Mohns
Defended Thesis 2011, currently a Senior Materials Engineering Manager (Cardiac Implantables Technology Development Center) at Medtronic and the Chair of Medtronic’s Analytical Laboratory Council
Ryan T. Turgeon
Defended Thesis 2010, currently a Flight Test Engineer in the US Navy
Courtney Wettlaufer
M.S. 2010
Zhouhan Shang
M.S. Biomedical Engineering, 2010
Renee K. Cline (Mosing)
Defended Thesis 2008, currently a Senior Manager, Global Strategic Initiatives at 3M
Abul Fazal
Post-Doc (left 2008)
Bryan R. Fonslow
Defended Thesis 2007, currently a Principal Scientist at Lundbeck
Chandra M. Klinker (Ciriacks)
Defended Thesis 2007, currently a R&D Operations Leader at Dow
Emily Skowronek-Resar
M.S. 2007
Christopher Harrison
Post-Doc (left 2007), currently an Associate Professor at San Diego State University
Kylie B. O’Brien
Defended Thesis 2005, currently a Consultant at Pintail Limited
Shaun D. Mendonsa
Post-Doc (left 2005), currently the Director of Analytical Sciences at Forma Therapeutics
Wei Xu
Post-Doc (left 2004)