DR. JAKOAH BRGOCH, FRSC
Eby Nell McElrath Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry & William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (joint appointment)
Principal Investigator, Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH)
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Associate Editor, Chemistry of Materials
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Office: STL 429
Phone: 713-743-6233
jbrgoch@uh.edu
Postdoctoral Research: UC-Santa Barbara, 2012-2014
Ph.D.: Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, 2012
BRGOCH GROUP MEMBERS
Post doctoral Research Associate Research Focus: Machine learning for luminescent materials Department of Chemistry Office: STL 431 blee37@central.uh.edu Ph.D.: Nano Technology and Advanced Materials Engineering, Sejong University, 2025 B.S.: Nano Technology and Advanced Materials Engineering, Sejong University, 2020
Post doctoral Research Associate Research Focus: Inter-metallics, Semiconducting and Superconducting Materials Department of Chemistry Office: STL 431 mrahma59@cougarnet.uh.edu Ph.D.: Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, 2025 MS: Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, 2021 B.S.: Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2017
Graduate Research Assistant Research Focus: Designing persistent luminescent phosphors Department of Chemistry Office: STL 431 aakbar4@uh.edu MS.: Chemistry, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), 2022
Graduate Research Assistant Research Focus: Permanent magnetic materials Department of Chemistry Office: STL 431 ckdesilv@cougarnet.uh.edu BS.: Chemistry, College of Chemical Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon, 2023
Graduate Research Assistant Research Focus: Data-driven discovery of intermetallics Department of Chemistry Office: STL 431 Mflore60@cougarnet.uh.edu B.S.: Biochemistry, Arizona State University, 2022
Graduate Research Assistant Research Focus: Permanent magnetic materials Joint with Bocarsly Group ahossa23@cougarnet.uh.edu MS: Inorganic Chemistry, University of Wyoming, 2025 MS: Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Dhaka, 2018 BS: Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Dhaka, 2016
Graduate Research Assistant Research Focus: Data-driven development of NIR phosphors Department of Chemistry Office: STL 431 akumar48@uh.edu B.S.-M.S: Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, India, 2022
Graduate Research Assistant Research Focus: NIR inorganic phosphors Department of Chemistry Office: STL 431 ala3@cougarnet.uh.edu B.S.: Chemistry, University of Houston, 2024
Graduate Research Assistant Research Focus: Machine learning for inorganic phosphors Department of Chemistry Office: STL 431 nlee10@uh.edu B.S.: Chemistry, Hanyang University ERICA Campus, 2019
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
HANNAH LESMES
major: chemistry
HOA MY NGUYEN
major: chemical engineering
