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Dr. Christo Z. Christov<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Dr. Christo Z. Christov grew up in the town of Sevlievo, Bulgaria. He received MSc in Biochemistry at the University of Sofia, Sofia, and a Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria. Following postdoctoral studies in Spain and the UK, Christo gained a tenured faculty position at the Department of Applied Sciences at Northumbria University, UK, in 2010. He was awarded a Fulbright Senior Grant and a Marie Curie International Outgoing Career Development Fellowship for the Department of Chemistry (The Solomon Lab) at Stanford University (2010-2013). Since 2017 Christo is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry at Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. Christo\u2019s Research interests are in Computational Bioinorganic Chemistry with a focus on non-heme Fe(II) and 2OG-Dependent Oxygenase, such as Histone Demethylases and TET enzymes involved in the epigenetic regulation and the Ethylene Forming Enzyme. Currently, Christo\u2019s research is supported by the National Science Foundation of the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Current Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Midhun George Thomas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Candidate (Spring 2022 – Current)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sudheesh Devadas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Student (Fall 2022 – Current)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Bhargav Varada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Student (Fall 2022 – Current)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Md. Zakaria Tashrif<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. Student (Fall 2025 – Current)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Simahudeen Bathir Jaber Sathik Rifayee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. – Graduated- Fall 2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Sodiq O. Waheed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. – Graduated- Spring 2023<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Shobhit Chaturvedi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. – Graduated- Fall 2022<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Rajeev Ramanan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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