Group
ABOUT ELI
Eli Fahrenkrug received his B.S. in Chemistry from the Evergreen State College in 2011. His fascination with electrochemistry and materials science started while he was an engineer at Hummingbird Scientific. There he helped develop some of the first tools that would allow researchers to visualize electrochemical reactions at the atomic scale. He was hooked. He channeled those interests into research at the University of Michigan where he earned his PhD in 2016. There he helped pioneer a new electrochemical strategy for growing semiconductor crystals at liquid metal electrodes. Mixing science with a bit of wanderlust, Eli ventured to China to serve as a visiting scientist at the Institute of Semiconductors at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Beyond the lab he also found refuge for his interest in brewing chemistry by helping construct one of the world’s highest (in elevation) microbreweries on the Tibetan Plateau. He joined the faculty at Colorado College as Assistant Professor in the Fall of 2017. Eli likes to tinker in the lab, cook Sichuan food, hike with his dog Pizza, and has a goal of skiing all of Colorado’s 14ers.
Contact:
efahrenkrug@coloradocollege.edu
(719) 389-7430
Barnes #334
CURRENT MEMBERS
Mir Qi 24′. Mir is an international student from China, currently stuck in the US ever since landing. He enjoys being a dead/salty fish in bed, reading pioneering scientific papers, and more recently, playing Assassin’s Creed in Renaissance Italy.
Mir joined the group in 2021 and works on the polymorph electrocrystallization project.
Ryan Freedman 22′. Ryan is an Environmental Science major from Denver, Colorado. He enjoys hiking, collecting vinyl, and building electronics.
Ryan started in the lab in 2021 and works on the bipolar sensing project with a focus on PFAS analytes.
Elias Mondaca 21′. Elias grew up in Highland Park, New Jersey and enjoys activities such as running, listening to music, and learning new things. He has also been known to eat over 5 pounds of Cuties mandarins in one sitting!
Elias started in the lab in 2020 and works on the micro-Capillary Electrophoresis Project.
Nicole Chavarria 22′. Project: Fountain Valley Water Project
Anna Sofia Vera 22′. Project: Bipolar Electrochemical PFAS Sensors
Westly Joseph 21′. Project: Bipolar Electrochemical PFAS Sensors
Camilla Gardner 21′. Project: Bipolar Electrochemical PFAS Sensors
Cecelia Mweka 21′. Project: Molecular Crystallization in Electrical Double Layers.
Jose Monge Castro 20′. Project: Bipolar Electrochemical Sensors.
Max Kronstadt 20′. Project: The Fountain Valley Water Project.
Sam Sanson 20′. Project: The Fountain Valley Water Project.
Bradley Thomas 19′. Project: Bipolar Electrochemical Sensors
Riley O’Sullivan 19′. Project: Bipolar Electrochemical Sensors.
