Members – Pratt Lab

Professor Kerri A. Pratt

she/her/hers

Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Department of Earth & Environmental Science
Applied Physics Program

Contact

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (734) 763-2871
Lab Phone: (734) 647-2872
Office: CHEM 3549

Select Awards

Fulbright Scholar Award to Australia (2025)
National Brown Investigator Award (2024)
Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists – Chemistry Finalist (2023)
University of Michigan Faculty Recognition Award (2022)
American Geophysical Union Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award (2021)
American Meteorological Society Henry G. Houghton Award – Early Career (2021)
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Class of 1923 Memorial Teaching Award (2020)
Analytical Scientist Top 40 under 40 Power List (2018)
Department of Energy Early Career Award (2018)
American Chemical Society James J. Morgan ES&T Early Career Award Lectureship (2018)
Eastern Analytical Symposium Young Investigator Award (2018)
Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry (2017)
American Geophysical Union Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Eos (2017)
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Individual Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education (2017)
National Academy of Sciences Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellowship (2016)
Department of Chemistry Seyhan Ege Junior Faculty Award (2016)
American Society for Mass Spectrometry Research Award (2014)
Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Starter Grant Award (2014)
NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Polar Regions Research (2011)
NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship (2009)
NSF Graduate Fellowship (2005)
EPA STAR Graduate Fellowship (2005)

Inner Dinosaur: Velociraptor

Research Scientists

Vanessa Selimovic (she/her/hers)

Research Lab Specialist, Senior

Degree(s):

Ph.D. Chemistry 2020, University of Montana
B.A. Chemistry 2014, Concordia University

Currently Working on: All instrumentation
Email: vseli at umich.edu

Hobbies: Downhill skiing, backcountry skiing, cross country skiing, biking, basking and yearning
Favorite font: Wingdings
Inner Dinosaur: Velociraptor

Frozan Tahiry (she/her/hers)

3^rd year

Degree(s):

B.S. Chemistry 2024, Wagner College

Currently Working on: NO-CIMS
Email: tahiryfr at umich.edu

Hobbies: Reading, playing the violin
Favorite Font: Times New Roman
Inner Dinosaur: Brontosaurus

Anthony Rovinski (he/him/his)

3^rd year

Degree(s):

B.S. Chemistry 2024, College of Charleston

Currently Working on: NO-CIMS, GC
Email: anthrov at umich.edu

Hobbies: Reading, baking, video games
Favorite Font: Georgia or Courier New
Inner Dinosaur: Velociraptor

Xingzhi Chen (she/her/hers)

3^rd year

Degree(s):

B.S. Chemistry 2024, Haverford College
B.S. Environmental Studies 2024, Haverford College

Currently Working on: ATOFMS
Email: xingzhic at umich.edu

Hobbies: Dancing, reading, crafting, plant pressing
Favorite Font: Georgia
Inner Dinosaur: Velociraptor

Shatabdi Roy (she/her/hers)

3^rd year

Degree(s):

M.S. Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry 2017, University of Dhaka
B.S. Chemistry 2016, University of Dhaka

Currently Working on: CCSEM-EDX and Raman Microscopy
Email: shatabdi at umich.edu

Hobbies: Dancing and Traveling
Favorite Font: n/a
Inner Dinosaur: Brontosaurus

Shyleigh Good (she/her/hers)

2^nd year

Degree(s):

B.S. Chemistry 2025, James Madison University

Currently Working on: ICs, I-CIMS
Email: goodsa at umich.edu

Hobbies: Hiking, cooking, gardening, knitting
Favorite Font: Century Gothic
Inner Dinosaur: Stegosaurus

Undergraduate Students

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Mirel Zaya (she/her/hers)

Class of 2028

Major: Chemistry
German
Currently Working on: SEM-EDX and O-PTIR
Email: zmirel at umich.edu

Hobbies: Swimming, reading, traveling, learning languages
Favorite Font: Times New Roman
Inner Dinosaur: Tyrannosaurus Rex

For Prospective Members:

We are looking for prospective researchers, at all levels, who are excited about environmental chemistry, mass spectrometry, and fieldwork opportunities. If you are interested in joining us as a undergraduate student, Ph.D. student, postdoctoral researcher, or visiting foreign exchange student, please contact Prof. Pratt by email with your CV and letter of interest. Please see below for links with information about fellowship and research opportunities, as well as our graduate programs.

Information for Prospective Postdocs:
LSA Collegiate Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs

Information for Prospective Graduate Students:
UM Chemistry Graduate Program
UM Earth & Environmental Sciences Graduate Program
Graduate Student Fellowship Opportunities:
AMS Graduate Fellowships
Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowships
Ford Foundation Fellowships

Information for Prospective Undergraduate Students:
Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Professional University of Michigan Organizations:
Chemical Sciences at the Interface of Education|University of Michigan (CSIE|UM)
Chemistry Aligned with Life & Career at the University of Michigan (CALC|UM)

Interested in joining the Pratt Lab? Contact Prof. Pratt: [email protected]