Current Emerson Stokes Research Group
Joseph P Emerson
Joseph P Emerson
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
Mississippi State University
jemerson at chemistry.msstate.edu
662.325.4633
Sean L Stokes
Sean L Stokes
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Chemistry
Mississippi State University
sstokes at chemistry.msstate.edu
662.325.0174
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Dr. Selvam Raju
Currently there are no post-docs in the ERSG
Graduate Students
Luis Manuel Caballero Choy
Choy joined the ESRG as an incoming PhD student in the Spring of 2024. He received a BS degree in Chemistry from the University of Havana in December 2022. His initial project is aimed at characterizing the metal binding site of two different zinc(II) dependent proteins.
Mahshid Attaroshan
Mahshid Attarroshan joined the ESRG as an incoming PhD student in the Fall of 2022. Attarroshan received a BS degree in Applied Chemistry from Islamic Azad University - Firoozabad in 2007. She also has earned a MS degree in biology/biochemistry from the Islamic Azad University - Shiraz in 2018. Her project in the ERSG is focused on developing new methodology for first-row transition metal catalytized reactions under sustainable conditions.
Katie Dove Power
Katie Dove Power joined the ESRG as an incoming PhD student in the Summer of 2022. Power received a BS degree in Biochemistry and double minored in Molecular Biology and Chemistry from Colorado State University in May 2022. Her initial project is involved in targeted halogenation of aromatic molecules using flavin-dependent halogenases.
Mohsen Teimouri
Moshen Teimouri joined the ESRG during the Spring 2022 as a Ph.D. student. Teimouri earned both a BS and MS degree from Islamic Azad University and Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in 2012 and 2015 respectively. Moshen’s project is focused on developing new transition metal catalytic systems for novel organic transformations under sustainable conditions.
Bhupendra Adhikari
Bhupendra Adhikari joined the ESRG as a PhD student in the Fall of 2021. Bhupendra hails from Nepal, where he earned his BS and MS degrees in Chemistry from Thibhuvan University. Bhupendra's project is focused on understanding how inductive and resonance effects of NHC complexes impact their ability to catalyze C-N bond forming reactions.
Undergraduate Students
John Cooley
John is a Biochemistry/Chemistry double major at MSU. He joined the lab in the Sp2024 semester and has contributed to several projects in our biochemistry/biophysics subgroup. He has also spent the 2025 summer working with S. Chakraborty at Ole Miss as an REU student.
Riley Thompson
Riley is a Biological Sciences (Pre-Med) major working on a catalysis project in the ESRG. She started her work with us in the Su2025 term.
Cade Lewis
Cade is a Chemistry/Biochemistry double major working on a hybrid catalysis project in the ESRG. He started her work with us in the Sp2024 term.
Carson Rimes
Carson is a Biochemistry (Pre-Med) major at MSU. He joined the lab in the Sp2024 semester and has contributed to several projects in our biochemistry/biophysics subgroup.
Caden Andrews
Caden is a chemistry major with graduate school goals. He is expecting to complete his degree in May 2026.