Current Graduate Students
Rachel Minney
Rachel received her bachelor's in chemistry from West Virginia State University in 2021. She joined the Dolinar group in Fall 2021 where she researches gadolinium-containing MRI contrast agents. In her spare time, Rachel enjoys fishing and hiking in the WV outdoors.
Ivie Minney
Ivie graduated from West Virginia State University in May 2021 with her bachelor's in chemistry and joined the Dolinar group in Fall 2021. Her current research includes multinuclear transition metal single-molecule magnets. When she is not in the lab, Ivie spends her time crocheting and hanging out with her two dogs.
Amanda Reynolds
Amanda graduated high school from Tyler Consolidated High School in 2018. She then went to Bethany College(W.Va.) where she graduated in 2022 with her bachelors in mathematics and chemistry. She joined the Dolinar group in 2022; she is working on synthesizing low coordinate transition metal single molecule magnets and synthesizing highly fluorescent carbazole derivatives.
Sodiq Muraina
Sodiq obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomosho Oyo state, Nigeria in 2021. He came to WVU in Fall 2023 where he works on the SMM project in the Dolinar lab. In his leisure time, he likes to cook, try new restaurants and watch wrestling.
Amos Oladejo
Amos received his B.Tech. in Pure and Applied Chemistry at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria and his Master of Science at University of Ibadan in Inorganic Chemistry. He joined the Dolinar group in Fall 2025.
Past Graduate Students
Dr. Sadia Noor
Sadia completed her B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She joined the Dolinar Lab at WVU in Fall 2019 as the group's first graduate student. She earned her PhD in inorganic chemistry from WVU in Fall 2025. Her research focused on the synthesis and characterization of low-coordinate transition metal complexes, with particular emphasis on exploring their SMM behavior. Outside the lab, Sadia enjoys cooking, crocheting and perfecting the art of power naps.