Blake Mertz, Assistant Professor
Office: 361 Chemistry Research Laboratory Lab: 285 Chemistry Research Laboratory Ph: (304) 293 – 9166 Fax: (304) 293 – 4904 Email: blake.mertz@mail.wvu.edu B.S.: Chemistry, Loras College Ph.D: Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University (Peter J. Reilly) Postdoc: University of Arizona (Michael F. Brown) |
Postdocs
No positions are currently available.
Graduate Students

Kyle Billings
B.S. Chemistry, Salisbury State
Research Project: Computational studies of pHLIP and proteorhodopsin
B.S. Chemistry, Salisbury State
Research Project: Computational studies of pHLIP and proteorhodopsin

Nick Frazee
B.S. Chemistry & Mathematics, Waynesburg University
Research project: computational studies on the binding, folding, and insertion of pHLIP
B.S. Chemistry & Mathematics, Waynesburg University
Research project: computational studies on the binding, folding, and insertion of pHLIP
Hannah Scott
B.S. Chemistry, West Liberty University
Research project: mechanistic understanding of the binding, folding, and insertion of pHLIP
B.S. Chemistry, West Liberty University
Research project: mechanistic understanding of the binding, folding, and insertion of pHLIP

Alex Wroe
B.S., Chemistry, Shepherd University
Research project: Coarse-grained simulations of membrane-active peptides and membrane protein oligomerization.
B.S., Chemistry, Shepherd University
Research project: Coarse-grained simulations of membrane-active peptides and membrane protein oligomerization.
The Mertz lab is no longer accepting graduate students.
Undergraduate Students
Former lab members
Aleena Andrews, The College of New Jersey (REU)
Emily Ankrom, Waynesburg University (REU) Michael Bates, B.S., Chemistry, West Liberty University (REU) Brooke Bertus, B.S., Biochemistry, WVU Michael Block, B.S. Chemistry & Mathematics, WVU Zach Bonham, B.S., Biochemistry, WVU Violetta Burns Casamayor, Ph.D., WVU Austin Clark, B.S., Biochemistry & Chemistry, WVU Erin Cohan, B.S., Chemistry, WVU Conor Corcoran, B.S., Biochemistry, WVU Sadegh Faramarzi Ganjabad, Ph.D., WVU Jun Feng, Ph.D. Bethann Flint, B.S. Chemistry & Math, WVU Kasey Freshwater, B.S. Biomedical Engineering, WVU Nina Graziano, B.S. Chemistry, WVU Chitrak Gupta, Ph.D., WVU Trey Hanshew Eric Kaufmann Ahmad Kiani, Ph.D., WVU Maddy Kukura Jacob Layton, Waynesburg University (REU) Choongkeun Lee, Ph.D. Kyle Lindo, B.S., Chemistry, WVU Liqing Ma, B.S., Chemistry, WVU Thomas Meadows Dylan Miller, B.S., Biochemistry, WVU Afsheen Misaghi, B.A., Theatre, WVU Kelley Molchanoff, B.S., Chemistry, West Virginia Wesleyan Caitlin Morrow Brandon Neeley, B.S. Chemistry & Biology, WVU Preston Padden, B.S. Biochemistry, WVU Molly Powney, B.S., Biochemistry, WVU Sarah Riggin, Stevenson University (REU) Yue Ren, M.S., Chemistry, WVU Grant Robertson, B.S. Biochemistry, WVU Jaycie Saseen, B.S. Chemical Engineering, WVU Eric Sefah, Ph.D., WVU Shelly Uhl, undergrad in biochemistry, WVU Nick Walker, B.S. Biochemistry, WVU |
Ph.D. chemistry program, University of Delaware
Ph.D. chemistry program, Lehigh University Industry WVU medical school Ph.D. chemistry program, UC-Davis WVU medical school Postdoc at UT-Southwestern Medical Center (Alex Gorfe) Ph.D. biophysics program, University of Denver WVU Undergrad WVU medical school Computational Scientist, FDA PNC Bank Industry BME M.S. program, WVU Medical school Computational Scientist, Schrodinger Undergrad in Biochemistry, WVU Undergrad in Biomedical Engineering, WVU Postdoc at University of Maryland Undergrad in Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech Ph.D. chemistry program, Arizona State University Postdoc (currently in Industry) Industry WVU medical school Undergrad in physics, WVU Pathologist Assistant program, WVU Dental school WVU Medical Lab Science program Undergrad in Chemical Engineering, WVU WVU medical school WVU medical school WVU medical school B.S. chemistry program, Stevenson University WVU Health Sciences Center WVU medical school Industry Postdoc at NIH (Joe Lindell) WVU undergrad WVU dental school |
Chemistry Research Laboratory Room 285
The C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506
The C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506