Fellows & Scholars ⋅ Graduate Students ⋅ Undergraduate Students ⋅ Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows & Visiting Scholars
Pavitra Laohapaisan
Ph.D., Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok, Thailand, 2022
Advisor: Prof. Jumreang Tummatorn
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Dr. Xueling Mo
B.Sc., Guangxi Normal University, China, 2017
Advisor: Prof. Dongliang Mo
Ph.D., Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Shanghai, China, 2022
Advisor: Prof. Guozhu Zhang
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Dr. Xiangdong Li
Ph.D., Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Shanghai, China, 2017
Advisor: Prof. Yuanhong Liu
Postdoc, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany, 2021
Advisor: Prof. Manuel Alcarazo
Postdoc, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2023
Advisor: Prof. Jérôme Waser
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Dr. Uttam Dutta
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, India, 2020
Advisor: Prof. Debabrata Maiti
Postdoc, University of Freiburg, Germany, 2023
Advisor: Prof. Bernhard Briet
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Graduate Students
Taylor Bednar
B.S., Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, 2019
Research: Hydrogenolysis of Cysteine Perfluoroaryl Thioethers
Advisor: Prof. Jason Gavenonis
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Young Ngo
B.S., University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 2019
Research: Electropolymerization of Organic Semiconducting Triblock Copolymers
Advisor: Prof. Davita Watkins |
Henry Sise
B.S., Villanova University Villanova, PA, 2019
Research: Structure elucidation of asymmetric halonium ions
Advisor: Prof. Brian Ohta |
Jacob Garwood
B.S., La Salle University, Phila, PA, 2020
Research: Elucidation of natural products from honey bees
Advisor: Profs. William Price and Zeb Kramer
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Joseph Lokant
B.S., University of West Virginia, Morgantown, WV, 2020
Research: Ni-catalyzed C-H trifluoromethylation
Advisor: Prof. Jessica Hoover
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Khue Nguyen
B.S., University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, 2020
Research: Synthesis of emissive NIR dyes in solar cells
Advisor: Prof. Jared Delcamp |
Bethany DeMuynck
B.S., University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 2019
Research: Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics and proteomics
Advisor: Prof. Dwight Matthews
Experience: Synthesis of DNA-encoded libraries (GSK)
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Ipshita Roy
B.S., University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, 2018
M.S., Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India, 2020
Research: Enantioselective scaffolding of biocatalytically derived synthons
Advisor: Prof. Samik Nanda |
Meredith Rudich
B.S., Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2021
Research: Flow synthesis of O-linked mannosylated glycosides
Advisor: Prof. Nicola Pohl |
Mohamed Elsayed
B.S., Zewail City of Science & Technology, Cairo, Egypt, 2022
Research: Synthesis of anticancer chromones
Advisor: Prof. Reem Arafa |
Hojin Kim
B.S., Jeonbuk National University, South Korea, 2016
M.S., Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, 2019
Research: Radical additions to furoxans
Advisor: Prof. Ryosuke Matsubara |
Kiro Mikhaeel
B.S., Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, 2022
Research: Synthesis of conjugated natural carbohydrates for drug delivery
Advisor: Prof. Mo Hunsen |
Ali Pinarci
B.S., Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, 2020
M.S., Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, 2021
Research: Zr-catalyzed aziridininations
Advisor: Prof. Gustavo Moura-Letts |
Xinyu Duan
B.S., Central South University, Hunan, China, 2022
Research: Palladium photocatalysis
Advisor: Prof. Hua Yang |
Undergraduate Students
Gabe Donovan
B.S., The Ohio State University, Expected 2025
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Amir Johnson
B.S., The Ohio State University, Expected 2024
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Emma Ralph
B.S., The Ohio State University, Expected 2025 |
Alumni
Dr. Namitharan Kayambu
Postdoc, The Ohio State University, 2014-2015
Current Position, Assistant Professor, SRM University, Chennai, India |
Trevor Chopko
B.S. with honors, The Ohio State University, 2016
Current Position, Research Assistant with Prof Craig Lindsley, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN |
Kui Pan
B.S. with honors, The Ohio State University, 2016
M.Eng. in Materials Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Current Position, Engineer, Lionano Inc., Boston, MA |
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Dr. Mathieu Bekkaye
B.Sc., University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, 2009
M.Sc., University of Paris-Sud, Orsay, France, 2011
Ph.D., Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, Paris, France, 2014
Advisor: Prof. Géraldine Masson
Postdoc, The Ohio State University, 2015-2016
Current Position, Engineer, Chromatotec, Bordeaux, France |
Kevin Marchbanks-Owens
B.S., Alabama A&M University, 2017
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Hannah Naguib
B.S., University of Notre Dame, 2018
Current Position, Graduate Student , University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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Melissa Bettinger
B.S., The Ohio State University, 2017
Current Position, Analyst, JPMorgan, Columbus, OH |
Ahmad Dahman
B.S., The Ohio State University, 2017
Current Position, Medical Student, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV |
Dr. Avassaya Vanitcha
B.Sc., Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, 2011
M.Sc., Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 2012
Ph.D., Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, 2015
Advisors: Profs. Louis Fensterbank and Virginie Mouriès-Mansuy
Current Position, Research Scientist at SCG Chemical, a Dow affiliate, Bangkok, Thailand
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Kara Edwards
B.S., The Ohio State University, 2018
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Xin Gu
B.S. with honors, The Ohio State University, 2018
Current Position, Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA
Advisor: Prof. Alison Wendlandt |
Darsheed (Ani) Mustafa
B.S. with honors, The Ohio State University, 2018
M.Sc., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA
Current Position, Research Chemist, Biogen, Cambridge, MA |
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Chido Hambira
Co-advisor: Prof. James Fuchs, Dept of Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy
B.S., Berea College, 2012
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, 2018
Thesis: Post-synthetic Functionalization of Bioactive Compounds
Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. David Perrin at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Current Position, Medicinal Chemist at Xenon Pharmaceuticals, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
Dr. Lu Wang
Ph.D., Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Shanghai, China, 2013
Advisor: Prof. Yuanhong Liu
Postdoc, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan, 2014
Advisor: Prof. Masakatsu Shibasaki
Current Position, Process Chemist at Merck Process, Rahway, NJ |
Stacy Fosu
B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011
M.S., Illinois State University, 2014
Thesis: Synthesis of novel benziporphyrins
Advisor: Prof. Timothy Lash
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, 2019
Thesis: Functionalization of Arenes, Amines, Alkenes, and Alkynes Mediated by Radical Pathways
Current Position, Medicinal Chemist at Abbvie, Chicago, IL |
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Kohki Nakafuku
B.S., Duke University, 2014
Thesis: Gold-catalyzed allene isomerizations
Advisor: Prof. Ross Widenhoefer
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, 2019
Thesis: Radical Relay Strategies for C–H Functionalization of Alcohols
Current Position, Medicinal Chemist at Janssen, San Diego, CA |
Ethan Wappes
B.S., Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2014
Thesis: Electrochemical ring‐expansions
Advisor: Prof. Dennis Peters
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, 2019
Thesis: Radical sp3 C-H Functionalization of Amines and Alcohols
Current Position, Discovery Process Chemist at Merck, San Francisco, CA |
Jeremy Lear
B.S., Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 2012
M.S., Wright State University, Dayton, OH 2014
Thesis: Synthesis of new DP-PPVs
Advisor: Prof. William Feld
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, 2019
Thesis: Polarity-Reversal Cascades for the Coupling of Radicals with Unsaturated Systems
Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Christopher Hadad at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Current Position, Process Chemist at Pilot Chemical, Cincinnati, OH |
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Andrew Chen
B.S., Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, 2020
Thesis: Harnessing New Radical Reactivity at the Interface of Synthetic Methodology Development and Computational Modeling
Current Position, Process Chemist at Millipore Sigma, Madison, WI |
Sean Rafferty
B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA 2015
Thesis: Cu(II)-catalyzed hydroborations
Advisor: Prof. Webster Santos
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, 2020
Thesis: Selective Ketyl Couplings via Atom Transfer Catalysis
Current Position, Medicinal Chemist at Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA |
Leah Stateman
B.S., Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 2015
Thesis: Syntheses of carbaporphyrinoids
Advisor: Prof. Timothy Lash
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, 2020
Thesis: Catalytic Strategies for Remote C-H Functionalization of Alcohols and Amines
Current Position, Medicinal Chemist at Merck, San Francisco, CA |
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J. Quentin Buquoi III
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force
B.S., University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 2000
M.S., Wright State University, Dayton, OH 2010
Thesis: Poly(arylene ether) polymers
Advisor: Prof. Eric Fossum
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, 2019
Thesis: Multicomponent Radical Reactions Incorporating Heteroatom-Carbon Bonds via Polarity-Reversal Cascades
Current Position, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO |
Allen Prusinowski
B.S., Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY, 2016
Thesis: Synthesis of curcuminoids
Advisor: Prof. Joseph Mullins
Ph.D. The Ohio State University, 2021
Thesis: Double Functionalizations of Alcohols via Imidate Radicals
Current Position, Discovery Chemist at Corteva Agriscience, Indianapolis, IN
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Shania Hayward
B.S., Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY, 2018
Research: Synthesis of alkylbutyrolactones
Advisors: Profs. Joseph Mullins & Nancy Totah
ACS Organic Division Undergraduate Award, 2018
M.Sc. The Ohio State University, 2021
Thesis: Photochemical & Electrochemical C-H Functionalizations via Imidate Radicals
Current Position, Chemist at Ask Chemicals, Columbus, OH |
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Dr. Jennifer C. Walters
B.Sc., Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, 2013
M.Sc., Arcadia University, Glenside, PA, 2014
Advisor: Prof. Barry Logan
Ph.D., Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
Advisor: Prof. Sarah Wengryniuk
Current Position, Lecturer, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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Dr. Xin Zhang
B.Sc., Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 2009
Ph.D., Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, 2014
Advisor: Prof. William Wulff
Postdoc, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 2017
Advisor: Prof. Robert Knowles
Current Position, Process Chemist at Enanta, Boston, MA |
Dr. Zuxiao Zhang
B.Sc., Shandong University, Jinan, China, 2009
M.Sc., Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Shanghai, China, 2012
Advisor: Prof. Guosheng Liu
Ph.D., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2016
Advisor: Prof. William Dolbier Jr
Previous Position, Assistant Professor, Zhejiang Normal University, Zhejiang, China
Current Position, Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
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Brian Daniels
B.S., The Ohio State University, 2020
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Sean McGivern
B.S., The Ohio State University, 2020
Current Position, Chemist, Eli Lilly, Lilly Genetic Medicines, Indianapolis, IN |
Meghan Shea
B.S., The Ohio State University, 2020
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James Herbort
B.S., Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 2017
Research: Synthesis of vanillin-based PEEK polymers
Advisor: Prof. William Feld
Current Position, Process Chemist at Merck, Rahway, NJ |
Joy Rutherford
B.S., Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI, 2017
Research: Enantioselective halogenation, and amino acid electroanalysis
Advisors: Profs. Swain and Borhan
Current Position, Cosmetic Chemist at Croda, Princeton, NJ |
B.S., St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN, 2017
Research: Synthesis of aromatic azo inhibitors of tyrosine phosphatases
Advisor: Prof. Edward McIntee
Current Position, Medicinal Chemist at Pfizer, San Diego, CA |
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Ross Dare
B.S., Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, 2018
Research: Green synthesis of sulfonyl ureas
Advisor: Prof. Gustavo Moura-Letts
Current Position, Process Chemist at GSK, Philadelphia, PA |
Alyson Paneque
B.S., Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, 2018
Research: Photocatalylic cyclizations of heterocycles
Advisor: Prof. Gustavo Moura-Letts
Current Position, Lecturer at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
Tom Simons
B.S., Indiana Wesleyan University, IN, 2017
M.S., Duke University, Durham, NC, 2021
Research: Photoredox Ni-catalyzed reactions
Advisor: Prof. Jennifer Roizen
Current Position, Lecturer at Wright State University, Dayton, OH |
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Liza Ryutov
B.S., The Ohio State University, 2023
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Gary Gong
B.S., The Ohio State University, 2023
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Lauren Scott
B.S., The Ohio State University, 2022
Current Position, Medicinal Chemist at Pfizer, Groton, CT |
Hayat Mohammed
B.S., The Ohio State University, Expected 2023
Current Position, Medicinal Chemist Intern at Cytokinetics, San Franciso, CA |
Dr. Lumin Zhang
B.Sc., Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, China, 2013
M.Sc., Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Shanghai, China, 2016
Advisor: Prof. Jun Yang & Ran Hong
Ph.D., Heidelberg University, Germany, 2020
Advisor: Prof. Stephen Hashmi
Current Position, Assistant Professor at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), Shanghai, China |