Group Members


Trevor Harris

Dr. Trevor Harris
trevorha(at)sas.upenn.edu

Ph.D., Florida State University (2017)
B.S., Florida State University (2012)
Research Advisor : Dr. Igor Alabugin


Shiji Huang

Shiji Huang
shijieh(at)sas.upenn.edu

Ph.D., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (2017)
M.S., South China Agricultural University (2011)
B.S., South China Agricultural University (2008)
Research Advisor: Dr. Charles E. Melancon III


Daniel Wu

Daniel Wu
danielzw(at)sas.upenn.edu

B.S., Binghamton University, New York (2012)
Research Advisor : Dr. Susan L. Bane


Samuel Melton

Samuel Melton
smelton(at)sas.upenn.edu

B.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2015)
Research Advisor : Dr. Alan W. Schwabacher


Rachel Lackner

Rachel Lackner
rlackner(at)sas.upenn.edu

B.S., Yale University (2017)
Research Advisor : Dr. Scott J. Miller


Christopher Johnny

Christopher Johnny
cjohnny(at)sas.upenn.edu

A.B., Harvard University (2018)
Research Advisor : Dr. Brian Liau


Jessica Wickware

Jessica Wickware
wickware(at)sas.upenn.edu

B.S., University of Alberta (2018)
Research Advisor : Dr. Ratmir Derda


Michael Elbaum

Michael Elbaum
melbaum(at)sas.upenn.edu

M.S., University of Delaware (2014)
Research Advisor : Dr. Neal Zondlo
B.A., Rider University (2012)


Pengfei Jin

Pengfei Jin
pjin(at)sas.upenn.edu

B.S., Peking University (2018)
Research Advisor : Dr. Wen-Bin Zhang


Emily Brackhahn

Emily Brackhahn
embrack(at)sas.upenn.edu

B.S., Texas A&M (2017)
Research Advisor : Dr. Michael Nippe


Changfeng Deng

Changfeng Deng
cfdeng(at)sas.upenn.edu

M.S., University of Pennsylvania (2020)
Research Advisor : Dr. David Chenoweth
B.S., Sichuan University (2012)
Research Advisor : Dr. Jason Chruma


Abigail Gringeri

Abigail Gringeri
gringeri(at)sas.upenn.edu

Vagelos Scholars Program in the Molecular Life Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
Research Advisor : Dr. David Chenoweth



Graduate Student Alumni


     Alexander Kasznel, Ph.D. Bioengineering 2020

  Current Position: Senior Scientist, Smithfield BioScience, Cincinnati, OH

     Joo Myung (Vicky) Jun, Ph.D. Chemistry 2019

  Current Position: Postdoc with Ronald Raines, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

     Sung-Eun Suh, Ph.D. Chemistry 2017

  Current Position: Postdoc with Shannon Stahl, University of Wisconsin Madison

     Chanat (Jay) Aonbangkhen, Ph.D. Chemistry 2017

  Postdoc with Christina Woo, Harvard University
Current Position: Lecturer, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
http://web.chemcu.org/index.php/en/people/faculty-member/1086-chanat-aonbangkhen
https://aonbangkhenlab.wordpress.com/

     Ina Yoon, Ph.D. Chemistry 2017



     Roy Malamakal, Ph.D. Chemistry 2017

  Current Position: Staff Fellow Chemist, US Food and Drug Administration, United States Department of Health and Human Services

     Mai N. Tran, Ph.D. Chemistry 2016

  Postdoc with Kai Johnsson, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research Heidelberg
Current Position: Lecturer, University of Science Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

     Yitao Zhang, Ph.D. Chemistry 2016

  Postdoc with Bruce Lipshutz, UCSB
Current Position: Research Scientist, Expansion Therapeutics, Jupiter, FL

     Stephanie Barros, Ph.D. Chemistry 2015

  Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow at New York University with Paramjit Arora
Current Position: Research Scientist, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     Adrienne Pesce, M.S. 2014


Postdoctoral Alumni


     Dr. Jinxing Li

  Current Position: Research Scientist, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Japan

     Dr. Mason Smith

  Current Position: Entrepreneur

     Dr. Kuiying Xu

  Current Position: Penn Medical School, Department of Radiology

     Dr. Robert Rarig

  Current Position: Associate Professor of Instruction, Temple University, Department of Chemistry
Director, Post Baccalaureate Program, Temple University

Undergraduate Alumni


     Samuel Orlin

  Current Position: Teach for America

     Abraham Waldman, Ph.D. Harvard University 2018 (Balskus Lab)

  Current Position: Postdoc with Carolyn Bertozzi, Stanford

     Ricki Notis Dardashti

  Current Position: Ph.D. Student with Norman Metanis, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

     Moses Adenaike

  Current Position: Senior Analyst at Accenture; Oakland, California

     Jaidev Dhavle, Maastricht University

  Current Position, M.S Student, University College London

     Shaina Carroll, Rice University


     Priya Patel, Brown University