Postdoctoral Alumni
Chengbo Yang
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Ph.D. '23
Nankai University, B.S. '18
Priyabrata Ghana
Now: Assistant Professor, IIT Gandhinagar, India
Ghana Group Website
RWTH Aachen University, postdoctoral researcher, 2018-2021
University of Bonn, Ph.D. '17
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, M.Sc. '11
University of Calcutta, B.Sc. '09
Weixuan Nie
Now: Assistant Professor, Westlake University, China
Nie Group Website
University of Michigan, Ph.D. '21
Nanjing Univeristy, M.Sc. '15 B.S. '12
Hai Dong
Now: Intel. San Francisco, CA
University of Michigan, Ph.D. '21
University of Cincinnati, B.S. '16
Yueshen Wu
Now: Twelve; Berkeley, CA
Yale University, Ph.D. '20
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, B.S. '15
Manar Shoshani
Now: Assistant Professor, University of Kansas
Shoshani Group Website
University of Windsor, Ph.D. '18, B.S. '13
Gwen Bailey
Now: Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Bailey Group Website
University of Ottawa, Ph.D. '18
University of British Columbia, B.S. '12
Arnaud Thevenon
Now: Assistant Professor, Utrecht University, Netherlands
Thevenon Group Website
University of Oxford, Ph.D. '17
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
M.Sc. '13, B.S. '11
Hsiang-Yun Chen
(Joint with Peters Group)
Now: Formosa Plastics
Texas A&M University Ph.D. '12
National Taiwan University B.S. '06
Naoki Shida
Now: Associate Professor, Yokohama National University, Japan
Shida Group Website
Tokyo Institute of Technology Ph.D. '16
Yokohama National University B.S. '11
Ruud Kortlever
Now: Associate Professor, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Kortlever Group Website
Leiden University Ph.D. '15, M.Sc. '11, B.S. '09
Zhiji Han
Now: Professor, Sun-Yat Sen University, China
University of Rochester Ph.D. '14
Shantou University B.S. '06
Graham de Ruiter
Now: Assistant Professor, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
de Ruiter Group Website
Weizmann Institute of Science Ph.D. '14
Leiden University B.S. '08
Alejo Lifschitz
Then: Dow Chemicals
Now: Technical Lead at Meta Reality Labs
Northwestern University Ph.D. '15
Dickinson College B.S. '10
Siti Riduan
Now: A*Star Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore, Research Scientist
National University of Singapore Ph.D. '13, B.S. Chemistry '05
Gyeongshin Choi
Now: LG, Korea
Osaka University Ph.D. '14
Ajou University B.S. '08
Po-Heng Lin
Now: Professor, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
Lin Group Website
University of Ottawa Ph.D. '12
National Tsing Hua University M.S. '04
National Chung Cheng University B.S. '02
Dave E. Herbert
Now: Professor, University of Manitoba, Canada
Herbert Group Website
University of Bristol Ph.D. '10
University of Toronto M.Sc. '06
University of King's College B.S. '04
Graduate Alumni
Tianyi (Mike) He
Now: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Irvine
Caltech Ph.D. '25
Colgate University '19
B.A. Chemistry and Philosophy
Elena Urquiola
Now: HRL Laboratories, Malibu, CA
Caltech M.S. '25
Yale University '23
B.S. Chemistry
Meaghan Bruening
Now: Postdoctoral Researcher, Argonne National Labratory
Caltech Ph.D. '24
St. Catherine University '17
B.S. Chemistry
Linh Nguyen Vuong Le
Now: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
Caltech Ph.D. '24
Colgate University '18
B.A. Chemistry and Physics
Gavin Heim
Now: Intel, Hillsboro, OR
Caltech Ph.D. '24
University of California, San Diego '18
B.S. Biochemistry and Chemistry
Anna Scott
Now: Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
Caltech Ph.D. '23
Montana State University '17
B.S. Chemistry
Angela Shiau
Now: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
Caltech Ph.D. '23
UC Berkeley '17
B.S. Chemistry
Shuoyan (Sam) Xiong
Now: Assistant Professor, Westlake University, China
Xiong's Faculty Website
Caltech Ph.D. '23
USTC '17
B.E. Polymer Materials & Engineering
Ryan Ribson
Caltech Ph.D. '22 (Hadt Lab)
University of Rochester '14
B.S. Chemistry
Charlie Arnett
Now: Jones Day, Washington, D.C.
Caltech Ph.D. '20
Georgetown University '15
B.S. Chemistry
Choon Heng (Marcus) Low
Now: A*Star – Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
Caltech Ph.D. '19
Imperial College '12
B.S. Chemistry
Nathanael Hirscher
Now: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Montclair State University
Hirscher Group Website
Caltech Ph.D. '19
University of Virginia '14
B.S. Chemistry
Christopher Reed
Now: Synthetic Chemist at Inpria
Caltech Ph.D. '19
Idaho State University '13
B.S. Chemistry and Biochemistry
Heui Beom Lee
Now: Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina
Lee Group Website
Caltech Ph.D. '19
University of Pennsylvania '13
B.S.E. Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
Jessica Sampson
Now: HTE center manager at the University of Delaware
Caltech Ph.D. '18
University of Chicago '13
B.S. Chemistry
Joshua Buss
Now: Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Buss Group Website
Caltech Ph.D. '18
Claremont McKenna College '12
B.A. Chemistry
Justin Henthorn
Now: Assistant Professor, University College Dublin
Henthorn Group Website
Caltech Ph.D. '16
Ohio University B.S. '10
Kyle Horak
Now: Intel
Caltech Ph.D. '16
Cornell University B.A. '10
Davide Lionetti
Now: Assistant Professor, Franklin & Marshall College
Lionetti Faculty Website
Caltech Ph.D. '15
University of Notre Dame B.S. '09
Guy A. Edouard
Now: Intel
Caltech Ph.D. '15
Harvard College B.A. '10
Jacob Kanady
Now: Senior Scientist, Atoco
Caltech Ph.D. '14
UC Irvine B.S. '09
Sandy Suseno
Now: Intel
Caltech Ph.D. '14
UC Berkeley B.S. '08
Paul Kelley
Now: Assistant Professor, Philander Smith College
Caltech Ph.D. '14
Catholic University of America B.S. '08
Emily Tsui
Now: Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame
Tsui Group Website
Post-Doctoral Scholar, University of Washington
Caltech Ph.D. '14
MIT B.S. '08
Sibo Lin
Now: Scientist, Aramco Services Company
Caltech Ph.D. '14
Indiana University B.S. '08
Madalyn Radlauer
Now: Professor, San José State University
Radlauer Group Website
Post-Doctoral Scholar, University of Minnesota
Caltech Ph.D. '14
Stanford University B.S. '08
Steven Chao
Caltech M.S. '11
University of Texas B.S. '08
Undergraduate Alumni
Sulaiman AlKadi
Caltech '27
Sherlyn Cazares
Program/Course: WAVE
University of Illinois Chicago '26
Louis Bercaw
Program/Course: SURF
University of Alabama '26
Alan Song
Program/Course: SURF
Caltech '27
Aadarsh Balaji
Program/Course: SURF
Caltech '26
Miriam Aziz
Program/Course: WAVE
Now: Ph.D student, Harvard University
Columbia University, '24
Eric Ramos
Program/Course: WAVE
University of California, Los Angeles, '25
Elin Kang
Caltech '23
Alexandria Hong
Now: Ph.D. student, MIT
Program/Course: SURF, Ch82
Caltech '23
Adrian Huang
Now: Ph.D. student, Univeristy of California, Berkeley
Program/Course: Ch82
Caltech '20
Elisabeth Gallmeier
Now: Ph.D. student, Yale University
Program/Course: SURF, Ch80
Caltech '21
Jules Oppenheim
Now: Ph.D. student, MIT
Program/Course: Ch80
Caltech '21
Vidhya Dev
Now: Ph.D. student, Harvard University
Program/Course: SURF, Ch10/80
Caltech '21
David Dumas
Now: Ph.D. student, Stanford University
Program/Course: WAVE
UCLA B.S. '22
Tyler Fox
Program/Course: SURF
Caltech '24
Chris Lamartina
Now: Ph.D. student, Columbia University
Program/Course: SURF, Ch80
Caltech '19
Matthew Zeitlin
Program/Course: SURF, Ch10
Caltech '21
Danny Perez
Program/Course: WAVE
The University of Texas at San Antonio '19
Marco Lopez
Now: Ph.D. student, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Program/Course: WAVE
Cal State LA '18
Nate Lopez
Now: Ph.D. student, University of Chicago
Program/Course: SURF
Caltech B.S. '23
Diane Rafizadeh
Now: Ph.D. student, Penn, MD-PhD(Chem)
Program/Course: Amgen
Yale University '19
Gabriella Chan
Program/Course: SURF
Caltech '20
Paige Gannon
Now: Ph.D. student, Penn
Program/Course: SURF, Ch80
Caltech '18
Mya Serrano
Program/Course: WAVE
Rutgers Univeristy '22
Diamond Thomas
Program/Course: WAVE
University of Michigan B.S. '18
Sophie Whitmeyer
Program/Course: SURF, Ch10/80
Now: Postdoctoral Researcher, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
UChicago Ph.D. '24
Caltech B.S. '19
David Adams
Program/Course: FSRI
Caltech B.S. '20
Rita Aksenfeld
Program/Course: FSRI
Caltech B.S. '20
Jeffrey Rosenberg
Now: Ph.D. student, MIT
Program/Course: SURF, Ch80/82
Caltech B.S. '17
Ruomeng Wan
Program/Course: SURF, Ch10/80
MIT Ph.D. '23
Caltech B.S. '18
Kurtis M. Carsch
Now: Assitant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Carsch Group Website
Program/Course: SURF, Ch80/82
Post-Doctoral Scholar, UC Berkeley
Harvard University Ph.D. '21
Caltech Joint B.S./M.S.'16
Agnes E. Thorarinsdottir
Program/Course: Exchange
Now: Assistant Professor, University of Rochester
Thorarinsdottir Group Website
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University '23
Northwestern University, Ph.D. '20
University of Iceland B.S. '15
Daniel Kim
Program/Course: Visiting
Now: Ph.D. student, Yale University
Colgate '15
Bogdan Dimitriu
Program/Course: SURF
Caltech B.S. '17
Katherine Lee
Program/Course: Ch80
Now: Ph.D. student, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Caltech B.S. '15
Jennifer Karolewski
Program/Course: SURF, Ch10
MIT Ph.D
Caltech B.S. '15
Aya Buckley
Program/Course: SURF
UC Berkeley, Ph.D. '19
Columbia University B.A. '13
Chung Sun Chen
Program/Course: Exchange
University of Cambridge '13
Michael Desanker
Program/Course: MURF
Northwestern University Ph.D. '18
MIT B.S. '13
Yuanchi (Victor) Zhao
Program/Course: Amgen
Yale University B.S. '13
Christine Cheng
Program/Course: SURF, Ch10
USC Ph.D. '20
Caltech B.S. '14
Martin Bernat
Program/Course: Ch80
University College London '10
Judy Mou
Program/Course: SURF, Ch10
Caltech '13
Wei Jian Ong
Program/Course: SURF, Ch10
Caltech '13
Abraham Yanez-McKay
Program/Course: MURF
Northwestern University Ph.D. '18
Michigan State University B.S. '11
Andreas Wierschen
Program/Course: MURF
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Ph.D.'20, B.S. '11
Jade Shi
Program/Course: SURF, Ch10
Stanford University Ph.D. '18
Caltech B.S. '12
Nadia Lara
Program/Course: SURF, Ch10/80
Now: Teacher - St. Agnes Academy
Rice University Ph.D.
Caltech '12
Eva Nichols
Now: Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada
Nichols Group Website
Program/Course: SURF, Ch10/80/82
Post-Doctoral Scholar, Yale University
UC Berkeley Ph.D. '18
Caltech B.S. '12
Alexandra Velian
Now: Associate Professor, University of Washington
Velian Group Website
Program/Course: SURF, Ch10/82
Post-Doctoral Scholar, Columbia University
MIT Ph.D. '14
Caltech B.S. '09
Visiting Scholar Alumni
Mario Feinauer
University of Heidelberg '23
B.S. Chemistry
Maho Imai
Now: Ph.D. student, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan
Osaka University
M.E. Chemistry '24
B.E. Chemistry '22
Till Schmidt-Raentsch
Now: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Basel, Switzerland
University of Gottingen, Ph.D. '24, M.S. '19, B.S. '17
David Schmidl
Now: Postdoctoral Fellow, DKFZ German Cancer Research Center
University of Cambridge, Ph.D. '24
Ludwig-Maximilian University, M.S. '20, B.S. '16
Naofumi Hara
Kyoto University, Ph.D. '21
Miku Oi
Princeton University, Yamada Science Postdoctoral Fellow, 2021-2025
University of Tokyo, Ph.D. '21, M.Sc. '17
Tokyo University of Science, B.S. '15
Hitoshi Izu
Now: Assistant Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan
Izu Faculty Website
SOKENDAI, Ph.D. '20
Davit Zargarian
Now: Professor, University of Montreal, Canada
University of Ottawa, Ph.D. '92
University of Waterloo M.Sc. '87
University of Toronto B.S. '85
Yohei Ueda
Ph.D. student, Osaka University, Japan
Jihae Park
Ajou University, Ph.D. Chemistry '14, B.S. Applied Chemistry '09
Yuji Nishii
Now: Associate Professor, Osaka University, Japan
Nishii Faculty Website
Osaka University, Ph.D. '15, B.S. '11
Aimee Bryan
University of California at Davis Ph.D. '15
Masanari Hirahara
Now: Associate Professor, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan
Hirahara Group Website
Kyushu University, Ph.D. '11, B.S. '06