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PEOPLE

Current Members

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Professor Theodore Betley

Erving Professor of Chemistry

Director of Graduate Studies

betley@chemistry.harvard.edu

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Pamela Hernandez (Lab Admin)

B.S. Cellular Biology

University of California, Davis

phernandez@fas.harvard.edu

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Nick Litak (G6)

B.S. Chemistry 2020

Pennsylvania State University

nlitak@g.harvard.edu

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Jeewhan Oh (G6)

B.S. Chemistry 2018

Seoul National University

jeewhanoh@g.harvard.edu

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June Yang (G6) 

B.S. Chemistry 2020

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

junyuyang@g.harvard.edu

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Yifan Zhao (G6) 

B.S. Chemistry 2020

Tsinghua University

yifan_zhao@g.harvard.edu

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Erika Amemiya (G5)

B.A. Chemistry 2021

Barnard College

erikaamemiya@g.harvard.edu

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Ivan Arvizo (G5)

B.S. Biochemistry 2020

University of Texas at El Paso

iarvizo@g.harvard.edu

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Willmer Flores (G4) 

B.S. Chemistry 2022

California State University, Los Angeles

wflores1@g.harvard.edu

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Carina Bäte (G3)

B.A. Chemistry 2023

Princeton University

cbaete@g.harvard.edu

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Ian Bartlett (G2)

B.S. Chemistry 2024

Brown University

ian_bartlett@g.harvard.edu

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Maria Seith (G1)

B.S. Chemistry 2025

Ohio State University 

mariaseith@g.harvard.edu

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Thomas Brocklebank

(Visiting Scholar)

B.A. Chemistry 2025

Oxford University 

thomasbrocklebank@fas.harvard.edu

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Sebastian Connolly (Undergrad)

B.A. Chemistry and Physics

Class of 2028

nbconnolly@college.harvard.edu

Group Alumni

Former Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Trevor Latendresse - Assistant Professor - University of Houston

Dr. Joy Zeng - Assistant Professor - Brown University

Dr. Rex Handford - Assistant Professor - University of California, Irvine

Dr. Timothy Boit - Senior Scientist (Process Chemistry) - Sanofi

Dr. Ryan Clarke - R&D Scientist - Entegris

Dr. Tonia Ahmed - Life Sciences Specialist - L.E.K. Consulting

Dr. Rebecca Musgrave - Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) - King's College London

Dr. Jaesung Kwak - Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology

Dr. Chris Caputo - Assistant Professor - York University

Dr. Alexandre Mikhailine - Sr. R&D Chemist - W. R. Grace & Co. Specialty Catalysts

Dr. Martin Nielsen - Associate Professor - Technical University of Denmark

Dr. Gabriel Ménard - Associate Professor - University of California, Santa Barbara

Dr. T. David Harris - Associate Project Scientist - University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Alison Fout - Professor - Texas A&M University

Dr. Mathieu Lalonde - Science Safety Officer - Harvard University

Dr. Qinliang (Kin) Zhao - Associate Professor - University of the Pacific

 

Former Graduate Students

Dr. Claire Casaday - Research Associate - Stanford Lineae Accelerator National Laboratory

Dr. Kevin Anderton - Postdoctoral Fellow - Griffith Lab - University of California, San Diego

Dr. Lisa Awaitey - Associate - McKinsey & Company - Boston Office

Dr. Yuyang Dong - Assistant Professor of Chemistry - Colorado State University

Dr. Elizabeth Johnson - Technical Development Principal Scientist - Genentech

Dr. Kurtis M. Carsch - Assistant Professor of Chemistry – The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Yunjung Baek - Assistant Professor - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

Dr. Justin J. Teesdale - Process Chemistry Scientist - Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Dr. Sasha Wrobel - Lincoln Lab - MIT

Dr. Amymarie K. Bartholomew - Assistant Professor of Chemistry - Yale University 

Dr. Cristin Juda - Patent Agent - Lando & Anastasi, LLP - VMD Candidate at University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Brian Malbrecht - Senior Engineer - DuPont

Dr. Benjamin Lin - Associate Partner - McKinsey & Company - Boston Office

Dr. Claudia Kleinlein - Cost Excellence Manager - Wacker Chemie AG

Dr. Diana Iovan - Assistant Professor - Virginia Tech

Dr. Claire Lidston - Patent Agent - Wolf Greenfield

Dr. Matthew J. T. Wilding - Sr. Director - United States Steel Corporation

Dr. Soohyun Lim - Process Development Sr. Associate - Amgen

Dr. Raúl Hernández Sánchez - Assistant Professor of Chemistry - Rice University 

Dr. Aykut Aydin - Process Engineer MTS - Applied Materials 

Denise Alfonso (MA) - Director of Product Management - Beyond Finance 

Dr. Elisabeth Hennessy - Associate Principal Scientist - Merck

Dr. Tamara Powers - Instructional Associate Professor of Chemistry - Texas A&M University

Dr. Austin Scharf - Assistant Professor of Chemistry - Oxford College of Emory University

Dr. Graham Sazama - Associate Professor of Chemistry - Lawrence University

Dr. Danielle Raad - Curator and Assistant Director of Collections - Stanford Archaeology Center

Dr. Evan King - Patent Counsel - Sanofi

Dr. Emily Eames - Assistant Professor - Sogang University

 

Former Visiting Scholars

Dr. Yunho Lee -  Seoul National University 

Sanha Park -  Seoul National University 

Judith Jung - Julius-Maximilians-University Wuerzburg – Germany 

Andrew Hong - Mckinsey Consulting

Dr. Larissa A. Casper - Ph.D. Universität Konstanz - QC Scientist - Bachem

Dr. Xin He - Ph.D. Tsinghua University - Postdoctoral Fellow - Harvard University

Dr. Korbinian Riener - Ph.D. TUM Munich - Co-Founder - SESSIONS

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Former Undergraduate Students

Avinashi Bhandari - Class of 2026

Eion Chua - Class of 2025

Jara Emtage-Cave - Class of 2025 - Graduate Student - Stanford University

Shea Britt - Class of 2025 

Anna Clark - Class of 2023 - Graduate Student - MIT 

Andy Drummond - Class of 2023 

Gerard Porter - Class of 2022 - Graduate Student - MIT

Andrei Iliescu - Class of 2020 - Graduate Student - MIT

Jessica Kim - Class of 2019 - Graduate Student - MIT

Jonathon Nessralla - Class of 2018 - Graduate Student - UC Berkeley

Alexander Su - Class of 2018 - Graduate Student - Stanford University

Chastity Li - Class of 2018 - Graduate Student - Stanford University

Fred Metzger - Class of 2018 - Captain - U.S. Air Force 

Carew Giberson-Chen - Class of 2016 - Orthopedic Surgery Clinical Fellow - Mass General Hospital

Richard Liu - Class of 2015 - Assistant Professor - Harvard University 

Ted McKlveen - Class of 2015 - Co-Founder & CEO - Verne 

Doug Evans - Class of 2015 - Chemistry Teacher - Admiral Farragut Academy

Elisabeth Meyer - Class of 2015 - Graduate Student - Stanford University

Heather desJardins-Park - Class of 2015 - MD/PhD Graduate Student - Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

Nina Gu - Class of 2015 - Patent Agent - Cooley LLP

Alex Willis - Class of 2014 - Director, Business Strategy & Analytics - IHOP

James Callahan - Class of 2014 - Math Teacher - Newton North High School

Lucy Zhong - Class of 2014 - Lead Product Manager - Attentive

Anthony Palillo - Class of 2014 - MD Student - Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University

Fatima Mubarak - Class of 2014 - MD Student - Harvard Medical School

Tanya Mair - Class of 2014 - Workday Architect - HCM & Reporting & Data Conversion Consultant

Annie Baldwin - Class of 2013 - Senior Manager - Hardware Product Management - Form Energy, Inc. 

Arthur Bartolozzi - Class of 2012 - Clinical Fellow - MD Anderson Cancer Center

Douglas Reed - Class of 2012 - Assistant Professor - University of Washington

Nadia Leonard - 2011 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow - UC Irvine

Dianne Xiao - Class of 2011 - Assistant Professor - University of Washington 

Michael Qian - Class of 2011 - Law Associate - Morrison & Foerster LLP

Polina Krass - Class of 2011 - Attending Physician - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Chris Hollyday - Class of 2011 - Director - Willett Advisors LLC

Max Dougherty - Class of 2010 - Resident Physician - Mount Sinai Hospital

Guy Edouard - Class of 2009 - Engineer - Intel Labs 

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