Lab Leader

Alison Narayan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellows

Roger Diehl, Ph.D.

Philipp Gemmel, Ph.D.

Alexandra Golliher, Ph.D.

Lauren Murray, Ph.D.
Member since 2021. Ph.D., The University of Adelaide. Lauren is a postdoctoral research fellow from Adelaide, Australia. Her Ph.D focused on the biomimetic total synthesis of meroterpenoid natural products.

Casey Roos, Ph.D.

Kendrick Smith, Ph.D.

Ye Wang, Ph.D.
Graduate Students

Sarah Ackenhusen
Member since 2019. B.S., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Sarah knows that a hot dog never has ketchup, and enjoys hiking, national parks, and spending time with her pet rabbits Toph and Pinball.

Katelyn Brown

Sarah Champagne
Member since 2020. B.S., Angelo State University. NSF-REU University of North Texas and Texas State University

Chang-Hwa Chiang

Tessa Epstein

Max Garcia

Jose Hernández-Meléndez
Member since 2021. B.S., University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. José is originally from Puerto Rico and currently works on chemoenzymatic syntheses of natural products and directed evolution of enzymes. He loves singing, even while working in lab, spending quality time with loved ones and exploring new realms of his artistic side.

Alexander Kim
Member since 2022. B.S., Emory University. Alex hails from north NJ and enjoys spending time cooking, hiking, and playing with his cat, Arrhenius (Arri for short).

Erica Ko

Jonathan Perkins

Evan Romero

Anthony Saucedo
Member since 2021. B.S., Texas State University. In the group, Anthony is currently exploring complex molecules synthesis and outside of the lab he enjoys playing guitar, camping, and geocaching.

Samuel Schulert

Ryan Singer

Katherine Torma
Member since 2022. B.S., Loyola University of Chicago. Katie Jane is from the midwest and loves to spend her free time baking, playing her ukulele, and tap dancing!

Chun-Yi Tsai

Gonzalo Villegas Rodríguez
Member since 2022. B.S., Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Gonzalo is originally from Lima, Peru. He likes eating pastries and playing the piano.

Di Yang
Undergraduate Students

Nikola Cemalovic

Angela Cheong

Daniel Guinto

Max Hrigora

Diego Rojas
Administrative Staff
