Team
Alumni & Past Visitors
Former Ph.D. Students
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Haozheng Li
Ph.D., May 2026, Princeton University.
“Controlling the Kinetic and Thermodynamic Site Selectivity of C(sp2)—H Oxidative Addition and Borylation with Pyridine(dicarbene) Cobalt Complexes” -
Caitlin Chartrand
M.A., March 2026, Princeton University.
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Junho Kim
Ph.D., June 2025, Princeton University.
Research Scientist, ExxonMobil
“Catalytic Weak Chemical Bond Synthesis Using H2 as a Terminal Reductant and Superstoichiometric Ammonia Synthesis Using N2 and H2“ -
Cherish Nie
Ph.D., March 2025, Princeton University.
Research Scientist, PPG Industries
“The Development of Chemically Recyclable Polyolefins” -
Katherine Moffa
M.A., March 2025, Princeton University.
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Carli Kovel
Ph.D., May 2024, Princeton University.
Research Scientist, Universal Display Corporation
“Hydrocarbon Upgrading: Iron Catalyst Development, Mechanistic Studies, and Polymer Synthesis“ -
Julia Greenbaum
M.A., March 2024, Princeton University.
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Lauren Mendelsohn
Ph.D., January 2024, Princeton University
Research Scientist at BMS.
“Bis(Phosphine) Cobalt Catalysis: Mechanism, Method Development, and Applications in Pharmaceutical Synthesis“ -
Paul Peterson
Ph.D., July 2023, Princeton University
Post-Doc at Yale University with Prof. Scott Miller.
“Iron-Catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling: From Fundamental Organometallic Chemistry to Catalysis“ -
Boran Lee
Ph.D., January 2023, Princeton University
Research Scientist at AstraZeneca
“Benzyldiboronates: Exploring the Reactivity and its Application in Ketone Synthesis & Effects of Pincer Rigidification on the Reactivity of Cobalt Complexes” -
Tyler Pabst
Ph.D., May 2022, Princeton University
Scientific Developer at Emerald Cloud Lab
“Mechanism and Origins of Regioselectivity in the Catalytic C(sp2)–H Borylation of Arenes by Cobalt and Iron Complexes” -
Peter Viereck
Ph.D., January 2022, Princeton University
Scientist at Janssen
“Cobalt, Iron, and Molybdenum Catalysts for the Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Alkenes and Arenes” -
Sangmin Kim
Ph.D., June 2021, Princeton University
Assistant Professor, Yonsei University
“Catalytic Hydrogenation of Metal Nitrides to Generate Ammonia Using Transition Metal Hydrides” -
Aaron Zhong
Ph.D., June 2021, Princeton University
Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University
“Cobalt-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Alkenes: Catalyst Development and Mechanistic Investigations” -
Nadia Léonard
Ph.D., June 2019, Princeton University
Assistant Professor, UC Santa Barbara
“Cobalt and Nickel Catalysts for Arene Borylation and Alkene Hydrofunctionalization” -
Máté Bezdek
Ph.D., June 2019, Princeton University
Assistant Professor, ETH Zürich
“The Interconversion of Ammonia with Its Elements by Molybdenum Complexes: Fundamental Investigations” -
Neil Palmer
Ph.D., June 2017, Princeton University
Universal Display Corporation
“Design of alpha-Diimine Cobalt and Nickel Precatalysts for the Synthesis of Alkylpolyboronates“ -
Jennifer Obligacion
Ph.D., June 2017, Princeton University
Associate Principal Scientist at Merck, Rahway
“Base Metal Catalysis for the Synthesis of Organoboron Compounds” -
Max Friedfeld
Ph.D., May 2016, Princeton University
Post-Doc at University of Washington with Brandi Cossairt
“Cobalt-Catalyzed Alkene Asymmetric Hydrogenation” -
Iraklis Pappas
Ph.D, May 2016, Princeton University
Research Scientist at Colgate-Palmolive
“Fundamental Investigations Into Dinitrogen Fixation by Group 4 Metals” -
Renyuan “Pony” Yu
Ph.D, December 2015, Princeton University
Research Scientist at ExxonMobil, Texas
“Synthesis, Catalytic Activity and Electronic Structures of Pyridine Bis-N-Heterocyclic Carbene Iron and Cobalt Hydride Complexes” -
Brian Schaefer
Ph.D., November 2015, Princeton University
Eastman Chemical Company
“Ligand Design Principles to Enable New Reactivity with Iron and Cobalt” -
Jordan Hoyt
Ph.D., May 2015, Princeton University
Research Scientist at ExxonMobil, Texas
“Iron Catalyzed C-X (X = C, Si, B, H) Bond Forming Reactions” -
Grant Margulieux
Ph.D., May 2015, Princeton University
Patent Attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
“Studies Toward Homogeneous Dinitrogen Reduction and Ammonia Oxidation by Bis(Imino)Pyridine Molybdenum Complexes and Group 4 Metallocenes” -
Scott Semproni
Ph.D., May 2014, Princeton University
Product Manager at Linde Gas and Equipment
“Ligand Induced Dinitrogen Cleavage and Functionalization by Group Four Metallocenes” -
Crisita Atienza
Ph.D., May 2013, Princeton University
Market Developer at ExxonMobil, Texas
“Reactivity of Bis(imino)pyridine Cobalt Complexes in C-H Bond Activation and Catalytic C-C and C-Si Bond Formation” -
Chantal Stieber
Ph.D., April 2013, Princeton University
Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
“Methods for Determining Electronic Structures and Mechanisms of Bis(imino)pyridine Iron Pre-catalysts” -
Jonathan Darmon
Ph.D., February 2012, Cornell University
Manager of Financial Operations, Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute, Princeton University
“Influence of Ligand Modification and Electronic Structure in Homogeneous Catalysis with Reduced Iron Complexes” -
Sarah Russell
Ph.D., April 2011, Cornell University
“Reduced Bis(imino)pyridine Iron and Manganese Complexes: Electronic Structure, Reactivity Comparisons and Synthesis of an Iron Carbene” -
Aaron Tondreau
Ph.D., March 2011, Cornell University
Los Alamos National Laboratory
“Terdentate Iron Complexes: Catalytic Hydrosilylation Activity and the Determination of Electronic Structure of Redox-Active Bis(imino)pyridine Iron Complexes” -
Kevin Sylvester
Ph.D., January 2011, Cornell University
Research Chemist, PPG Industries
“A Study of Iron-Catalyzed Reductive Cyclizations of 1,6-Dienes, 1,6-Enynes, 1,6-Diynes: Reactions that Proceed via Metallocyclic Intermediates” -
Donald Knobloch
Ph.D., December 2010, Cornell University
Lubrizol Corporation
“Dinitrogen Functionalization: Exploring Dinitrogen Cleavage and Nitrogen-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions with Group 4 Metallocene Compounds” -
Doris Pun
Ph.D., December 2009, Cornell University
Research Chemist at BP
“Reduced Indenyl and Cyclopentadienyl Group 4 Complexes: Fundamental Reactivity Studies and Dinitrogen Activation” -
Amanda Bowman
Ph.D., October 2009, Cornell University
Associate Professor, Colorado College
“Bis(imino)pyridine Iron and Cobalt Complexes: Preparation, Electronic Structure Determination and Reactivity of Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds” -
Ryan Trovitch
Ph.D., January 2009, Cornell University
Associate Professor, Arizona State
“Iron Complexes with Terdentate Ligands: Preparation, Electronic Structure Determination, and Utility as Catalyst Precursors” -
Tamara Hanna
Ph.D., December 2006, Cornell University
Director, Professional Development & Education Products, ACS
“Synthesis and Reactivity of Low-Valent Titanium and Zirconium Complexes: Dinitrogen Activation and Functionalization” -
Wesley Bernskoetter
Ph.D., December 2006, Cornell University
Professor, University of Missouri
“Dinitrogen Activation and Functionalization Promoted by Early Transition Metal Metallocenes” -
Suzanne Bart
Ph.D., August 2006, Cornell University
Professor, Purdue University
“Homogeneous Iron Catalysts with Redox-Active Ligands: Synthesis and Electronic Structure” -
Chris Bradley
Ph.D., January 2006, Cornell University
Program Officer, Department of Energy
“Low-Valent Bis(Indenyl)Zirconium Chemistry: Synthesis and Reactivity of η-9, η-5 Sandwich Complexes” -
Jaime Pool
Ph.D., May 2004, Cornell University
“Low Valent Zirconium Complexes and their Application in Dinitrogen Activation: Functionalization and Cleavage of Dinitrogen”
Former Postdoctoral Associates & Fellows
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Christina Pierson
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2025
Advisor: John F. Hartwig -
Andrew King
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2024
Advisor: Aleksandr Zhukhovitskiy
Assistant Professor at High Point University -
Alex Shimozono
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 2022
Advisor: Sarah E. Reisman
Senior Chemist at Quadratic 3D, Inc -
Marina Perez Jimenez
Ph.D. University of Sevilla, 2021
Advisors: Ernesto Carmona & Jesús Campos
Assistant Professor at University of Geneva -
Chiraf Souilah El Hadri
Ph.D. Philipps-Universität Marburg, 2025
Advisor: Alicia Casitas Montero
Postdoctoral Researcher in Bedford Group, University of Bristol -
Hanna Hinrika Cramer
Ph.D. Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, 2022
Advisors: Walter Leitner, Frank Neese, & Christophe Werlé
RESOLV Research Group Leader at Ruhr University Bochum -
Carlota Odena Juan
Ph.D., Universitat Rovira i Virgili & Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), 2023.
Advisor: Rubén Martín
Academic Officer at IRB Barcelona -
Priyanka Gupta
Ph.D. Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, 2023
Advisor: Torsten Beweries & Christian Hering-Junghans
Development Editor, ACS Publications -
Reggie Mills
Ph.D. University of Toronto, 2020
Advisor: Sophie Rousseaux
Assistant Professor at University of Houston -
Grace Panetti
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 2021
Advisors: Eric Schelter & Pat Walsh
Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University -
Jose Roque
jroque@princeton.edu
Ph.D. Berkeley, 2020
Advisor: Richmond Sarpong
Assistant Professor at Princeton University -
Coralie Duchemin
Ph.D. EPFL, 2020
Advisor: Nicolai Cramer
CNRS Researcher at Rennes Institute of Chemical Sciences, France -
Gabriele Hierlmeier
Ph.D. University of Regensburg, 2021
Advisor: Robert Wolf
Assistant Professor at Universität Würzburg, Germany -
William Whitehurst
Ph.D. University of Cambridge, 2020
Advisor: Matthew J. Gaunt
Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University -
Connor MacNeil
cmacneil@princeton.edu
Ph.D. University of Lethbridge, 2021
Advisor: Paul Hayes
Senior Scientist at Merck -
Sam Yruegas
September 2019 – April 2022
Ph.D., Baylor University, 2019
Advisor: Caleb Martin
Assistant Professor, Rice University -
Yoonsu Park
October 2019 – November 2021
Ph.D., KAIST, 2019
Advisors: Sukbok Chang and Mu-Hyun Baik
Assistant Professor, KAIST -
Megan Mohadjer Beromi
March 2019 – May 2021
Ph.D., Yale University, 2019
Advisor: Nilay Hazari
Assistant Professor, US Naval Academy -
Jacob Ludwig
June 2019 – December 2020
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2019, Advisor: Corrina Schindler
Senior Scientist at AbbVie -
Rebeca Arévalo
September 2017 – May 2020
Ph.D., Universidad de Oviedo, Spain., 2017, Advisor: Julio Perez
Assistant Professor, UC Merced -
Marcus Farmer
June 2018 – February 2020
Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute, 2018, Advisors: Jin-Quan Yu and Phil Baran
Staff Scientist at GlaxoSmithKline -
Rose Kennedy
January 2017 – December 2019
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2016, Advisor: Eric Jacobsen
Assistant Professor, University of Rochester -
Florian Loose
June 2017 – May 2019
Ph.D., University of Oldenburg, Germany, 2016, Advisor: Rüdiger Beckhaus
Research Scientist, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung -
Matthew Joannou
June 2016 – April 2019
Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2016, Advisor: Simon Meek
Senior Scientist II, Bristol-Myers Squibb -
Cayetana Zarate
May 2017 – December 2018
Ph.D., Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), 2017, Advisor: Rubén Martín
Scientist at Janssen -
Stephan Rummelt
January 2017 – November 2018
Ph.D., Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 2016, Advisor: Alois Fürstner
Scientist at Roche -
Simon Krautwald
March 2016 – January 2018
Ph.D., ETH Zurich, 2016, Advisor: Erick Carreira
Investigator at Novartis -
Jamie Neely
October 2014 – June 2017
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 2014, Advisor: Tomislav Rovis
Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University -
Chris Schuster
August 2014 – December 2016
Ph.D., Boston College, 2014, Advisor: James Morken
Research Scientist at Merck -
Janelle Steves
September 2015 – September 2016
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 2015, Advisor: Shannon Stahl
Research Scientist at GlaxoSmithKline -
Valerie Schmidt
August 2013 – June 2016
Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2013, Advisor: Erik Alexanian
Assistant Professor at University of California, San Diego -
Margaret Scheuermann
September 2013 – May 2015
Ph.D., University of Washington-Seattle, 2013, Advisor: Karen Goldberg
Assistant Professor at Western Washington University -
Tianning Diao
October 2012 – June 2014
Ph.D.,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2012, Advisor: Shannon Stahl
Professor at New York University -
Carsten Milsmann
June 2010 – May 2014
Ph.D., Ruhr University Bochum/MPI for Bioinorganic Chemistry, 2009, Advisor: Karl Wieghardt
Associate Professor at University of Delaware -
Zach Brown
August 2012 – January 2013
B.S. Butler University, 2007
Ph.D., University of California – Davis, 2012, Advisor: Philip Power
Invention Associate, Nortwestern University -
Zoe Turner
January 2011 – June 2012
M.Chem., Wadham College, University of Oxford, 2007
Ph.D., University of Edinburgh, 2010, Advisor: Polly Arnold
Deputy Director, SCG-Oxford Centre of Excellence -
Sebastien Monfette
January 2011 – March 2012
B.Sc., University of Ottawa, 2005
Ph.D., University of Ottawa, 2011, Advisor: Deryn Fogg
Research Scientist at Pfizer, Connecticut -
Bastian Theis
May 2010 – February 2011
Ph.D., University of Würzburg, 2009 -
Helen Hoyt
August 2007 – July 2009
B.Sc., Knox College, 2001
Ph.D., University of California – Berkeley, 2007
Associate Professor and Chair of Chemistry, Knox College -
David Benito Garagorri
January 2008 – May 2009
Ph.D., Vienna University of Technology
Senior Patent Counsel at Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH -
Sergio Pascual
May 2008 – August 2008
Ph.D., University of the Basque Country -
Brad Wile
November 2006 – July 2008
B.Sc., St. Francis Xavier University, 2002
Ph.D., Dalhousie University, 2006, Advisor: Mark Stradiotto
Associate Professor at Ohio Northern University -
Marco Bouwkamp
July 2004 – June 2006
Ph.D., University of Groningen, 2004
Senior Consultant at Mendix -
Eric Hawrelak
January 2003 – August 2004
Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 2002
Professor at Bloomsburg University
Former Undergraduate Researchers
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Lindsay Pagaduan
Princeton Class of 2026.
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Cindy Chen
Princeton Class of 2026.
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Eva Nester
Princeton Class of 2028.
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Natalia Maidique
Princeton Class of 2025.
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Chloe Park
Princeton Class of 2025.
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Cecilia Sommerfeld
Princeton Class of 2025.
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Lauren Sablone
Princeton Class of 2025.
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Emma Cavendish
Princeton Class of 2024.
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Amelia Liu
Princeton Class of 2023.
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Maddie Esposito
Princeton Class of 2023.
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Francesca DiMare
Princeton Class of 2023.
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Carina Baete
Princeton Class of 2023.
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Benjamin Freeman
Princeton Class of 2021.
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Natalia Soja
Princeton Class of 2021.
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Lauren Ehehalt
Princeton Class of 2020.
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Kaitlyn MacMillan
Princeton Class of 2020.
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Rachel Macaulay
Princeton Class of 2019.
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Greg Skrzypek
Princeton Class of 2019.
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Summer Ramsay-Burrough
Princeton Class of 2017.
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Sean Treacy
Princeton Class of 2016
Graduate Student at Columbia University
Advisor: Tomislav Rovis -
Hanley Ong
Princeton Class of 2016.
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Krysta Dummit
Princeton Class of 2015
Graduate Student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Advisor: Jeff Van Humbeck -
Damon McLean
Princeton Class of 2014.
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Emma Kurz
Princeton Class of 2014.
Past Visitors
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Geoffrey C. Stosse
gs7956@princeton.edu
Visiting Ph.D. Student from University College Cork -
Katherine Tennet
kt5806@princeton.edu
Visiting Ph.D. Student from the University of Oxford -
Laura Goicoechea Crespo
Visiting Ph.D. Student from CiQUS, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Shusuke Hattori
Visiting Ph.D. Student from the Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), Japan
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Lola Lopez-Spencer
Visiting High School Student
Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart Class of 2025 -
Sebastian Samir Cremer
Visiting Graduate Student from Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
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Pablo Mora Forte
Visiting Student from Universitat Rovira i Virgili & Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) (Advisor: Prof. Antonio Echavarren)
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Umay Yildirim
B.Sc., ETH Zürich, 2022.
Visiting student from ETH Zürich. -
Diego Alexandre Cabo Palacios Sr.
B. Sc., M. Sc., Cadiz University
Visiting Graduate Student from Cartuja Center at Sevilla University and CSIC, Spain -
Connor MacNeil
Visiting Research Collaborator
September 2019 – December 2019
University of Lethbridge
Advisor: Prof. Paul Hayes -
Andreu Tortajada Navarro
Visiting Research Collaborator
July 2019 – December 2019
Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ)
Advisor: Professor Rubén Martín -
Javier Corpas Pardo
Visiting Research Collaborator
September 2019 – December 2019
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Advisors: Profs. Ramón Gómez Arrayás and Pablo Mauleón -
Linda Quach
Visiting Research Collaborator
Sept 2018–Feb 2019
University of Münster -
Shunlin Gu
Visiting Research Collaborator
Nov 2017–Nov 2018
Lecturer, Changzhou University.
Ph.D., Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Industry, 2011 -
Gisselle Pombar
SURPDC Scholar
Summer 2017 & 2018
University of Central Florida Class of 2018 -
Yahong Li
Visiting Research Collaborator
Jan–May 2018
Professor, Soochow University.
Ph.D., Lanzhou University, China, 1999 -
Haifeng Yang
Collaborating Industrial Postdoctoral Fellow at Merck
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2016, Advisor: François Gabbaï -
Étienne Rochette
Visiting Research Scholar
Sept–Dec 2017
Ph.D. Candidate, Université Laval, Advisor: Frédéric-Georges Fontaine -
Angela Wandler
Visiting Research Scholar
Jul–Nov 2016
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Advisor: Stefan Bräse -
Yuta Goto
Visiting Research Scholar
Sept–Nov 2016
Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan.
Advisor: Kazuaki Ishihara -
Xuelu “Sherry” Ma
Visiting Research Scholar
The College of Science/Beijing University of Chemical Technology -
Liz Johnson
Visiting Undergraduate Student
Jun–Aug 2014
B.S. The College of New Jersey 2015
Graduate student at Harvard University
Advisor: Theodore Betley