PEOPLE
Current Members
Professor Theodore Betley
Erving Professor of Chemistry
Director of Graduate Studies
Department Chair
Pamela Hernandez (Lab Admin)
Dr. Trevor Latendresse (Post-Doc)
Ph.D. Texas A&M University 2021
tplatendresse(at)fas.harvard.edu
Dr. Joy Zeng (Post-Doc)
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2023
joyzeng(at)g.harvard.edu
Dr. Rex Handford (Post-Doc)
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 2023
rhandford(at)fas.harvard.edu
Nick Litak (G5)
B.S. Chemistry 2020
Pennsylvania State University
nlitak(at)g.harvard.edu
Jeewhan Oh (G5)
B.S. Chemistry 2018
Seoul National University
jeewhanoh(at)g.harvard.edu
June Yang (G5)
B.S. Chemistry 2020
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
junyuyang(at)g.harvard.edu
Yifan Zhao (G5)
B.S. Chemistry 2020
Tsinghua University
yifan_zhao(at)g.harvard.edu
Erika Amemiya (G4)
B.A. Chemistry 2021
Barnard College
erikaamemiya(at)g.harvard.edu
Ivan Arvizo (G4)
B.S. Biochemistry 2020
University of Texas at El Paso
iarvizo(at)g.harvard.edu
B.S. Chemistry 2021
New York University
ccasaday(at)g.harvard.edu
Claire Casaday (G4)
Willmer Flores (G3)
B.S. Chemistry 2022
California State University, Los Angeles
wflores1(at)g.harvard.edu
Avinashi Bhandari (Undergrad)
Joy An (Undergrad)
Jara Emtage-Cave (Undergrad)
A.B. Chemistry and Physics
Class of 2025
jemtagecave(at)college.harvard.edu
Group Alumni
Former Postdoctoral Fellows
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. 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
Andrew Hong - Cambridge University
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
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