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Jonathan completed his B.S. and M.S. degrees in chemistry at the University of Kentucky in 2006. After working for a few years in industry for a biotech start-up company in Los Angeles, CA, Jonathan started his graduate studies in 2010 as a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow at Northwestern University (NU) in Evanston, IL under the tutelage of Professor Fraser Stoddart (2016 Chemistry Nobel Laureate). While at NU, Jonathan developed a new class of stable organic radicals, as well as new macrocycles for binding polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. In 2014, Jonathan moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an HHMI postdoctoral fellow of the Life Sciences Research Foundation in Professor Jeremiah Johnson’s group, where he investigated new sequence-defined polymer methodologies and combination drug-loaded nanoparticles for cancer treatment. In 2016, he began his independent career at WUSTL where his group is focused on synthesizing new functional polymers to make redox-responsive photodynamic materials, targeted polymeric nanomaterials for drug combination therapies, and developing novel topologically complex polymers and materials influenced by the mechanical bond. Jonathan received a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and a Young Investigator Award from the Cancer Research Foundation in 2017. He was also named a 2019 Kavli Fellow by the Kavli Foundation and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and a 2020 Emerging Investigator by the journal Polymer Chemistry.
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Graduate Students
Nathan Colley 5TH YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT Nate is a native of Staunton, IL. He graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2016 with honors and received a B.S. in Chemistry. He participated in undergraduate research under Dr. Lichang Wang and contributed to several research projects with the goal of improving . . . ndcolley@wustl.edu |
Mary Danielson 3rd YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT Mary grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and is currently in her fourth year at WashU as an undergrad. She’s a double major studying Creative Writing and Chemistry. She spent her freshman summer as a member of the Summer Scholars in Biology and Biomedical Research working in Dr. Welch’s . . . mary.danielson@wustl.edu |
Abigail Delawder 5th YEAR Graduate student nsf grfp fellow Abby was born in Columbia, MD and was raised in Springfield, MO. In 2016, she graduated from Drury University with a B.S. in Chemistry. Her undergraduate research experience started with Dr. Madhuri Manpadi at Drury, which centered on finding novel heterocyclic . . . adelawder@wustl.edu |
Jovelt Dorsainvil 2nd year graduate student I was raised in Haiti and moved to the US in 2015 to attend Fairfield University. I recently graduated with a BS in Chemistry and a minor and Philosophy. I was part of Professor Jillian Smith-Carpenter's undergraduate research lab for almost 2 years and we studied the activity of supramolecular . . . jovelt.dorsainvil@wustl.edu |
Gray Harlan 2nd Year Graduate Student Gray is from St. Louis. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in biology in 2017 (go dawgs). He did undergrad research with Dr. Arthur Romero in Dr. Michael Holtzman’s lab at Washington University School of Medicine working on synthesizing an inhibitor for enzyme MAPK13 . . . gharlan@wustl.edu |
Ruihan Li 4th YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT Ruihan is from Changchun, Jilin, China. She graduated from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2017, with bachelor degrees in Chemistry and Communication. Her undergraduate research in USTC with Prof. Hongbin Yao focused on nacre-inspired materials with high mechanical . . . ruihan.li@wustl.edu |
Mark Nosiglia 4th YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT Mark is from Eureka Missouri. He graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 2017 with a B.A. in Chemistry. During his undergraduate studies, he did research under Dr. Ram Mohan, focusing on environmentally-friendly organic synthesis using lanthanide catalysts. This work helped Mark . . . mnosiglia@wustl.edu 
Tarryn Trick 1ST Year graduate student Tarryn is from Lexington, Tennessee. She graduated from Austin Peay State University in 2020 with a B.S. in Chemistry. During her undergraduate career, she participated in research under Dr. Fred J. Matthews focusing on the synthesis and NMR . . . c.trick@wustl.edu |
Mark Palmquist 3rd YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT NDSEG Fellow Mark was born and raised in Lino Lakes, MN. He attended college in Annapolis, MD at the United States Naval Academy and is a proud alumnus of the class of 2013 (Beat Army!). He performed undergraduate research under Dr. Dianne Luning-Prak and Dr. Paul Trulove developing testing protocolfor algae-based . . . mark.palmquist@wustl.edu 
Yipei Zhang 3rD YEAR GRADUATE STUDENT Yipei was born and raised in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. She graduated from Southern University of Science and Technology (Sustech) in 2017, with a bachelor degree in Chemistry. Her undergraduate research in Sustech with Prof. Bin Tan focused on synthesis of axially chiral compounds via . . . yipeizhang@wustl.edu |
Sheila Tran 2nd Year graduate student Sheila comes to us from the University of Memphis in Tennessee. She was born in Fountain Valley, California, raised in Memphis, TN and graduated in 2019 with a BS in chemistry and a minor in Japanese. Her undergraduate research experience centered on organometallic rhodium and . . . sheilatran@wustl.edu |
Undergraduate Students
Lucas Cruz UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER Lucas grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and is currently a junior pursuing a major in Chemistry (with a focus in Biochemistry) and a minor in Astrophysics. He is a member of the Alpha Chi Sigma Chemistry fraternity and is interested in carrying out Chemistry research with a biomedical relevance. lucascruz@wustl.edu |
Max Gruschka UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER Max grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, and is a current Junior at Washington University pursuing a degree in chemistry with a minor in mathematics. As a recipient of a Summer Undergraduate Research Award (SURA) he began his research career in the Barnes group in the summer of 2019 . . . maxgruschka@wustl.edu |
Tiana Saak UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER Tiana grew up on a farm just outside Grundy Center, Iowa and is currently a sophomore majoring in Chemistry and minoring in Children's Studies. Her past research experience includes her involvement with Dr. Todd Druley's lab at the Washington University School of Medicine, where she did . . . tiana.saak@wustl.edu |
Alia Thomas UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER Alia grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and is currently a freshman at Washington University in the College of Arts & Sciences. During the summer of 2019, she participated in research under Prof. Wenbin Lin at The University of Chicago that focused on the synthesis of phthalocyanine-based metal . . . a.a.thomas@wustl.edu |
Anna Vaclavek UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER Anna grew up in Columbia, Missouri, and is currently a sophomore at Washington University pursuing a major in Chemistry with a concentration in Biochemistry. She spent two summers interning at the Cancer Research Center of Columbia, Missouri under Dr. Abraham Eisenstark. She is an executive . . . avaclavek@wustl.edu |
Mason Wong UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER Mason grew up in Austin, Texas (Hook ‘em) and is currently a Sophomore majoring in Chemistry with a Biochemistry concentration and a minor in Psychology. He keeps busy as a student-athlete on the varsity cross country and track and field teams at WashU . . . mason.wong@wustl.edu |