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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, as well as a 2020 Emerging Investigator by the journal Polymer Chemistry and a 2020 Young Investigator by the American Chemical Society's Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering.
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Graduate Students
Nathan Colley 6TH 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 4th 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 |
Jovelt Dorsainvil 3rd year graduate student Jovelt was raised in Haiti and moved to the US in 2015 to attend Fairfield University. She graduated with a BS in Chemistry and a minor and Philosophy. While at Fairfield, she was part of Professor Jillian Smith-Carpenter's research lab for almost 2 years, where she studied the activity of supramolecular. . . jovelt.dorsainvil@wustl.edu |
Gray Harlan 3rd 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 5th 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 5th 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 |
Mark Palmquist 4th 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 . . . mark.palmquist@wustl.edu |
Sheila Tran 3rd 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 |
Tarryn Trick 2nd 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 characterization of hexyl acetates. In May of 2020 . . . c.trick@wustl.edu |
Yipei Zhang
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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
yipeizhang@wustl.edu
Undergraduate Students
Mark Jareczek UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER Mark is in his junior year double-majoring in Chemistry and Educational Studies at WashU. Mark aspires to bring people together in the context of chemistry. His research background is in chemical education: looking at inclusion skills and leadership development as it relates to undergraduate . . . mjareczek@wustl.edu |
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Alexa Ribatt UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER Alexa grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston and is a Junior at WashU. She is majoring in Biochemistry through the Biology department with a minor in Psychology and WGSS. She is a member of the women’s club squash team and works in the admissions office at WashU as a prospective student. . alexa.ribatt@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 |
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 |