
The Group
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Postdoctoral Associate
Zilu Tang
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2023
University of Houston, Houston, TX
Advisor: Robert Comito
B.S. Chemistry, 2018
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Hometown: Wuhan, China
Hobbies: video games, table tennis

IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow
Timothy Schoch
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2024
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Advisor: Jimmie Weaver
B.S. Chemistry, 2018
California Polytechnic State University, CA
Hometown: Tirana, Albania
Hobbies: Magic: the Gathering, PC gaming, Movie Nights

Sixth Year Graduate Student
Jagrut Shah
MSc. Organic Chemistry, 2017
MSU Baroda, Vadodara, India
BSc. Chemistry, 2015
Mumbai University, Mumbai, India
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Hometown: Mumbai, India
Hobbies: Reading, video games, pro-wrestling history

Third Year Graduate Student
Yetong Lin
M.S. Medicinal Chemistry, 2022
China Pharmaceutical Univ. Nanjing, China
B.S. Pharmaceutical Engineering, 2018
Shandong Univ. of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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Hometown: Linyi, Shandong, China
Hobbies: Reading, watching anime, jogging

Third Year Graduate Student
Ashley Lojko
B.S. Chemistry, 2022
Le Moyne College, DeWitt, NY
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Hometown: Hamburg, PA
Hobbies: Reading, video games, going to the beach

Second Year Graduate Student
Agniva Das
M.Sc. Chemistry, 2023
IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
B.Sc. Chemistry, 2021
Ramkrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, India
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Hometown: Kolkata, India
Hobbies: Table tennis, books, traveling

Second Year Graduate Student
Ayah Fidama
B.S. Chemistry, 2023
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
Hobbies: Knitting, exploring new places, watching movies

Second Year Graduate Student
Vincent Huang
B.S. Chemistry, 2023
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
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Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Basketball, video games, cooking

First Year Graduate Student
Zirui Liu
B.S. Chemistry, 2024
Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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Hometown: Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Hobbies: Soccer, watching comedy, sleeping

First Year Graduate Student
Kiran Soma
B.S. Chemistry, 2024
NC State University, Raleigh, NC
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Hometown: Oak Ridge, NC
Hobbies: Writing, music, chess

Undergraduate Student
Emma Scher
SBU '25
Major: Chemistry
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​Hometown: Valley Stream, NY
Hobbies: Fashion, reading, snowboarding

Undergraduate Student
Noah Schwartzapfel
SBU '25
Major: Chemistry
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Hometown: Hauppauge, NY
Hobbies: Video games, cooking, youtube

Undergraduate Student
Sayan Shil
SBU '25
Major: Biomedical Engineering
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Hometown: Queens, NY
Hobbies: Calisthenics, chess, basketball
Group Alumni
Former Postdocs

Dong-Hang Tan
Postdoc, 2023–2024
Current: MSCA European Postdoctoral Fellow
Dixon Lab, Oxford
Former Graduate Students

Jaclyn Mauro
Ph.D., 2024
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Current: IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow, Parker Lab, SBU

Abubakar Lawal Mohammed
Graduate Student, 2023–2024
Current: Hsiao Lab, SBU
Former Undergraduate Students
Former Graduate Students

Maxim Savenkov
Undergraduate, 2024–2025
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Celeste Barefoot
REU student, 2024
Current: UNC Wilmington '26

Nasiba Khandaker
Undergraduate, 2022–2023
B.S. Chemistry, 2023
Stony Brook University

Zongle Wei
Undergraduate, 2022–2023
B.S Chemistry, 2024
Stony Brook University

Jacob Fox
Undergraduate, 2022–2023
B.S Chemistry, 2024
Stony Brook University