The Group
Postdoctoral Associate
Zilu Tang
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2023
University of Houston, Houston, TX
Advisor: Robert Comito
B.S. Chemistry, 2018
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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
Fifth Year Graduate Student
Jagrut Shah
MSc. Organic Chemistry, 2017
MSU Baroda, Vadodara, India
BSc. Chemistry, 2015
Mumbai University, Mumbai, India
Hometown: Mumbai, India
Hobbies: Reading, video games, pro-wrestling history
Second 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
Hometown: Linyi, Shandong, China
Hobbies: Reading, watching anime, jogging
Second Year Graduate Student
Ashley Lojko
B.S. Chemistry, 2022
Le Moyne College, DeWitt, NY
Hometown: Hamburg, PA
Hobbies: Reading, video games, going to the beach
First Year Graduate Student
Agniva Das
M.Sc. Chemistry, 2023
IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
B.Sc. Chemistry, 2021
Ramkrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, India
Hometown: Kolkata, India
Hobbies: Table tennis, books, traveling
First Year Graduate Student
Ayah Fidama
B.S. Chemistry, 2023
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
Hobbies: Knitting, exploring new places, watching movies
First Year Graduate Student
Vincent Huang
B.S. Chemistry, 2023
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Basketball, video games, cooking
Undergraduate Student
Emma Scher
SBU '25
Major: Chemistry
Hometown: Valley Stream, NY
Hobbies: Fashion, reading, snowboarding
Undergraduate Student
Noah Schwartzapfel
SBU '25
Major: Chemistry
Hometown: Hauppauge, NY
Hobbies: Video games, cooking, youtube
Undergraduate Student
Sayan Shil
SBU '25
Major: Biomedical Engineering
Hometown: Queens, NY
Hobbies: Calisthenics, chess, basketball
Undergraduate Student
Maxim Savenkov
SBU '26
Major: Chemistry
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Hobbies: Programming, biking, reading
Group Alumni
Jaclyn Mauro
Ph.D., 2024
Current: IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow, Parker Lab, SBU
Celeste Barefoot
RUE student, 2024
Current: UNC Wilmington '26
Dong-Hang Tan
Postdoc, 2023–2024
Current: MSCA European Postdoctoral Fellow
Dixon Lab, Oxford
Abubakar Lawal Mohammed
Graduate Student, 2023–2024
Current: Hsiao Lab, SBU
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