Current Group Members
Graduate Students
Vincent Allen
B.S. Indiana University Bloomington, 2022
Amateur MOF enthusiast
Hannah Christianson
B.A. Barnard College, 2022
Research interests: Magnetic Materials
Matthew Dickson
B.S. Brigham Young University, 2021
Katerina Graf
B.S. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2021
I came here to smell fish and make MOFs. And I'm all out of fish.
Leander Held
M.Sci. Rochester Institute of Technology, 2021
Attributes: Magnetism, German; Strengths: not Chemistry... anything but Chemistry, Computation; Weaknesses: Chemistry, Softball, Ohioan
Adrian Huang
B.S. Caltech, 2020
3% Austrailian, 97% Californian, 100% Kindergartener. MOFs are of the past, CO₂ capture with chutzpah. Board games, volleyball, music swords, sushi
Emi Ito
B.S. University of Tokyo, 2020
M.S. University of Tokyo, 2022
伊藤 絵美
From: Japan; Research Interests: Magnetism; You can find me in the middle of chemistry ;)
Sally Karstens
M.Sc. Philipps Universität Marburg, 2020
B.S. University of Virginia, 2018
Research interests: Electron microscopy of MOFs and other functional materials
Ruby Kharod
B.A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022
From: Louisiana; Named after a precious stone but trying to capture CO₂ without precious metals
Jeong Won Kim
B.S. Seoul National University, 2020
M.S. Seoul National University, 2022
(김정원)
From: Seoul, South Korea; Research Interests: Metal–Organic Frameworks
Kennedy McCone
B.S. Stanford University, 2016
Ryan Murphy
B.A. Harvard University, 2014
M.M. New England Conservatory, 2015
B.S. Caltech, 2019
from: Vietnam & Texas; research interests: organic diradical and lanthanide qubits; hobbies: bouldering, dance, tennis, kdramas
Danh Ngo
Elise Nicol
B.S. Gonzaga University, 2022
Priya Patel
B.A. Rutgers University, 2022
B.A. Rutgers University, 2022
From: NJ; Interests: Magnetism mofs, memes, meandering, music, mjrder, miming, melons, marxism, mozart (only requiem), mold, metal, mysteries, mars (bar), miller(lite), meetings, movie, mom
Kyle Pekar
B.S. Southern Methodist University, 2022
I occasionally know what I'm doing.
Ethan Pezoulas
B.S. University of Calgary, 2021
Research interests: Porous polymers for water purificationPerpetuating the Canadian stereotype. Easily bribed with food
Nicole Removski
B.S. University of British Columbia, 2022
From: Canada; Research Interests:Just a fellow Canadian trying to stabilize reactive species in MOFs. Frequently cooks viral recipes. Eats cheese.
Rhea-Donna Reyes
B.S. New York University, 2020
B.S. New York University, 2020
Research Interests: Carbon Capture MOFS and Amine Degradation; Character Traits: *incessant humming*, yells "SCIENCE!", free hugs
Rachel Rohde
B.S. Duke University, 2018
I walked across the country and now I'm here making 100% Vegan, non-GMO, pasture-raised MOFs that bind things for separations
Matthew S. Santoso
B.S. The University of Texas at Austin, 2023
Nathan Stovall
My Vuong
B.S. University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2023
Research interests: MOFs for H2 storage
Xinru (Ruby) Wang
M.E. Zhejiang University, 2023
Yuto Yabuuchi
B.E. Kobe City College of Technology, 2018
(薮内祐人) From Japan. Believing MOFs are Yutopia for hydrogen.
Isaac Zakaria
B.S. University of California, Santa Barbara, 2019
M.S. University of California, Santa Barbara, 2020
Zapping materials with X-rays and stealing their electrons since 2021.
Postdoctoral Scholars
Jonas Boergel
Ph.D. Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 2019
Kurtis Carsch
Ph.D. Harvard University, 2021
I am an Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow, broadly interested in developing porous materials for outcompeting entropy. Yeehaw.
Matthew Dods
B.S. University of Southern California, 2018
From LA, carbon's my trade
Ted Kwon
PhD Yonsei University, 2019
Shivani Sharma
B.Sc(H) University of Delhi, 2013
M.Sc Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, 2015
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, 2020
Fulbright-Nehru Post doctoral Scholar working toward the development of porous materials for ion capture and recovery.
Hsinhan (Dave) Tsai
Ph.D. Rice University, 2018
(蔡欣翰) Originate from Taiwan. Direct air capture of CO2 can save the world !!
Julian Amado Vigil
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2023
Shuoyan (Sam) Xiong
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 2023
A 'bear' in bears
Mengshan Ye
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022
(叶梦珊) Born in China. Miller Postdoctoral Fellow now. Looking for good qubits, quantum sensors and Chinese food.
Staff
Hiroyasu Furukawa
Industrial Research Coordinator
Ph. D. University of Tokyo
T. David Harris
Associated Principal Investigator
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2010
Henry Jiang
B.S. University of Sydney, 2014
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2023
Alain Kesseru
Program Coordinator
Katie Meihaus
Science Editor/Writer
Ph. D. University of California, Berkeley, 2015
Visiting Professors
Ki Chul Kim
Konkuk University
Visiting Scientists
Hannes Albers
Master's student at ETH Zurich, Mechanical Engineering'
Fisher Hall
B.S. University of Calgary, 2023
Research interests: MOFs for CO2 captureProbably drinking coffee, definitely anxious.
Kevin Miura
B.A./M.A, Chemistry, Harvard University, Expected 2025
Undergraduate Students
Xavier Alberto Albors
B.S., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley Expected 2025
Chris Gardner
B.A., Economics, University of California, Berkeley 2016
B.S., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley; Expected 2026
David Lu
B.S. University of California, Berkeley 2024
(鲁大伟) From China. Doing some cool inorganic synthesis and single molucule magnet stuff.
Junyang Meng
B.S. University of Science and Technology of China; Expected 2025
Mikolaj Sidzinski
B.S., Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles; Expected 2025
Madeline Thiara
B.S., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley; Expected 2025
Daniel Wehbeh
B.S., Chemistry, B.A., Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley; Expected 2025
