The Team | Thereidlab

Meet the Team

We are a group of synthetic, computational, and data scientists. Currently, we are made up of 1 PDR, 2 undergraduates, and 6 graduate students.

Group Members

Yutao Kuang

4th Year Graduate Student

Graduate Student (2020 – )

Email: youkiel@student.ubc.ca

Education: MChem, University of Oxford, UK (2020)

Isaiah Betinol

3rd Year Graduate Student

Graduate Student (2021 - )

Email: ibetinol@chem.ubc.ca

Education: BSc (Hons) in Chemistry, University of Alberta, Canada (2021)

Jiajing Li

3rd Year Graduate Student

Graduate Student (2021 - )

Email: jiajingli@chem.ubc.ca

Education: BSc in Chemistry, Zhejiang University, China (2020)

Jasemine Handjaya

2nd Year Graduate Student

Graduate Student (2022 -)

Email: jhandjaya@chem.ubc.ca

Education: BSc (Hons) in Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Canada (2022)

Niraja Patankar

1st Year Graduate Student

Graduate Student (2023 - )
Email: jhandjaya@chem.ubc.ca
Education: BS + MSc in Chemistry, IIT Bombay, India (2023)

Brian Mulley

1st Year Graduate Student

Graduate Student (2023 – )

Email: bmulley@chem.ubc.ca

Education: BSc Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Canada (2023)

Jasmine Etman

Undergraduate Researcher (CHEM 449)

Undergraduate Student (2023 – )

Email: jasmineetman@gmail.com

Education: BSc Chemistry, University of British Columbia (est. 2024)

Michał Sanocki

Undergraduate Researcher (CHEM 448)

Email: sanockimichal23@gmail.com

Education: Computational Science University of Amsterdam

Junshan Lai

Postdoctoral Researcher

Email: laijsh13@lzu.edu.cn

Education: PhD, ICIQ, Spain with Prof. Miquel A. Pericàs (2020)

MSci, Lanzhou University, China (2016)

Previous Group Members

Graduate Students

Ali Shoja, Masters Student, UBC 2021-2022

Jianyu Zhai, Masters Student, UBC 2021-2023

Undergraduate Students

Christopher Yousofi, UBC Final year project student (CHEM 449), 2021-2022

Soresu Juyo, UBC Final year project student (CHEM 449), 2022-2023

Endger Yuan, UBC Summer undergraduate research student (via UBC SURS program), Summer 2023

Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Hart Plommer, UBC 2022-2023, Last known position: Lab Manager Delic Labs (Vancouver)

Visiting Researchers

Saumya Thakur, IIT Bombay, India, Summer 2022 (MITACS recipient)

Pierre Couëtoux, ENS de Lyon, France, Summer 2022

Ozora Sasamoto, Kanazawa University, Japan, Summer 2022

Hayley Russell, University of Strathclyde, Scotland, Summer 2023