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Meet the Team

We are a group of 20 interested in synthesis, computations, and data science. Currently, we are made up of 1 PI, 1 PDR, 4 undergraduates, 5 visiting researchers, and 9 graduate students.

Group Members

Yutao Kuang

5th Year Graduate Student

Graduate Student (2020 – )

Email: youkiel@student.ubc.ca

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

Isaiah Betinol

5th Year Graduate Student

Graduate Student (2021 - )

Email: ibetinol@chem.ubc.ca

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

Jiajing Li

5th Year Graduate Student

Graduate Student (2021 - )

Email: jiajingli@chem.ubc.ca

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

Jasemine Handjaya

4th 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

3rd Year Graduate Student

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

Brian Mulley

3rd Year Graduate Student

Graduate Student (2023 – )

Email: bmulley@chem.ubc.ca

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

Aleksandra Demchenko

2nd Year Graduate Student

Graduate Student (2024 -)

Email: ademchenko@chem.ubc.ca

Education:BSc in Materials Chemistry, Physics and Mechanics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia (2024)

Khadiza Karim (Rodella) Chowdhury

1st Year Graduate Student

Graduate Student (2025 -)

Email: rodella@student.ubc.ca

Education: BSc (Hons) in Chemistry at The University of British Columbia (2022)

Boris Chen

1st Year Graduate Student

Graduate Student (2025 -)

Email: boris0101@chem.ubc.ca

Education: BSc & MSc, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (2023)

Jakob Meckes

1st Year Graduate Student

Graduate Student (2025 -)

Email: meckes@chem.ubc.ca

Education: BSc (Hons) in Chemistry, University of Alberta, Canada (2025)

Supratim Ghosh

Postdoctoral Researcher

Postdoctoral Researcher (2025-)

Email: supratimg13@gmail.com
Education: PhD, IIT Bombay, India, with Prof. R. B. Sunoj. M.Sc from the University of Calcutta, India

Kate Young

Undergraduate Researcher

Undergraduate Student (2024 -)

Email: gnuoyk8@gmail.com

Education: BSc Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of British Columbia (est. 2028)

Ard van Noordenne

Visiting Researcher

Master's student

Email: a.j.van.noordenne@student.rug.nl

Education: BSc Chemistry, University of Groningen (2023)

Mateus Costa

Visting Researcher

Graduate student (VIRS)

Email: mateuscosta0595@gmail.com

Education: BSc & MSci, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil (2022)

Areeya Kongsawangchai

MITACS Undergraduate Student

Undergraduate Student
Email: areeya@connect.hku.hk

Education: BSc Chemistry and Computer Science, University of Hong Kong (est. 2026)

Jack Pope

MITACS Undergraduate Student

Undergraduate Student
Email: jackpope2002@hotmail.com

Education: MSci Chemistry, University of Nottingham, UK (est. 2026)

Thomas Dobroschelski

Visiting Researcher

Master's student
Email: t.l.dobroschelski@student.rug.nl
Education: BSc Chemistry, University of Groningen (2023)

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

Jasmine Etman, UBC Final year project student (CHEM 449), 2023-2024, Last known position: PhD student, Stephenson Lab (UBC, Canada)

Postdoctoral Researchers

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

Dr. Junshan Lai, UBC 2021-2025, Last known position: Assistant Professor, NanChang University, China

Visiting Researchers

Saumya Thakur, IIT Bombay, India, Summer 2022 (MITACS recipient), Last known position: AI Architect, Accenture, Japan

Pierre Couëtoux, ENS de Lyon, France, Summer 2022

Ozora Sasamoto, Kanazawa University, Japan, Summer 2022, Last known position: Assistant Professor, Tohoku University, Japan

Hayley Russell, University of Strathclyde, Scotland, Summer 2023, Last known position: Trainee Intellectual Property Attorney SGMA

Zi-hao Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, 2024-2025