Current Group Members
Who is this doing this synthetic type of alpha beta psychedelic funkin?

John Anderson
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor of Chemistry
jsanderson@uchicago.edu
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 2014
B.S./M.S. University of Chicago, 2008
Hometown: Downers Grove, Illinois

Dooyoung Kim
Post-doctoral Scholar, joined 2024
Ph.D. University of Houston, 2024
M.S. Yonsei University, 2017
B.S. Yonsei University, 2015
Hometown: Busan, South Korea

Linh Le
Post-doctoral Scholar, joined 2024
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 2024
B.S. Colgate University, 2018
Hometown: Hanoi, Vietnam

Yujeong Lee
Post-doctoral Scholar, joined 2024
Ph.D. Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology, 2023
M.S. Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology, 2020
B.S. Pukyong National University, 2018
Hometown: Busan, South Korea

Allen Ling
Post-doctoral Scholar, joined 2025
jling3@uchicago.edu
Ph.D. Cornell University, 2025
B.S. Purdue University. 2020
Hometown: Guangzhou, China

Chen-Yu Lien
Graduate Student, joined 2021
M.S. National Taiwan University, 2019
B.S. National Taiwan University, 2017
Hometown: Taoyuan, Taiwan

Joe Scott
Graduate Student, joined 2022
B.A. Swarthmore College, 2022
Hometown: Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Alexandra Krupinski
Graduate Student, joined 2023
B.S. Tufts University, 2023
Hometown: Athens, Greece

Shilin Zeng
Graduate Student, joined 2023
shilinzeng@uchicago.edu
B.S. UC Berkeley, 2023
Hometown: Guangdong, China

Nathan Lopez
Graduate Student, joined 2023
B.S. California Institute of Technology, 2023
Hometown: Jurupa Valley, California

Abha Dabak-Wakankar
Graduate Student, joined 2024
B.S. University of Michigan, 2024
Hometown: Novi, Michigan

Ya Su
Graduate Student, joined 2024
B.S. Peking University, 2024
Hometown: Shandong, China

Ellie Smith-Hernáez
Graduate Student, joined 2025
B.S./M.S. University of Edinburgh, 2025
Hometown: Valencia, Spain

Juho Kim
Graduate Student, joined 2025
B.S./B.B.A. Seoul National University, 2025
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea

Xinyu Cai
Graduate Student, joined 2025
B.S. Peking University, 2025
Hometown: Sichuan, China



Sofia Hauser
Undergraduate, joined 2025
Hometown: Brookline, Massachusetts

