Current Group Members

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John Anderson

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

Lei Wang

Lei Wang

Post-doctoral Scholar, joined 2020

leiw1@uchicago.edu

Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2019
M.S. Lanzhou University, 2014
B.S. Lanzhou University, 2011
Hometown: Xiaogan, China

Jorge Martinez

Jorge Martinez

Post-doctoral Scholar, joined 2020

jlmartinez16@uchicago.edu

Ph.D. Indiana University, 2020
B.S. University of Texas-El Paso, 2014
Hometown: El Paso, Texas

Andrew Ritchhart

Andrew Ritchhart

Post-doctoral Scholar, joined 2020

ritchhart@uchicago.edu

Ph.D. University of Washington-Seattle, 2020
B.S. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, 2015
Hometown: Everett, Washington

Patrick Crossland

Patrick Crossland

Post-doctoral Scholar, joined 2021

pcrossland@uchicago.edu

Ph.D. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 2021
B.S. The College of William and Mary, 2015
Hometown: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Ningxin Jiang

Ningxin Jiang

Post-doctoral Scholar, joined 2022

njiang2@uchicago.edu

Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021
B.S. Nanjing University, 2016
Hometown: Jiangsu, China

Joseph Schneider

Joseph Schneider

Graduate Student, joined 2018

jeschneider@uchicago.edu

B.S. California Institute of Technology, 2018
Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky

Maia Czaikowski

Maia Czaikowski

Graduate Student, joined 2020

mczaikowski@uchicago.edu

B.A. Williams College, 2020
Hometown: Simsbury, Connecticut

Sophie Anferov

Sophie Anferov

Graduate Student, joined 2019

swhitmey@uchicago.edu

B.S. California Institute of Technology, 2019
Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina

Chen-Yu Lien

Chen-Yu Lien

Graduate Student, joined 2021

cylien@uchicago.edu

M.S. National Taiwan University, 2019
B.S. National Taiwan University, 2017
Hometown: Taoyuan, Taiwan

Lauren McNamara

Lauren McNamara

Graduate Student, joined 2020

lemcnamara@uchicago.edu

B.S. University of California-Davis, 2020
Hometown: Pleasanton, California

Alexander Sikalov

Alexander Sikalov

Graduate Student, joined 2021

alexthechemist@uchicago.edu

BSc. Kiev University, 2016
Hometown: Kiev, Ukraine

Joe Scott

Joe Scott

Graduate Student, joined 2022

jss3@uchicago.edu

B.A. Swarthmore College, 2022
Hometown: Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Alex Tascher

Alex Tascher

Undergraduate, joined 2023

atascher@uchicago.edu

Hometown: Raleigh, North Carolina