Matthew Jones (he/him) 
Assistant Professor
Norman and Gene Hackerman Junior Chair
Department of Chemistry
Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering
B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University, Advisor: Chad A. Mirkin
Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry, University of California Berkeley, Advisor: A. Paul Alivisatos
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Current members
Carly Graverson (she/her) 
Graduate Student
Department of Chemistry
B.S. Chemistry, Lewis University
NSF Fellow
Tim Robertson 
Graduate Student
Department of Chemistry
B.S. Chemistry and Geology, University of Missouri-Columbia
Yuchen Xing 
Graduate Student
Department of Chemistry
B.S. Jilin University
Manuel Carmona Pichardo 
Graduate Student
Department of Chemistry
B.S. UAEH, Mexico
M.S. Cologne University, Germany
Saxton Fisher (they/them) 
Graduate Student
Department of Chemistry
B.A. Chemistry, Reed College
Santiago Hendrichs 
Graduate Student
Department of Chemistry
B.S. Chemistry, University of Texas-Austin
Oluwabukola (Bukky) Aremo (she/her)
Graduate Student
Department of Chemistry
BSc. Industrial Chemistry, Ekiti State University
MSc. Industrial Chemistry, University of Ibadan
Timothy Hays 
Undergraduate
Department of Chemistry
Rohan Pillai 
Undergraduate
Department of Chemistry
Fatima Akilo 
Undergraduate
Department of Chemistry
Matthew Gutierrez 
Undergraduate
Department of Chemistry
Previous Members
Rachael Kress 
Ph.D., Chemistry, Rice University (2024)
B.S. Biochemistry, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
NSF Fellow
Zhi (Carrie) Yang 
Ph.D., Chemistry, Rice University (2023)
B.S. Chemistry, Northwest University
Zhihua Cheng 
Postdoc
Ph.D., Chemistry, Rice University (2022)
B.S., M.S. Beijing Institute of Technology
Theo Gerrard-Anderson 
Ph.D., Chemistry, Rice University (2023)
B.S., M.S. Imperial College London
David Marolf (he/him/they/them) 
Ph.D., Chemistry, Rice University (2023)
B.S. Chemistry, Abilene Christian University
Stephanie Reyes-Vargas
Undergraduate
Department of Chemistry
University of Puerto Rico (RLEAD REU program)
Arzeena Ali (she/her) 
Ph.D., Chemistry, Rice University (2023)
B.S. Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
NSF Fellow
Duaa Ansari 
Undergraduate
Department of Chemistry
University of Texas-Austin (RLEAD REU program)
Muhua Sun 
Postdoc
Ph.D. Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University
Liang Qiao 
Postdoc
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University at Buffalo
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Shandong University
Agustin Valles 
Undergraduate
Department of Chemistry
Minjung Kim 
Undergraduate (2022)
Department of Chemistry and CHBE
Sadie Siegel 
Undergraduate
Department of Chemistry
Sean Bishop 
Undergraduate
Department of Chemistry
Kyle Kairys 
Undergraduate
Department of Chemistry
Emory University (CRISP REU program)
Sarah Rehn 
Ph.D., Chemistry, Rice University (2021)
B.S. Chemistry, Boise State University
NSF Fellow
Gabriella Hazan
Undergraduate (2021)
Department of Chemistry
Colin Chan 
Undergraduate (2021)
Department of Chemistry
Spoorthi Kamepalli 
Undergraduate (2021)
Department of Chemistry