Postdoctoral Researchers
Anna Libman, Ph.D., Postdoc
Anna received her Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel under the supervision of Prof. Doron Pappo. She joined the Kürti group in the winter of 2023. During her Ph.D, Anna worked on copper-catalyzed oxidative macrocyclization of linear peptides and is currently working on a new methodology to prepare new azetidine derivatives.
Arghya Ghosh, Ph.D., Postdoc
Arghya received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore under the tutelage of Akkattu Biju in 2021. He joined the Kürti group after his graduation in the spring of 2022. Arghya worked on NHC catalysis during his Ph.D. studies and is currently working on new amination method development.
Daniel Joaquin, Ph.D., Postdoc
Daniel received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Brigham Young University under the supervision of Dr. Steven Castle. He joined the Kürti group after his graduation in the summer of 2022. Daniel is currently working on new alkene difunctionalization method development.
Graduate Students
Agustin Rodriguez
Agustin received his B.Sc. in Nanotechnology and Chemical Sciences Engineering from Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico in 2019. He joined the Kürti group in the Fall of 2020 and is currently working on β-lactam synthesis method development.
Charlotte Randolph
Charlotte received her B.Sc. in Chemistry from University of Utah in 2022. She joined the Kürti group in the Fall of 2022 and is currently working on new hydroxylamine synthesis method.
Danny Graeff
Danny received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from Baylor University in 2022. He joined the Kürti group in the Fall of 2022 and is currently working on new dichloroketene reactions.
Young Do Kwon
Young Do received his B.Sc. in Applied Chemical Engineering from KOREATECH, Korea in 2014. Later received his M.Sc. in Medical Sciences from Jeonbuk National University, Korea in 2016 under the supervision of Dr. Hee-Kwon Kim. He joined the Kürti group in the Fall of 2020 and is currently working on alkene difunctionalization method development.
Zachary Grimm
Zachary received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from Southwestern University in 2020. He joined the Kürti group in the Fall of 2020 and is currently working on new pericyclic rearrangement reactions.
Undergraduate Students
Anavi Serna
Anavi is a senior working on total synthesis of alkaloid natural products.
Gary Shi
Gari is a sophomore working on quasi-Favorskii rearrangement reactions.
Pierre Loch-Temzelides
Pierre is a junior working on β-lactam synthesis method development.
Sanjay Pandiri
Sanjay received his B.Sc. in Chemistry in 2022. He is currently workin on β-lactam synthesis method development.
Sadie Siegel
Sadie is a junior working on alkynes synthesis method development.
Simon Yellen
Simon is a sophomore working on N-N bond forming reactions.