Current Group Members

Graduate Students

Vincent Allen
B.S. Indiana University Bloomington, 2022
Amateur MOF enthusiast
 
EJ Brannan
B.S. University of Washington, 2024
Research interests: MOFs for CO2 capture and chemical separations.
Other interests: Drums, coffee, and more drums.
 
Hannah Christianson
B.A. Barnard College, 2022
Research interests: Magnetic Materials
 
Orlando Conde Del Moral
B.S. University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, 2024
Research interests: polyamines for CO2 capture. Boricua.
Hobbies: soccer, napping
 
Matthew Dickson
B.S. Brigham Young University, 2021
 
Katerina Graf
B.S. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 2021
I came here to smell fish and make MOFs. And I'm all out of fish.
 
Fisher Hall
B.S. University of Calgary, 2023
Research interests: MOFs for CO2 capture Probably drinking coffee, definitely anxious.
 
Leander Held
M.Sci. Rochester Institute of Technology, 2021
Attributes: Magnetism, German; Strengths: not Chemistry... anything but Chemistry, Computation; Weaknesses: Chemistry, Softball, Ohioan
 
Katherine Hightower
B.S. New York University, 2024
Just a small town (LA) girl trying to capture carbon dioxide without MOFs.
When I’m not doing that I’m making mixtapes and doing random arts and crafts projects.
 
Adrian Huang
B.S. Caltech, 2020
3% Austrailian, 97% Californian, 100% Kindergartener. MOFs are of the past, CO₂ capture with chutzpah. Board games, volleyball, music swords, sushi
 
Emi Ito
B.S. University of Tokyo, 2020
M.S. University of Tokyo, 2022
伊藤 絵美
From: Japan; Research Interests: Magnetism; You can find me in the middle of chemistry ;)
Gabriel Espindola Kahn
B.S. University of Houston, 2024
I like my materials like I like my conversations: full of open possibilities.
 
Sally Karstens
M.Sc. Philipps Universität Marburg, 2020
B.S. University of Virginia, 2018
Research interests: Electron microscopy of MOFs and other functional materials
 
Ruby Kharod
B.A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022
From: Louisiana; Named after a precious stone but trying to capture CO₂ without precious metals
 
Jeong Won Kim
B.S. Seoul National University, 2020
M.S. Seoul National University, 2022
(김정원)
From: Seoul, South Korea; Research Interests: Metal–Organic Frameworks
Hyunchul Kwon
B.S. Pohang University of Science and Technology, 2017
(권현철)
 
Daniel Leong
B.A. University of Cambridge, 2023
M.Sci. University of Cambridge, 2024
Research Interests: Biomimetic catalysis in MOFs From: I can't even keep track anymore. Definitely not Ohio
Trying to spell in American, again, Will blurt out Korean phrases when caught off guard.
 
Kennedy McCone
B.S. Stanford University, 2016
 
Max Mevorah
B.S. University of Maryland, College Park, 2024
Collector of ions. Quoter of movies. Founding member of the goose gang.
 
B.S. Caltech, 2019
from: Vietnam & Texas; research interests: organic diradical and lanthanide qubits; hobbies: bouldering, dance, tennis, kdramas
 
Danh Ngo
Elise Nicol
B.S. Gonzaga University, 2022
 
Priya Patel
B.A. Rutgers University, 2022
B.A. Rutgers University, 2022
From: NJ; Interests: Magnetism mofs, memes, meandering, music, mjrder, miming, melons, marxism, mozart (only requiem), mold, metal, mysteries, mars (bar), miller(lite), meetings, movie, mom
 
Kyle Pekar
B.S. Southern Methodist University, 2022
I occasionally know what I'm doing.
Ethan Pezoulas
B.S. University of Calgary, 2021
Research interests: Porous polymers for water purification Perpetuating the Canadian stereotype. Easily bribed with food
 
Nicole Removski
B.S. University of British Columbia, 2022
From: Canada; Research Interests:Just a fellow Canadian trying to stabilize reactive species in MOFs. Frequently cooks viral recipes. Eats cheese.
Rhea-Donna Reyes
B.S. New York University, 2020
B.S. New York University, 2020
Research Interests: Carbon Capture MOFS and Amine Degradation; Character Traits: *incessant humming*, yells "SCIENCE!", free hugs
Rachel Rohde
B.S. Duke University, 2018
I walked across the country and now I'm here making 100% Vegan, non-GMO, pasture-raised MOFs that bind things for separations
 
Verner Sääsk
B.S. University of Tartu 2021
M.S. University of Tartu 2023
 
Matthew S. Santoso
B.S. The University of Texas at Austin, 2023
 
Hope Silva
B.S. University of Rochester, 2024
From: Pennsylvania; Interests: Making MOFs; Talents: Making MOFs; Weaknesses: Making MOFs
 
My Vuong
B.S. University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2023
Research interests: MOFs for H2 storage
 
Xinru (Ruby) Wang
M.E. Zhejiang University, 2023
 
Yuto Yabuuchi
B.E. Kobe City College of Technology, 2018
(薮内祐人) From Japan. Believing MOFs are Yutopia for hydrogen.
 
Isaac Zakaria
B.S. University of California, Santa Barbara, 2019
M.S. University of California, Santa Barbara, 2020
Zapping materials with X-rays and stealing their electrons since 2021.

Postdoctoral Scholars

Jonas Boergel
Ph.D. Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, 2019
 
Kurtis Carsch
Ph.D. Harvard University, 2021
I am an Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow, broadly interested in developing porous materials for outcompeting entropy. Yeehaw.
 
Ted Kwon
PhD Yonsei University, 2019
 
Shivani Sharma
B.Sc(H) University of Delhi, 2013
M.Sc Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, 2015
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, 2020
Fulbright-Nehru Post doctoral Scholar working toward the development of porous materials for ion capture and recovery.
 
Hsinhan (Dave) Tsai
Ph.D. Rice University, 2018
(蔡欣翰) Originate from Taiwan. Direct air capture of CO2 can save the world !!
 
Julian Amado Vigil
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2023
 
Shuoyan (Sam) Xiong
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 2023
A 'bear' in bears
 
Mengshan Ye
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2022
(叶梦珊) Born in China. Miller Postdoctoral Fellow now. Looking for good qubits, quantum sensors and Chinese food.
 

Staff

Matthew Dods
EMTL Director
B.S. University of Southern California, 2018
From LA, carbon's my trade
 
Hiroyasu Furukawa
Industrial Research Coordinator
Ph. D. University of Tokyo
 
T. David Harris
Associated Principal Investigator
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2010
 
Henry Jiang
EMTL Director
B.S. University of Sydney, 2014
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2023
 
Alain Kesseru
Program Coordinator
 
Ryan Klein
Neutron and X-ray Scattering Specialist
B.S. University of Chicago, 2014
Ph.D. Northwestern University, 2019
neutron scattering, carbon capture, death metal, beer
 
Katie Meihaus
Science Editor/Writer
Ph. D. University of California, Berkeley, 2015
 

Visiting Professors

Ki Chul Kim
Konkuk University
 

Visiting Scientists

Hannes Albers
Master's student at ETH Zurich, Mechanical Engineering'
 
Kevin Miura
B.A./M.A, Chemistry, Harvard University, Expected 2025
 

Undergraduate Students

Xavier Alberto Albors
B.S., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley Expected 2025
 
Chris Gardner
B.A., Economics, University of California, Berkeley 2016
B.S., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley; Expected 2026
 
Nathan Dara Haghgoo
B.S., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley; Expected 2026
 
Junyang Meng
B.S. University of Science and Technology of China; Expected 2025
 
August Karl von Metzsch
University of California, Berkeley
 
Mikolaj Sidzinski
B.S., Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles; Expected 2025
 
Madeline Thiara
B.S., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley; Expected 2025
 
Daniel Wehbeh
B.S., Chemistry, B.A., Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley; Expected 2025