The Group

Movassaghi, Mo, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator
About Professor Movassaghi (CV)
Phone: 617.253.3986
Email: movassag at mit dot edu

Alphabetic List of Group Members (*Current Members)

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Adams, Timothy (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2009-2015)

Ahmad, Omar (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2005-2011; Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2011)
Senior Director, Medicinal Chemistry, Riovant Sciences (Boston)

Amaike, Kazuma (Visiting Graduate Summer Research Fellow, 2013)

*Andreani, Alessandro P. (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, 2024-present)

Antropow, Alyssa (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2013-2018)

Amiri Naeini, Ali (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, 2022-2023)

Ashenhurst, James (FQRNT Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2006-2008)
Founder, Master Organic Chemistry

Avci, Nadide Hazal (MS. Summer Research Fellow, 2016; Graduate Student, 2017-2020)
Associate Scientist, Amgen

Badwan, Bara (Undergraduate Research Fellow MIT, 2011-2012)

*Becker, Emma, (Graduate Student, 2023-present)
Kenyon College, B.Sc. Chemistry

Boyer, Nicolas (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2010-2013)
Research Scientist (MA)

Brucelle, Francois (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2013-2015)
Research Scientist, Constellation Pharmaceuticals (Cambridge)

*Chrzanowski, Rad T. (Graduate Student, 2023-present)
Northwestern University, B.Sc. Chemistry
Email: rados830 at mit dot edu

Chang, Heng Jui, (Undergraduate Student, 2021-2023)
Massachussetts Institute of Technology

Chang, Timothy (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2013-2016)
Research Scientist, Gilead (Foster City, CA)

Chen, Bin (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, 2005-2007)

Coste, Alexis (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2011-2013)

Creutz, Sydney (Undergraduate Research Fellow MIT, 2007)

D’Angelo, Kyan (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2016-2021)

Dardik, Gabriel (Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2019)

*Downey, Kathleen (Graduate Student, 2022-present)
University of British Columbia, B.S. Chemistry
Email: kdowney1 at mit dot edu

Fathi, Shaghayegh (Post-Doctoral Associate, 2016-2017)

Fenton, Owen (MS., Graduate Student, 2010-2012)

Florescu-Ciobotaru, Ana (Undergraduate Research Fellow MIT, 2021-2023)

Flynn, Kristen (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2016-2021)
Program Manager, Cytovance Biologics

Garcia, Nick (Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2015-2017)

Gunduz, Hande(Fullbright Visiting Graduate Fellow, 2013-2014)

Han, Sunkyu (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2006-2012)
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (South Korea)

Hait, Diptharka (Undergraduate Research Fellow MIT, 2013)

Hill, Matthew (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2003-2008)

Hollenhorst, Marie (Visiting Summer Graduate Student, 2006)

Housekeeper, Jeremy (NSF Undergraduate Summer Research Fellow, 2013)

Hunt, Diana (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2003-2006)
Research Scientist, Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals (Watertown)

Kang, Taek (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2015-2017)
Senior Research Scientist, Korean Institute of Science and Technology

Kaniskan, H. Umit (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2007-2011)

Kim, Justin (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2007-2013)
Assistant Professor of BCMP, Harvard Medical School/Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Boston)

*Knauss, Walker (Graduate Student, 2019-present)
Williams College, B.S.Chemistry
Email: wknauss at mit dot edu

*Langloys, Theophyle (Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2023-present)

Lathrop, Stephen (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2010-2014)
Research Scientist, Gilead (Foster City)

Leypod, Mario (Erwin Schrödinger Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2016-2018)
Senior Scientist, AstraZeneca

Lindovska, Petra (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2012-2017)

Liu, Fan (Undergraduate Research Fellow MIT, 2008-2010)

Loach, Richard (FQRNT Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2012-2015)
Medicinal Chemist, Pfizer (Groton)

Medley, Jonathan (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2007-2013)
Research Scientist, Gilead (Foster City)

Mewald, Marius (DAAD Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2013-2015)
Process Scientist, Evonik Industries (Hanau, Germany)

Mukhina, Ogla (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2016-2018)
Research Scientist, AMGEN (Cambridge)

Nakamura, Yuki (Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2009)
Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Nelson, Brandon (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2013-2018)

Research Scientist, AbbVie (Chicago)

Nieto Oberhuber, Cristina (Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2008-2010)
Research Scientist, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc. (Basel)

Olsson, Chase (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2014-2020)

Ondrus, Alison (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2003-2009)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois (Chicago)

Ozkal, Erhan (Visiting Graduate Summer Research Fellow, 2012)

Payette, Josh (Post-Doctoral Associate, 2013-2015)

Piersanti, Giovanni (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, 2003-2004)
Professor, Universita’ degli Studi di Urbino “Carlo Bo” Instituto di Chimica Farmaceutica (Italy)

Piizzi, Grazia (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, 2004-2006)
Research Scientist, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc.

*Pinto, Taylor (Graduate Student, 2019-present)
Tennessee Technological University, B.S.Chemistry, Chemical Engineering
Email: tpinto at mit dot edu

Pompeo, Matthew (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2013-2019)

Qi, Jun (Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2006-2009)
Principal Investigator, Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Boston)

*Raclea, Robert-Cristian (Graduate Student, 2021-present)
Imperial College, B.Sc./M.Sc. Chemistry
Email: robertcr at mit dot edu

Ray, Lindsey (Visiting Graduate Summer Research Fellow, 2012)

Renfro, Chloe (NSF Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2019)

Scott, Tony Z. (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2017-2023)

Schiesser, Stefan (DAAD Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2014-2016)
Medicinal Chemist, AstraZeneca (Gothenburg, Sweden)

Schmidt, Mike (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2003-2008; Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2008)
Research Scientist, Bristol-Myers Squibb (NJ)

Siegel, Dustin (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2004-2010)
Research Scientist, Gilead (Foster City)

Sun, Sophie X. (Undergraduate Research Fellow MIT, 2022-2023)

Tjandra, Meiliana (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2004-2010)
Research Scientist, 10X Genomics (Pleasanton)

*Therdpraisan, Na (Undergraduate Research Fellow MIT, 2023-present)

Tran, Suong (Undergraduate Summer Research Fellow, 2023)

Truong, Jonathan (Graduate Student, 2012-2013)

Vece, Vito (Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2019-2021)

*Walker, Katherine L. (Ph.D. Graduate Student; Postdoctoral Fellow, 2018-present)
Wesleyan University, B.S. Chemistry
Email: klwalker at mit dot edu

Weiss, Marcel (DFG Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2015-2017)
Research Scientist, Dottikon ES AG (Dottikon, Switzerland)

White, Kolby Lyn (Ph.D., Graduate Student, 2011-2017)
Research Scientist, 3M

Willwacher, Jens (Visiting Graduate Research Fellow, 2010)

Wong, Zackary (Visiting Graduate Student, 2014)

Zhou, Ken (Undergraduate Research Fellow MIT, 2006-2007)

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