Meet the Team

Dr. Ikechukwu Martin Ogbu

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

B.Sc. in Chemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria

M.Sc. in Chemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, University of Bordeaux, France

Joined in 2022

iogbu@sas.upenn.edu

Dr. Madeline Rotella

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

B.S. in Chemistry, Villanova University

M.S. in Chemistry, VIllanova University

Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, University of Maryland

Joined in 2021

mrotella@sas.upenn.edu

Cassandra Vu

5th year Graduate Student

B.S. in Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh

Joined in 2021

cvu@sas.upenn.edu

 

Pedro Jimenez Antenucci

4th Year Graduate Student

B.S. in Chemistry, Southeastern Louisiana University

Joined in 2022

pedroja@sas.upenn.edu

Matthew Carson

4th Year Graduate Student

B.S. in Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University

Joined in 2022

mcars@sas.upenn.edu

Kalyana Duggal

4th Year Graduate Student

B.A. in Chemistry, Princeton University

Joined in 2022

kalyana@sas.upenn.edu

 

Jingze Wu

4th Year Graduate Student

B.S. in Chemistry, Purdue University

Joined in 2022

wu1237@sas.upenn.edu

Guillermo A Correa Otero

3rd Year Graduate Student

B. S. in Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey

Joined in Summer 2022

guille79@sas.upenn.edu

Emmanuel Moya Cruz

3rd Year Graduate Student

B.S in Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine 

Joined in Fall 2022

emoyacru@sas.upenn.edu

 

Cindy Liu

2nd Year Graduate Student

BS in Biochemistry and Statistics, University of Pittsburgh

Joined in 2024

cliu22@sas.upenn.edu

 

Alexandra Ren

Summer REU Student

Joined in 2025

ren4@sas.upenn.edu

Vincent Fumo

2nd Year Graduate Student

B.A. in Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University

M.S. in Chemistry from Villanova University

Joined in 2024

fumo@sas.upenn.edu

Alice Wu

1st Year Graduate Student

BS in Chemistry, Villanova University

Joined in 2025

alicezwu@sas.upenn.edu