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. Sewon Oh
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
B.S. in Chemistry, Boston College
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Cornell University
Joined in 2025
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 2022
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
5th Year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry, Southeastern Louisiana University
Joined in 2022
pedroja@sas.upenn.edu
Matthew Carson
5th Year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
Joined in 2022
mcars@sas.upenn.edu
Kalyana Duggal
5th Year Graduate Student
B.A. in Chemistry, Princeton University
Joined in 2022
kalyana@sas.upenn.edu
Guillermo A Correa Otero
4th Year Graduate Student
B. S. in Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
Joined in Summer 2022
Emmanuel Moya Cruz
4th Year Graduate Student
B.S in Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine
Joined in Fall 2022
Cindy Liu
3rd Year Graduate Student
BS in Biochemistry and Statistics, University of Pittsburgh
Joined in 2024
cliu22@sas.upenn.edu
Vincent Fumo
3rd 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
2nd Year Graduate Student
BS in Chemistry, Villanova University
Joined in 2025
alicezwu@sas.upenn.edu
Halle Kyne
1st Year Graduate Student
B.A. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Boston University
Joined in 2026
Yuanhao Wang
1st Year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry, Sichuan University, China
M.S. in Chemistry, Sichuan University, China
Joined in 2026
Thomas Schwarzrock
1st Year Graduate Student
B.S. in Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Tufts University
Joined in 2026
srock@sas.upenn.edu
Huapei Qiu
1st Year Master Student
B.S. in Pharmacy, Sichuan University
Joined in 2026
Jake Cuzick
1st year PhD student
B.S. in Chemistry, Mount St. Mary’s University
Joined in 2025
jcuzick@sas.upenn.edu