The Chong Lab Research Group
Principal Investigator
Professor, Department of Chemistry
PhD, Biophysics, UCSF
BS, Chemistry, MIT
Room 331, Eberly Hall
Email: ltchong AT pitt DOT edu
Tel: 412-624-6026
ORCID: 0000-0002-0590-483X
CV
Current Group Members
Postdoctoral Researchers
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Computational Mechanics, Carnegie Mellon University
MS, Computational Mechanics, Carnegie Mellon University
BS, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Auburn University
Room 338, Eberly Hall
Email: lel178 AT pitt DOT edu
ORCID: 0000-0003-0688-0910
Graduate Students
PhD Candidate in Chemistry
BA, Chemistry, Occidental College
Room 338, Eberly Hall
Email: jml230 AT pitt DOT edu
ORCID: 0000-0001-7021-4619
PhD Candidate in Chemistry
BS, Chemistry, Austin Peay State University
Room 323, Eberly Hall
Email: bwf15 AT pitt DOT edu
PhD Candidate in Biophysics
BS, Biochemistry, Muhlenberg College
Room 338, Eberly Hall
Email: amg535 AT pitt DOT edu
Undergraduate Students
Neuroscience Major
Room 338, Eberly Hall
Email: rca27 AT pitt DOT edu
Chemistry Major
Room 338, Eberly Hall
Email: kjs189 AT pitt DOT edu
Group Alumni
- Matthew Zwier, PhD in Chemistry (2013), A&S and Mellon Fellow, now an Associate Professor at Drake University.
- Yiwen Zou, BS in Chemistry (2012), PharmD student at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Med, now a Specialty Clinical Pharmacist.
- Darian Yang, PhD in Biophysics (2024), Co-advisor: Angela Gronenborn, Mellon Fellow, now a postdoc with Kresten Lindorff-Larsen (University of Copenhagen).
- David Wang, BPhil in Chemistry & Applied Math (2012), Harvard-MIT HST program, now an Assistant Professor at U. Pittsburgh Medical School.
- Erin Walsh (2017), First Experiences Undergraduate Program participant.
- Paul Torrillo, BS in Molecular Biology & Applied Math (2021), NSF GRFP award, now a PhD in math candidate at MIT.
- Jakob Sorkness, BS in Chemistry(2017), Writer in Residence, now at Salubris Biotherapeutics.
- Riccardo Solazzo, Visiting MS student from University of Bologna, Italy (2022), now a PhD candidate with Sereina Riniker (ETH Zurich).
- Luke Smallwood (2024), Pitt Chemistry REU Program participant.
- Marion Silvestrini, postdoc (2021-2023), now a postdoc with Amelie Stein (University of Copenhagen).
- Claire Shao, North Allegheny Senior High School (2019-2020), now an MIT undergraduate.
- Joseph Seemiller (2011), TecBio REU participant, now a neurology resident at Johns Hopkins University.
- Reza Salari, PhD in Chemistry (2012), A&S Fellow, now a radiologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
- Maria (Panteva) Salari, BS in Chemistry (2010), now an Assistant Professor at McKendree University.
- Ali Sinan Saglam, PhD in Chemistry (2018), DAAD Grant awardee, now a Computational Chemisty at VantAI.
- Nicholas Rego, BS in Bioinformatics & Economics (2012), now a postdoc with Amish Patel (U. Pennsylvania).
- Hannah Piston, BS in Chemistry (2019), now a medical student at U. Pittsburgh.
- Brandon Mills, BPhil/MS in Chemistry (2014), A&S Fellow, now a Senior Analyst at Accenture Scientific Informatics Services.
- Marion LoPresti (2023), TecBio REU participant.
- Joseph Kaus, BS in Chemistry (2011), A&S Fellow, now a Senior Software Engineer II at Relay Therapeutics.
- Parmila Kafley, BS in chemistry & political science (2020), now a PhD in chemistry candidate with Ross Wang (Temple University).
- Page Harrison, BS in comp sci & physics (2021), now a PhD in physics candidate at the University of Pittsburgh.
- Daniel Hatfield, BS in Chemistry (2013), A&S Fellow, now a science high school teacher at Jack M. Hebrew Academy.
- Natalia Hajlasz, Allderdice High School (2014-2017), Regeneron High School STS 2017 Finalist, now a G1 at NYU’s Courant Institute.
- Gabriel Garcia-Borrero, BS in Biochemistry (2020), Brackenridge Fellow.
- Nicolas Frazee, postdoc (2022-2024).
- Elissa Fink (2017), TecBio REU participant, now a PhD candidate in biophysics with Brian Shoichet (UCSF).
- Max Dudek, BS in Molecular Biology & Computer Science (2021), NSF GRFP Award, now a PhD in chemistry candidate at U Penn.
- Alex DeGrave, BS in Molecular Biology & Applied Math (2018), now an MD/PhD student with Su-In Lee (U. Washington).
- Karl Debiec, PhD in Biophysics (2017), Co-advisor: Angela Gronenborn, Mellon Fellow, now a software engineer at Epic Systems.
- Kayva Darapuneni (2017), First Experiences Undergraduate Program participant.
- Anthony Bogetti, PhD in Chemistry (2023), Mellow Fellow, now a postdoc with Ken Dill (Stony Brook University).
- Monica Bhattacharjee, BS in Chemistry (2009), medical student at the U. Maryland at Baltimore.
- Andrew Bellesis, MS in Biophysics (2020), now a Lab Manager at CMU.
- Lewis Baker, BS in Applied Math (2015), now a Data Scientist at Amyris.