The Chong Lab Research Group

Principal Investigator

Lillian Chong
Lillian Chong

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
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Administrative Assistant

Amber Travis
Amber Travis

Administrative Assistant
Room 326, Eberly Hall
Email: adt59 AT pitt DOT edu

Current Group Members

Postdoctoral Researchers

Nicolas Frazee
Nicolas Frazee

Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Biophysics, West Virginia University
BS, Chemistry and Mathematics, Waynesburg University
Room 226, Eberly Hall
Email: ncf26 AT pitt DOT edu
ORCID: 0000-0002-6223-8036

Marion Silvestrini
Marion Silvestrini

Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD, Physics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
MS, Theoretical Physics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
BS, Astrophysics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Room 338, Eberly Hall
Email: mls333 AT pitt DOT edu
ORCID: 0000-0002-7479-5163

Graduate Students

Anthony Bogetti
Anthony Bogetti

PhD Candidate in Chemistry
BS, Chemistry, Messiah University
Room 223, Eberly Hall
Email: atb43 AT pitt DOT edu
ORCID: 0000-0003-0610-2879

Jeremy Leung
Jeremy Leung

PhD Candidate in Chemistry
BA, Chemistry, Occidental College
Room 338, Eberly Hall
Email: jml230 AT pitt DOT edu
ORCID: 0000-0001-7021-4619

Darian Yang
Darian Yang

PhD Candidate in Biophysics
Co-advisor: Angela Gronenborn (Department of Structural Biology) BS, Biochemistry, University of Delaware
Room 338, Eberly Hall
Email: dty7 AT pitt DOT edu
ORCID: 0000-0002-8654-3529
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Hannah Piston
Hannah Piston

Pitt Medical Student
BS, Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh
Room 338, Eberly Hall
Email: hep32 AT pitt DOT edu

Baily Ford
Baily Ford

PhD Candidate in Chemistry
BS, Chemistry, Austin Peay State University
Room 226, Eberly Hall
Email: BWF AT pitt DOT edu

Undergraduate Students

Rhea Abraham
Rhea Abraham

Neuroscience Major
Room 338, Eberly Hall
Email: rca27 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.
  • David Wang, BPhil in Chemistry & Applied Math (2012), Harvard-MIT HST program, now a resident 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 candidate in math 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 at ETH Zurich.
  • Claire Shao, North Allegheny Senior High School (2019-2020), now an MIT undergraduate.
  • Joseph Seemiller (2011), TecBio REU participant, now a neurology resident at Geisinger Medical Center.
  • Reza Salari, PhD in Chemistry (2012), A&S Fellow, now a resident at Washington University School of Medicine 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 postdoc at U. Pittsburgh Medical School.
  • Nicholas Rego, BS in Bioinformatics & Economics (2012), now a postdoc in biophysics at U. Pennsylvania.
  • Brandon Mills, BPhil/MS in Chemistry (2014), A&S Fellow, now a Senior Analyst at Accenture Scientific Informatics Services.
  • 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 candidate in chemistry at Temple University.
  • Page Harrison, BS in comp sci & physics (2021), now a PhD candidate in physics at the University of Pittsburgh.
  • Daniel Hatfield, BS in Chemistry (2013), A&S Fellow, now a high school chemistry teacher.
  • Natalia Hajlasz, Allderdice High School (2014-2017), Regeneron High School STS 2017 Finalist, now a Harvard undergraduate.
  • Gabriel Garcia-Borrero, BS in Biochemistry (2020), Brackenridge Fellow.
  • Elissa Fink (2017), TecBio REU participant, now a graduate student in biophysics at UCSF.
  • Max Dudek, BS in Molecular Biology & Computer Science (2021), NSF GRFP Award, now a PhD Student at U Penn.
  • Alex DeGrave, BS in Molecular Biology & Applied Math (2018), now an MD/PhD student at 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.
  • Monica Bhattacharjee, BS in Chemistry (2009), medical student at the U. Maryland at Baltimore.
  • Andrew Bellesis, MS in Biophysics (2020), now a Research Associate at BlueSphere Bio.
  • Lewis Baker, BS in Applied Math (2015), now a Data Scientist at Amyris.