People

Rudi Fasan

(he/him/his)

Professor of Chemistry

  • Andrew S. Kende Endowed Chair of Synthetic Organic Chemistry (2019-current), University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Professor of Chemistry (2018-current), University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Professor of Oncology (2018-current), Wilmot Cancer Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
  • Associate Professor of Chemistry (2014-2018), University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2008-2014), University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow (2005-2008), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
  • Ph.D. in Bioorganic Chemistry (2001-2005), University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • B.S. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry (1999), University of Padua, Italy
  • Research
  • Publications
  • CHEM 262 Biological Chemistry
  • CHEM 393 Senior Research Project
  • CHEM 395 Independent Research
  • Contact Information & Biographical Sketch

Dr. Francesca Vitali

(she/her/hers)

Lab Manager (Jul 2009 - present)

  • Postdoctoral Fellow (2005-2009), ETHZ (Zurich, Switzerland); University of California (Irvine, CA); UR Medical Center (Rochester NY); UofR (Rochester, NY)
  • Ph.D. 2005, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
  • B.S. 1999 (Chemistry), "La Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
  • Email

Dr. Satyajit Roy

Postdoctoral fellow (July 2021 - present)

  • Ph.D. 2021, Centre of Bio-Medical Research (CBMR, Lucknow), India
  • M.Sc. 2015, University of Kalyani, India
  • Research: Biocatalytic carbene & nitrene transfer reactions
  • Email

Ronald Adukure

Graduate Student

  • B.S. 2020 (Biochemistry & Biotechnology), East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA
  • Graduate class of 2020
  • Research: Biocatalytic carbene transfer reactions
  • Email

John Bennett

(he/him/his)

Graduate Student

  • B.A. 2016 (Chemistry, Mathematics), Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
  • Graduate class of 2019, MSTP class of 2017
  • Research: C-H functionalization
  • Email

Anwita Chattopadhyay

(she/her/hers)

Graduate Student

  • B.S. - M.S. 2022 (Chemistry), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab, India
  • Graduate class of 2022
  • Research: Biocatalytic Carbene Transfer Reactions
  • Email

Bo Couture

(he/him/his)

Graduate Student

  • B.S. 2021 (Chemistry), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
  • Graduate class of 2021
  • Research: Biocatalytic Carbene Transfer Reactions
  • Email

Ru Cui

(she/her/hers)

Graduate Student

  • B.S. 2017 (Chemistry), University of Hubei, Wuhan, China
  • M.S. 2021 (Chemistry) ,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
  • Graduate class of 2022
  • Research: Biocatalytic Carbene Transfer Reactions
  • Email

Thakshila (Tashi) Dayananda

Graduate Student

  • B.S. 2020 (Chemistry), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
  • Graduate class of 2021
  • Research: Biocatalytic carbene transfer reactions
  • Email

Michelle Hendricks

(she/her/hers)

Graduate Student

  • B.S. 2021 (Biochemistry), Lafayette College, Easton, PA
  • Graduate class of 2021
  • Research: Peptide macrocycles
  • Email

Andrew Hong

(he/him/his)

Graduate Student

  • B.A. 2019 (Chemistry), University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
  • Graduate class of 2022, MSTP class of 2020
  • Research: Peptide macrocycles
  • Email

Nawal Zahra Jafari

(she/her/hers)

Graduate Student

  • B.S. 2021 (Chemistry), Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, PK
  • Graduate class of 2021
  • Research: Biocatalytic carbene and nitrene transfer reactions
  • Email

Ritty Mohan

(she/her/hers)

Graduate Student

  • M.S. 2020 (Chemistry), Loyola College, Chennai, India
  • Graduate class of 2021
  • Research: Peptide macrocycles
  • Email

Robert Potenzino

(he/him/his)

Graduate Student

  • B.S. 2018 (Chemistry), St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY
  • Graduate class of 2018
  • Research: Late-stage C-H functionalization
  • Email

Abhishek Roy

(he/him/his)

Graduate Student

  • BS-MS 2022 (Chemistry), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, India
  • Graduate class of 2022
  • Research: Biocatalytic carbene-based reactions
  • Email

Abhijith Saseendran Anit

(he/him/his)

Graduate Student

  • M.S. 2017 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
  • Graduate class of 2019
  • Research: Peptide macrocycles
  • Email

Mary Siriboe

Graduate Student

  • B.S. 2020 (Chemistry), Suffolk University,Boston, MA
  • Graduate class of 2020
  • Research: Biocatalytic carbene transfer reactions
  • Email

 

Juan Villada Morales

Graduate Student

  • B.S. 2016 (Chemistry and Pharmacy), Universidad Icesi, Cali
  • M.S. 2018 (Chemistry), Universidad del Valle, Cali
  • Graduate class of 2021
  • Research: Biocatalytic carbene transfer reactions
  • Email

Derek Chien

(he/him/his)

Undergraduate Student

  • Class of 2025, (BA Bioethics/Chemistry), University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Independent Research (August 2021 - present)
  • Email

Lalita Dahal

Undergraduate Student

  • Class of 2024, (B.S. Biology), University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Independent Research (August 2022 - present)
  • Email

Ellen Irving

(she/her/hers)

Undergraduate Student

  • Class of 2023, (B.S.Biochemistry, B. A. Chemistry), University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Independent Research (February 2021- present)
  • Email

Emma Yeung

(she/her/hers)

Undergraduate Student

  • Class of 2024, (BS Biochemistry), University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Independent Research (February 2021 - present)
  • Email

Ruilin Zhang

(he/him/his)

Undergraduate Student

  • Class of 2024, (B.S. Chemistry, B.S. Mathematics), University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • Independent Research (Feb 2022 - Present)
  • Email

Group Alumni