P.I.
Tomoyasu Mani (Associate Professor)
Current (as of Summer 2025)
Graduates
Miu Tsuji (5th year)
Charlotte Fuqua (3rd year)
Undergraduates
Angela Chen
Izzy Bruzzese (University Scholar)
Noen Jian (University Scholar)
Lillian Smith
Zihan Yu
Lina Yan
Derrick Li
High School Students
Noah Oga-Baldwin (Glastonbury High School)
Former Members
Graduate Students
Jason Buck (Ph.D., 2022)
Andre Decarmine (UConn, Chemistry Graduate)
Undergraduate Students
Neo Lin (UConn Chemistry B.S., 2025, University Scholar, Goldwater Scholar); now Ph.D. student at Princton
Michael Vrionides (UConn Chemistry B.S., 2025, University Scholar, joint with Prof. Kienzler, Class of 2025); now Ph.D. student at Northwestern
Rilee Martzloff (UConn Chemistry B.S., 2025); now Ph.D. student at University of Minnesota
Amrita Makhijani (UConn, Class of 2023)
Jackson Lin (UConn); now Pharm.D. student at UConn
Leo Ramirez (St. Mary’s University, REU student in 2022); now Ph.D. student at Oregon State University
Sam Johnson (UConn, Chemistry B.S./M.S., 2022, 2020 University Scholar); now Ph.D. student at CalTech
Jenika Patel (UConn, Chemistry, 2022, Honors)
Lauren Varela (UConn, Chemistry B.S., 2021)
David Tse (UConn, Chemistry B.S., 2022)
Meng Chen (UConn, Chemistry B.S., 2021)
Reid Wilson (UConn, Chemistry B.S., 2019); now Ph.D. student at UCLA
Alex Oddo (Jointly with Prof. Kumar, UConn, Chemistry B.S./M.S., 2020, 2019 University Scholar); now Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley
Andrew Boudreau (UConn, Chemistry B.S., 2020); working at industry
Javiera Klenner (UConn, 2021)
Michael Kates (UConn, Chemistry B.S., 2020)
James Hampsey (UConn, Chem. E., 2018); working at industry
Mengshijie Yang (UConn, Chemistry B.S., 2017, M.S. from University of Michigan); working at industry
Cato Laurencin (UConn, Chemistry B.S., 2017 M.S. from Drexel University)
High School Students
Saanvi Bethi (Glastonbury Highschool); now undergraduate student at Georgia Tech
Gwen Ross (Glastonbury Highschool Graduate); now undergraduate student at U Chicago
Farhan Kittur (Glastonbury High School); starting undergraduate at University of Maryland
Please check the Positions page if you are interested in joining our group!