Principal Investigator:

Jon Kephart

Assistant Professor

Cornell University

Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

email: jak568[at]cornell.edu

phone: (607) 254-8682

office: Baker Laboratory, G50A

Postdoctoral Fellows

Alec Hegg

Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D. in Chemistry, Yale University (w/ Prof. Patrick Holland)

B.S. in Chemistry, Knox College

Smash Bros Main: Ness

ash329[at]cornell.edu

Graduate Students

Shisang Roh (G2)

B.S. in Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne, 2024

Hometown: Suwon, South Korea

Favorite Transition Metal: ‘Roh’dium

Tekken main: Heihachi (I don’t play Smash Bros lol)

sr2425[at]cornell.edu

Michael Vullo (G2)

B.S. in Chemistry and Physics (dual major), SUNY Buffalo State University, 2025

Hometown: Buffalo, NY

Favorite Point Group: C2v

Smash Bros Main: Jigglypuff

mvv24[at]cornell.edu

Marina Zapesochny (G2)

NSF Predoctoral Fellow

B.S. in Chemistry, University of Rochester, 2025

Hometown: Rochester, NY

Favorite Point Group: Oh

Smash Bros Main: Luigi

mez47[at]cornell.edu

Undergraduate Students

Zane Rubenstein

B.A. in Chemistry, Cornell University, 2029 (expected)

Hometown: Seattle, WA

Max Sacks

B.A. in Chemistry, Cornell University, 2028 (expected)

Hometown: Marshfield, MA

Alice Wang

B.A. in Chemistry and Linguistics, Cornell University, 2028 (expected)

Hometown: Queens, NY

Bernie

Lab Baby

“You’ve got to learn to crawl before you can freeze-pump-thaw”

Cheeks, Ph.D.

Lab Cat

The mastermind behind it all!

Join the gang!

Ms./Mr. Red Bear

Graduate Student

This bear could be you!

Bear in training

Undergraduate Student

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Dr. Bear

Postdoctoral Bear

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