Prof. Seth Cohen
Seth is a graduate of Stanford University and U.C. Berkeley. He performed postdoctoral research at M.I.T. He founded the Cohen laboratory in July 2001.
Prof. Jihan Kim
Prof. Kim is an Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (KAIST). His expertise is in moleculear simulations. He is visiting our group on sabbatical throughout 2022.
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Dr. Johannes Karges
Johannes is a graduate of Chemie ParisTech (France), where he worked on bioinorganic chemistry with Prof. Gilles Gasser. He is working on metallofragment chemistry. He joined the Cohen Group in March of 2020.
Dr. Sharon Lin
Sharon is a graduate of M.I.T., where she studied membrane science with Prof. Zachary Smith. She is working on hybrid materials. She will join the Cohen Group in October of 2021.
Dr. Prantik Mondal
Prantik is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur), where he studied polymer chemistry with Prof. Nikhil Singha. He is working on MOF-polymer composites. He joined the Cohen Group in August of 2021.
Dr. Samuel Griffin
Sam is a graduate of the University of British Columbia (Canada), where he studied organometallic chemistry with Prof. Laurel Schafer. He is working on new MOF materials. He joined the Cohen Group in September of 2021.
Kyle Barcus
Kyle is a graduate of the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he studied polymer chemistry. He is working on MOF-polymer composites. He joined the Cohen Group in January of 2018.
Ryjul Stokes
Ryjul is a graduate of the Brigham Young University. He is working on metalloenzyme inhibitors and metallofragment chemistry. He joined the Cohen Group in January of 2018.
Conor O'Herin
Conor is a graduate of the Harvard University. He is working on metalloenzyme inhibitors. He joined the Cohen in January of 2020.
Hyeonglim Seo
'Stella' is a graduate of Hanyang University (Korea). She is working on metalloenzyme inhibitors. She joined the Cohen in January of 2020.
Alysia Kohlbrand
Alysia is a graduate of the University of Kentucky. She is working on metalloenzyme inhibitors. She joined the Cohen in January of 2020.
Jeewon Chung
Jeewon is a graduate of the Ewha Womans University (South Korea). She is working on metalloenzyme inhibitors. She joined the Cohen in January of 2022.
Grant Domecus
Grant is a graduate of the Whitman College. He is working on MOF chemistry. He joined the Cohen in January of 2022.
Austin Wang
Austin is an undergraduate at U.C. San Diego. He joined the Cohen lab virtually in 2020, and in person in July 2021.
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Avon Barksdale
Avon is the unofficial group mascot. He enjoys attending group meetings, but rarely asks questions. He is a good listener when experiments aren't going your way.
Mr. Spock
Mr. Spock is a graduate of Starfleet Academy. He works on various aspects of lab management and strategic advising, is a stickler for lab safety, and spends some time curiously observing illogical human behavior. He joined the Cohen Group in January of 2015, after his homeworld of Vulcan was destroyed and he needed new employment.
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