Prof. Cohen 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. Cohen 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.
Dr. Giuseppe Di Palma
Giuseppe is a graduate of the University of Birmingham (UK) and is currently a postdoc at U.C. Irvine with Prof. Joseph Patterson. He will be working on MOF chemistry. He will join the Cohen Group in February of 2023.
Dr. Hyunyong Kim
Hyunyong is a graduate of POSTECH (South Korea), where he worked on MOF chemistry with Prof. Eunsung Lee. He is working on MOF chemistry. He joined the Cohen Group in September of 2022.
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 SLO. He is working on MOF-polymer composites. He joined the Cohen Group in January of 2018.
Hyeonglim Seo
'Stella' is a graduate of Hanyang University (Korea). She is working on metalloenzyme inhibitors. She joined the Cohen in January of 2020.
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.
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.
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.
Mingyu Gu
Mingyu is a visiting graduate from Gyeongsang National U. (South Korea), where he is a student with Prof. Juyeong Kim. He is working on MOF materials. He joined the Cohen Group in October of 2022.
New Members
This could be you! Please email us if you are interested in joining the Cohen laboratory.
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.
Visiting Scholars
Postdoctoral Researchers
Graduate Students
Ryjul Stokes - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (Ph.D., November 2022)
Evan Clarke - MOF-Polymer Hybrids (M.S., June 2021)
Mark Kalaj - MOF-Polymer Hybrids (Ph.D., Apr. 2021)
Joseph M. Palomba - MOF-Polymer Hybrids (Ph.D., Feb. 2021)
Sergio Ayala, Jr. - Metal-organic Frameworks (Ph.D., June 2020)
Benjamin L. Dick - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (Ph.D., June 2020)
Rebecca N. Adamek - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (Ph.D., June 2020)
Allie Y. Chen - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (Ph.D., Jan. 2020)
Jessica C. Moreton - Metal-organic Frameworks (Ph.D., Jan. 2020)
Stephanie Duggan - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (M.S., June 2019)
Xiao Yu - Metal-organic Frameworks (Ph.D., Dec. 2018)
Undergraduate Students
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