Our team consists of a diverse group of undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and often visiting scholars that have a rich expertise in chemistry, biochemistry, and materials science. Our team values diversity, collaboration, and fosters an inclusive environment that leads to individual and collective success.
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.
Do Young is a graduate of Korea University (Korea), where he worked medicinal chemistry and chemical biology with Prof. Hak Joong Kim. He is investigating metalloenzyme inhibitors. He joined the Cohen Group in April of 2025.
Hyunyong is a graduate of POSTECH (Korea), where he worked on MOF chemistry with Prof. Eunsung Lee. He is investigating oligoMOFs. He joined the Cohen Group in September of 2022.
Dr. Prantik
Mondal
Prantik is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur (India), where he studied polymer chemistry with Prof. Nikhil Singha. He is investigating MOF-polymer hybrids. He joined the Cohen Group in June of 2021.
Mingshi is a graduate of the Dartmouth University, where he studied supramolecular materials with Prof. Chenfeng Ke. He is investigating metal-organic materials. He joined the Cohen Group in January of 2024.
Minjung is a graduate of the Korea University, Seoul (Korea), where she studied MOF chemistry with Prof. Chang Seop Hong. She is investigating self-assembled MOF monolayers (SAMMs). She joined the Cohen Group in May of 2023.
Debobroto is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, (Ireland), where he studied MOFs with Prof. Wolfgang Schmitt and Prof. Michael Zaworotko. He is investigating oligoMOFs. He joined the Cohen Group in July of 2023.
Dr. Lilia Baldauf
Lilia is a graduate of the U.C. Davis, where she studied structural and fullerene chemistry with Prof. Alan Balch. She is investigating metalloenzyme inhibitors. She joined the Cohen Group in June of 2024.
Rajashree is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (India), where she studied MOFs with Prof. Kuntal Manna. She is investigating low-valent MOFs (LVMOFs). She joined the Cohen Group in September of 2023.
Conor O'Herin
Conor is a graduate of Harvard University, where he performed research with Prof. Stuart Schreiber. He is investigating metalloenzyme inhibition using targeted protein degradation. He joined the Cohen Group in January of 2020.
Emily is a graduate of the The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), where she studied both chemistry and art. She is investigating metalloenzyme inhibitors. She joined the Cohen Group in January of 2024.
Alysia
Kohlbrand
Alysia is a graduate of the University of Kentucky, where she performed research with Prof. Edith Glazer. She is investigating the structural biology of metalloenzyme inhibitors. She joined the Cohen Group in January of 2020.
Srijita is a graduate of St. Xavier's College (Kolkatathe, B.S.) and the Indian Institute of Technology (Indore, India, M.S.) where she earned degrees in chemistry. She is investigating MOFs. She joined the Cohen Group in January of 2024.
Maddie is a graduate of the Princeton University, where she performed research with Prof. Paul Chirik. She is investigating low-valent MOFs (LVMOFs). She joined the Cohen Group in January of 2024.
Ethan is an undergraduate at U.C. San Diego. He is investigating low-valent MOFs (LVMOFs). He joined the Cohen Group in October of 2024.
Parsa is an undergraduate at U.C. San Diego. He is investigating metalloenzyme inhibitors. He joined the Cohen Group in April of 2024.
Victor is graduate student at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE, Brazil), where he works with Professor Severino Jr. He is visiting the Cohen Group to study MOFs. He joined the Cohen Group in February of 2025.
Samuel Griffin (Canada)
Giuseppe Di Palma (Italy)
Sharon Lin (U.S.A.)
Ryan Dodson (U.S.A.)
Mortiz Jackl (Switzerland)
Johannes Karges (Germany)
R. Eric Sikma (U.S.A.)
Jin Yeong Kim (Korea)
Kathleen Prosser (Canada)
Brian Pimentel (U.S.A.)
Esther Frederick (U.S.A.)
Jaesung Bae (Korea)
Matthias Trunk (Germany)
Kyle Bentz (U.S.A.)
Christine Morrison (U.S.A.)
Teng-Hao Chen (Taiwan)
Yao Chen (China)
Zhenjie Zhang (China)
Sang Ho Lim (Korea)
Jean-Philippe Monserrat (France)
Yeob Lee (Korea)
Min Kim (Korea)
Chao Chen (China)
Matthieu Rouffet (France)
Jody Major Jourden (U.S.A.)
Christophe Volkringer (France)
Joseph Nguyen (U.S.A.)
Zhenqiang 'Rick' Wang (China)
Jay R. Stork (U.S.A.)
Yilong Yan (China)
Vishakha Monga (Canada)
Drew L. Murphy (U.S.A.)
Hyeonglim 'Stella' Seo
Kyle Barcus
Ryjul Stokes
Grant Domecus
Jeewon Chung
Mark Kalaj
Evan Clarke
Joseph Palomba
Allie Chen
Rebecca Adamek
Sergio Ayala, Jr.
Jessica Moreton
Stephanie Dugan
Xiao Yu
Cy Credille
Tavina Claiborne
Joshua Day
Phuong Dau
David Martin
Kevin Daniel
Corinne Allen
Christian Perez
Jessica Fullagar
Sergio L. Garibay
Kristine K. Tanabe
Arpita Agrawal
Jamie DeSoto
Jennifer A. Jacobsen
Emily Dugan
Faith E. Jacobsen
Jana A. Lewis
Misha V. Golynskiy
David T. Puerta
Sara R. Halper
Scot A. Lieser
Talib C. Davis
Zachary Neuschuler
Neil Liu
Austin Wang
Emily Nash
Emily Munch
Zachary Hann
Alexandra Jameson
Renee Lou
Luis Polanco
Peter Glatt
William Suryajaya
Melissa Miller
Jennifer Jacobsen
Johnathan Sutterfield
Jake Boissonnault
Alisa Tanakit
Matthew Cliffe
Matthew Dent
Michael Heberlein
Charles Holz
Marilyn Okamura
Abhinav Nalluri
Daniel Cordaro
Joseph Kliegman
Sara Thoi
Loi Do
Ba Tran
Carmen Velez
David Tat
Alexis Kaushansky
Luca Mensing (Germany)
Jihan Kim (Korea)
Mingyu Gu (Korea)
Jihan Kim (Korea)
Lena Pilz (Germany)
Jennifer Bartoli (Italy)
Yuji Katayama (Japan)
Marcello Solomon (Australia)
Pablo Velasco (Mexico)
Andreas Schneeman (Germany)
Anna Cordes (Germany)
Giulia Schukraft (Switzerland)
Chang Seop Hong (Korea)
Yuta Ohtsubo (Japan)
Jae Wook Shin (Korea)
Takumi Ishiwata (Japan)
Marco Taddei (Italy)
David Briones (Spain)
Ferdinando Costantino (Italy)
Xiaoping Zhang (China)
Oliver Neumann (Germany)
Sonja Pullen (Sweden)
Sascha Ott (Sweden)
Frederic Muench (Germany)
Lili Cui (China)
Chao Chen (China)
Lauren Benz (USA)
Andreas Schneemann (Germany)
Theresa Olyschläger (Germany)
Anatoly Yatsimirsky (Mexico)
Gay Lilley (USA)