Meet the Team
Dr. Santanu Malakar
Joint Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Goldberg Lab
Integrated M.Sc. in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Joined in 2021
sm1792@sas.upenn.edu
Dr. Ikechukwu Martin Ogbu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
B.Sc. in Chemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria
M.Sc. in Chemistry, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, University of Bordeaux, France
Joined in 2022
iogbu@sas.upenn.edu
Dr. Madeline Rotella
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
B.S. in Chemistry, Villanova University
M.S. in Chemistry, VIllanova University
Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, University of Maryland
Joined in 2021
mrotella@sas.upenn.edu
Brandon Orzolek
5th year Graduate Student
B.A. in Chemistry, University of San Diego
Joined in 2020
orzolek@sas.upenn.edu
Christopher Sojdak
5th year Graduate Student
B.A. in Chemistry, Rutgers University
Joined in 2020
csojdak@sas.upenn.edu
Cameron Berlin
4th year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry, Bucknell University
Joined in 2021
cbberlin@sas.upenn.edu
Cassandra Vu
4th year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh
Joined in 2021
cvu@sas.upenn.edu
Matthew Carson
3rd Year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
Joined in 2022
mcars@sas.upenn.edu
Kalyana Duggal
3rd Year Graduate Student
B.A. in Chemistry, Princeton University
Joined in 2022
kalyana@sas.upenn.edu
Pedro Jimenez Antenucci
3rd Year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry, Southeastern Louisiana University
Joined in 2022
pedroja@sas.upenn.edu
David Polefrone
3rd Year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry and Economics, University of Maryland
Joined in 2022
dpole@sas.upenn.edu
Jingze Wu
3rd Year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry, Purdue University
Joined in 2022
wu1237@sas.upenn.edu
Guillermo A Correa Otero
2nd Year Graduate Student
B. S. in Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
Summer 2022
Hriday Shah
2nd Year Graduate Student
A B.Tech in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
Joined in 2022
hridays@sas.upenn.edu
Yaning Liu
2nd Year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry, Emory University
Joined in 2022
ynliu@sas.upenn.edu
Emmanuel Moya Cruz
2nd Year Graduate Student
B.S in Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine
Joined in Fall 2022
Sai Nehete
2nd Year Graduate Student
A B.Tech in Dyestuff and Intermediates Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
Joined in 2022
snehete@sas.upenn.edu
Cindy Liu
1st Year Graduate Student
BS in Biochemistry and Statistics, University of Pittsburgh
Joined in 2024
cliu22@sas.upenn.edu
Vincent Fumo
1st Year Graduate Student
B.A. in Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University
M.S. in Chemistry from Villanova University
Joined in 2024
fumo@sas.upenn.edu
Lucia Lavelle
Undergraduate Student
Vagelos Molecular Life Sciences (MLS) Scholars Program
Summer 2022
luciala@sas.upenn.edu
Yoshito Koga
Visiting Scholar
B.S. in Chemistry, Nagoya University
M.S. in Chemistry, Nagoya University
Current Research Scientist at the Kao Corporation, Japan
Joined in Summer 2023
koga.yoshito@kao.com
Jorge de Lima Neto
Visiting Scholar
B.Sc. in Chemistry, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
M.Sc. in Chemistry, Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
Current Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil
Joined in Summer 2023
jorge.limaneto@ufpe.br