Group Members

The Group (May 2025)

Advisor

Email Dr. Hadad:
hadad.1@osu.edu

Dr. Christopher Hadad

B.S. (with honors)
University of Delaware, 1987
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry
Yale University, 1993
NSF post-doctoral fellow
University of Colorado, 1992–1994

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Graduate Students

Email Mayukh:
majumder.21@osu.edu

Mayukh Majumder

B.S., Chemistry
Judavpur University, Kolkata, India. 2017
M.S., Chemistry
IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India. 2020

Joined Jan. 2022

Email Ryan:
maguire.112@osu.edu

Ryan Maguire

B.S. with Honors, Chemistry
University of Dayton, 2022

Joined Dec. 2022

Email Jennifer:
spejcher.2@osu.edu

Jennifer Spejcher

B.S., Chemical Science
Xavier University, 2022

Joined Jan. 2024

Email Abigail:
noonchester.2@osu.edu

Abigail Noonchester

B.S., Chemistry
University of Cincinnati, 2023

Joined Dec. 2023

Email Mariano:
salvatore.41@osu.edu

Mariano Salvatore

B.S., Chemistry
Kent State University, 2021

Joined Dec. 2023

Email Dylan:
munson.50@osu.edu

Dylan Munson

B.S., Neuroscience
The Ohio State University, 2019

Joined Dec. 2023

Email Hayden:
hoover.693@osu.edu

Hayden Hoover

B.S., Chemistry-Biochemistry
Ohio University, 2023

Joined Dec. 2023

Email Abigayle:
jorden.14@osu.edu

Abigayle Jorden

B.S., Biochemistry
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 2024

Joined Dec. 2024

Email Spencer:
kawachika.1@osu.edu

Spencer Kawachika

B.S., Chemistry
Rice University, 2021

Joined Dec. 2024

Email Blake:
norell.7@osu.edu

Blake Norell

B.S., Chemistry
University of Oregon, 2024

Joined Dec. 2024

Email Lukas:
lux.91@osu.edu

Lukas Lux

B.S., Chemistry
California Polytechnic University SLO, 2024

Joined Dec. 2024

Email Matthew:
politeski.1@osu.edu

Matthew Politeski

B.S., Chemistry
Penn State Behrend

Joined Dec. 2024

Email Matthew:
leanos.2@osu.edu

Daniel Leanos

B.S., Biochemistry
University of California San Diego

Joined Dec. 2025

Email Matthew:
zumock.2@osu.edu

Alex Zumock

B.S., Chemistry
The Ohio State University

Joined Dec. 2025


Undergraduates

Sammie Dong

B.S., Chemistry in progress
The Ohio State University, Expected 2026

Email Sammie

Megan Murtha

Joined Summer 2022
B.S., Pharmaceutical Studies in progress
The Ohio State University, Expected 2024

Email Megan

Recent Graduates

Dr. Rémy Lalisse
Ph.D., Chemistry, July 2022
Now postdoc at Texas A&M University

Dr. Nathan Ward
Ph.D., Chemistry, November 2022
Now at Charles River Laboratories

Dr. Stacey Allen
Ph.D., Chemistry, April 2023
Now at Ponce Therapeutics, Inc.

Joe Rodriguez
M.S., Chemistry, May 2023

Dr. Joseph Fernandez
Ph.D., Chemistry, August 2023
Now postdoc at University of Cincinnati

Dr. Benjamin Clark
Ph.D., Chemistry, July 2024
Now postdoc at University of Illinois Chicago

Dr. Anne Buck
Ph.D., Chemistry, July 2024
Now postdoc at MRICD

Dr. William Clay
Ph.D., Chemistry, July 2024
Now postdoc at Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Amy (Yiran) He
Ph.D., Chemistry, April 2024
Now postdoc at Scripps Research

Dr. Kenny Nguyen
Ph.D., Chemistry, April 2024
Now postdoc at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Dr. Alex Lovins
Ph.D., Chemistry, April 2025
Now assistant professor at The University of Findlay

Dr. Kevin Miller
Ph.D., Chemistry, April 2025
Now postdoc at Human BioMolecular Research Institute

Research Collaborators

Dr. Christopher Callam

Dr. Özlem Doğan Ekici

Dr. Craig McElroy

Dr. Ryan Yoder

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