Graduate Students
Postdoctoral Research Associates
Vinayak Botla (2023-2024)
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow with Nicola Della Cà at the University of Parma
Ph.D. with Malapaka Chandrasekharam at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
M.Sc. Osmania University
B.Sc. Osmania University
Tristan Smith (2022-2023)
Ph.D. with Jung-Mo Ahn at the University of Texas at Dallas
B.Sc. University of Texas at Tyler
Visiting Students and Researchers
Larisa Pop (2022-2023)
B.Sc. Università di Trieste
Ph.D. with Ryan Shenvi at the Scripps Research Institute
Francesco Scorzelli (2023)
M.Sc. Università di Siena
Ph.D. Università di Salerno
Alessandro Brusa (2024)
B.Sc. Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
M.Sc. Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
Alessandro was born in Carpi in 1998. He obtained his B.Sc. degree in Industrial Chemistry (2020) at the Università di Bologna under the supervision of Prof. Luca Bernardi. He worked with Prof. Arianna Quintavalla for his M.Sc. degree in chemistry (2022) at the Università di Bologna – Alma Mater Studiorum. In November 2022, he joined the Carlone group at the Università degli Studi dell’Aquila to pursue his Ph.D. focusing on the development of sustainable and innovative methodologies for the synthesis, design and screening of drug candidates. Alessandro decided to follow his passion for total synthesis of complex molecules and he joined the Romiti group at UTD as visiting researcher for 6 months.
Marriah Baird (2024)
B.Sc. University of Texas at San Antonio with Mike Doyle
A.Sc. Northwest Vista College
Francisco Benitez (2024)
Research Assistant at UT Southwestern Medical Center with Joe Ready
B.Sc. University of Puerto Rico Humaco