Graduate Students
Postdoctoral Research Associates
Gujjula V. Ramakrishna (2022-2025)
Ph.D. with Rodney A. Fernandes at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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
Undergraduate Students
Harish Suryadevara (2023-2025)
UT Dallas Class of 2024
Barry Goldwater Scholar
Ph.D. with Tom Maimone at UC Berkeley
Ryan Hing Dam (2024-2025)
UT Dallas Class of 2024
Ph.D. at Rice University with Dave Sarlah
Rosa Kingsbury (2024-2025)
UT Dallas Class of 2025
Ph.D. at Boston College with Amir Hoveyda
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.
Luca Folegnani (2024-2025)
M.Sc. Università degli Studi di Parma
Luca was born and raised in Italy, where he obtained his M.Sc. degree in Medicinal Chemistry from the Università degli Studi di Parma in 2024. His research focused on the synthesis of RNA demethylase ALKBH5 inhibitors for the treatment of glioblastoma. After completing his degree, Luca moved to the United States to join the Romiti Lab at UT Dallas as a visiting researcher.