Members

The people who see and make the molecules.

Organised by subgroup, then seniority — so prospective students know exactly who to reach out to. Hover any card for their research focus; click through for their publications.

Principal Investigator

Structural chemistry and reactivity-driven synthesis.

Professor of Chemistry

Hosea M. Nelson

B.S. UC Berkeley · Ph.D. Caltech (Stoltz) · Postdoc UC Berkeley (Toste)

hosea@caltech.edu

Structural Chemistry

Electron microscopy method development — MicroED, single-particle analysis, and electron tomography — for atomic-resolution structures.

Staff scientists

Autonomous MicroED instrumentation and diffraction mapping.

Staff Scientist

Dr. Dmitry Eremin

Ph.D., Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry

eremin@caltech.edu

Postdoctoral scholars

MicroED-guided discovery of fungal natural products.

Postdoctoral Scholar

Dr. David Delgadillo

Ph.D., University of California Santa Cruz

ddelgadi@caltech.edu

Graduate students · most senior first

MicroED method development and automated data collection.

Sam Johnson

B.S. / M.S., University of Connecticut

sjohnso2@caltech.edu

Electron diffraction of small-molecule and materials samples.

Eva Kercmar

B.Sc., University of Ljubljana · M.Sc., University of Copenhagen

ekercmar@caltech.edu

Cryo-EM imaging of molecular assemblies.

Samuel Mussetter

B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz

smussett@caltech.edu

Structure determination of crystalline natural products.

D.E. Doughty

B.S., Rutgers University

ddoughty@caltech.edu

Undergraduates

Sample preparation and grid screening for MicroED.

Undergraduate

Bljana Stafford

Caltech

Diffraction data processing pipelines.

SURF Student

Kyler Williams

Caltech

Crystallisation screening of natural product extracts.

SURF Student

Benjamin Rudo

University of Hawaii at Hilo

Synthesis & Catalysis

Reaction and catalyst discovery guided by mechanism and high-energy reactive intermediates.

Postdoctoral scholars

Catalytic methods built on carborane counteranions.

Postdoctoral Scholar

Dr. Sergio O. Lovera

Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

solovera@caltech.edu

Enantioselective transformations of reactive cations.

Postdoctoral Scholar

Dr. Rui Guo

Ph.D., Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry

rayguo@caltech.edu

Graduate students · most senior first

New reactions of silylium and related electrophiles.

Jack Moerschel

B.S., University of Florida

jmoerschel@caltech.edu

Medium-ring synthesis via carbocation intermediates.

Victoria Casimir Montán

B.S., University of Puerto Rico

vcasimir@caltech.edu

Asymmetric catalysis with weakly coordinating anions.

Yucheng Fu

B.S., Nankai University

ycfu@caltech.edu

Main-group catalysis and cation-driven bond construction.

Angel Gomez

B.A., Princeton University

aygomez@caltech.edu

Reaction discovery guided by transient intermediates.

Daniel Chan

B.S., University of California, San Diego

dhchan@caltech.edu

Catalytic C–H functionalisation methods.

Jane Liu

B.S., Southern Methodist University

yuelius2@caltech.edu

Physical organic studies of high-energy intermediates.

Kathleen Huynh

B.A., San José State University

khuynh2@caltech.edu

Alumni

Former members now across academia and industry, plus the visiting scholars who have worked with us.

Alumni

Former graduate students

Faculty, postdoctoral, and industry placements

Alumni

Former postdocs

Independent careers across academia and industry

Alumni

Visiting scholars

Collaborators and short-term researchers

Official Nelson Lab dog

Abi Nelson

B.S. UC Bark-eley