Thoi Research Group

  • Using Molecular Interactions 
in Materials Development for Energy Solutions
  • Tuning Chemical Environments in Catalysis for Mechanistic Insights

MEET THE GROUP

Sara Thoi

Principal Investigator, CV

Ph.D. Chemistry, UC Berkeley
B.S. Chemistry, UC San Diego



Kyle Barcus

ROSEI Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D. Chemistry, UC San Diego, 2023
B.S. Chemistry, California Polytechnic State University, 2017

Rasha Anayah

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D. Chemistry, JHU, 2023
B.S. Chemistry, UC Berkeley, 2018



Carter Gerke

Ph.D. Graduate Researcher

B.S. Chemistry, UC Riverside, 2019

Kevin Bennett

Ph.D. Graduate Researcher

B.A. Chemistry, Grinnell College, 2016

Yuki Osumi

Ph.D. Graduate Researcher

B.A. Chemistry, Rutgers University, 2020

Ian Dillingham

Ph.D. Graduate Researcher

B.S. Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2021

Gregory Foley

Ph.D. Graduate Researcher

B.A. Chemistry, Skidmore College, 2020

Jacob Wade

Ph.D. Graduate Researcher

B.S. Chemistry, Butler University, 2015
M.S. Chemistry, Ball State University, 2021

Sophia Mac

Ph.D. Graduate Researcher

B. S. Chemistry, Northeastern University, 2020

Arleth Ortiz Villa

Ph.D. Graduate Researcher

B.S. Chemistry, Florida Gulf Coast University, 2022

George Jiang

Ph.D. Graduate Researcher

B.S. Chemistry, Haverford College, 2022



Juan Garcia

Undergraduate Researcher

Chemistry, JHU Class of 2024

Becky Han

Undergraduate Researcher

Chemistry, JHU Class of 2025

Kush Kataria

Undergraduate Researcher

Chemistry, JHU Class of 2024

Lan On

Undergraduate Researcher

Chemistry, JHU Class of 2025

Alumni and Past Visitors

Hannah Pugh, JHU Class of 2022, Undergraduate Researcher, 2021-2022.

Thana Anusanti, Visiting undergraduate researcher, 2022, Mahidol University

Ethan Shi, Visiting undergraduate researcher, 2022, UCLA

Soumyodip Banerjee, PhD 2022. Current: Applied Materials

Bingqian Liu, PhD 2022. Current: Applied Materials

Jack Mountain, M.S. 2022.

Norah Wilson, JHU Class of 2021, Undergraduate Researcher, 2021.

Simran Saund, PhD 2021. Current: National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Xu Han, PhD 2020. Current: Clearview Consulting.

Leonardo Olivera Perez, JHU Class of 2020. Undergraduate researcher, 2019-2020. Current: Medical student, Indiana University School of Medicine

David Burns, PhD 2020. Current: Postdoctoral fellow, Applied Research Laboratory.

Avery Baumann, PhD 2020. Current: Postdoctoral fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Kundan Sagar, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2018-2020.

Zach Schmidt, JHU Class of 2020. Undergraduate researcher, 2019.

Samantha Goldschmid, JHU Class of 2019. Undergraduate researcher, 2016-2018. Current: Chemistry PhD student, Columbia University

Gabrielle Aversa, JHU Class of 2019. Undergraduate researcher, 2016-2018. Current: Chemist at Physical Sciences, Inc., Boston, MA

Jose C. Diaz, JHU Class of 2019. Undergraduate researcher, 2017-2018. Current: Chemical Engineering PhD student, University of Michigan

Victor Chan, JHU Class of 2019. Masters Researcher, 2018-2019.

Prof. George Greco, Visiting Professor 2018, Goucher University

Allie Zito, JHU Class of 2018, Undergraduate Researcher 2016-2018. Current: Chemistry PhD student at UC Irvine

My Linh Le, Mt. Holyoke University, Class of 2019, Visiting Undergraduate Researcher, Summer 2017. Current: Materials Science PhD student at UC Santa Barbara

Brennan Lee, JHU Class of 2017, Undergraduate Researcher, 2015-2017. Current: Materials and Process Engineer, Applied Physics Laboratory

Kelsey Harper, JHU Class of 2018, Undergraduate Researcher, 2015-2016

Karina Ng, University College London, Class of 2017, Visiting Undergraduate Researcher, 2015-2016.

Dr. Jeffrey McDowell, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015-2016