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

Gregory Foley

Ph.D. Graduate Researcher

B.A. Chemistry, Skidmore College, 2021

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


Nathan Houchens

Ph.D. Graduate Researcher

B.S. Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, 2023

Jiatong Xu

Ph.D. Graduate Researcher

B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, 2023

Sagnik Mondal

Ph.D. Graduate Researcher

B.S., M.S. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 2023




Sourjyadip Paul

Ph.D. Graduate Researcher

B.S., M.S. Chemistry, Jadavpur University, 2023



Pratiti Pradhan

M.S. Researcher

ChemBE, JHU Class of 2027

B.S. Chemical Engineering, NIT, Durapur, 2024

Phoebe Williams

Undergraduate Researcher

Chemistry, JHU Class of 2026



Alumni and Past Visitors

Khalil Thomas, High School Researcher, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, 2025-2026.

Ian Dillingham, PhD 2026

Jill Cleveland, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2024-2026

Enzo Larralde, JHU Class of 2026

Lan On, JHU Class of 2025. Undergraduate researcher, 2023-2025. Current: Chemistry Graduate School, Penn State

Kyle Barcus, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2023-2025

Kevin Bennett, PhD 2025

Yuki Osumi, PhD 2025

Becky Han, JHU Class of 2025, Undergraduate Researcher, 2023-2024. Current: Chemistry Graduate School, Princeton

Kush Kataria, JHU Class of 2024, Undergraduate Researcher, 2021-2024.

Juan Garcia, JHU Class of 2024, Undergraduate Researcher, 2021-2024.

Carter Gerke, PhD 2024. Current: Postdoc, Yale University

Rasha Anayah, PhD 2023. Current: HITNano

Briana Zhang, JHU Class of 2023, Undergraduate Researcher, 2021-2023.

Pilar Beccar-Varela, JHU Class of 2023, Undergraduate Researcher, 2019-2023.

Hannah Pugh, JHU Class of 2023, Undergraduate Researcher, 2020-2022.

Thana Anusanti, Visiting undergraduate researcher, 2022, Mahidol University

Ethan Shi, Visiting undergraduate researcher, 2022, UCLA. Current: Chemistry Graduate School, UC Berkeley

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: 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