Current Group Members

Person 1

Dr. Hsin-Yu Ko

Postdoctoral Researcher
Person 2

Yan Yang

Graduate Student
Person 3

Brian Ernst

Graduate Student
Person 4

Yang Yang

Graduate Student
Person 5

Zach Sparrow

Graduate Student
Person 6

Jalen Harris

Graduate Student
Person 7

Rob Mercogliano

Graduate Student
Person 8

Zhuofan Shen

Graduate Student
Person 9

Ju-an Zhang

Graduate Student
Person 10

Trine Quady

Research Associate
Person 11

Owen Crane

Undergraduate Student
Person 12

Margot & Bailey

Lab Pups

Former Group Members


Eric Fuemmeler

Staff Scientist, Mayo Clinic

Ka Un Lao

Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University

Rahul Maitra

Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Kai Luo

Associate Professor, Nanjing University of Science and Technology

Yan Yang

Machine Learning Engineer, Snorkel AI

Andrew Crutchfield

Graduate Student, Materials Science and Engineering, Dartmouth University

Lijie Tu

Research Scientist, Facebook

Junteng Jia

Research Scientist, Facebook AI

Chengyan Zhan

Software Engineer, Google

Paul Joo '21

SpaceX

Justin Lee '21

System Engineer, Automation and Control Specialists

Dorothy Leung '21

Associate Engineer, Scientific Design Company

Richard Kang '19

Graduate Student, Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

Nikita Torosyan '18

Java Engineer, Centerboard

Tracy Doumit '17

Laboratory Technician, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department

Jaclyn Lunger '17

Graduate Student, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT

Paul Varga '17

Process Automation Engineer, Automation and Control Specialists

Jonathan Wong '17

Graduate Student, Chemistry, UC Berkeley

Peter Csernica '16

Graduate Student, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford

Colin Gladue '16

Graduate Student, Computer Science, Cornell Tech

Kwang Woo '16

Medical Student, Weill Cornell Medical College

Dima Vaido (REU student 2019)

Graduate Student, Physics, UCLA

Erdong Ding (visiting undergraduate student 2019)

Graduate Student, Chemistry, Rice University

Destiny Malloy (CHAMPS student 2018)

Solutions Engineering Analyst, Deloitte Consulting

Erika Tirado (REU student 2017)

University of Redlands

Andrew Sullivan (high school intern 2017)

Undergraduate Student, Physics, Columbia University

The DiStasio Research Group is currently accepting Graduate and Undergraduate students.

Prospective Graduate students will need to apply to the Graduate Program in Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University. Current Cornell Graduate and Undergraduate students interested in joining the DRG are encouraged to attend the weekly DRG meetings.