Current Group Members

Person 5

Dr. Zach Sparrow

Postdoctoral Researcher
Person 6

Rob Mercogliano

Graduate Student
Person 7

Zhuofan Shen

Graduate Student
Person 8

Ju-an Zhang

Graduate Student
Person 9

Altan Kocatulum

Graduate Student
Person 10

Spencer Mattes

Graduate Student
Person 11

Rhiannon Hendley

Graduate Student
Person 12

Anthony Lara

Undergraduate Student
Person 13

Margot & (the late) Bailey

Lab Pups

Former Group Members


Postdoctoral Research Associates

Hsin-Yu Ko Postdoc'24

Assistant Professor, University of North Texas

Brian Ernst PhD'21,Postdoc'22

Assistant Professor, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Eric Fuemmeler Postdoc'20

Staff Scientist, Mayo Clinic
Research Associate, University of Minnesota

Ka Un Lao Postdoc'19

Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University

Rahul Maitra Postdoc'16

Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Kai Luo Postdoc'16

Associate Professor, Nanjing University of Science and Technology



Graduate Students

Jalen Harris MS'24

Zachary Sparrow PhD'23

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chemistry, Cornell (DRG)

Yang Yang PhD'22

Research Scientist, Meta AI

Brian Ernst PhD'21,Postdoc'22

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chemistry, Cornell (DRG)
Assistant Professor, Wentworth Institute of Technology

Yan Yang PhD'21

Machine Learning Engineer, Snorkel AI

Andrew Crutchfield MS'21

Graduate Student, Materials Science and Engineering, Dartmouth University

Lijie Tu PhD'19

Research Scientist, Meta AI

Junteng Jia MS'18

Research Scientist, Meta AI

Chengyan Zhan MS'18

Software Engineer, Google



Undergraduate Students

Anthony Lara '25

Research Associate, Chemistry, Cornell (DRG)

Jan Bobrowski '25

Software Developer Engineer, Amazon

Owen Crane '22

Senior Systems Engieer, InterSystems

Trine Quady (REU student '21)

Research Associate, Chemistry, Cornell (DRG)
Graduate Student, Chemistry, UC Berkeley

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, UC Berkeley

Dima Vaido (REU student 2019)

Graduate Student, Physics, UCLA

Erdong Ding (visiting student 2019)

Graduate Student, Chemistry, Rice University

Destiny Malloy (CHAMPS student 2018)

Solutions Engineering Analyst, Deloitte Consulting

Nikita Torosyan '18

Graduate Student, Chemistry, Yale University
Java Engineer, Centerboard

Erika Tirado (REU student 2017)

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

Andrew Sullivan (high school intern 2017)

Undergraduate Student, Physics, Columbia University
Graduate Student, Physics, Stanford University

Peter Csernica '16

Graduate Student, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University

Colin Gladue '16

Graduate Student, Computer Science, Cornell Tech

Kwang Woo '16

Medical Student, Weill Cornell Medical College

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.