Yiqiu Qian
Yiqiu Qian completed her undergraduate studies at Iowa State University before embarking on her doctoral journey with the esteemed Sibi group in 2019. Her research endeavors revolve around the synthesis and utilization of renewable biomass furan derivatives, with a particular emphasis on sustainable applications.
Rebecca Huss
Aleena Raju
Aleena Raju obtained her master's degree in chemistry from Vellore Institute of Technology, India, after completing her bachelor's degree from Mahatma Gandhi University, India. She began working with us in the Summer 2023, and her current project involves chiral diamine ligand fluxional chirality.
Dr Sagar Thorat
Dr Sagar received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory,Pune India under the tutelage of Dr Ravindar Kontham in 2021. He joined the Sibi group after his senior research associate position in the Nov 2023. Sagar worked on total synthesis and methodology development during his Ph.D. studies and is currently working on synthesis of biobased monomer synthesis for the application in polymer coatings.
Rebecca Huss obtained her B.S. in Chemistry from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY. She began research in the Sibi group in July 2022. Her current research project focuses on using β,β-disubstituted starting materials (containing heteroatoms) in various enantioselective transformations.
Dr C. Gangadurai
Anna Renner
Dr C. Gangadurai
Anna Renner obtained her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University. As a graduate student she worked in the research group of Professor Andrew Myers and synthesized structurally modified tetracyclines with anticancer activity. Anna joined the Sibi group as a postdoctoral researcher in April 2024 and is conducting research on the preparation of biomass-derived monomers for polymer synthesis.
Dr C. Gangadurai obtained his PhD in Organic Chemistry from the Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, India under the mentorship of Prof. S. Muthusamy in 2018. Then he moved to CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune India and worked as a CSIR-Research associate under the tutelage of Dr D. Srinivasa Reddy in 2021. After that he worked as a senior research scientist at TCG Lifesciences, Kolkata. He will be joining the Sibi group as a postdoctoral researches on April 15.
Curtis Thompson
Ahmed Saeed
