Principal Investigator

Robert B. Wexler

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University (2019–2022)

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (2019)

B.S., Drexel University (2013)

wexler@wustl.edu
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Current Group Members

Manish Kumar

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (2021)

M.S., Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur (2015)

B.S., Ramjas College (2012)

kumarm@wustl.edu
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Junchi Chen

Graduate Student

M.E., Southern University of Science and Technology (2022)

B.S., Zhejiang Gongshang University (2019)

c.junchi@wustl.edu
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Bridget Ferris

Graduate Student

B.S., Austin College (2024)

b.s.ferris@wustl.edu
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Eyob Tewelde

Graduate Student

B.S., University of Chicago (2024)

eyob@wustl.edu
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Anna Csiki-Fejer

Graduate Student

B.S., Saint Louis University (2025)

csiki-fejer@wustl.edu
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Sebastian Pujet

Undergraduate Student

Chemical Engineering & Computer Science

p.sebastian@wustl.edu
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Audrey Hooper

Undergraduate Student

Chemistry & Physics

a.v.hooper@wustl.edu
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Former Group Members

Name Former Role Current Position

Ray M. Yang

Former Role Postdoctoral Research Associate

Current Position Founder, Ainest OÜ

Douglas Thibodeaux

Former Role Undergraduate Researcher in Chemistry

Current Position Not Listed

Avital Isakov

Former Role Undergraduate Researcher in Chemistry and Anthropology

Current Position Graduate Student, Alexandrova Lab, UCLA

Phoebe Taylor

Former Role Undergraduate Researcher in Computer Science

Current Position Undergraduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis

Matthew Rao

Former Role Undergraduate Researcher in Computer Science, Mathematics, and Chemistry

Current Position Undergraduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis (Class of 2027)

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