Group Members

  • Minjung Son

    Principal Investigator (CV, Google Scholar)

    David R. Dalton Career Development Assistant Professor of Chemistry
    Affiliate Faculty Member in Physics and Materials Science & Engineering

    B.S., Chemistry, Yonsei University (2013)
    M.S., Chemistry, Yonsei University (2015)
    Ph.D., Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2020)
    Postdoc, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2020−2023)

    mson@bu.edu

  • Sourav Sil

    Postdoctoral Research Associate

    B.S., Chemistry, University of Calcutta (2016)
    M.S., Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (2018)
    Ph.D., Chemistry, Michigan State University (2024)

    ssil@bu.edu

  • Rebecca Gracia

    Graduate Student (G2)
    NSF Energize NRT Fellow

    B.S., Chemistry, Stonehill College (2024)

    rgracia@bu.edu

  • Seongje Park

    Graduate Student (G2)

    B.S., Chemistry, University of Southern California (2023)

    seongjep@bu.edu

  • Kishan Bharwad

    Graduate Student (G1)

    B.S., Chemistry, Loyola University Chicago (2024)
    M.S., Chemistry, Loyola University Chicago (2025)

    kbharwad@bu.edu

  • Liyuan (Leo) Zhang

    Graduate Student (G1)

    B.S., Chemistry, California State University, Fullerton (2024)

    lzhang66@bu.edu

  • Jacob Lydon

    Undergraduate Researcher

    Chemistry & Physics ‘27

    jalydon@bu.edu

  • Bradley Tavana

    Undergraduate Researcher

    Chemistry ‘27

    btavana@bu.edu

  • Interested in joining the group?

    We are always on the lookout for motivated undergraduate & graduate students and postdocs! See here to apply.

Group Alumni

Shaina Dhamija, Postdoc (Aug 2024–Aug 2025)
Lilia Kinziabulatova, Postdoc (Oct 2024–Jul 2025)
Hyeonhu (Daniel) Ju, Undergraduate Researcher (Winter 2024, Spring 2025)
Tyler Williams, Undergraduate Researcher (Fall 2024–Spring 2025)
Christopher Kretschman, Undergraduate Researcher (Spring 2024–Fall 2024)
Julien Gonzalez-Palavicini, Undergraduate Researcher (Fall 2024)
Gabriel Russo, Undergraduate Researcher (Fall 2023–Summer 2024)
Eunhee Char, Undergraduate Researcher (Fall 2023–Spring 2024)
Matthew Eskritt, Undergraduate Researcher (Fall 2023)