The goal of the Reisman Group is to contribute creative solutions to fundamental problems in chemistry that impact society. Our research is driven by discoveries and innovations in organic chemistry, where new chemical reactions or synthetic design concepts can enable the synthesis of small molecules for the study and treatment of human disease. While pursuing our scientific goals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive community in our laboratory. Our strength and success as a group is built on the foundation of a wide range of perspectives. The diversity of skills, thought, and experiences, allow us as a group to ask important questions and creatively solve problems. We recognize and embrace diversity in many forms: different backgrounds, races, ethnicities, nationalities, religions, sexes, sexual orientations, genders, gender identities, socioeconomic statuses, ages, physical abilities, marital and family statuses, and more. Our goal is to create and maintain a culture of inclusivity by respecting, encouraging, and engaging diverse perspectives, in order to better our science and ourselves.
Group News:
August 2025: Congratulations to Gino for being awarded an NIH F32 and Will for being awarded a Bristol Myers Squib graduate fellowship!
August 2025: It's been a great summer with our undergraduate researchers. In addition to Garry Zhang, Priscila Marquez, and Carolyn Ruan from Caltech, we hosted Ruchira Hariharan (Cornell University) as a C-CAS Data SURF student and WAVE researcher Athena Thai (CSU Long Beach).
June 2025: Congratulations to Jordan, Emily and Cedric for their successful thesis defense we wish you all the best at BMS, Novartis and Cytokinetics!
May 2025: Congratulations to Andrea for her successful thesis defense!
January 2025: Welcome to our new postdoctoral scholar, Gino!
December 2024: Three new graduate students have joined the group. Welcome, Hayato, Josh and Omar!
September 2024: Congratulations Stanna on being awarded a K99 fellowship!
August 2024: Welcome to our new post-doctoral scholar Kristen Gardner!
July 2024: Congratulations to Sarah on being appointed Department Chair—an exciting new chapter for CCE at Caltech!
May 2024: Congratulations to Jordan for receiving the Genentech Graduate Student Symposium Award in Chemical Research. This award recognizes eight fourth year PhD students for their achievements in chemical research.
December 2023: Anjali and Preston have started their PhDs at the Reisman Lab! Welcome!
August 2023: Welcome to our new post-doctoral scholar, Danielle Mantin!
July 2023: Welcome to our new post-doctoral scholar, Yasuki Soda!
June 2023: Welcome to the rising seniors Rei Fejzulla (Wayne State University; Stockdill lab) and Jess Wang (Princeton University; Sorensen lab) and to the Caltech rising sophomores Gina Lee and Amitesh Pandey! They will be joining the group for the summer. So excited to have you all!
June 2023: A new first year appears! Welcome to the lab, Olivia!
May 2023: Congratulations to Drs. Sara Dibrell, Yujia Tao, Ray Turro, and Jeff Kerkovius for completing their PhDs! We're all excited to see your future accomplishments!
January 2023: New year new group members! Say welcome to Dr. Philip Boehm, Dr. Stanna Dorn, and Dr. Alba Carretero
December 2022: Kala, Nathan, Golsa, Omar, Will, and Kate have started their PhD journeys at the Reisman lab. Welcome!
November 2022: Welcome Jules to our lab!
October 2022: Congrats to Alex for defending his thesis! We wish you the best at the Chirik group
October 2022: We are so glad the world can finally see this cool methodology developed by Caitlin, Travis, and Emily. What do you think of our substrate scope?
August 2022: Congrats to Jeff, Andrea, and Bill for this cool concise synthesis of matrine.
July 2022: Check out this chemoselective umpolung-type imine alkylation published by Ray and Marco!
August 2025: It's been a great summer with our undergraduate researchers. In addition to Garry Zhang, Priscila Marquez, and Carolyn Ruan from Caltech, we hosted Ruchira Hariharan (Cornell University) as a C-CAS Data SURF student and WAVE researcher Athena Thai (CSU Long Beach).
June 2025: Congratulations to Jordan, Emily and Cedric for their successful thesis defense we wish you all the best at BMS, Novartis and Cytokinetics! May 2025: Congratulations to Andrea for her successful thesis defense!
January 2025: Welcome to our new postdoctoral scholar, Gino!
December 2024: Three new graduate students have joined the group. Welcome, Hayato, Josh and Omar!
September 2024: Congratulations Stanna on being awarded a K99 fellowship!
August 2024: Welcome to our new post-doctoral scholar Kristen Gardner!
July 2024: Congratulations to Sarah on being appointed Department Chair—an exciting new chapter for CCE at Caltech!
May 2024: Congratulations to Jordan for receiving the Genentech Graduate Student Symposium Award in Chemical Research. This award recognizes eight fourth year PhD students for their achievements in chemical research.
December 2023: Anjali and Preston have started their PhDs at the Reisman Lab! Welcome!
August 2023: Welcome to our new post-doctoral scholar, Danielle Mantin!
July 2023: Welcome to our new post-doctoral scholar, Yasuki Soda!
June 2023: Welcome to the rising seniors Rei Fejzulla (Wayne State University; Stockdill lab) and Jess Wang (Princeton University; Sorensen lab) and to the Caltech rising sophomores Gina Lee and Amitesh Pandey! They will be joining the group for the summer. So excited to have you all!
June 2023: A new first year appears! Welcome to the lab, Olivia!
May 2023: Congratulations to Drs. Sara Dibrell, Yujia Tao, Ray Turro, and Jeff Kerkovius for completing their PhDs! We're all excited to see your future accomplishments!
January 2023: New year new group members! Say welcome to Dr. Philip Boehm, Dr. Stanna Dorn, and Dr. Alba Carretero
December 2022: Kala, Nathan, Golsa, Omar, Will, and Kate have started their PhD journeys at the Reisman lab. Welcome!
November 2022: Welcome Jules to our lab!
October 2022: Congrats to Alex for defending his thesis! We wish you the best at the Chirik group
October 2022: We are so glad the world can finally see this cool methodology developed by Caitlin, Travis, and Emily. What do you think of our substrate scope?
August 2022: Congrats to Jeff, Andrea, and Bill for this cool concise synthesis of matrine.
July 2022: Check out this chemoselective umpolung-type imine alkylation published by Ray and Marco!
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Congratulations to Gino Occhialini for being awarded an NIH F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship and to Will (Li-Ming Chen) for receiving a Bristol Myers Squibb graduate fellowship! So proud of these two — well deserved recognition for outstanding science. 🎉 #NIH #Caltech #OrganicChemistry
🏆 AwardsWhat a summer! We had a wonderful group of undergraduate researchers with us — Garry Zhang, Priscila Marquez, and Carolyn Ruan from Caltech, along with Ruchira Hariharan (Cornell, C-CAS Data SURF) and WAVE researcher Athena Thai (CSU Long Beach). Thank you all for your incredible energy and contributions to the lab! 🔬
🎓 UndergradsCongratulations to Jordan, Emily, and Cedric on their successful thesis defenses! We are so proud to send you off to BMS, Novartis, and Cytokinetics. The chemistry world is lucky to have you. Best of luck on your next adventures! 🎓
🎓 DefensesExcited to welcome Dr. Gino Occhialini as our newest postdoctoral scholar! Gino joins us from MIT and will be working on exciting new directions in total synthesis. Welcome to the group! 🧪 #Postdoc #Caltech
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