Principal InvestigatorPostdocsGraduate StudentsUndergraduate StudentsVisiting StudentsFuture ChemistsFormer Members

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

rjasti Prof. Ramesh Jasti

He/Him/His
Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Materials Science Institute, and Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact
rjasti@uoregon.edu

B.S. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ph.D. University of California, Irvine

Hometown: Concord, North Carolina, USA

POSTDOCS

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Tara Clayton

She/Her/Hers
6th Year Graduate Student
tclayto2@uoregon.edu

B.A. Reed College

Hometown: Great Falls, Montana, USA

Harrison Reid

He/Him/His
5th Year Graduate Student
hreid@uoregon.edu

B.S. Northern Arizona University

Hometown: Tucson, Arizona, USA

Veronica Spaulding

She/Her/Hers
5th Year Graduate Student
vspauldi@uoregon.edu

M.S./B.S. Chemistry University of Wyoming

Hometown: North Fork, CA, USA

Lan Chen

She/Her/Hers
4th Year Graduate Student
lchen4@uoregon.edu

B.Sc. University of Alberta

Hometown: Haining, China

Gaby Bailey

She/Her/Hers
4th Year Graduate Student
gbailey@uoregon.edu

B.A. Reed College

Hometown: Antigua, Guatemala

Vi Baird

They/Them/Theirs
3rd Year Graduate Student
vbaird@uoregon.edu

B.S. in biochemistry California Polytechnic University

Hometown: San Diego, CA, USA

Victor Salpino

He/Him/His
3rd Year Graduate Student
vsalpin7@uoregon.edu

B.S. University of Oregon

Hometown: Eugene, OR, USA

Katy Wyatt

She/Her/Hers
2nd Year Graduate Student
kwyatt@uoregon.edu
B.S. Chemistry, Pacific University

Hometown: Keizer, OR, USA

Noah Grinde

He/Him/His
2nd Year Graduate Student
grinde@uoregon.edu

B.S. Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Hometown: Kaukauna, WI

Robert Greenwood

Rotation Student
rogr@uoregon.edu

B.S. Creighton University

Hometown: Bennington, Nebraska

Natalie Lakanen

Rotation Student
nlakanen@uoregon.edu

B.S. Indiana Wesleyan University

Hometown: Upland, IN

Tingting Zhang

Rotation Student
tingtz@uoregon.edu

B.S. Linfield University

Hometown: Portland, Oregon

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Alyssa Garcia (she/her/hers)

University of Oregon (expected 2026)
agarci17@uoregon.edu

Hometown: San Jose, California, USA

Ethan Westerhout (He/Him/His)

University of Oregon (expected 2025)
ewesterh@uoregon.edu

Hometown: Newport Beach, California, USA

Kasey Ziegler (He/Him/His)

University of Oregon (expected 2026)
kziegler@uoregon.edu
A.A. Oregon Transfer Degree
OPIRC Scholar
Hometown: Bend, Oregon, USA

Ethan Nguyen

He/Him/His
University of Oregon (expected 2026)
enguyen7@uoregon.edu

Hometown: Eugene, Oregon, USA

VISITING STUDENTS



FUTURE CHEMISTS

dev Devdan (“Dev”) Jasti
Chemist in Training

Former Members