Current Members

The PI


Cliff Stains (cstains@virginia.edu)
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia (2025-present)
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia (2019-2025)
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska – Lincoln (2018-2019)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska – Lincoln (2011-2018)
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT (Prof. Barbara Imperiali)
Ph.D., University of Arizona (Prof. Indraneel Ghosh)
B.S., Millersville University

Research Scientists


Yuan Fang
(yf8ae@virginia.edu)
Ph.D., Nanjing Tech University
B.S., Nanjing Tech University

Graduate Students

miranda wood

Miranda Wood
(mkw4vr@virginia.edu)
B.S., University of Virginia

ben faulkner

Benjamin Faulkner
(xrz7yy@virginia.edu)
B.S. Auburn University

julia mcafee


Julia McAfee
(zyh4ek@virginia.edu)
B.S. University of North Carolina at Asheville

jerimiah moore

Jerimiah Moore
(gyt5dm@virginia.edu)
B.S. University of Texas at Austin

finn davis

Finn Davis
(vfj4fn@virginia.edu)
B.S. University of Delaware

megan garris

Megan Garris
(fmk3uc@virginia.edu)
B.S., West Virginia University

Abby Bowe
(mzr7cn@virginia.edu)
B.S., West Virginia Wesleyan College

Rachel Weatherford
(xtr6et@virginia.edu)
B.S., University of NC, Chapel Hill
alikhan nurkhaidarov

Alikhan Nurkhaidarov
(pfr8rz@virginia.edu)
B.S., Haverford College

Undergraduates

daniel sitrin

Daniel Sitrin
(mdd6sh@virginia.edu)
harry shield

Harry Shield
(fyr5ht@virginia.edu)
madeline loht

Madeline Loht
(kdw8qe@virginia.edu)
hunter blosser

Hunter Blosser
(zpk9ym@virginia.edu)
george danes

George Danes
(eyw9hs@virginia.edu)
reilly obrien

Reilly O'Brien
(zzr6sm@virginia.edu)
emily hocutt

Emily Hocutt
(gaj4je@virginia.edu)

sallie brooks

Sallie Brooks
(ybv9bc@virginia.edu)

emily smith

Emily Smith
(ehf6mq@virginia.edu)

james chang

James Chang
efq2wu@virginia.edu

Other Members

 Harry
Unofficial Lab Mascot