Group Members
Principal Investigator
Professor Ohyun Kwon
B.S. 1987–1991, Seoul National University
M.S. 1991–1993, Seoul National University
M.S. 1993–1994, Yale University
Ph.D. 1994–1998, Columbia University
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1998–2001, Harvard University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Assistant Professor, 2001–2008, UCLA
Associate Professor, 2008–2013, UCLA
Full Professor, 2013–present, UCLA
2003 Amgen Young Investigator's Award
2004 Faculty Career Development Award, UCLA
2005 Thieme Journal Award, Synthesis and Synlett
2005 Faculty Career Development Award, UCLA
2008 Glenn T. Seaborg Award
2008 Abbott Lecture, University of Notre Dame
2018 Boehringer Ingelheim Green Chemistry Award
2018 UC CAI Technology Development Award
2019 Novartis Chemistry Lectureship Award
2019 Plenary Lecture, 44th RACI Synthesis Symposia
2020 Herbert Newby McCoy Award
2023 Organic Reactions Lecture, University of Alberta
2024 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
2024 Plenary Lecture, 19th Brazilian Meeting on Organic Synthesis (BMOS)
Michelle Chen
2023 Undergraduate Researcher
Bassel Lawand
2022 Undergraduate Researcher
Aditya Desai
2023 Undergraduate Researcher
Bedelia Law
2023 Undergraduate Researcher
Max Ptacek
2023 Undergraduate Researcher
Former Members
Matthew Xie
2022 Undergraduate Researcher
Kathleen Cheasty
B.S. Radboud University
Giang Nguyen
2022 Undergraduate Researcher
Violet Chen
Ph.D UCLA (2021)
B.S. National Taiwan University
Current position: medicinal chemist at R2M Pharma
Jason Wu
Gusein Sadykhov
Yi Chiao (Joseph) Fan
Ph.D. UCLA 2015 [thesis]
Present Position: Research Scientist at AIM Biosciences, Inc.
Brian Blank
Ph.D. UCLA 2014
Judy Szeto
Ph.D. UCLA 2014