Principal investigator
Assist. Prof. Dr. Juha Siitonen
- Assistant Professor, Aalto University, Finland, 2022–.
- Lecturer, Rice University, USA, 2021–2022.
- Part-time lecturer, Rice University, USA, 2020–2021.
- Wiess teaching postdoctoral fellow, Kürti group, Rice University, USA, 2019–2020.
- Ph.D. Pihko group, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 2018.
- M.Sc. Pihko group, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 2014.
Postdoctoral researchers
Dr. Suvi Holmstedt
- Method development and total synthesis based on renewable chiral pool starting materials.
- University Teacher, Aalto University, Finland, 2022–.
- Ph.D. Candeias group, Tampere University, Finland, 2021.
- M.Sc. Pihko group, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 2015.
Dr. Rajanish Pallerla
- C–H Amination method development, total synthesis of alkaloids.
- Ph.D. University of Jyväskylä, Pihko group, Finland, 2023.
- M.Sc. National Institute of Technology, Sahoo group, Rourkela, India, 2018.
Doctoral researchers
M.Sc. Sini Irvankoski (2022–)
- Physical organic chemistry driven method development, computational chemistry.
- M.Sc. University of Jyväskylä, Pihko group, Finland, 2021.
Master’s researchers
B.Sc. Jouni Majaniemi (2023–)
- Total synthesis of polyhydroxylated natural products.
B.Sc. Riku Holopainen (2023–)
- Machine learning in medicinal chemistry. In collaboration with Orion Corporation.
B.Sc. Patrick Wiesenfeldt (2023–)
- Total synthesis of polyhydroxylated natural products. Visiting from TU Dartmstadt.
B.Sc. Linh Tong (2024–)
- Total synthesis of racemic alkaloids.
Undergraduate researchers
Aya Kähäri (2022–)
- Computational conformational analysis of trimeric natural products.