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Postdoctoral Scholars

Dr. Luiz Paulo Melchior de Oliveira Leão

email: lmo24b [at] fsu [dot] edu

Joined: October 2024

Ph.D. Chemistry:  UNICAMP (2024, Roque)
M.S. Chemistry:   UNIFAL–MG
B.S. Chemistry:    UNIFAL–MG


Current Project: Pd Catalysis 

Graduate Students

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Ryan Harbit (G4)

email: rharbit [at] fsu [dot] edu

Joined: August 2021

B.S. Chemistry
      College of Charleston

– Dean's Award for Doctoral Excellence


Current Project: Synthesis of Psychedelic Molecules 
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Dallas Dukes (G4)

email: ddukes [at] fsu [dot] edu

Joined: October 2021

B.S. Chemistry
      Eckerd College

– TA Excellence Award


Current Project: Complex Indole Alkaloid Synthesis
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Zackary Firestone (G3)

email: zdf22 [at] fsu [dot] edu

Joined: November 2022

B.S. Chemistry
       Oakland University

Current Project: Total Synthesis of Marine Alkaloids
Filipe Pernichelle (G1)

email: fgp24 [at] fsu [dot] edu

Joined: August 2024

B.S. Chemistry
      Universidade de São Paulo


Current Project: Synthesis of Marine Alkaloids

Undergraduate Students

Victor Atanassov (UG4)

email: vka21a [at] fsu [dot] edu

Joined: May 2023

Major: Biochemistry

–FL Bright Futures Scholar


Current Project: Synthesis of complex polycyclic alkaloids 
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Cayley Williams (UG4)

email: clw20a [at] fsu [dot] edu

Joined: August 2024

Majors: Anthropology, Biochemistry

–FL Bright Futures Scholar


Current Project: Dearomative Pyridine Polyfunctionalization 

Former Members and Alumni

Dr. Brian Knight (Postdoc)
Joined:       August 2018
Departed:   October 2020
Post SmithLab: Asha Therapeutics

Dr. Xianwei Sui (Postdoc)
Joined:       May 2019
Departed:   July 2020
Post SmithLab: Postdoc (UTSA–Larionov)

Dr. Thiago Grigolo (Grad)
Joined:       July 2019
Departed:   December 2023
Post SmithLab: Nurix Therapeutics

Dr. Zachary Tolchin (Grad)
Joined:       July 2019
Departed:   March 2024
(Dr. Tolchin passed away in March 2024)

Leanna Gharbaoui (Undergrad)
Joined:       January 2021
Departed:   April 2022
Post SmithLab: Graduate Student (Yale)

Ariana Subhit (Undergrad)
Joined:       April 2019
Departed:   April 2022
Post SmithLab: Graduate Student (NYU)

Caleb Haake (Undergrad)
Joined:       December 2018
Departed:   March 2020
Post SmithLab: Graduate Student (NYU)

Jordan Artzy (Undergrad)

Joined:       August 2021
Departed:   April 2022
Post SmithLab: Graduate Student (UPenn)

Colin O
'Connor (Undergrad)
Joined:       December 2018
Departed:   September 2019
Post SmithLab: Pharmacy Student (UF)
Lucia Jenkins (Grad)
Joined:       November 2021
Departed:   May 2023
Post SmithLab: Graduate Student (FSU)

Yan Zhang (Grad)
Joined:       November 2018
Departed:   April 2019
Post SmithLab: Graduate Student (FSU)

Thomas Suarez (Undergrad)

Joined:       August 2022
Departed:   December 2022
Post SmithLab: Undergraduate Student (FSU)

Jiatong Huo (Undergrad-Nankai University)Joined:       October 2018
Departed:   April 2019
Post SmithLab: Grad Student (IC–London)

Anna-Sophie Breitkreuz (Undergrad)

Joined:       May 2021
Departed:   February 2022
Post SmithLab: Undergraduate Student (FSU)

Lauren Passino (Undergrad)
Joined:       August 2018
Departed:   December 2018
Post SmithLab: Undergraduate Student (FSU)

McKinley Carter (Undergrad)
Joined:       August 2018
Departed:   December 2018
Post SmithLab: Undergraduate Student (FSU)


Jackson Cheplick (Undergrad)
Joined:       January 2023
Departed:   August 2023
Post SmithLab: Undergraduate Student (FSU)

  • Interested graduate students should contact Professor Smith via email.

  • Interested undergraduates should fill out this form and send it to Professor Smith via email.

  • The laboratory is currently not accepting applications for postdoctoral scholars.          

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