Zachary Ball

Professor of Chemistry
Magister, Jones College
Office: BRC 327
Phone: 713.348.6159

Zach has been on the faculty at Rice since 2006.

A.B. Chemistry, Harvard University. Advisor: Greg L. Verdine
Ph.D. Chemistry, Stanford University. Advisor: Barry M. Trost
Postdoc, Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science at UC-Berkeley. Advisor: Jean M. J. Fréchet

 

Postdoctoral Fellows

 

T. Thirupathi Reddy

tt82@rice.edu

Thirupathi joined the lab in 2024. His research focuses on selective N-H functionalization of peptides.

 

Graduate Students

 

Reyner Vargas Gamboa

rv22@rice.edu

Reyner joined the lab in 2021. His research focuses on sugar recognition methodologies for chemical modification and photo-redox mediated catalysis for biomolecules modifications.

Yuecheng Jiang

yj55@rice.edu

Yuecheng joined the lab in 2023. His research focuses on transition-metal-mediated selective manipulation of biomolecules.

Jingfei Dai

jd188@rice.edu

Jingfei joined the lab in 2024.

 

Undergraduate Students

 

Sammy Cox

sc187@rice.edu

Sammy joined the lab during the Fall of 2023.

Andrew Maughon

arm16@rice.edu

Andrew joined the lab during the Spring of 2024.

Ivan Yuan

ijy1@rice.edu

Ivan joined the lab during the Spring of 2024.

Xinyi Tai

xt18@rice.edu

Xinyi joined the lab during the Summer of 2025.

Christian Macchetto

cm188@rice.edu

Christian joined the lab during the Summer of 2025.

David Udensi

du3@rice.edu

David joined the lab during the Summer of 2025.