Zachary Ball

Professor of Chemistry
Director, Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering
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

 

Jimmy Larkin

jol1@rice.edu

Jimmy joined the lab in 2019. His research focuses on methods of peptide/protein immobilization and purification.

Yuxuan Ding

yd29@rice.edu

Yuxuan joined the lab in 2020. His research focuses on transition-metal-mediated selective manipulation of peptides and proteins.

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.

Ayomide Adediji

aa233@rice.edu

Ayomide joined the lab in 2023.

 

Undergraduate Students

Alex Lin

all12@rice.edu

Alex joined the lab during the Fall of 2020.

Timmy Mansfield

tmm5@rice.edu

Timmy joined the lab during the Spring of 2023.

Ray Xiang

bx10@rice.edu

Ray joined the lab during the Summer of 2022.

Felipe Lerner

fl24@rice.edu

Felipe joined the lab during the Summer of 2023.

Haofan Wang

hw63@rice.edu

Haofan joined the lab during the Summer of 2022.

Sammy Cox

sc187@rice.edu

Sammy joined the lab during the Fall of 2023.