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Our Team

Professor Catherine Leimkuhler Grimes
B.S., Chemistry, Villanova University , 2001 (Professor Eduard Casillas)
M.S., Chemistry, Princeton University, 2003 (Professor Dan Kahne)
Ph.D., Chemistry, Harvard University, 2006 (Professor Daniel Kahne)
Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital, 2006-2011 (Professor Erin K. O’Shea and Professor Daniel K. Podolsky)
In addition to running the Leimkuhler Grimes Group, Professor Catherine Leimkuhler Grimes co-directs the Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) program at the University of Delaware.
Graduate Students



Rachel Putnik
B.S., Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University 2017
M.S., Education, The Pennsylvania State University, 2018


Sushanta Ratna
B.Sc., Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016
M.Sc., Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2018
M.Sc., Biology, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, USA, 2020


Undergraduate Researchers


Elizabeth Rucki
Class of 2024
Major: Biochemistry / Minors: Economics and Neuroscience

Jeremiah Epting
Class of 2024
Major: Biochemistry / Minors: History and Applied Vocal Performance