Auclair Group Members

Post-Doctoral Fellows, Reasearch Associates, and Visiting Professors
	Dr. Blue (Chunling) Lan [兰春岭] Hometown: Baishan, Jilin, China Previous Degree(s) Earned: B.Sc. Chemistry Joined Auclair Group: September 2025 Project(s): As long as there's synthesis, I'm a part of the project! Hobbies: piano, cooking, hiking Favourite item in the lab: Magic Stain aka Hanessian's Stain Least favourite item in the lab: Round Bottom Flask
	Dr. Alana Rangaswamy Joined Auclair Group: October 2025 Project(s): Mechanoenzymatic depolymerization of plastics
Graduate Students
	Jake Pierscianowski (he/him) Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Previous Degree(s) Earned: Honours B.Sc. in Chemical Biology, McMaster University Joined Auclair Group: September 2018 Project(s): Itaconate Hobbies: Rock climbing, cooking, trying new restaurants/bars, board/video games Favourite item in the lab: Biosafety Cabinet and our Electronic Pipettes Least favourite item in the lab: LCMS 😤
	Jane Arciszewski (she/her) Hometown: Ardrossan, Alberta, Canada Previous Degree(s) Earned: Honours B.Sc. Biochemistry Joined Auclair Group: September 2020 Project(s): Mechanoenzymatic depolymerization of plastics Hobbies: Rock climbing, journaling, embroidering & sewing Favourite item in the lab: the big centrifuge because it sings a nice song when it's done Least favourite item in the lab: the printer
	Yuqin Xia (she/her) Joined the Auclair Group: September 2022 Project(s): Mechanoenzymatic depolymerization of plastics Hobbies: listening to music, planting vegetables and flowers, watching movies Favourite item in the lab: Ball mill, oven, and eppendorfs!
	Aracelli Chang (she/her) Hometown: Colorado, USA Previous Degree(s) Earned: BA Chemistry, BA Biology, Pepperdine University Joined Auclair Group: September 2022 Project(s): Itaconate Hobbies: Volleyball, knitting/crocheting, singing, bowling, skiing, exploring new restaurants
	Ahmed Abdelaal (he/him) Hometown: Cairo, Egypt Previous Degree(s) Earned: B.Sc. Chemistry, M.Sc. Nanotechnology Joined the Auclair Group: January 2023 Project(s): Synthesis/Itaconate Hobbies: Running, cooking, climbing
	Alec McAlpine (they/them) Hometown: Verner, Ontario, Canada Previous Degree(s): Honours B.Sc. in Medicinal Chemistry, University of Waterloo Joined the Auclair Group: September 2023 Project(s): Pantothenamide-mimicking compounds Hobbies: Beading, cooking, reading, playing Stardew Valley
	Tarasha Sharma Hometown: Windsor, ON Previous Degree(s) Earned: Honours BSc. in Biopharmaceutical Science, University of Ottawa Joined the Auclair Group: September 2023 Project(s): Itaconate Hobbies: watercolouring painting, martial arts, cooking, and trying new restaurants!
	Suzana Diaconescu-Grabari Joined the Auclair Group: September 2023 Project(s): Itaconate
	Natalia Munoz Patino Joined the Auclair Group: September 2023 Project(s): Mechanochemistry
	Ryan Olegario Joined the Auclair Group: September 2023 Project(s): Mechanoenzymatic depolymerization of plastics
	Nu Thuy Tu Ton Joined the Auclair Group: September 2024 Project(s): Mechanochemistry
	Kassandra Sydor Joined the Auclair Group: September 2024 Project(s): Itaconate
	Gen Krushelnycky Joined the Auclair Group: October 2024 Project(s): Itaconate
	Luis Pablo Velazquez Valdez Joined the Auclair Group: January 2025 Project(s): Itaconate
	Maya Gaylor Joined the Auclair Group: September 2025 Project(s): Itaconate
Undergraduate Students