Meet the Team
Postdoctoral Scholars
Graduate Students
Younghun Kim
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Seoul National University, 2025 (with Prof. Dongwhan Lee)
B.S. in Chemistry, Seoul National University, 2020
Coming Soon!
comingsoon [at] colorado.edu
nballing [at] caltech.edu
Nathan Ballinger
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Washington, 2023
Nathan grew up in Bellevue, Washington. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry at the University of Washington, where he worked on the synthesis and design of stimuli-responsive 3D-printed hydrogels and ionogels. Looking to expand outside the world of 3D-printing, he moved to Pasadena to study mechanochemistry in the Robb Group. In his free time, Nathan enjoys listening to music, playing video games, cooking, and playing soccer and basketball.
lordner [at] caltech.edu
Liam Ordner
B.S. in Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2023
Liam grew up in Niceville, Florida. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he investigated radical ring-opening polymerizations of thionolactones under the mentorship of Prof. Will Gutekunst. During his undergraduate career, he also spent a summer working in the Robb group as an Amgen Scholar. Outside of the lab, Liam likes to cook, play various musical instruments, sail, and watch old movies.
Varun Gupta
B.S. in Biochemistry, UCLA, 2024
Varun grew up in Los Angeles, California. He attended UCLA, where he received his B.S. in Biochemistry and worked in the lab of Prof. Miguel Garcia-Garibay, studying molecular gearing in the solid-state. Looking to further investigate the properties of organic molecules in materials, he made the difficult trek to Caltech, where he joined the Robb Group. Outside of chemistry, Varun enjoys playing piano, eating chips, and going on walks.
vgupta3 [at] caltech.edu