Neil Tomson

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Experience

Corey Richards

Ph.D. in Chemistry, Saint Louis University (2022)

Corey grew up near Dahlgren, Illinois and completed his undergraduate education at Saint Louis University, where he performed research with Prof. Alexa Serfis. After a brief break in his studies, in which he prepared and analyzed toxicology samples for the screening of pain management drugs, he returned to graduate school at Saint Louis University. There, he joined the lab of Prof. Jamie Neely, synthesizing and examining the reactivity of isolable iron imide and azametallacyclobutene complexes, and received his Ph.D. in the summer of 2022. In July of 2022, he joined the Tomson lab as a postdoctoral researcher. In his free time, Corey enjoys hanging out with his dog Λύκος, cooking, and exploring new restaurants/cuisines.

Mohd Nazish

Ph.D. in Chemistry, Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (2018)

Mohd grew up in western part of Uttar Pradesh, India. After receiving his Master’s degree in Chemistry from M.J.P.R. University Bareilly, India, he joined Prof. N. H. Khan’s group in Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Gujarat, India. He worked on metal and organo-catalyst based asymmetric phosphonation and received his Ph.D. in September 2018. Mohd joined Prof. Herbert W. Roesky’s group in George August University, Gottingen, Germany, as a postdoctoral researcher in January 2019 and worked on synthesis of low-valent main group and organometallic complexes. At Penn, Mohd has been a post-doc in both the Tomson (2022-2023, 2025-current) and Schelter labs (2024). In his free time, Mohd enjoys cooking and learning new languages.

Jiashu Wang

5th Year

B.S. in Chemistry, William & Mary (2020)

Jiashu was born in Hangzhou, China. He completed his undergraduate education at the College of William and Mary in 2020. As an undergraduate, he spent three years doing research with Prof. William R. McNamara. On his free time, He loves doing and watching sports.

Jared Gonder

2ndYear

B.S. in Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2023)

Jared grew up in Midland, Michigan, and he completed his undergraduate education at the University of Michigan in April of 2023. There, he conducted research with Prof. Nathaniel Szymczak studying biomimetic first-row transition metal complexes to evaluate how positioned secondary coordination sphere hydrogen bonding groups affect the activation of small molecules. In his free time, Jared enjoys playing video games with his two brothers, reading sci-fi novels, and cheering on the Wolverines and the Detroit Lions.