Idan Avigdori was born in 1989, in Haifa, Israel. He received his BSc degree in Material Science & Engineering and BA degree in Chemistry (both cum laude) from the Technion in 2016. That same year, Idan joined the group of Prof. Mark Gandelman as a master's student, working on the development of nitrenium ions as Lewis acids in frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs). After one and a half years, Idan moved to the PhD direct track, furthering his investigation of nitrenium chemistry. Idan plays the keyboard and the French horn . Also, Idan loves watching NBA games, curiously waking up at 3 a.m. on weekdays to watch the playoffs.
Zeqing Chen
Zeqing Chen was born in 1994 in Qingdao, a coastal city located in eastern China. He received his BSc degree in Applied Chemistry from East China University of Science and Technology in 2016. After he finished his Master degree in chemistry at Queen's University Belfast in 2018, he joined the group of Prof. Mark Gandelman as a PhD student. His work focuses on enantioselective cross-coupling reactions with titanium reagents. At his spare time, Zeqing enjoys running very much and has accomplished several marathons in different countries.
Liav Leiboviz
Liav Leiboviz was born in 1991, Israel. He received his BSc degree in Chemistry from the Technion in 2012. In 2019, Liav joined the group of Prof. Mark Gandelman as an MSc student. He researches applications of novel nitrenium based ligands in transition metal catalysis.
Talia Burg
Talya Burg was born in Israel. She received her BSc degree in chemistry from Ariel University in 2018. At the end of 2019, Talya joined the group of Prof. Mark Gandelman as a PhD student, and is working on the coordination chemistry and catalysis of transition metals complexes with nitrenium ligands
Deepak Ranolia
Deepak was born (1995) in Rewari, Haryana, India. Received B.Sc. Honors in Chemistry (2016) from Hansraj College, University of Delhi, and M.Sc. in Chemistry (2018) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Under the supervision of Prof. Anil Kumar). Joined Prof. Mark Group in Sep. 2020.
Romy Levy
Romy was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. She graduated her B.Sc. studies in the Schulich Faculty of Chemistry at the Technion at the year of 2020. She joined Prof. Mark Gandelman's group right after graduation as a MSc student, and moved to the direct PhD track in January 2022. In her free time, Romy is active in women empowerment programs and loves to bake and travel. Romy's research focuses on studies of triazole-based ligands for transition metal complexes.
Aleksandr Koronatov
Sasha (short for Aleksandr) was born in Kirishi, Russia (1996). He received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees at Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia. He joined Prof. Gandelman Group in Sep. 2021. At his spare time, Sasha loves playing guitar and doing sports such as running, cycling and rock climbing.
Oleg Szumski
Oleg was born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. He received both his BSc and MSc in chemistry at Ariel University. In 2021 he joined the group of Prof. Mark Gandelman as a PhD student and is working on the synthesis of aryl fluorides (as the main project). In his free time, Oleg enjoys playing the drums, traveling, and playing video games.
