Dr. John P. Toscano, Professor and Chair
New Chemistry 115
Dr. Toscano received his baccalaureate degree from Princeton University in 1987 where he graduated magna cum laude in chemistry and his PhD in organic chemistry from Yale University in 1993. Upon completion of a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellowship in organic chemistry at Ohio State University, he joined the Johns Hopkins University Department of Chemistry as an Assistant Professor in 1995. He became a full Professor in 2003, Vice-Chair of the Department in 2004 and served as Chemistry Department Chair from 2005 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2014. He then served as Vice Dean for Natural Sciences from 2014 to 2020 before accepting the position of Interim Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences from 2020 to 2021. Since 2021, Dr. Toscano has served as Chemistry Department Chair, as well as Chair of the Center for Biotechnology Education in the KSAS Advanced Academic Programs Division.
Dr. Toscano was an AT&T Bell Laboratories Ph.D. Scholar and received the Richard Wolfgang Memorial Prize for distinguished graduate work in chemistry. Since his appointment at Johns Hopkins, he has received the Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award, a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award, the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Vinayak Khodade
Associate Research Scientist
Ph.D. Chemistry—Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) – Pune (Dr. Harinath Chakrapani)
Graduate Students
Chengximeng (Kelsey) Zhang
4th year PhD Candidate
Jinjing Gu
3rd year PhD Candidate
B.S. Chemistry, minor Biology—Boston University
Qi (Seven) Liu
3rd year PhD Candidate
B.S. Bioengineering—Shanghai University
Daniel Liu
2nd Year PhD Candidate, Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Program
B.S. Biochemistry/Chemistry—University of California, San Diego
Jordan Lamar
2nd Year PhD Student
B.S. Chemistry (Chemical Biology), B.A. Biology—Brandeis University
Andrew Thampoe
B.A/M.A Student—Expected Class of 2025 at Johns Hopkins University
Undergraduate Students
Hanna Ketsela—Expected Class of 2025
Klaire Bradley—Expected Class of 2025
Michael Yoo—Expected Class of 2025
Ryan Braga—Expected Class of 2026
| Former PhD Graduate Students | Recent Undergraduate Students |
| Deborah Rodriguez (2024) Blaze Pharoah (2022) Sahil Aggarwal (2022) Jessica Zarenkiewicz (2022) Saghar Nourian (2017) Christoper Bianco (2017) Tyler Chavez (2016) Daryl Guthrie (2014) Gizem Keceli(2014) Meredith Cline (2012) Art Sutton (2012) Anthony Evans (2010) Yonglin Liu (2006) Andrew Cohen (2006) Christopher Pavlos (2006) Hua Xu (2005) Walter Wasylenko (2004) Brett Showalter (2002) Yuhong Wang (2002) | Joelle Popa (2024) Neina Lully (2023) Ava Neijna (2023) Sarah Porche (2022) Alexander Eremiev (2021) Eric Bao (2021) Emily Presseller (2018) Zachary Zilber (2017) Robert Lesko (2017) Alexander Kossak (2017) Lucas Axiotakis (2016) Anna Kataki-Anastasakou (2015) Cyrus Takahashi (2014) Anthony Collins (2013) Anthony Ho (2013) Iris Trutzer (2013) Matthew Morris (2012) Nam Kim (2011) Adiya Katseff (2011) Whitney Grither (2009) |