Prof. Julia Oktawiec
(Ohk-TAV-vee-etz)
Assistant Professor, Dept of Chemistry, UIC (July 2025 – Present)
Postdoc, 2020-2025, Northwestern University (Nathan Gianneschi)
Ph.D. 2019 – UC Berkeley (Jeff Long)
B.A. 2013 – Columbia College, Columbia University (Ged Parkin)
Office: SES 4240A
Graduate Students
Abhisikta Sil
Graduate Student (G2)
M.S. 2023 – University of Calcutta
B.S. 2021 – Bethune College, University of Calcutta
Randy Lew
Graduate Student (G2)
B.S. 2024 – UC San Diego
2024-2025 – Avidity Biosciences
Join us!
We are seeking undergraduate students (ideally chemistry or biochemistry major sophomore/juniors) and graduate students.
Alumni
Brian Vargas, Undergraduate student (UIC), June 2025 – August 2026
Tony Mo, Undergraduate student (UT Austin), June–August 2026
Devanshi Pandey, Graduate student (UIC), December 2025 – April 2026
Freya Stobbs, Undergraduate student (University of York), June–August 2025
