Sarnali has been working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M University under the supervision of Prof. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg since June 2023. Her research work is primarily focused on the design, synthesis, and electrocatalytic application of novel bimetallic and multimetallic complexes, inspired by the biological metalloenzymes such as [Fe-Fe] hydrogenase and nitrile hydratase. She earned her Ph.D. (2023) from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. Subsequently, she transitioned to her postdoctoral role in Prof. M. Darensbourg’s Group to further advance her expertise in the field of bioinorganic chemistry.

Akhil is a postdoctoral research associate in the Darensbourg Group at Texas A&M University, where he joined in 2024. His cutting-edge research centers on designing innovative bimetallic and trimetallic complexes that replicate the sophisticated functionalities of metalloenzymes like [NiFe] and [FeFe] hydrogenases. Dr. Akhil earned his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, and subsequently embarked on a postdoctoral journey in Europe with Professor Peter Roesky at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. In 2022, he moved to the United States, where he continued his postdoctoral research at the University of Alabama before bringing his expertise to Texas A&M.

Kyle is a physical inorganic chemist interested in the electrochemical production of hydrogen using bioinspired molecular catalysts. Through use of physical and electroanalytical methods to study the mechanism of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), and its inhibition by small molecules such as O2, Kyle hopes to tune the stability and tolerance of these molecular catalysts.