
2024/2025 Year Review
This past year has been filled with excitement as we recognize and celebrate the many accomplishments of our lab!
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New Members:
* Welcome back to the lab, Oliver! We are happy to have you in the lab. Spring 2025
* The Ravanfar Group is excited to welcome Sid! We are happy to have you in the lab. Fall 2025
* The Ravanfar Group is excited to welcome Ehsan and Josh! We are happy to have you in the lab. Fall 2024
* The Ravanfar Group is excited to welcome Carlie and Chino! We are happy to have you in the lab. Fall 2024
* The Ravanfar Group is excited to welcome our first undergrad/grad students, Konner, Oliver, Reagan, Danny, Edrie, Dru, and Josh! Fall 2023/Spring 2024
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Our Students' Next Adventures
* Congratulations to Oliver on his well-deserved acceptance into the Texas A&M University Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, Class of 2029! We can’t wait to see your first-author paper from our lab!
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* Congratulations to Carlie on her acceptance to McGovern Medical School in Houston! Wishing you great success on this exciting journey!
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* Congratulations to Konnor on his acceptance to the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and the School of Community Medicine! Wishing you all the best on this incredible journey!
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Exploration is our game, chemistry is our playground, and discovery is just another way of saying we had a great time!
* Several oral and poster presentations at various research conferences, workshops, and seminars:
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- Raheleh was invited to present a preview talk and presented a poster at Metals in Biology Conference, Gordon Research Conference, Spring 2025.
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- Josh and Reagan presented talk/poster at the Southwest Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SWRM), Waco, TX., Fall 2024.
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- Josh and Reagan presented at Fall 2024 Poster Session, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, TTU, Fall 2024
- Raheleh presented a talk at ACS, Spring 2024.
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- Raheleh was invited to present a talk in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Spring 2024
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- Raheleh presented at Metals in Biology Conference, Gordon Research Conference, Spring 2024.
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- Raheleh was invited to present a talk at the Center for Membrane Protein Research Symposium, Fall 2023
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* Ravanfar lab hosted an annual Family STEM Night, offering K-12 students and their families a hands-on opportunity to explore Bioinorganic Chemistry and engage directly with the PI’s research group. Fall 2024.
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We are hiring!
* We always welcome highly motivated scientists, postdocs and PhD students.
* Postdocs: please send your CV and cover letter to Dr. Ravanfar @raheleh.ravanfar@ttu.edu
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* Current TTU Students: Please contact Dr. Ravanfar @raheleh.ravanfar@ttu.edu
* Ph.D. Applicants: Please read the information regarding the application process for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry here.
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* Undergraduate Students: Please contact Dr. Ravanfar @raheleh.ravanfar@ttu.edu to discuss research opportunities. We also accept applicants through Honors College, CASURA, and TrUE Scholars Program.
Group Activity Photos
Family STEM Night 2024


SWRM 2024, Waco, TX
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Halloween 2024
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