People
email: jbgordon [at] northwestern.edu
phone: 847-491-2290
office: Ryan 2004
Jesse B. Gordon
Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, 2025 - current
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University, 2021-2025
with Professor Daniel G. Nocera
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 2021
with Professor David P. Goldberg
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Florida, 2015
B.A. in Economics, University of Florida, 2015
Postdoctoral Fellows
Phan Phu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. at UC Irvine, 2025 (with Prof. Andy Borovik)
B.S. in Chemistry at California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, 2018
(with Prof. S. Chantal Stieber)
Bio:
Phan grew up in a small town in Vietnam and later moved to sunny Southern California, where she completed all of her formal education. She earned her B.S. in Chemistry from Cal Poly Pomona, gaining hands-on experience in synthetic, spectroscopic, and computational chemistry in Prof. Chantal Stieber's lab. A summer REU in bioinorganic chemistry sparked her interest in the field and inspired her to pursue a Ph.D. at UC Irvine, where she developed bio-inspired metal complexes to study metalloenzyme function under the guidance of Prof. Andy Borovik. After years of research under blue skies and cool weather, Phan is now ready for new challenges in a colder climate! As a postdoctoral researcher in the Gordon lab, she is excited to explore electro- and photochemical methods of sustainable catalysis. Outside the lab, she enjoys discovering new restaurants, traveling, and watching movies.
Program Assistant
Anne Muller
Wildcats
Monkey
Electron Paw Resonance Expert
We are recruiting!
If you are interested in joining the Gordon Lab go to our contact page to reach out.
Postdoctoral Fellow
If you are interested in joining the lab contact Jesse with application materials (cover letter, CV, brief summary of prior research, and contact information for three references) if you are interested. Applicants with a background in electrochemistry, physical organic chemistry, or organic method development, are particularly encouraged to apply.
Graduate Students
Email Jesse if you are interested in learning more about the group!
Prospective graduate students must apply to Northwestern’s graduate program.
Undergraduate Students
If you are a current undergraduate at Northwestern interested in learning more about the lab, reach out to Jesse by email.