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About Bob

Bob Rawle is an Associate Professor of Chemistry who has been at Williams College since 2018. He is a biophysical chemist by training and is interested in the biophysics of viral infection and lipid membranes. He received his BA in chemistry at Pomona College in 2008, where he worked in the laboratories of Profs. Cynthia Selassie and Malkiat Johal to develop bio-analytical methods to study DNA damage. He earned his PhD in chemistry (emphasis: biophysical chemistry) at Stanford University in 2014, working with Prof. Steve Boxer to study the membrane biophysics of vesicle fusion. He then did postdoctoral work at the University of Virginia Medical School with Prof. Peter Kasson studying the biophysics of influenza virus and Zika virus membrane fusion. Afterward, he had a short (but awesome) stint as a stay-at-home dad.

Bob loves teaching both in and out of the classroom. At Williams, Bob teaches classes in introductory chemistry, biochemistry, and biophysical chemistry. Outside of work, Bob regularly transforms into a terrifying ice dragon named Ice Fang and chases his three kids around the house. He enjoys swimming, cooking, and being outdoors.

Current Members of the Rawle Cabal

Katherine Bai '26

Inés Garcia '26

Miranda Kimm '26

Lisa Ji '27

Alice Walker '27

Carol Hon '28

Matt Mitchell '28

Previous Lab Members

(and last known whereabouts)

Dragan Vujovic, '19 (medical school, Mount Sinai, then anesthesiology residency, Mass Gen)
Lauren Gunasti, '19 (medical school, SUNY Downstate)
Orville Kirkland, '20 (graduate school, Harvard University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology)
Joshua Choi, '20 (podiatry student, Temple University)
Papa Freduah Anderson, '21 (medical school, Harvard University)
Ali Ladha, '21 (Boston Consulting Group)
Fernando Villegas, '21 (Masters program in computer science, Johns Hopkins University)
Juan Peticco, '21 (NIH pre-doctoral research fellow at Mass General Hospital)
Amy Lam, '22 (research technician, Harvard Stem Cell Institute)
Olivia Graceffa, '22 (biotech consultant, Clarion, then Harvard Law School)
Abe Park, '22 (Jane Street Capital)

Nandini Seetharaman, '22.5 (Masters program, Brown University)
Lexi Poindexter, '23 (Masters program, Oxford University)
Eunice Kim, '23 (PA program, Albany Medical College)
Mimi Campbell, '23 (chemistry/math teacher, Buxton School, MA)
Daniel Yuan, '24 (biotech consultant, Spinnaker Life Sciences Consulting)
Samir Ahmed, '24 (medical student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
Rachel Broweleit, '24 (medical scribe and research fellowship, Stanford University)
Tas Anika, '24 (research technician, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, then dental assistant)
Sanyukta Mudakannavar '25 (TBD)
Grayson Brooks, '25 (research technician, Fox Chase Cancer Center)

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