Hi, I’m Leon.
I am a scientist at the intersection of physical chemistry and biology. I develop physical and chemical tools to study quantum physics, biology and disease.
Research Experience
10/2025 — 03/2026
Graduate Researcher
MIT & Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Supervisors: Prof. Sam Peng and Prof. Jianshu Cao
03/2025 — 06/2025
Graduate Researcher
Princeton University
Supervisors: Prof. Herschel Rabitz
09/2024 — 12/2024
Graduate Researcher
ETH Zurich
Supervisors: Prof. Jeremy Richardson
02/2024 — 06/2024
Undergraduate Researcher
ETH Zurich
Supervisors: Prof. Frédéric Merkt
09/2022 — 01/2023
Research Intern
ETH Zurich
Supervisors: Prof. Alexander Barnes
Education
Starting Fall 2026
Ph.D. Chemistry
MIT
09/2024 — 04/2026
M.Sc. Chemistry
ETH Zurich
Graduated with distinction.
09/2021 — 09/2024
B.Sc. Chemistry
ETH Zurich
Publications
Non-Equilibrium Statistical Thermodynamics of Motor Proteins in Cells
L. Jeckel, J. Cao, C. S. Peng — Young GDCh Spring Symposium (FJS), 2026
Precision Measurements in the Molecular Hydrogen Ions from Rydberg-State Spectroscopy
I. Doran, L. Jeckel, M. Beyer, Ch. Jungen, F. Merkt — 29th Colloquium on High-Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, 2025