Biophysical Chemistry

Hi, I’m Leon.

I combine advanced tools of chemistry, physics and biology to solve complex problems.

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Research & Industry Experience

Visiting Associate for AI

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Improving operations of Fortune 500 Company.

05/2026 — Present

Graduate Researcher

MIT & Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Supervisors: Prof. Sam Peng and Prof. Jianshu Cao. Non-equilibrium statistical thermodynamics of motor proteins in vivo.

10/2025 — 03/2026

Graduate Researcher

Princeton University

Supervisor: Prof. Herschel Rabitz. Theoretical reassessment of laser control in chemistry.

03/2025 — 06/2025

Graduate Researcher

ETH Zurich

Supervisor: Prof. Jeremy Richardson. Instanton dynamics for spectroscopy.

09/2024 — 12/2024

Undergraduate Researcher

ETH Zurich

Supervisor: Prof. Frédéric Merkt. Theoretical and experimental studies on molecular spectroscopy.

02/2024 — 06/2024

Research Intern

ETH Zurich

Supervisor: Prof. Alexander Barnes. Mechanical engineering enhancements for solid-state NMR.

09/2022 — 01/2023

Education

Ph.D. Chemistry

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Recipient of the Dean of Science Fellowship.

Starting Fall 2026

M.Sc. Chemistry

ETH Zurich

Graduated with Distinction. Recipient of the Hs. H. Guenthard Master Scholarship.

09/2024 — 04/2026

B.Sc. Chemistry

ETH Zurich

09/2021 — 09/2024

In the News

Media Feature Heidelberg International School, 2026

Future Scientists Meet MIT-Bound Scholar

A conversation on navigating academia and higher education.

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Media Feature Forbes, 2021

Inside Google Billionaire Eric Schmidt’s $1 Billion Moon Shot Plan To Fund The World’s Most Promising Teens

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Research Spotlight Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2026

Meet Leon

Research feature of my work in the Peng Lab at the Broad Institute.

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Publications & Preprints

Under Review Physical Review Letters, 2026

Precision spectroscopy of the fine and hyperfine structures of high molecular Rydberg-Stark states: Metrology of molecular hydrogen ions

I. Doran, L. Jeckel, M. Beyer, Ch. Jungen, F. Merkt.

Published Physical Review A, 2026

Stark effect in molecular Rydberg states: Calculation of Rydberg-Stark manifolds of H2 and D2 including fine and hyperfine structures

I. Doran, L. Jeckel, M. Beyer, Ch. Jungen, F. Merkt.

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Conference Proceeding Young GDCh Spring Symposium, 2026

Non-Equilibrium Statistical Thermodynamics of Motor Proteins in Cells

L. Jeckel, J. Cao, C. S. Peng

Conference Proceeding 29th Colloquium on HRMS, 2025

Precision Measurements in the Molecular Hydrogen Ions from Rydberg-State Spectroscopy

I. Doran, L. Jeckel, M. Beyer, Ch. Jungen, F. Merkt