The Group (Summer, 2012)
Back (L to R): Greg Weiss, Kritika Mohan, Kaitlin Pugliese, William Brown, Amanda Gilliam, Chinelo Okany, Josh Smith
Front: Tivoli Olsen, Tom Yuan, Gene Gutman, Luz Meneghini, Mariam Iftikhar
Additional photos including activities and the group photo archive.
Current Members
| Name | Position (years) | Previous Degrees | Fellowship | |
| Mark Balk | jbalk [at] uci.edu | Visiting graduate student (2013) | B.S. Chemical Engineering, Eindhoven U. of Technology, The Netherlands | |
| William Brown | williaab [at] uci.edu | Undergraduate (2012-) | Allergan Fellowship, SURP | |
| Andrew Gansmiller | agansmil@uci.edu | Graduate (2013-) | B.S. Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University | |
| Amanda Gilliam | agilliam@uci.edu | Graduate (2012-) | B.A. Neuroscience, Pomona College | Allergan Graduate Fellowship |
| Paul Hetman | phetman [at] uci.edu | Undergraduate (2013-) | B.S. Engineering, U.C. Irvine; MBBS Sydney University |
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| Mariam Iftikhar | miftikha [at] uci.edu | Graduate (2011-) | B.S. Biochemistry, Fairfield University | NSF, Graduate Research Fellowship |
| Luz Meneghini | lmceball [at] uci.edu | Graduate (2012-) | B.A. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston University | Miguel Valez Scholarship (2011-2012), NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, honorable mention (2011-2012) |
| Kritika Mohan | mohank [at] uci.edu | Graduate (2010-) | B.S. Chemistry, St. Stephen's College, Delhi; M.Sc. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India | |
| Tivoli Olsen | tolsen [at] uci.edu | Graduate (2009-) | B.S. Chemistry (concentration in Biochemistry), San Diego St. University | |
| Callum F.G. Ormonde | ormonc01 [at] student.uwa.edu.au | Visiting graduate (2013-) | B.S., Pre-Clinical Anatomical Science, U. Western Australia | Australian Post Graduate Award (APA) & UWA Top-Up scholarship |
| Kaitlin Pugliese | peckk [at] uci.edu | Graduate (2010-) | B.S. Chemistry, SUNY at Albany | |
| Josh Smith | joshuans [at] uci.edu | Graduate (2012-) | B.A. Biochemistry, Whittier College | |
| Greg Weiss | gweiss [at] uci.edu | Principal Investigator (2000-) | B.S. Chemistry, U.C. Berkeley; Ph.D. Harvard | |
| Tom Yuan | tzyaun [at] uci.edu | Graduate (2009-) | B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, U.C. Davis |
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Alumni
| Name | Degree (years) | Fellowship | Current Position | |
| Samar Ali | samar_qau [at] yahoo.com | Visiting graduate (2009) | HEC-IRSIP | Assistant Professor at the University of Balochistan, Quetta, Pakistan; formerly Graduate student in Organic Chemistry, Quaid-e-Azam, Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Christian Anguiano | Undergraduate (2003-2004) | NIH Minority Biomedical Research Support | ||
| Jessica Arter | jessica.a.arter [at] gmail.com | Ph.D. #11 (2007-2011) | Senior Development Scientist, Beckman-Coulter | |
| Sara Avrantinis | sara.avrantinis [at] gmail.com | Ph.D. #2 (2000-2005) | UC BREP Training Grant | Regulatory Scientist, Cato Research |
| Arjel Bautista | arjel.bautista [at] yale.edu | Undergraduate (2003) | UC LEADS | Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Kent Kirshenbaum (NYU); formerly, graduate student with Prof. Alanna Schepartz (Yale) |
| Karen Brard | kbrard [at] uci.edu | Post-baccalaureate (2008-2009) |
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| Jennifer Broad | Undergraduate (2001-2002) |
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| Isola Brown | isola.brown [at] gmail.com | Visiting undergraduate (2009) | NSF Chem-SURF REU | Graduate student in Pharmacology and Toxicology at Michigan State U.; formerly, undergraduate at U. Pennsylvania |
| Brad Cohn | brad.cohn [at] ucsf.edu | Undergraduate (2002-2004) |
Allergan | Graduate student (M.D./Ph.D. program, UCSF) |
| John Coroneus | jcoroneu [at] uci.edu | Ph.D. #7 (2004-2008), Post-doctoral (2009) | Chair, Dept. of Science, Saint Katherine College; formerly, Lecturer, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; formerly Visiting Assistant Professor, Harvey Mudd College | |
| Tracy Dang | toiipham [at] yahoo.com | Undergraduate (2011) | STEM Summer Bridge Program | undergraduate at UC Irvine |
| Denise Der | dder [at] uci.edu | Undergraduate (2006-2008) | IM-SURE, UROP | Medical student (Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University) |
| Juan Diaz | jjdiaz [at] uci.edu | Ph.D. #6 (2003-2008) Post-bacclaureate (2002-2003) | UC President's Dissertation Year, ACS Division of Organic Chemistry | NIH NRSA Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Jim Wells (UCSF) |
| Glenn Eldridge | geldridg [at] uci.edu | Ph.D. #10 (2006-2011) | Lecturer, California Polytechnic State U., San Luis Obispo; formerly, Lecturer Santa Monica College | |
| Birte Feld | birte.feld [at] gmail.com | Post-doctoral (2002-2005) | Senior Manager of Business Information, Amgen; formerly, Pharmaceutical Analyst, HealthIQ (2005-2009) | |
| Marie Fricke | marie_fricke [at] hotmail.com | Undergraduate (2010) | Chem-SURF, DAAD-ACS | Undergraduate at Freie Universität Berlin |
| Agi Hajduczki | ahajducz [at] uci.edu | Ph.D. #15 (2006-2012) | NIH Virology Training Grant | Post-doctoral fellow with Dr. Ed Berger (NIH) |
| Rick Hooy | rhooy1 [at] jhu.edu | Undergraduate (2010-) | Allergan Fellowship, UROP | Graduate student at Johns Hopkins |
| Pilgrim Jackson | pilgrimj [at] gmail.com | Post-doctoral (2005-2006) | Scientist, Celgene | |
| Richard Jaramillo | jaramilr [at] uci.edu | Undergraduate (2008-2009) | NSF Chem-SURF REU | Graduate student in Cancer Biology (City of Hope) |
| Sarah Kiehna | skiehna [at] gmail.com | Post-doctoral (2005-2008) | NIH Ruth Kirschstein NRSA | Senior Peptide Chemist, Nanotope |
| Calvin Kong | dinocalvin [at] gmail.com | Post-bacclaureate (2007-) Undergraduate (2005-07) | Allergan, UROP, SURP | Medical student (New York Medical College); formerly, Molecular Biologist, Complete Genomics |
| Kazuyoshi Kunishiro | kkunishi [at] uci.edu | Post-doctoral (2005-2006) | Kyoto Pharmaceuticals Fellowship | Scientist, Kyoto Pharmaceuticals |
| Jorge Lamboy | jlamboyg [at] uci.edu | Ph.D. #8 (2003-2008) | NIH Minority Supplemental Award | Senior Development Scientist at Beckman-Coulter; formerly, post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Elizabeth Komives (UCSD) |
| Ryan Laurel | laurelr [at] csusb.edu | Undergraduate (2011) | MARC Scholar | Undergraduate at CSU San Bernadino. |
| Lucie Lee | leels [at] uci.edu | Ph.D. #12 (2005-2011) | Dissertation fellowship | Research Associate, Theranos |
| Aron Levin | nivelnora [at] gmail.com | Ph.D. #3 (2001-2005) | NIH Synthesis and Structure Training Grant | Research Specialist II with Prof. Chris Garcia (HHMI/Stanford); formerly, Staff Scientist, Catalyst Biosciences (2005-2008) |
| Ryan Lin | csrlin [at] gmail.com | Research Assistant (2006-2007) | Graduate student in Cellular and Molecular Biology (UC Irvine) | |
| Sarah MacDermott | sarahmac [at] mit.edu | Visiting undergraduate (2009) | Undergraduate at MIT | |
| Sudipta Majumdar | sud12m [at] gmail.com | Post-doctoral (2007-2010) | Scientist II, Sanofi-Aventis, India | |
| Aaron Mendez | mendeza [at] uci.edu | Undergraduate (2007-2009) | NIH MARC | Graduate student in Chemical Biology with Prof. Kevan Shokat and Prof. Peter Walter (UCSF) |
| Issa Moody | imoody [at] uci.edu | Ph.D. #14 (2007-2012) | NIH Cancer Biology Training Grant, UCI Faculty Mentor Program | Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Susan Taylor (UCSD) |
| Kim Morrison | kmweiss [at] uci.edu | Senior Research Associate (2000-2002) | Graduate student in History (UC Irvine) | |
| Katsuyuki Murase | kmurase [at] alumni.uci.edu | Ph.D. #1 (2001-2005) | UC BREP Training Grant | Group Leader, Edison Pharmaceuticals; formerly, Senior Scientist, Abbott Vascular (2005-2008) |
| Chinelo Okany | chinelo1.okany [at] gmail.com | Undergraduate (2012) | Chem-SURF, NSF | undergraduate at Florida A&M U. |
| Allison Olszewski | allison.olszewski [at] gmail.com | Ph.D. #4 (2002-2006) | UC Dissertation grant | Principal Scientist, GlaxoSmithKline; formerly, Scientist, Amgen (2006-2007) |
| Cathie Overstreet | coverstr [at] uci.edu | Ph.D. #9 (2004-2009), Post-doctoral (2009-2012) | HHMI-UCI Pedagogical Fellow | Lecturer at California State University, Fullerton |
| Gloria Perez | lapaisitag [at] hotmail.com | Visiting undergraduate (2009) | NSF Chem-SURF REU | Undergraduate at Barry U. |
| Sandra Perez | slperez [at] uci.edu | Undergraduate (2005-2006) | NIH Minority Biomedical Research Support | |
| Johnny Rodriguez | Johnny.Rodriguez [at] ucsf.edu | Undergraduate (2010-2012) | NIH MARC Scholar, SURP | Graduate student at UCSF |
| Ken Sato | satoken [at] showa.gunma-u.ac.jp | Post-doctoral (2001-2003) | Assistant Professor, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan | |
| Chris Scarborough | scarborough [at] chem.wisc.edu | Undergraduate (2002-2003) | SURF | Assistant Professor, Emory U.; formerly, Alexander von Humboldt Post-doctoral fellow with Karl Wieghardt (Max Planck Inst. for Bioinorganic Research); formerly, graduate student in Inorganic Chemistry with Prof. Shannon Stahl (U. Wisconsin, Madison) |
| Peter Sohn | psohn [at] uci.edu | Undergraduate (2010) | Chem-SURF, Allergan Fellow | Medical student at Drexel U.; formerly, undergraduate at UC Irvine |
| Ryan Stafford | stafford [at] caltech.edu | Undergraduate (2000-2001) | UROP | Scientist, Sutro Biopharma; formerly, NIH NRSA Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. James Bowie (UCLA); formerly graduate student in Chemical Biology with Prof. Peter Dervan (Caltech) |
| Phillip Tam | ptam13 [at] gmail.com | Undergraduate (2000-2001), Ph.D. #5 (2001-2006) | SURP, NIH Bioinformatics Training Grant | Scientist, Derma Genoma; formerly, Scientist, Sangamo Pharmaceuticals |
| Travis Thompson | tdthomps [at] uci.edu | Undergraduate (2009-2010) | SURP, UROP | Senior Project Manager, LubriGreen Biosynthetics |
| Michael Todhunter | mtodhunt [at] uci.edu | Undergraduate (2006-2008) | SURP, UROP | Graduate student in Chemical Biology with Prof. Zev Gartner (UCSF) |
| Rosemarie Vithayathil | rosemarie.vithayathil [at] yale.edu | Ph.D. #13 (2009-2012) | Dissertation fellowship | Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Andrew Miranker (Yale) |
| Natalie Wilson | ndw [at] berkeley.edu | Undergraduate (2003) | Nurse Practicioner in Temucula, CA; formerly, graduate student in Nursing (Columbia U.) | |
| Sarah Woldemariam | srw22 [at] case.edu | Undergraduate (2010) | Chem-SURF, NSF | Graduate student in Chemical Biology with Prof. Kaveh Ashrafi (UCSF) |
| Michael Wu | michaelmartinwu [at] gmail.com | Undergraduate (2004) | Graduate student in Pharmacy (USC) |
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