Meet The Team
Postdoctoral fellows
Ph.D. Students
Fifth Year Graduate Student
Fourth Year Graduate Student
Second Year Graduate Student
Fifth Year Graduate Student
Third Year Graduate Student
Second Year Graduate Student
Fourth Year Graduate Student
Third Year Graduate Student
Second Year Graduate Student
Fourth Year Graduate Student
Third Year Graduate Student
Second Year Graduate Student
Second Year Graduate Student
Undergraduate Students
Chemistry Professors
Computational Training Community College Collaborators
Sacramento Community College
Long Beach City College & West Los Angeles College
Undergraduate Students
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Anh Dao Nguyen
Cosumnes River College
Bibi Maryam Muradi
Sacramento Community College
Joyce Chang Lee
Sacramento Community College
Tikka Gautam
Former Members
Ph.D. Students
Dr. Shuai Yin (2020-2025)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Cassandra Youshaw (2019-2024)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Naval Research Labs
Dr. Robert Martin (2018-2023)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Princeton University with Prof. MacMillan
Dr. Zhihui Song (2017-2022)
Current Position: Research Scientist at Sinopec Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry
Dr. Ryan Dykstra (2017-2022)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Merck.
Dr. Mingbin Yuan (2017-2022)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Dr. Madeline E. Rotella (2016-2021)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at UPenn with Prof. Kozlowski.
Dr. Wes Lee (2016-2021)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at NIH.
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Remy Lalisse (2022-2025)
Current Position: Patent Examiner in Chemistry at the USPTO
Dr. Dinabandhu Sar (2020-2024)
Current Position: Associate Professor at University of Engineering and Management (IEM-UEM) Kolkata, India
Dr. Lei Liu (2017-2022)
Current Position: Medicinal Chemist at Incyte Corporation
Dr. Ming-Hsiu Yang (2022-2023)
Dr. Jun Zhou (2016-2018)
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Changsha University of Science & Technology
Visiting Scholars
Camila Aguilera (2022)
Current Position: Ph.D. from U. Rochester with Prof. Neidig and Merck Research Scientist.
Undergraduates
46. Andrey Khodakovskiy, Sacramento City College-UCLA Program, Winter 2025-Spring 2025
45. Charles Young, Sacramento City College-UCLA Program, Winter 2025-Spring 2025
44. Sayan Patel, Sacramento City College-UCLA Program, Winter 2025-Spring 2025
43. Taha Shaikh, Sacramento City College-UCLA Program, Winter 2025-Spring 2025
42. Olivia Rodriguez, Sacramento City College-UCLA Program, Winter 2025-Spring 2025
41. Ella Lopez, Sacramento City College-UCLA Program, Winter 2025-Spring 2025
40. Madi Cha, Sacramento City College-UCLA Program, Winter 2025-Spring 2025
39. Natalie Berkstresser, Sacramento City College-UCLA Program, Winter 2025-Spring 2025
38. Omar Ramirez, Texas A&M University, Fall 2023-Spring 2024.
37. Pooja Rao, Texas A&M University, Fall 2023-current.
36. Kaleb Martinez, Texas A&M University, Summer 2024.
35. Logan Asay, Texas A&M University, Summer 2024.
34. Daniel Delgado Ortiz, Texas A&M University, Summer 2024.
33 Zachary Harshey, Texas A&M University, Summer 2024.
32. Alfonso Ortiz, Texas A&M University, Spring 2023-current.
31. Lukas Morehead, Texas A&M University, Fall 2022-Spring 2024.
30. Melanie Garcia, Texas A&M University, Summer 2022-Spring 2023.
29. Mireya Ramirez Lopez, Texas A&M University, Spring 2022-Fall 2022.
28. Yem Nguimbous, Prince George’s Community College, Summer 2022.
27. Anthony Ramirez Chincilla, Prince George’s Community College, Summer 2022.
26. Saul Flores, University of Maryland-College Park, Fall 2020-2021
25. Katya Beltran, University of Maryland-College Park, Spring 2020-2022
24. Joshua Turman, Prince George’s Community College, Summer 2020
23. Dale Allen, Prince George’s Community College, Summer 2020
22. Abigail Hunker, Frostburg State University, McNair Scholars Program, Summer 2020
21. Emma Walter, University of Maryland-College Park, Spring 2019-2021.
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Currently: Duke University Ph.D. Program
20. Stephanie Vargas, University of Maryland-College Park, Spring 2020- 2020
19. David Polefrone, University of Maryland-College Park, Fall 2019-2021
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Currently: University of Pennsylvania Ph.D. Program. NSF GRFP 2023 awardee.
18. Zachary Wilhelm, University of Maryland-College Park, Spring 2020-2021
17. Onyemachi Azubuko, Prince George’s Community College, Summer 2019
16. Oreoluwa Akinyode, Prince George’s Community College, Fall 2019
15. Brandon Williams, Prince George’s Community College, Summer 2019
14. Yuliang (Aaron) Wu, University of Maryland-College Park, Fall 2017-2018
13. Michael “Ben” Geherty, University of Maryland-College Park, Spring 2019-2020
12. Victor Baumann, University of Maryland-College Park, Summer 2018-2020
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Currently: Cornell University Chemistry Program
11. Donovaun Bialose, Prince George’s Community College, Summer 2018-2018
10. Surjo Bandyopadhyay, University of Maryland-College Park, Fall 2016-201
9. Linus Nemiroff, University of Maryland-College Park, Spring 2018-Fall 2018
8. Michael Davis, University of Maryland-College Park, Summer 2018-2021
7. Christopher Acha, Prince George’s Community College, McNair Scholars Program, Summer 2017- 2020.
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Currently: John Hopkins University Ph.D. Program
6. Ashley Henriquez, Prince George’s Community College, Summer 2017
5. Simone Williams, University of Maryland-College Park, Spring 2017-Spring 2018
4. Ashley Onwu, Prince George’s Community College, Summer 2018
3. Alyssa Manio, Prince George’s Community College, Summer 2018
2. Robert Martin, University of Maryland-College Park, Spring 2017-Spring 2018
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Currently: University of Maryland Ph.D. Program
1. Monica Cardenas, University of Maryland-College Park, Summer 2016
High School Students:
2. Deeya Garg, Montgomery Blair High School, Summer 2017
1. Pratik Lahiri, Richard Montgomery High School, Summer 2016