Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Post-Doc., UC Santa Cruz 1998
Ph.D., University of Vermont 1994
M.Sc., Biotechnology: Madurai Kamaraj University 1989
B.Sc., Zoology: Loyola College 1987

Post-Doctoral Researcher since August 2005
Ph.D., Chemistry: IIT Bombay 2005
M.Sc., Chemistry: Univ of Pune 1998
B.Sc., Chemistry : Univ of Pune 1996

Xingying Shi

Assistant Specialist since March 2006
M.S., Developmental Biology: Hunan Normal University, China 1995
B.S., Biology: Hunan Normal University, China 1992

Byron Hetrick

Graduate student since January 2004
B.S. Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Davis 2003

Eileen Chen

Graduate student since January 2008

Current Undergraduates

• Khoa Vu
• Kristin Lee
• Genise Thomas

Past Members

• Lucia Garcia, Post-Doctoral Researcher (2005-2008)
• Sean Studer , Graduate student & Post-Doctoral Researcher (2002-2007)
• Jason Feinberg , Graduate student & Post-Doctoral Researcher (1999-2006)
• Holli Mayer , Undergraduate Independent Researcher (2007-2008)
• Sheena Garg, Undergraduate Independent Researcher (2006-2008)
• Alex Thomas, Undergraduate Independent Researcher (2003-2005)
• Steven Phelps, Graduate student & Post-Doctoral Researcher (1999-2006)
• Srikanta Ghosh, Post-Doctoral Researcher (2000-2005)
• Keya Bandyopadhyay, Post-Doctoral Researcher (2003-2004)
• Katie Chiu, M.S., Chemistry (2001-2003)
• Ly Bun Chea, Undergraduate Independent Researcher (2002-2003)
• Cesar Benitez, Undergraduate Independent Researcher (2001-2002)
• Larissa Koval, Undergraduate Independent Researcher (2000-2001)
• Olga Jerinic, Staff Research Assistant (1999-2000)
• Jimmy Kada, Undergraduate Independent Researcher (1999-2000)
• Paul Lee, Undergraduate Independent Researcher (1998-1999)
• Ronald Belczyk, Undergraduate Independent Researcher (1998-1999)

NSF-MASEM STARS Summer Research Students

• David Gonzalez, B.S. California State University. San Marcos (2005)
• Amber Paschal, B.S. UC Irvine (2002)
• Keri Silva, B.S. California State University, Northridge (2001)