Group Alumni

Taken in June 2021: From left to right - Saba Dalaub, Edwin Avila, Dominick Ortega, Cristian Powell, Komal Sethi

Taken in July 2019: From left to right - Edwin Avila, Christos Nixarlidis, Vincent Nguyen, Quinn Tufono, Dominick Ortega, Nicholas Pavlakovich, Cooper Bahr, Bingli Wang, Kevin Vargas

Taken in May 2017: From left to right - May Maung, Khin Aye San, Vivian Chen, Tuan Trinh, Bavly Ibrahim, Hiep Nguyen, Peter Tieu, Ting-An Chen, Serena Low, Young-Seok Shon

Taken in March 2016: From left to right - Serena Low, Young-Seok Shon, Vivian Chen, Annie Nguyen, Ting-An Chen, Sylvia Wedderburn, Khang Nguyen, Tuan Trinh, David Ortega, Peter Tieu, May Maung, Khin Aye San

Taken in September 2014

Research associate (Postdoc) alumni

Dr. Al-Mahmnur Alam (Oct. 2019 - March 2021), Postdoc at University of Nevada Reno, co-authored a paper

Graduate student alumni

(27) Ragaa Kahlil (M.S. Chemistry, 2024), High school teacher

(26) Saba Dalaub (M.S. Chemistry, 2023)

(25) Faraz Hussain (M.S. Chemistry, 2023), Illumina

(24) Jan Farag (M.S. Chemistry, 2023), Avid Bioservices

(23) Nicholas Pavlakovich (M.S. Chemistry, 2021), co-authored a paper

(22) Edwin Avila (M.S. Chemistry, 2021), Ph.D. candidate in University of Houston, co-authored a paper

(21) Dominick Ortega (M.S. Chemistry, 2021), Norac Pharma, co-authored a paper

(20) Christos Nixarlidis (M.S. Chemistry, 2020), Ph.D. candidate in Syracuse University, co-authored a paper

(19) Bingli Wang (M.S. Chemistry, 2020), HIgh school teacher, co-authored a paper

(18) Kevin Vargas (M.S. Chemistry, 2019), Ph.D. candidate in University of Southern California, co-authored 2 papers

(17) Mohammed Mahdaly (M.S. Chemistry, 2019), Ph.D. candidate in Sophia University, Japan, co-authored a paper

(16) Ting-An Chen (M.S. Chemistry, 2017), Ph.D. candidate in Georgetown University (currently in Michigan State University), co-authored 3 papers

(15) Serena Low (M.S. Chemistry, 2017), Natron Energy, co-authored 3 papers

(14) Khin Aye San (M.S. Chemistry, 2017), Ph.D. candidate in University of California San Diego, co-authored 3 papers

(13) Skylar Chuang (M.S. Biochemistry, 2017), Ph.D. candidate in Rutgers University - Chemical Biology Program, co-authored a paper

(12) Andrea Citati (M.S. Physics, 2016), Lecturer at University of Wisconsin-Parkside

(11) Peter Tieu (Chemistry, Fall 2014 - Summer 2016), Ph.D. candidate in University of California Irvine, co-authored a paper

(10) May S. Maung (M.S. Chemistry, 2016), Henkel (Connecticut), co-authored 3 papers

(9) Jie "Jackson" Zhu (M.S. Chemistry, 2015), Post-Doc in Stanford University, Ph.D. UC Davis (2019), co-authored 2 papers

(8) Ashkan Paykar (M.S. Physics, 2015), Ph.D. candidate in University of Florida

(7) Suprit Deol (M.S. Biochemistry, 2015), Exelixis, co-authored a paper

(6) Hanqing Pan (M.S. Chemistry, 2014), Assistant Professor-In-Residence, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Post-Doc in University of Nevada Reno, Ph.D. New Mexico Tech (2018), co-authored 3 papers

(5) Linh Nguyen (Chemistry, Fall 2013 - Spring 2014)

(4) Diego J. Gavia, (M.S. Chemistry, 2013), co-authored 6 papers

(3) Linh Tran (Chemistry, Spring 2008 - Summer 2012), co-authored a paper

(2) Elham Sadeghmoghaddam (M.S. Chemistry, 2012), Thermo Fisher Sci., co-authored 4 papers

(1) Yu Wang (Chemistry, Fall 2010 - Spring 2011), Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Ph.D. Queens University, Canada (2016)

Undergraduate student alumni

(78) David Bravo (KIN Exercise Sci, Summer 2022 - Fall2023)

(77) Austin Nerhus (Chemistry, Spring 2023 - Fall 2023), Chemistry M.S. program at CSULB

(76) Haley Fernandez (Chemistry, Summer 2021 - Summer 2023), LEAP Scholar, Staff scientist at Orion Environmental.

(75) Natalie Sanchez-Pleites (Chemistry, Fall 2022 - Spring 2023)

(74) Alexa Cabrera (Chemistry, Fall 2022 - Spring 2023)

(73) Kamaljit Devi (Chemical Engineering, Summer 2021 - Fall 2022), LEAP Scholar

(72) Karen Ixcoy-Brito (Chemical Engineering, Summer 2021 - Spring 2022), LEAP Scholar

(71) Adrian Isidro (Chemical Engineering, Summer 2021 - Spring 2022), LEAP Scholar, Environmental engineer at Los Angeles US Air Force Base

(70) Christian Powell (Molecular Biology, Spring 2020 - Spring 2022), Novogene America

(69) John Blanco (Chemistry, Spring 2019 - Spring 2020)

(68) Quinn Tufono (Biology, Summer 2018 - Fall 2019)

(67) Vincent Nguyen (Biology, Summer 2018 - Fall 2019), co-authored 2 papers, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Chicago

(66) Du "Bon" Nguyen (Chemistry w/ Materials Degree, Fall 2018 - Spring 2019)

(65) Sachin Neupane (Biochemistry, Fall 2017 - Fall 2018)

(64) Bavly Ibrahim (Biochemistry, Spring 2017 - Fall 2018)

(63) Carlos Garcia (Biochemistry, Summer 2016 - Fall 2018)

(62) Eun Ae "Ashley" Park (Bioengineering, Summer 2016 - Spring 2018), BUILD Scholar

(61) Sarahana Poudel (Biochemistry, Summer 2017 - Spring 2018)

(60) Sylvia Wedderburn (Biochemistry, Spring 2015 - Spring 2018), KEMP fellow

(59) James Park (Chemistry, Summer 2016 - Winter 2018)

(58) Linda Lam (Chemistry, Spring 2017 - Fall 2017)

(57) Hiep Nguyen (Chemistry, Summer 2016 - Summer 2017), Polypeptide, Inc.

(56) Tuan Trinh (Chemistry, Summer 2015 - Spring 2017), Pham.D. candidate at Massachusetts School of Pharmacy

(55) Richard Tran (Fall 2016 - Spring 2017), UROP assistant

(54) Christina Flores (Biochemistry, Spring 2016 - Fall 2016)

(53) David Ortega (Biochemistry, Spring 2015 - Fall 2016), KEMP fellow

(52) Roberto Rodriguez (Chemical Engineering, Fall 2014 - Summer 2016), BUILD Scholar

(51) Vivian Chen (Summer 2014 - Spring 2016), KLA Corporation, M.S. Chemistry from University of California Irvine, co-authored 2 papers

(50) Annie Nguyen (Fall 2015 - Spring 2016)

(49) Khang Nguyen (Fall 2015 - Spring 2016), Pham.D. candidate at Massachusetts School of Pharmacy

(48) Vu Nguyen (Fall 2014 - Spring 2015)

(47) Tommy Dinh (Spring 2013 - Spring 2015), co-authored 1 paper

(46) Trinh Nguyen (Fall 2014 - Winter 2015)

(45) Nisala Weerasuriya (Spring 2013 - Summer 2014), LSAMP scholar, co-authored 3 papers

(44) Johnston Nguyen (Summer 2013 - Summer 2014)

(43) Christian Salazar (Spring 2013 - Summer 2014), Therabest USA, Ph.D. Stony Brook University, co-authored 1 paper

(42) Mai Pham (Fall 2012 - spring 2014)

(41) Yeonjin "Harriet" Do (Fall 2012 - Spring 2013), co-authored 1 paper

(40) Younah Kim (Fall 2012 - Spring 2013)

(39) Becky Hsu (Fall 2011 - Spring 2013)

(38) Vicky McKnight (Spring 2012 - Fall 2012)

(37) Nikki Viola (Fall 2011 - Summer 2012)

(36) Tae Y. Kim (Spring 2011 - Summer 2012)

(35) Jordan Koeppen (Fall 2010 - Summer 2012), Ph.D. University of California Riverside, co-authored 1 paper

(34) Annika Sotelo (Spring 2012)

(33) Van Truong (Fall 2011 - Spring 2012), Clinical Laboratory Scientist Training Program in Inova Fairfax Hospital, co-authored 1 paper

(32) Josephine Yee (Spring 2009 - Fall 2011)

(31) Khalil Gaieb (Summer 2010 - Spring 2011), Pharm.D. candidate, co-authored 1 paper

(30) Leeann Korprapun (Fall 2009 - Spring 2011), Clinical Laboratory Scientist Training Program in UCI Medical School

(29) Alexander Zec (Summer 2010 - Fall 2010)

(28) Paul Vaccarello (Spring 2009 - Spring 2011), co-authored 2 papers

(27) Minh Ho (Spring 2009 - Fall 2010), Pharm.D. candidate

(26) Wendy Chaing (Fall 2009 - Summer 2010), Pharm.D. candidate

(25) Hanmo Gu (Spring 2010), co-authored 1 paper

(24) Zachariah Mel (Fall 2009 - Spring 2010)

(23) Mike Aquino (Spring 2008 - Spring 2010), co-authored 2 papers

(22) Erick Ovalle (Fall 2007 - Spring 2010), LSAMP scholar

(21) Parfait Voundi (Spring 2007 - Spring 2010), co-authored 1 paper, LSAMP scholar, Provost's summer research scholar

(20) Phuong Nguyen (Spring 2009 - Spring 2010)

(19) Tuong Dinh (Spring 2007 - Summer 2009), Pharm.D. candidate, co-authored 2 papers

(18) Hyun S. Lim (Fall 2006 - Spring 2009)

(17) Tiffany Yee (Spring 2008 - Spring 2009), Pharm.D. candidate

(16) Sora Jung (Fall 2008 - Spring 2009)

(15) Swapna Reddy (Fall 2008)

(14) Roger Pham (Spring 2008 - Fall 2008)

(13) Shaeleen Chuc (Spring 2007 - Fall 2008), co-authored 1 paper

(12) Martha Trujillo (Spring 2008)

(11) Hyung (Nicole) Choi (Spring 2007 - Spring 2008), Pharm.D. candidate, co-authored 3 papers, Provost's summer research scholar

(10) Jonathan Dare (Fall 2006 - Spring 2008), co-authored 1 paper

(9) Rachel S. Salazar (Fall 2006 - Spring 2008)

(8) Aaron Tran (Spring 2008)

(7) Huong Le (Summer 2007 - Fall 2007), Pharm.D. candidate

(6) Bryant Dineros (Fall 2006 - Fall 2007)

(5) David H. Kroman (Fall 2006 - Spring 2007)

(4) Caroline Lam (Fall 2006 - Spring 2007), Pharm.D. candidate, co-authored 1 paper

(3) Dibbs C. Mejia (Fall 2006)

(2) Tieng V. Luong (Fall 2006)

(1) Doquyen T. Tra (Fall 2006)

Other students

[BRIDGES Program]

2012: Ayodele Ojediran, Jennifer Sanchez

2010: Roban Cotton, Ashely Rojas

2009: Jill S. Rodriquez, Gregory Lopez (co-authored 1 paper), ThienLoc V. Pham (co-authored 1 paper)