Korin Wheeler, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry

2009 - present. Santa Clara University in the Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

2017-2018. Sabbatical in the Environmental Chemistry Group with Kris McNeill at ETH Zurich

2007-2009. Post-doctoral researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

2006. Ph.D. in chemistry from Northwestern University

2001. B.A. in chemistry from New College of Florida

Current members

Claire Alford

Public Health, 2025

NSF CSN REU


Giulia Mantovani

Biochemistry, 2023

REAL student

Joseph Pham

Computer Science and Engineering, 2023

LEAD, De Novo, SCU Dean's Scholar

Erica Svendahl

Chemistry & Environmental Science, 2023

NSF CSN REU, Beckman Scholar

Karl Schumacher

Bioengineering, 2024

De Novo, NSF CSN REU

Jonathan Staley

Biochemistry, 2023


Interested in joining us?

Email Professor Wheeler for more info about research positions.

Lab Group Alumni

Alumni degree, year, academic awards at SCU current position or next step after SCU

Alex Tochihuitl B.S. Neuroscience, 2022, LEAD Scholar T.B.D.

Brian Hong B.S. Biochemistry, 2022, DeNardo Scholar T.B.D.

Angela Zapata, Ph.D. Analytical Chemist

Lilah Foster B.S. Environmental Sciences/Fine Art, 2021, Dean's Excellence Scholar T.B.D.

Kaitlyn Leung B.S. Biology & Child Studies, 2021 Nursing school, Johns Hopkins University

Kira Fahy B.S. Biochemistry/Spanish, 2020, Jean Dreyfus Research Scholar Ph.D. candidate, Northwestern University

Caleb Ling B.S. Biochemistry/Philosophy, 2020 Biotech

Jackie Rogers B.S. Environmental Sciences, 2020 Ph.D. candidate, Washington University St. Louis

Sangeetha Damiano Foothill College student in chemistry T.B.D.

Karl Baumgartner B.S. Bioengineering, 2019, Hayes Scholar medical school, Brown University

Madeline Eiken B.S. Bioengineering, 2019, Clare Boothe Luce Scholar & St. Clare medal Biotech, then Ph.D. at University of Michigan

Evangelia Bouzos B.S. Bioengineering, 2018, M.S. Engineering Management, 2020 Clare Boothe Luce & Khueler Scholar Research Associate, Cepheid

Mari Williams Lincoln High School, 2018, volunteer undergraduate at UCLA

Karen Mac B.S. Public health, 2018, Johnson Scholar Business Development, Acumen

Zoe Amaris B.S. Biochemistry, 2017, DeNardo Senior Scholar Genentech

Daniel Freitas B.S. Bioengineering, 2017, M.S. Electrical Engineering, 2019 Alza & Roelandt's Scholar Microfluidics Engineer, 10X Genomics

Matthew Findlay B.S. Bioengineering, 2017, M.S. Computer Science & Engineering, 2019 Xilinx & Roelandt's Scholar Software Engineer, Ciena

Mai-Loan Nguyen B.S. Biochemistry/Public health/Spanish, 2017 M.P.H., Oregon Health & Science Univ.

Sarah Anderson B.S. Chemistry, 2016, Clare Boothe Luce Scholar Ph.D. candidate, Northwestern University

Erik Berggren B.S. Chemistry, 2016 Biotech

Lauren Schmitt B.S. Biochemistry/Spanish, 2016, Bastiani Award researcher at University of Colorado, Anschutz

Kyle Gerner B.S. Chemistry, 2015 Pilot plant supervisor, Impossible Foods

Jasmine Marckwordt B.S. Chemistry, 2015 Ph.D. candidate, Univ. of California Santa Barbara

Kristian Borofka B.S. Biochemistry, 2014, Hayes Fellow D.O. student, Touro Univeristy

Erick Castellanos B.S. Biochemistry, 2013, ALZA Scholar Genentech, then M.D. from UCLA.

Grace Park B.S. Biochemistry, 2013 Grad school

Rachel Gate B.S. Biochemistry, 2012 Ph.D., Univ. of California San Francisco

Andrew Martinolich B.S. Chemistry, 2012 Ph.D. Colorado State Univ., Resnick Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech

Meagan Nakamoto B.S. Biochemistry, 2012 Clare Boothe Luce, Roelandt's Scholar, & NASA grant (CSGUROP) Ph.D., Univ. of Colorado Boulder

Alyssa Lampe B.S. Biochemistry, 2011, Roelandt's Scholar M.D. (2016), Resident Physician at Univ. of Southern California