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
Jonathan Staley
Biochemistry, 2023
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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