The Group (Summer, 2009)
Back (L to R): Tom Yuan, Travis Thompson, Davoud Mozhdehi, Issa Moody, Agi Hajduczki, Katie Peterson,
Sudipta Majumdar, John Coroneus, Glenn Eldridge, Greg Weiss
Front: Sarah MacDermott, Cathie Overstreet, Gloria Perez, Jessica Arter, Lucie Lee, Rosemarie Vithayathil, Isola Brown, Samar Ali
Additional photos including activities and the group photo archive.
Current Members
| Name | Position (years) | Previous Degrees | Fellowship | |
| Samar Ali | samar_qau [at] yahoo.com | Visiting graduate from U. Karachi, Pakistan (2009-) | M.Sc. Organic Chemistry, Quaid-e-Azam, Islamabad, Pakistan | HEC-IRSIP |
| Jessica Arter | jarter [at] uci.edu | Graduate (2007-) | B.S. Chemistry & Medicinal Chemistry, SUNY at Buffalo | |
| Isola Brown | isola.brown [at] gmail.com | Visiting undergraduate from U. Pennsylvania (2009-) | NSF Chem-SURF REU | |
| John Coroneus | jcoroneu [at] uci.edu | Ph.D. #7 (2004-2008), Post-doctoral (2009-) | B.S., M.S. Physics, UCLA | |
| Glenn Eldridge | geldridg [at] uci.edu | Graduate (2006-) | B.S. Chemistry, CalPoly San Luis Obispo | |
| Agi Hajduczki | ahajducz [at] uci.edu | Graduate (2006-) | B.S. Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA | |
| Lucie Lee | leels [at] uci.edu | Graduate (2005-) | B.S. Chemistry, Caltech | |
| Sarah MacDermott | sarahmac [at] mit.edu | Visiting undergraduate from MIT (2009-) | ||
| Sudipta Majumdar | smajumda [at] uci.edu | Post-doctoral (2007-) | B.S., M.S. Biochemistry, Delhi U., India; Ph.D. Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry | |
| Issa Moody | imoody [at] uci.edu | Graduate (2007-) | B.S. Biotechnology, Plymouth State University | UCI Faculty Mentor Program |
| Davoud Mozhdehi | davoud.m [at] uci.edu | Graduate (2009-) | B.S. Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Iran | |
| Cathie Overstreet | coverstr [at] uci.edu | Ph.D. #9 (2004-2009), Post-doctoral (2009-) | B.A. Business Administration, California State U., Fullerton; M.S. Biochemistry, California State U., Long Beach | HHMI-UCI Pedagogical Fellow |
| Gloria Perez | lapaisitag [at] hotmail.com | Visiting undergraduate from Barry U. (2009-) | NSF Chem-SURF REU | |
| Katie Peterson | Katherine.M.Peterson [at] gmail.com | Graduate (2008-) | B.S. Chemistry, Williams College | |
| Travis Thompson | tdthomps [at] uci.edu | Undergraduate (2009-) | UROP, SURP | |
| Greg Weiss | gweiss [at] uci.edu | Principal Investigator (2000-) | B.S. Chemistry, U.C. Berkeley; Ph.D. Harvard | |
| Tom Yuan | tzyaun [at] uci.edu | Graduate (2009-) | B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, U.C. Davis |
lab phone: (949) 824-2514
Alumni
| Name | Degree (years) | Fellowship | Current Position | |
| Christian Anguiano | Undergraduate (2003-2004) | NIH Minority Biomedical Research Support | ||
| Sara Avrantinis | sara.avrantinis [at] gmail.com | Ph.D. #2 (2000-2005) | UC BREP Training Grant | Regulatory Scientist, Cato Research |
| Karen Brard | kbrard [at] uci.edu | Post-baccalaureate (2008-2009) |
B.A. Classics & B.A. Political Science, Southern Illinois U., Carbondale | |
| Jennifer Broad | Undergraduate (2001-2002) | |||
| Arjel Bautista | arjel.bautista [at] yale.edu | Undergraduate (2003) | UC LEADS | Graduate student with Prof. Alanna Schepartz (Yale) |
| Brad Cohn | brad.cohn [at] ucsf.edu | Undergraduate (2002-2004) | Allergan | Graduate student (M.D./Ph.D. program, UCSF) |
| Denise Der | dder [at] uci.edu | Undergraduate (2006-2008) | IM-SURE, UROP | applying to Medical School |
| Juan Diaz | jjdiaz [at] uci.edu | Ph.D. #6 (2003-2008) Post-bacclaureate (2002-2003) | UC President's Dissertation Year, ACS Division of Organic Chemistry | NIH NRSA Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Jim Wells (UCSF) |
| Birte Feld | birte.feld [at] gmail.com | Post-doctoral (2002-2005) | Senior Manager of Business Innformation, Amgen; formerly, Pharmaceutical Analyst, HealthIQ (2005-2009) | |
| Pilgrim Jackson | pilgrimj [at] gmail.com | Post-doctoral (2005-2006) | Scientist, Celgene | |
| Richard Jaramillo | jaramilr [at] uci.edu | Undergraduate (2008-2009) | NSF Chem-SURF REU | |
| Sarah Kiehna | skiehna [at] gmail.com | Post-doctoral (2005-2008) | NIH Ruth Kirschstein NRSA | Senior Peptide Chemist, Nanotope |
| Calvin Kong | dinocalvin [at] gmail.com | Post-bacclaureate (2007-) Undergraduate (2005-07) | Allergan, UROP, SURP | Molecular Biologist, Complete Genomics |
| Kazuyoshi Kunishiro | kkunishi [at] uci.edu | Post-doctoral (2005-2006) | Kyoto Pharmaceuticals Fellowship | Scientist, Kyoto Pharmaceuticals |
| Jorge Lamboy | jlamboyg [at] uci.edu | Ph.D. #8 (2003-2008) | NIH Minority Supplemental Award | Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Elizabeth Komives (UCSD) |
| Aron Levin | nivelnora [at] gmail.com | Ph.D. #3 (2001-2005) | NIH Synthesis and Structure Training Grant | Research Specialist II with Prof. Chris Garcia (HHMI/Stanford); formerly, Staff Scientist, Catalyst Biosciences (2005-2008) |
| Ryan Lin | csrlin [at] gmail.com | Research Assistant (2006-2007) | Graduate student in Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry (UC Irvine) | |
| Aaron Mendez | mendeza [at] uci.edu | Undergraduate (2007-2009) | NIH MARC | Graduate student in Chemical Biology (UCSF) |
| Kim Morrison | kmweiss [at] uci.edu | Senior Research Associate (2000-2002) | Graduate student (Department of History, UC Irvine) | |
| Katsuyuki Murase | kmurase [at] alumni.uci.edu | Ph.D. #1 (2001-2005) | UC BREP Training Grant | Group Leader, Edison Pharmaceuticals; formerly, Senior Scientist, Abbott Vascular (2005-2008) |
| Allison Olszewski | allison.olszewski [at] gmail.com | Ph.D. #4 (2002-2006) | UC Dissertation grant | Principal Scientist, GlaxoSmithKline; formerly, Scientist, Amgen (2006-2007) |
| Sandra Perez | slperez [at] uci.edu | Undergraduate (2005-2006) | NIH Minority Biomedical Research Support | Undergraduate (UC Irvine) |
| Ken Sato | satoken [at] showa.gunma-u.ac.jp | Post-doctoral (2001-2003) | Assistant Professor, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan | |
| Chris Scarborough | scarborough [at] chem.wisc.edu | Undergraduate (2002-2003) | SURF | Alexander von Humboldt Post-doctoral fellow with Karl Wieghardt (Max Planck Inst. for Bioinorganic research; formerly, graduate student with Prof. Shannon Stahl (U. Wisconsin, Madison) |
| Ryan Stafford | stafford [at] caltech.edu | Undergraduate (2000-2001) | UROP | NIH NRSA Post-doctoral fellow with Prof. James Bowie (UCLA); formerly graduate student with Prof. Peter Dervan (Caltech) |
| Phillip Tam | ptam13 [at] gmail.com | Undergraduate (2000-2001), Ph.D. #5 (2001-2006) | SURP, NIH Bioinformatics Training Grant | Scientist, Sangamo Pharmaceuticals |
| Michael Todhunter | mtodhunt [at] uci.edu | Undergraduate (2006-2008) | SURP, UROP | Graduate student (UCSF) |
| Natalie Wilson | ndw [at] berkeley.edu | Undergraduate (2003) | applying to graduate school | |
| Michael Wu | michaelmartinwu [at] gmail.com | Undergraduate (2004) | Graduate student (USC Pharmacy School) |
Corrections? Updates? Please send an email to gweiss [at] uci.edu.