Current Group Members
Prof. Hai Lin
Prof. Robert Damrauer (Our friend and guest member, although he does not want to be called a computational chemist)
Baris Aydintug (2017-now Undergraduate), 3 papers, 1 talk, 4 posters. Honor: Biophysical Society Travel Award, SACNAS Travel Award, MARC Scholar, EuRECA scholar, UROP Award, UCD RaCAS Presentation Award, UCD Bob Damrauer Scholaship.
Shamik Bhat (2017-now undergraduate), 1 computer program, 5 posters, Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium Scholarship, min-UROP Award, UROP Award, EuRECA Scholar
Nara Chon (2011-2014 Undergraudate, 2015-2018 MS, 2018-now PRA), 7 papers, 3 talks, 18 posters. Honors: NSF Granduate Fellowhsip Honorable Mention, ACS National Meeting Poster Award, ACS Student Travel Award, ACS Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry, ACS RMRM Presentation Award, UCD Chancellor's Award in Excellence, UCD Kisslinger Award, UCD Butcher Innovation Award, UCD CLAS Outstanding MS Student, UCD LABCOATS Scholar, UCD Bob Damrauer Scholarship, UCD Marti Barrett Scholarship, UCD Chemistry Senior Graduate Student Research Fellowship, UCD Chemistry Outstanding Graduating Major, UCD Chemistry Outstanding Graduating MS Student, UROP Award.
Adam Duster (2015-2017 MS, 2017-now PhD), 9 papers, 1 talk, 14 posters. Honors:
Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium Symposium Presentation Award, UCD Chemistry Incoming Graduate Student Research Fellowship,
UCD RaCAS Presentation Award.
Sierra Knodle (2019-now Undergraduate), UROP Award
Jillian Oviedo (2018-now Undergraduate) 3 posters, EuRECA Scholar, UROP Award, UCD Doug Dyckes Scholarship, UCD Marti Barrett Scholarship
Billy Stone (2020-now Undergraduate from CU-Colorado Springs, XSEDE EMPOWER scholar)
Michael Swing (2020-now Undergraduate)
Sahitya Talachutla (2017-now Undergradaute), 1 computer program, 3 potsers, Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium Scholarship, UCD RaCAS Presentation Award, UROP Award
Quillen Verner (2020-now Undergraduate)
Hall of Fame: People who spent some time in our group (and their latest statuses that I know... Please update me if you have a chance.)
Lauren Ader (2009-2010 Undergraduate, now a professional ballet dancer.) 1 paper, 1 poster, Honor: UROP Award.
Henoch Argaw (2016 high-school student, Went to MIT for college.)
[no photot] Yishak Bedaso (2019 undergraduate, now an undergraduate at CU-Denver)
Jonathan Church (2012-2013 Undergraduate, Went to CU-Boulder for PhD. Now a postdoc at Hebrew U, Israel) 1 paper, 1 poster. Honor: UCD Chemistry Outstanding Graduating Major.
Christal Davis (2012-2015 Undergraduate, Went to CU Medical School for PhD) Publication: 2 papers, 7 posters; Honor: NSF Graduate Fellowship, Biophysical Society Minority Affairs
Committee Travel Award, ACS Student Travel Award, UROP Award, Damrauer
Scholarship, Marti Barrett Scholarship, TA/Milash Award, Outstanding Graduating
Major.
[no photo] Scott Dawkins (2016 K-12 teacher, Now a K-12 teacher).
Julia Deyanova (2017-2019 Undergraduate, went to MS in Integrated Sciences at UCD) 2 posters, UCD Bob Damrauer Scholarship, UCD RaCAS Presentation Award
Ethan Dusto (2010, 2014, 2017, 2019 K-12 Teacher, Now a K-12 teacher.
[no photo] David Faktorovich (2010 Undergraduate, Went to a medical school)
[no photo] Conley Flynn (2016 K-12 teacher, Now a K-12 teacher).
Marco Foscato (2016 Visiting postdoc from University of Bergen, Norway, Now postdoc at U Bergen, Norway.)
Christina Garza (2014-2017 Undergraduate, now in full-ride PhD-MD program at UC San Diego), 3 papers, 2 talks, 7 posters. Honors: ACS Student Travel Award, Biophysical Society Travel Award, SACNAS Travel Award, MARC Scholar, UROP
Award
[no photo] Stephanie Guilliams (2012 K-12 teacher) Now a K-12 teacher.
Jack Henderson (2013-2016 Undergraduate. Went to U Maryland for PhD.) 2 papers, 7 posters. Honor:
ACS Student Leadership Award, ACS National Meeting Poster Award, ACS Student Travel Award, Jean Dreyfus Undergraduate Research Award, UCD Chemistry Outstanding Graduating Major, UROP
Award.
Edith Huizar (2020-2021 Undergraduate)
Now an undergrad at CU-Denver
[no photo] Lam Huynh (2017 Undergraduate, Undergraduate at CU-Denver)
Emily Jowsey (2017 Undergraduate,UCD MS program in Teacher Education, Now a K-12 teacher)
Eun Kim (2011-2013 Undergraduate, Went to Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine.) 3 posters. Honor: UCD Chancellor's Award in Excellence, UCD
Marti Barrett Scholarship, UROP Award.
Jeffery Kim (2007 MS. Went to Rush Medical College.) 1 paper, 1 poster.
Kevin Kim (2010-2011 Undergraduate. Went to CU School of Medicine.) 1 poster. Honor: UCD Chemistry Outstanding Graduating Major. UROP
Award.
[no photo] Sungjoon Kim (2019 Undergraduate, Now an undergraduate at UC-Denver)
Tanja
Kovacevic (2017-2020 Undergraduate, went to UC-Berkerley for PhD), 6
posters, NSF Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention, ACS Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry, Rocky
Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium Scholarship, MARC Scholar,
McNair Scholar, SACNAS Travel Award, UROP Award, UCD RaCAS Presentation
Award, UCD Bob Damrauer Scholarship, UCD Chemistry Outstanding Graduating Major, Marti Barrett Scholarship, UCD Academic Research Expo Poster Award
Jason Lathop (2011 Undergraduate, Went to UC-San Diego for PhD.)
Eliane Lime (2007 Visiting PhD from University of Bergen, Norway, Now a postdoc at Gothenburg University, Sweden.)
Danielle Miller (2015-2018 Undergraduate, went to South Dakota Medical School), 1 paper, 1 talk, 3 posters. Honor: ACS Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry, UCD Chemistry Outstanding Graduating Major, UCD RaCAS Presentation Award, UCD Marti Barrett Scholarship, UCD Doug Dyckes Scholarship, UROP Award
Dante Merrill (2014-2016 Undergraduate, Went to Virginia Commondwealth U medical school.) 1 poster, Honor: UROP Award.
[no photo] Brenda Moll (2016 Undergraduate, Now an engineer at Lockheed Martin.)
Phani Morisetti (2007-2008 Undergraduate, 2008 MS, Went to Saba University School of Medicine.) 1 paper, 3 posters. Honor: UROP Award.
Mikias Negussie (2017-2020 Undergraduate, went to UC San Francisco
medical school with full-ride scholarship) 2 papers, 1 talk, 6 posters,
Riesher Scholarship, UCD RaCAS Presentation Award
[no photo] Jocelyn Nguyen-Reed (2017, 2019 K-12 Teacher. Now a K-12 teacher.)
Hajar Nsiri (2016 Visiting PhD from University of Bergen, Norway, Now a PhD at U Bergen, Norway.)
KunTae Pak (2006-2007 MS, Now works in industry.)
Soroosh Pezeshki (2010-2014 postdoc, Now works in industry.) 8 papers, 6 talks, 11 posters.
[no photo] Mike Ripko (2011 K-12 teacher) Now a K-12 teacher.
Christopher Riplinger (2007 Visiting PhD from U Bonn, Germany, Postdoc at Princeton U.)
[no photo] Peggy Rizzo (2011 K-12 teacher, Now a K-12 teacher.)
Carrie Ryan (2007-2008 Undergraduate, Went to Penn State U for PhD. Now a New York Times bestseller author.)
Cecelia Johnson-Sasso (2012-2014 Undergraduate, Went to CU School of Medicine.) 2 posters.
Tasha Schoenstein (2011 high-school student, Went to MIT for college, graduate study at Harvard U.)
[no photo] Catherine Sedalnick (2012 K-12 teacher, Now a K-12 teacher.)
Eun-Bie Shin (2015-2016 Undergraduate, 2016-2017 Volunteer, went to PhD program at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)) 3 posters
Daniel Silverstein (2008 Undergraduate, Went to Penn State U for PhD, postdoc at U Chicago, passed away in 2017 RIP.)
Lynelle Smith (2008-2009 Undergraduate,Went to CU School of Medicine.) 1 paper, UCD
Marti Barrett Scholarship.
Mia Smith (2010-2011 Undergraduate, Went to full-ride VetD-PhD program at Colorado State U.) 1 paper, 1 talk, 1 poster. Honor: UCD Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award, UROP Award.
[no photo] Jennifer Swanson (2011, 2012 K-12 teacher) Now a K-12 teacher.
Sherleen Tran (2016-2020 Undergraduate, went to U Colorado Dental School) 2 papers, 6 posters, Honor: mini-UROP Award
Lesley Tyk (2011-2013 Undergraduate. Now works in industry.) 2 posters. Honor: UROP Award.
Chun-Hung Wang (2016-2017 postdoc, now an Assistant Professor in Northland Pioneer College in Arizona
), 3 papers, 1 talk, 2 posters
Hong-yan Wang (2006 Visiting Professor from Sichuan University, China, Now a professor at Southwest Jiaotong University, China.)
Mackenzie Zarecki (2015-2017 Undergraduate, was a professional ballet dancer, now a research technician at Jonhs Hopkins University.) 1 paper, 2 posters, Honor: UROP Award, UCD Marti Barrett Scholarship,
Yan Zhang (2006-2008, postdoc, Now a professor at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics and Shandong U-Tsingtao campus, China.) 5 paper, 6 posters.