Former Group Members
Graduate Students
- Srilatha Vydha Ph.D 2015 – Now at Eurofins Advantar Labs in San Diego
- Ashley Morris M.S. 2013
- Chuan Yu (Jack) Fang M.S. 2015
- Amy Vo M.S. 2018
- Sangho Davie Youn M.S. 2018
- Shay Lin
- Stephanie Archibald
- Zachary Woodward
- Michael Appel
Fajer AlEnezi
Masters Student
Where is your hometown?
Kuwait City, Kuwait
What is your research focus?
Employing CE-SELEX for the selection of a ssDNA aptamer that can selectively bind to nicotine.
What is your favorite thing to do with your free time?
Cooking, and hiking.
What is a fun-fact about you?
I lived five years in Colorado and I have never been to the mountains 🙂
What is your ethnicity?
Middle Eastern/Arab
What’s your favorite food?
Donuts!
Undergraduate Students
- Rawiya Aburas – June 2008 to June 2009 – Now at UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy
- Adam Luy – June 2008 to June 2009
- Wasan Zori – June to August 2009
- Ali Hadayat – January to December 2009 – Now at Beckman Coulter
- Erin Weatherwax – September 2009 – June 2010
- Devin Wakefield – June 2008 – June 2010 – Now at Cornell University (Ph.D. program)
- James Sanchez – January 2009 – June 2010 – Now at California Northstate School of Pharmacy
- Vukica Porobic – January 2009 – June 2010 – Now at Beckman Coulter
- James Thai – June 2009 – June 2011 – Now at SDSU (M.S. program)
- Gregory Solis – August 2009 – June 2012 – Now in Ph.D. program at The Scripps Research Institute
- Kimberly Walthall – September 2009 – June 2011 – Now at nanoComposix
- Caroline Davis – September 2009 – June 2011 – Now completing a Ph.D. in Environmental Chemistry at the ETH Zürich.
- Sarah Dobson – August 2010 – June 2011 – Currently at SDSU
- Nikki (Allen) Ratnapala – August 2010 – July 2012 – Now starting medical school at Dartmouth.
- Chelsea Green – January 2011 – May 2012
- Audrey Nahrvar – January 2011 – June 2011
- Tyler Maltbie – July 2013 – May 2015 – Now in Neuroscience Ph.D. program at the University of Alabama Birmingham
- Charles Lumba – Now in Biochemistry M.S. program at UCSD
- Adam Perez – Now pursuing a Ph.D. in chemistry at UC Davis.
- Charae Meeks
- Christine (Fitzgerald) Corrao – Now a chemist with the city of San Diego.
- Connor Ansoff
- Dylan Mitchell – now completing a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan
- Eduardo De La Toba – now completing a Ph.D. at the University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign
- Garrett Tobin – working as an analytical chemistry at Dakota Gasification Company
- Giovann Campbell
- Kelsey Berger
- Allan Ruby
- Mito Tellez
- Shane Wells – now completing a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan
- Taylor-Grace Priest
- Whitney Boehm
- Shane Alexis Apostol
- Jackie Cuen
- Jessica Frisbie
- Thirada Kingphuang
- Patrick Smith
- Kristina Telhami
- Rebecca Townsley
- Chelsea White
- Michael Dalman
- Samantha Daoud
- Keifer Garcia
- Ashley Huskey
- Sheridan Kazek
- Jaclyn Pittman
- Ricko Mendoz
- Najib Moalim
- Cassidy McCallum – 2021
- Madison Noroña – 2019-2021 – now at Advanced Clinical
- Carina Wilkerson – 2021
- Arrion Vivas – 2019-2021 Now at nanoComposix
- Catrin Law – IMSD Scholar 2019-2021 – now in graduate school at UC Davis
- Adrian Colazo – IMSD Scholar 2020-2022 – NSF-GRFP 2023 – now in graduate school at Caltech
- Phoebe Sprilorto – 2021-2022 – now at City of San Diego Water Treatment
- Savannah Orth – IMSD Scholar 2020-2022 – now pursuing a Masters in Regulatory Science
- Kelsey Choi – 2020-2022
- Karen Campos – MARC Scholar 2021-2023 – NSF-GRFP 2023 – now in graduate school at UC Irvine
- Juliette Gonzales – 2022-23 – LinkedIn
Danielle Beerfas
Undergraduate Student
What is your hometown?
San Diego, CA
What is your research focus?
Exploring the potential of deep eutectic solvents in the colorimetric analysis of nicotine as a marker of third hand smoke residue.
What is your favorite thing to do with your free time?
Drawing and painting.
What is a fun-fact about you?
I have been a figure skater since I was 3 years old.
What is your dream job?
Pediatrician at a non-profit practice.
What’s your ethnicity?
Half Middle Eastern and half White
Karen Sofia Campos
Undergraduate Student
MARC Scholar
What is your research focus?
Exploring novel solvent mixtures for capillary electrophoresis separation buffers.
What is your favorite thing to do with your free time?
Walk my dogs, hang out with my cats, watch anime with my sister, and trying food from all over the world!
What is a fun-fact about you?
I can speak Spanish as well as some French and some Korean!
What is your favorite food?
Chiles en Nogada
What’s your ethnicity?
Mexican
