Alumni

……………………	Name ……………………	Degree …………………………	Advisor …………………….	Graduation ……………………..	Employment ………………………………….
	Bryan Vo	M.S. Chemistry	Potma	2018	Pharmacy School
	Vera Prytkova	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Tobias	2018
	Eric Wong	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Tobias	2018	Engineer at Intel Corporation
	Robert Sanderson	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Ragan	2018
	Shaowei Li	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Ho	2017
	Han Lee	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Krivorotov	2017	Everspin Technologies
	Jieyi Zhang	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Krivorotov	2017	Senior Engineer I ASML
	Rajen Dutta	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Penner	2017	Intel Corporation
	Changhao Wang	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Luo	2017
	Yu-Jin Chen	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Krivorotov	2017	Postdoctoral Scholar UCI
	Nicholas Tallarida	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Apkarian	2017	NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
	Alejandro Jara Abarzua	M.S. Ph.D Physics		2017	Postdoctoral Scholar UCI
	Mayukh Banik	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Apkarian	2017	Postdoctoral Scholar CASTL UCI
	Andrew Smith	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Krivorotov	2016	Intel Corporation
	Junghoon Jahng	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Potma	2016	Postdoctoral Fellow Korean Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Daejeon, Korea
	Jordan Vincent	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Furche and Tobias	2016	Lecturer at California State University, Los Angeles
	Sandra Blair	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Nizkorodov	2016	Research Associate at University of Colorado Boulder
	Kelsey Collier	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Martin	2016	Postdoc at FMP-Berlin Department of NMR-Supported Structural Biology
	Kochise Bennett	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Mukamel	2016	Postdoctoral Fellow UC Berkeley
	Emel Ficici	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Andricioaei	2015	Postdoctoral Fellow at National Institutes of Health
	Mohammed El Makkaoui	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Law	2015	Hotel Manager Family Kingdom Resort
	Brian Youngblood	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Krivorotov	2015	Lecturer at UC Santa Barbara
	Du Nguyen	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Esser-Khan	2015	Postdoctoral Scientist Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
	Julia Majors	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Apkarian	2015	Project Manager at American Institute of Physics
	Moritz Limpinsel	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Law	2015	Development Engineer Alta Devices
	Kyunghee Mike Cho	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Corn	2015	East West Law Group
	Brandon Krull	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Furche	2015	Postdoc, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
	John Snyder	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Burke	2015	Postdoctoral Fellow Klaus-Robert Muller at T.U. Berlin and Hardy Gross at the Max Planck Institute for microstructure physics in Halle
	Chi-Lun Jiang	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Ho	2015	Process Engineer, Intel Corporation
	Patrick Sims	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Collins and Weiss	2015	Scientist at SPAWAR
	Jordan Brocious	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Potma	2015	Self-employed
	Wesley Botello-Smith	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Luo	2015	Postdoctoral Researcher at Western University of Health Sciences
	Laura Innes	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Siwy	2015	Application Engineer ASML
	Max Ahkterov	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Collins	2015	Scanadu Inc.
	Shawn Perdue	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Apkarian	2014	Member of the Technical Staff, The Aerospace Corporation
	Brittany Hyland	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Martens	2014	Part-time faculty at Saddleback College
	Steven Yampolsky	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Apkarian	2014	R&D Engineer Auris Surgical Robotics, Inc.
	Christopher Dunckle	M.S. Ph.D Physics		2014	Competence Engineer at ASML
	Brad Corso	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Collins	2014	Software Engineer, Mobile Applications at Google
	Angel Velasco	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Taborek	2014	Optical Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
	Nicholas Sharac	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Ragan	2014	Postdoc at U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
	Alejandro Rodriguez Perez	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Apkarian	2013	KLA-Tencor Field Applications Engineer
	Ahmet Mentes	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Andricioaei	2013	Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Pennsylvania
	Thomas Lau	M.S. Physics	Yee	2013	Physics teacher at Santa Margarita Catholic High School & Adjunct Physics Instructor at Cypress College
	Hasan Celik	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Shaka	2013	Director NMR Facility Berkeley College of Chemistry
	James Taing	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Hemminger	2013	Assistant Specialist, UCI
	Cassandra Burke	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Luptak	2013	Research Scientist at NanoString Technologies, Inc.
	Megan Warner Szyndler	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Corn	2013	BASF
	Rebecca Shapiro	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Martin	2013
	Jefferson Bates	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Furche	2013	Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Appalachian State University
	Nicholas Preketes	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Mukamel and Andricioaei	2013	Senior Manager Business Analysis and Insights at Amgen
	Marie van Staveren	M.S. Ph.D Chemistry	Apkarian	2012	Lecturer University of Maryland Baltimore College Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
	Tatyana Sheps	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Collins	2012	Field Applications Engineer at KLA-Tencor
	Tom Boatwright	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Dennin	2012
	Fawn Huisman	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Taborek	2012	PTD Process Engineer Intel Corporation
	Matthew Pevarnik	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Siwy	2012	Assistant Professor of Physics Regent University
	Susan Genc	M.S. Ph.D Physics		2012	Physical Scientist at RAND Corporation
	Jason Deckman	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Mandelshtam	2011	Software Engineer at Human Longevity, Inc.
	Adam Van Wart	M.S. Chemistry		2011	Chemistry Professor at San Diego Mesa College
	Attila Cangi	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Burke	2011	Postdoc at Max Planck Institute, Halle
	Nicholas Berry	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Law		Intel Corporation
	Nicole Richards	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Finlayson-Pitts	2011	Research Scientist I at Gilead Sciences
	Patrick Hogan	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Martens	2011	Senior Engineer II – Uber
	Daniel Healion	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry		2011	Postdoc, UCI
	Desire Whitmore	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Potma	Spring 2011	Postdoc, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA
	Xiao Cheng	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Krivorotov	Winter 2011	Senior Hardware Development Engineer at Hitachi Global Storage
	Jordan Pio	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Jandak	Spring 2010	KLA Tencor, Milpitas, CA
	Matthew Aggleton	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Taborek	Spring 2010	Engineering Manager at Thermal-Vac Technology
	Eric Kalman	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Siwy	Fall 2010	Nanometrics, Milpitas, CA
	Alex Kane	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Collins	Spring 2010
	“Bucky” Vaikunth Khalap	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Collins	Fall 2010	Scientist/Engineer at DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems, Cypress, CA
	Matthew Powell	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Siwy	Spring 2010	Postdoctoral Scholar at UC Irvine
	Eric Schow	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Tobias	Fall 2009	Software Engineer at Kuapay LLC, Santa Monica, CA
	Aniketa Shinde	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Ragan	Fall 2009	Education/Outreach Coordinator at WVNano, Morgantown, West Virginia at West Virginia University
	Chengxiang Xiang	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Penner	Summer 2009	Post Doc at CalTech
	Harindar Keer	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Ritz	June 2009	Co-founder of EduCircle Online Academy, New Delhi, India
	Daniel Hurt	M.S. Physics	Fisk	Fall 2008	Systems Engineer at Quantum Design
	Wei Luo	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Hemminger	December 2008	Research & Development Engineer at Aegiste Technology, Los Angeles, CA
	Neelanjana Sengupta	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Tobias	September 2008	Scientist, Theory and Computational Sciences Research Group, National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, India
	Robert Walder	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Dennin	September 2008	Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Colorado at Boulder
	Brett Goldsmith	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Collins	June 2008	Founder, CTO Nanomedical Diagnostics San Diego, CA
	Carrie Menke	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Janda	June 2008	Physics lecturer at UC Merced
	Steve Mang	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Nizkorodov	June 2008	Lecturer, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, ML.
	Joanne Abbondondola-Butcher	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Janda	June 2008	Consulting Process Engineer, SML Associates and Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, Cal. State San Marcos, CA
	George Nazin	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Ho	June 2007	Assistant Professor at University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
	Vahan Ghazarian	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Apkarian	June 2007	Scientific/Technology Analyst at Affiliated Research Economics and Lecturer, Glendale College, Glendale, CA
	Darren Segale	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Apkarian	June 2007	Engineer, Illumina Inc., San Diego, CA
	Richard Lazarowich	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Taborek	June 2007	Researcher, Lockheed Martin, San Francisco Bay Area, CA
	Yuhong Wang	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Dennin	September 2007	System Engineer at MaxLinear
	Ping Chu	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Mills	September 2007	Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, UC Irvine
	Hrant Seferyan	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Apkarian	September 2007	Manager at Quantronix Corporation
	Brian Carter	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Gross	June 2007
	Eduardo Roman	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Martens	June 2006	Senior Associate at MSCI Inc., San Francisco, CA
	Ryan Benz	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Tobias	June 2006	Scientist, Applied Proteomics, Glendale, CA
	Erik Menke	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Penner	March 2006	Asst Professor, Dept. of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA.
	Nate Emmott	M.S. Chemistry	Collins	June 2005	Systems Designer at Bioware, Austin, TX
	Thu Zar Lwin	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Tobias	March 2005	Researcher, Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Hartwell Center for Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
	Simon Jaud-Trudeau	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Tobias	December 2005	Ph.D. student in Financial Engineering at the Université Laval, Québec, Canada
	Tim McMillan	M.S. Ph.D Physics	Taborek	June 2005	Systems Analyst, Ab Initio Software LLC, Boston, MA
	Michael Karavitis	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Apkarian	December 2004	Director of Laser Research, Development and Engineering at Alcon LenSx, Inc. Aliso Viejo, CA
	Erich Walter	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Penner	June 2004	CNST Visiting Fellow at NIST, Washington, DC
	Zsolt Bihary	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Gerber	June 2003	Researcher, Institute for Mathematics of Finance, Budapest, Hungary.
	Jianhan Chen	M.S. Ph.D. Chemistry	Manselshtam	June 2002	Asst Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
	Warren Erath	M.S. Physics	Taborek	December 2001	Physics Teacher at Sage Hill High School, Newport Beach, CA
	Michael Stone	M.S. Physics	Taborek	September 2001	Electro Otical Engineer at Lockheed Martin Coherent Technologies

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Prof. Ty Christoff-Tempesta joins the ChAMP Program

Fall 2024

Ty Christoff-Tempesta is an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Prof. Christoff-Tempesta specializes in molecular design to engineer hierarchical properties in soft matter systems, combining organic chemistry, molecular self-assembly, and polymer science to create innovative materials. His group focuses on advancing sustainable materials with circular life cycles, derived from renewable resources, and designed for recyclability or upcyclability.

Current research activities include (1) developing new molecular design principles for sustainable materials, (2) using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy to study nanoscale dynamics and establish design rules for material behavior, and (3) designing functional supramolecular materials that self-organize and scale from nanoscale to macroscale. The lab’s research aims to address critical global challenges, such as providing sustainable alternatives to plastics, improving environmental remediation, and advancing technologies for energy and healthcare applications.

https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/tctlab/

Welcome 2024 ChAMP students!

Prof. Lorenzo Valdevit joins the ChAMP Program

Summer 2024

Lorenzo Valdevit is a Professor and Chair of Materials Science and Engineering

Prof. Valdevit works in the general areas of mechanics of materials, structural materials science and advanced manufacturing, developing analytical, numerical and experimental techniques across multiple length scales. Among his primary research goals are the optimal design, modeling, fabrication and experimental characterization of metamaterials and structures with unprecedented combinations of properties. Current areas of interest are the investigation and exploitation of beneficial size effects in nano-architected materials, the non-linear design of periodic and disordered mechanical metamaterials, and the understanding of the processing / microstructure / properties relations in additive manufacturing (in particular, two-photon polymerization Direct Laser Writing, Direct Ink Writing, Laser Powder Bed Fusion and Cold Spray Deposition).

https://valdevit.eng.uci.edu

Prof. Alvin Yu join the ChAMP Program

Summer 2024

Alvin Yu is an Assistant Professor of Physiology & Biophysics

Many cellular processes that are considered the hallmarks of living systems undergo physical and chemical processes ranging from atomic-scale phenomena, including the quantum chemistry of bond cleavage, to micrometer-sized processes such as the self-assembly of proteins. These processes are innately multiscale and span time and length scales from the molecular to mesoscopic. Alvin Yu’s research group investigates the mechanisms by which biological processes function and elucidates them using theory, computational modeling, and simulations.

https://faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=7131

Prof. Matthew Sheldon joins the ChAMP Program

Fall 2023

Matthew Sheldon is an Associate Professor of Chemistry

Sheldon’s research group studies fundamental questions about optical energy conversion relating to plasmonic and inorganic nanoscale materials. Experiments are principally designed to identify and optimize unique nanoscale phenomena that are useful for solar energy, as well as related opportunities at the intersection of nanophotonics and chemistry, for broad application beyond the scope of solar energy. Current research activities explore how nanofabricated materials can provide systematic control over the thermodynamic parameters governing optical power conversion. By controllably shaping, confining, and interconverting the energy and entropy of a radiation field, several different classes of light-powered heat engines become possible.

Prof. Robert Nielsen joins the ChAMP Program

Fall 2023
Robert Nielsen is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
Nielson’s research interests include quantum mechanical, microkinetic, and data modeling to understand and control chemical reactivity. His group has recently begun a general effort to replace screening in computational materials design problems with optimization. The process combines some representation of Schrodinger’s equation, stat mech, kinetic modeling, traditional chemistry ideas and data science.
https://engineering.uci.edu/users/robert-nielsen

Prof. Sabee Molloi joins the ChAMP Program

Summer 2023

Sabee Molloi is a Professor & Vice Chairman of Research, Radiological Sciences

Molloi’s research interests include quantitative aspects of medical x-ray imaging and its applications to cardiac and breast imaging.

Some of his current projects include:

Spectral breast CT
Myocardial blood flow measurement using CT and its applications to coronary artery disease
Pulmonary blood flow measurement using CT and its applications to lung disease
Quantification of myocardial mass at risk
Detection of ischemic stroke using dual energy CT

https://faculty.uci.edu/profile/?facultyId=3212

2023 Summer BBQ

ChAMP ushered in the new class at our annual summer BBQ on July 14th. Welcome students!

Prof. Elizabeth Lee joins the ChAMP program

Fall 2022

Elizabeth lee is an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering.

Lee’s research interests lie within the broad field of computational materials and chemistry, particularly electronic and chemical processes in solid-state and nanostructured semiconductors. Her research aims to bring fundamental understanding of how the dynamical arrangement of atoms and their electronic structure impact the material-wide properties during their synthesis, processing, and device operating conditions.

Current research activities focus on three areas: (1) quantum point defects in semiconductors, (2) solid-state interfaces in materials for energy applications, and (3) methodological developments for materials modeling using machine learning approaches.

(https://engineering.uci.edu/users/elizabeth-my-lee)

Prof. Ryan Hayes joins the ChAMP program

Fall 2022

Ryan Hayes is an Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

Protein engineering and design has exciting applications in biocatalysis, therapeutics, and nanotechnology. While there are many experimental and computational approaches to protein engineering and design, computational approaches typically suffer from low accuracy. This makes them dependent on high throughput experimental validation and optimization. Therefore, research in the Hayes group focuses on improving the accuracy of computational protein design to enable more efficient use of experimental resources (https://faculty.sites.uci.edu/rhayes1/)