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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. Qi Song joins the ChAMP Program

Spring 2025

Qi Song is an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Song’s research interests lie within the discovery of low-dimensional quantum materials through atomic-scale synthesis, spectroscopy characterization, and device development leveraging interface states and emergent quantum effects.

https://engineering.uci.edu/users/qi-song

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)

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