Current Members

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Sergey V. Pronin

Associate Professor, FRH 5042A

Ph.D., University of Chicago, IL, 2010

B.S., Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, 2005

(949) 824 4193

spronin@uci.edu

 

Sarah E. Bredenkamp

5th year graduate student, FRH 5024

B.S., College of William and Mary, VA, 2018

(949) 824 9568

sbredenk@uci.edu

 

Daniel Essayan

4th year graduate student, FRH 5024

B.A., Occidental College, CA, 2019

(949) 824 9568

dessayan@uci.edu

 

Partho K. Paul

Eugene Cota Robles Fellow

3rd year graduate student, FRH 5032

B.S., UC Riverside, CA, 2020

(949) 824 9568

pkpaul@uci.edu

 

Amy Cheung

2nd year graduate student, FRH 5032

B.S., UC Davis, CA, 2021

(949) 824 9568

cheunga8@uci.edu

 

Dawid K. Fiejtek

2nd year graduate student, FRH 5012

B.S., Northeastern University, CA, 2018

(949) 824 9568

dfiejtek@uci.edu

 

Matthew Schubach

2nd year graduate student, FRH 5004

B.S., The Pennsylvania State University, PA, 2021

(949) 824 9568

mschubac@uci.edu

 

Chad Cribbs

1st year graduate student, FRH 5012

B.S., UC Los Angeles, CA, 2022

(949) 824 9568

ccribbs@uci.edu

 

Taranee Puri

1st year graduate student, FRH 5024

B.A., Boston University, MA, 2020

(949) 824 9568

purit@uci.edu

 

Jeanelle Smoot

1st year graduate student, FRH 5004

B.S., UC Davis, CA, 2018

(949) 824 9568

jsmoot@uci.edu

 

Ari Zahabian

1st year graduate student, FRH 5032

B.S., UC Santa Barbara, CA, 2022

(949) 824 9568

azahabia@uci.edu

 

Former Members

Nicholas J. Foy

Ph.D., 2022

2017 NSF GRFP honorable mention

B.A., Occidental College, CA, 2017

Next: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, La Jolla, CA

 

William P. Thomas ♦ ♦

Ph.D., 2022

2022 Harold W. Moore Award

2021 Allergan Graduate Fellow

2019 NSF GRFP honorable mention

B.S., University of Santa Clara, CA, 2017

Next: Bristol Myers Squibb, La Jolla, CA

 

Eric E. Touney

Ph.D., 2021

2020 Allergan Graduate Fellow

B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, 2016

Next: Pfizer, Boulder, CO

 

Christopher A. Discolo

Ph.D., 2020

B.A., Occidental College, CA, 2014

Next: Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA

 

Devon J. Schatz 

Ph.D., 2020

B.S., University of Alberta, Canada, 2015

Next: Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA

 

Wenqin Li

B.S., 2020

Next: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

 

marshall

Marshall D. Young

M.S., 2019

B.S., Oregon State University, OR, 2014

Next: Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA

 

Eric

Eric J. Kuenstner ♦ 

Ph.D., 2019

B.A., Hamilton College, NY, 2012

Next: Entasis Therapeutics, Waltham, MA

 

1

Nicole A. Godfrey 

Ph.D., 2019

NSF GRFP Fellow

B.S., University of California Riverside, CA, 2014

Next: GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA

 

2

Stephen D. Holmbo 

Ph.D., 2019

2019 Harold W. Moore Award

2017 Allergan Graduate Fellow

B.S., University of Idaho, ID, 2013

Next: Gilead Sciences, Seattle, WA

 

David T. George 

Ph.D., 2018

2016 Eli Lilly Graduate Fellow

B.S., University of Rochester, NY, 2013

Next: Bristol Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, NJ

 

Samuel L. Drew

Postdoctoral research associate, 2016-2017

Ph.D., Australian National University, Australia, 2016

B.S., University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 2010

Next: Arcus Biosciences, CA

 

3

Joshua J. Hirner

Postdoctoral research associate, 2014-2015

Ph.D., University of California Irvine, CA, 2014

B.S., Truman State University, MO, 2009

Next: Honeywell UOP, IL

 

Riley E. Cooper

2021 NSF GRFP Fellow

B.S., Louisiana Tech University, LA, 2019

Next: graduate student with Elizabeth Jarvo, UC Irvine

 

Franco A. Llamas

B.A., University of Wisconsin: Madison, WI, 2020

Next: graduate student with Christopher Vanderwal, UC Irvine

 

Erika

Erika L. Lucas

B.S., University of California Santa Cruz, CA, 2014

Next: graduate student with Elizabeth Jarvo, UC Irvine