Directory

Thuc-Quyen Nguyen

CPOS Director
Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry

3122 Chem
Organic semiconducting materials for molecular electronics and optoelectronic devices.

Suangsiri Arunlimsawat

Visiting Graduate Student Researcher
Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Thailand
Nguyen Group

PSBN 2520C
Optical field, especially fluorescent emitting materials and OLED applications.

Zhiyu Bo

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Yang
2022-present

 

Arunavo Chakraborty

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Menard; Co-Advisor: Sepunaru
2019-present

Christy Du

Undergraduate Student
Nguyen Group
March 2024 - present

Mingxuan Guo

Undergraduate Student
Nguyen Group
May 2023 - present

Shivshankar Mane

Postdoctoral Researcher
Carlini Group
2023-present

Favorite Molecule: Norborene

Zhongze Qu

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Nguyen
2022-present

Brian Roehrich

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Sepunaru
2019-present

Thanh Vuong

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor:Sepunaru
2022-present

Organic Semiconductors for Bioelectronic Devices and Photodetectors

Elif Sila Akbulut

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Carlini Group
2023-present

Omar Alkhairi

Undergraduate Student
Sepunaru Group
2023 - present

Guillermo Bazan

Professor Emeritus, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Polymer design, synthesis and processing.

Kennice Brennan

Undergraduate Student
Nguyen Group
September 2023 - present

Kyle Brown

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Carlini Group
2023-present

Andrea Carlini

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

The Carlini Group synthesizes structurally dynamic biomaterials, which are integrated into wearable/implantable devices for closed-loop medical surveillance and therapeutic drug delivery.

Alyssa Carlson

Undergraduate Student
Sepunaru Group

Michael Chabinyc

Professor, Materials Department, UCSB

3219 Elings Hall
Organic and inorganic materials for electronic and photonic applications

Betty Chen

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Yang
2021-present

Jingcong Chen

Undergraduate Student
Nguyen Group
2021-present

Organic photodetectors and organic photovoltaics

Wesley Chen

Undergraduate Student
Nguyen Group
April 2024-present

Xiaowang Chen

Postdoctoral Researcher
Yang Lab
2024-present

Research focused on catalytic asymmetric synthesis with CO2.

Lei Cheng

Postdoctoral Associate
Yang Group
2022-present

Research focused on nickel-catalyzed hydrofunctionalization of dienes

Lida Cheng

Undergraduate Student
Yang Group

Michael Chin

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Yang
2020-present

Dylan Choi

Undergraduate Student
Nguyen Group
2021-2023

OPV and Machine Learning.

Yelim Choi

Visiting Graduate Student Researcher
University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Nguyen Group

Stable and Stretchable Organic Photovoltaics, Thin Film Morphology and Characterization of Semiconducting Materials, Interfacial Engineering of Optoelectronics.

Connor Davis

Graduate Student, Biomolecular Science and Engineering
Advisor: Sepunaru
2019-present

Haowen Deng

Undergraduate Student
Yang Group

Xagros Faraji

Undergraduate Student
Sepunaru Group
From: 2023

Jordan Fishburn

Undergraduate Student
Nguyen Group
From: April 2024

Ben Fishler

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Carlini Group
2023-present

Joseph Gott

Undergraduate Student
Sepunaru Group
From: 2023

Hyeju (Amy) Han

Undergraduate Student
Bazan Group
From: January 2024

Alan Heeger

Professor Emeritus

4415 Broida
Semiconducting and metallic polymers with focus on high mobility field effect transistors and low cost “plastic” solar cells.

Kaipeng Hou

Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher
University of California San Francisco
Yang Group

De novo metalloprotein design.

Qingdong Hu

Postdoctoral Researcher
Yang Group
August 2024 - present

Research focused on the development of asymmetric diversity transformations of propargylic alcohol derivatives, facilitating the construction of various chiral compounds and the efficient synthesis of a range of chiral bioactive molecules. 

Wei Huang

Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Polymers and Organic Solids
Yang Group
2023-present

Research focused on the development of cobalt-catalyzed stereoselective C-C bond forming reactions with unsaturated hydrocarbons.

Karin Iwa

Visiting Graduate Student Researcher
Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University
Nguyen Group

Research focused on the inverted non-fullerene organic photovoltaic using the PEDOT:PSS hole-transport layer fabricated in dried environment.

Yun Kyung Jung

Visiting Professor
Inje University / Professor
Nguyen Group

PSBN 2520E

Brian Kim

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Nguyen
2023-present

Benjamin Krohn-Hansen Krohn-Hansen

Undergraduate Student
Yang Group
2021 - present

Yunyan Lai

Undergraduate Student
Nguyen Group

Characterizing perovskite solar cells.

Emmanuel Lanuza

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Nguyen
2021-present

Synthesis of Organic Semiconductors and Conjugated Polyelectrolytes. Molecular Structure relationship to Organic semiconductor devices.

Chongtao Li

Undergraduate Student
Yang Group

Kunyu Li

Undergraduate Student
Nguyen Group
From: 2021

Organic Electrochemical Transistors

Ken Lin

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Yang
2024-present

Yin-Chen Lin

Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Sepunaru, Gordon, Morse
2022-present

Sophie Lipkin

Undergraduate Student
Sepunaru Group

An Liu

Postdoctoral Associate
Yang Group
2024-present

Research focused on fluorocarbon chain elongation.

Eric Liu

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Sepunaru
2021-present

Huichong Liu

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Yang
2023 - present

Alexander A. Mikhailovsky

Optical Characterization Lab Manager, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Chem 3312
Ultrafast optical spectroscopy, scanning probe microscopy, physics of nanostructures.

Alex Moreland

Posdoctoral Researcher, Center for Polymers and Organic Solids
Bazan Group
2022-present

Materials Chemistry

Emile Morin

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor Carlini
2022-present

Sam Mugiraneza

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Nguyen
2022-present

Nathan Nasseri

Undergraduate Student
Advisor: Carlini
2022-present

Favorite Molecule: beta-alanine

Elena Nicolae

Business Manager
Center for Polymers & Organic Solids

2520A PSB-North

Miguel Orozco

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Sepunaru
2022-present

Sung Heum Park

Visiting Professor
Pukyong National University / Professor
Nguyen Group

PSBN 2520E

An Pham

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Carlini Group
2023-present

Sydney Pham

Undergraduate Student
Nguyen Group
From: October 2023

Sofia Rivalta Popescu

Undergraduate Student
Sepunaru Group

Miao Qi

Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher
Yang Group

Protein design and engineering for catalysis

Javier Read de Alaniz

Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Associate Director of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)

The goal of our research is to develop robust and efficient synthetic approaches to functional materials, with a focus on the design and development of light-responsive materials and development of new methods to access well-defined polymers and biomaterials.

Hannah Robertson

Undergraduate Student
Bazann Group
From: January 2024

Gala Rodriguez

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor:Sepunaru
2023-present

Thomas Rohan

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Yang & Lipshutz
2023-present

Lior Sepunaru

Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Chem 1161
Bioelectronics at the nano scale, including the study of enzyme catalysis and development of new generation of biosensors.

Gaurab Jung Thapa

Postdoctoral Researcher
Nguyen Group
September 2024 - present

Research focused on improving the performance and stability of organic photodetectors. 

Kate Thomas

Undergraduate Student
Nguyen Group
June 2024 - present

Yu-Cheng Tseng

Visiting Graduate Student Researcher
College of Engineering, National Taiwan University
Nguyen Group

Focusing on the research of the device physics of Organic Solar Cells (OSCs), the application and characterization of organic semiconductors, electrochemical measurements, and Lithium-ion storage devices.

Rushil Vasant

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Nguyen
2023-present

Yon Visell

Assistant Professor; Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Haptic engineering, robotics, and the mechanics and neuroscience of touch.

Vojtech Vlcek

Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Chem 4138A
Charge Transport and Charge Recombination; Interfaces in Organic Optoelectronics; Organic Semiconducting & Light Harvesting Materials

Hiba Wakidi

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Nguyen
2019-present

Yuxiang Wan

Undergraduate Student
Nguyen Group
From: 2021

Huanan Wang

Postdoctoral Associate
Center for Polymers & Organic Solids
Yang Group
2022-present

Devoted to develop novel biocatalytic strategies to solve the challenging problems in synthetic organic chemistry.

Quanquan Wang

Postdoctoral Researcher
Center for Polymers & Organic Solids
Yang Group
2023-present

Sugar chemistry and Biocatalysis.

Stephanie Wang

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Sepunaru
2019-present

Tianci Wang

Posdoctoral Researcher, Center for Polymers and Organic Solids
Yang Group
2022-present

Research focused on the development of palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic C-H functionalization reactions.

Nick Watkins

Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Polymers and Organic Solids
Sepunaru Group
2023-present

Catherine Wen

Undergraduate Student
Nguyen Group
From: October 2023

Kaden Wheeler

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor:Sepunaru
2023-present

Vivian Worthington

Undergraduate Student
Nguyen Group
From: March 2023

Fred Wudl

Professor Emeritus, Chemistry & Biochemistry

3213 Elings Hall
Organic & Bioorganic; Materials Chemistry; Molecular Design & Synthesis; Devices, Assembly & Nanochemistry

Yang Yang

Assistent Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry

CHEM 1161D, PSBN 2608 (lab)
The Yang laboratory devises novel biocatalytic strategies to tackle challenging problems in synthetic organic chemistry.

Jae Young Kim

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Nguyen
2022-present

Chen Zhang

Postdoctoral Associate
Center for Polymers & Organic Solids
Yang Group
2022-present

Research focused on carbohydrates chemistry and developed new photoredox methods for glycosylation and carbohydrate functionalization.

Kun Zhang

Visiting Graduate Student Researcher
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yang Group

Xingjie Zhang

Visiting Associate Professor
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan, China/Associate Professor
Yang Group

PSBN 2520C
Research interest is on the invention of novel, green and efficient synthetic methodologies by using earth- abundant metal catalysts.

Zheng Zhang

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Yang
2023-present

Leo Zhao

Undergraduate Student
Bazan Group
From: January 2024

Liupeng Zhao

Postdoctoral Associate
Center for Polymers & Organic Solids
Yang Group
2022-present

Research focused on the development of [2+2+2] cascade cyclization reactions involving indole derivatives

Jun Zhou

Graduate Student, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Advisor: Yang
2023 - present

Ziyu Zhou

Visiting Graduate Student Researcher
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yang Group