People

Lab Director

Member Honorary

Robert Damrauer

Robert Damrauer

Professor Emeritus
Our friend and guest member, although he does not want to be called a computational chemist
Dana

Dana Lee

Volunteer since 2019 (giving creative advice on Mrs. Chon's project...)

Current Lab Member

Nara Chon

Nara Chon

Professional Research Assistant
(2011-2014 Undergraudate, 2015-2018 MS, 2018-now PRA), 9 papers, 3 talks, 27 posters. Honors: NSF Granduate Fellowhsip Honorable Mention, ACS National Meeting Poster Award, ACS Student Travel Award, ACS Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry, ACS RMRM Presentation Award, UCD Chancellor's Award in Excellence, UCD Kisslinger Award, UCD Butcher Innovation Award, UCD CLAS Outstanding MS Student, UCD LABCOATS Scholar, UCD Bob Damrauer Scholarship, UCD Marti Barrett Scholarship, UCD Chemistry Senior Graduate Student...
Muhamadjon Dzhalolov

Muhamadjon Dzhalolov

(2023-now, undergraduate) EURECA Award, 1 poster
Sam Fredrick

Sam Fredrick

(2023-now, Undergraduate student) EURECA Award, 1 talk, 2 posters
FaithMontemayor

Faith Montemayor

(2023-now undergraduate, co-supervised with Prof. Emilie Guidez) MARC UStar Scholar, EURECA Award, SCANAS Travel Award, 2 posters
sophie_morgan

Sophie Morgan

(2024-now undergraduate)
Jennifer Nguyen

Jennifer Nguyen

(2022-now, Undergraduate student) 2 talks, 4 posters, McNair Scholar, Bob Damrauser Scholar, Doug Dyckes Scholar, Jean Dreyfus Undergraduate Research Award, RaCAS Presentation Award, EURECA Award

Virkam Raju

(2023-now, Cherry Creek High School Student, co-supervised with Prof. Jeff Knight)
Julia Roma

Julia Roma

(2024 postbac, 2024-now MS stduent, co-supervised with Prof. Emilie Guidez)
Bryce

Bryce Westheimer

(2024-now Postdoc, co-supervised with Dr. Emilie Guidez)

Hall of Fame Former Lab Members

Lauren Ader

Lauren Ader

(2009-2010 Undergraduate , now a professional ballet dancer. ) 1 paper, 1 poster, Honor: UROP Award.
ZeynaAouad

Zeyna Aouad

(2020-2022, undergraduate) EURECA scholar, 1 poster
Henoch Argaw

Henoch Argaw

(2016 high-school student, went to MIT for college, passed away in 2017 RIP)
Baris Aydintug

Baris Aydintug

(2017-2021 Undergraduate) , 3 papers, 1 talk, 4 posters. Honor: Biophysical Society Travel Award, SACNAS Travel Award, MARC Scholar, EuRECA scholar, UROP Award, UCD RaCAS Presentation Award, UCD Bob Damrauer Scholaship.

Yishak Bedaso

(2019 undergraduate, attend Yale School of Medicine)
Shamik Bhat

Shamik Bhat

(2017-2021 undergraduate, attend Yale School of Medicine with full ride scholarship), 1 paper, 1 computer program, 5 posters, Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium Scholarship , min-UROP Award, UROP Award, EuRECA Scholar
SabrinaChow

Sabrina Chow

(2022-2022 visiting undergraduate researcher from Cornell University)
JonathanChurch

Jonathan Church

Jonathan Church (2012-2013 Undergraduate , Went to CU-Boulder for PhD. Now a postdoc at Hebrew U, Israel ) 1 paper, 1 poster. Honor: UCD Chemistry Outstanding Graduating Major.
ChristalDavis

Christal Davis

(2012-2015 Undergraduate, Went to CU Medical School for PhD) Publication: 2 papers, 7 posters; Honor: NSF Graduate Fellowship, Biophysical Society Minority Affairs Committee Travel Award, ACS Student Travel Award, UROP Award, Damrauer Scholarship, Marti Barrett Scholarship, TA/Milash Award, Outstanding Graduating Major

Scott Dawkins

(2016 K-12 teacher, now a K-12 teacher.)
Julia Deyanova

Julia (Yuliya) Deyanova

(2017-2019 Undergraduate, went to MS in Integrated Sciences at CU-Denver, now an engineer at Ball Areospace) 2 posters, UCD Bob Damrauer Scholarship, UCD RaCAS Presentation Award

Joseph Duncan

(2023, 2024 K-12 teacher, now a K-12 teacher.)
AdamDuster

Adam Duster

(2015-2017 MS, 2017-2021 PhD), 12 papers, 1 computer program, 1 talk, 14 posters. Honors: Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium Symposium Presentation Award, UCD Chemistry Incoming Graduate Student Research Fellowship, UCD RaCAS Presentation Award .
Ethan Dusto

Ethan Dusto

(2010, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2024 K-12 Teacher, Now a K-12 teacher.)

David Faktorovich

(2010 Undergraduate, went to A.T. Still University medical school.)

Conley Flynn

(2016 K-12 teacher, now a K-12 teacher.)
Foscato Marco

Marco Foscato

(2016 Visiting postdoc from University of Bergen, Norway, Now permanent research staff at U Bergen, Norway.)
Christina Garza

Christina Garza

(2014-2017 Undergraduate , now in full-ride PhD-MD program at UC San Diego ), 3 papers, 2 talks, 7 posters. Honors: ACS Studen t Travel Award, Biophysical Society Travel Award, SACNAS Travel Award, MARC Scholar, UROP Award .

Stephanie Guilliams

(2012 K-12 teacher, now a K-12 teacher.)

Keith Harrison

(2023, 2024 K-12 teacher, now a K-12 teacher.)
JackHenderson

Jack Henderson

(2013-2016 Undergraduate . Went to U Maryland for PhD. ) 2 papers, 7 posters. Honor: ACS Student Leadership Award, ACS National Meeting Poster Award, ACS Student Travel Award, Jean Dreyfus Undergraduate Research Award, UCD Chemistry Outstanding Graduating Major, UROP Award .
Edith Huizar

Edith Huizar

(2020-2021 Undergraduate, n ow an undergrad at CU-Denver )

Lam Huynh

(2017 Undergraduate, now attend CU Dental School)
Cecelia Johnson-Sasso

Cecelia Johnson-Sasso

(2012-2014 Undergraduate, Went to CU School of Medicine. ) 2 posters.
EmilyJowsey

Emily Jowsey

(2017 Undergraduate, UCD MS program in Teacher Education, Now a K-12 teacher)

Kaleigh Karlen

(2024 K-12 teacher, currently a K-12 teacher)
EunKim

Eun Kim

(2011-2013 Undergraduate , Went to Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine . ) 3 posters. Honor: UCD Chancellor's Award in Excellence , UCD Marti Barrett Scholarship , UROP Award.
Jeffery Kim

Jeffery Kim

(2007 MS. Went to Rush Medical College. ) 1 paper, 1 poster.
Kevin Kim

Kevin Kim

(2010-2011 Undergraduate. Went to CU School of Medicine. ) 1 poster. Honor: UCD Chemistry Outstanding Graduating Major. UROP Award.

Sungjoon (Christopher) Kim

(2019 Undergraduate, Now an undergraduate at UC-Denver)
Sierra Knodle

Sierra Knodle

(2019-2021 Undergraduate, 2021-2022 MS student, 2022-2023 volunteer), 1 poster, UROP Award
Tanja Kovacevic

Tanja Kovacevic

(2017-2020 Undergraduate, went to UC-Berkerley for PhD), 6 posters, NSF Graduate Fellowship, ACS Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry, Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium Scholarship, MARC Scholar, McNair Scholar, SACNAS Travel Award, UROP Award, UCD RaCAS Presentation Award, UCD Bob Damrauer Scholarship , UCD Chemistry Outstanding Graduating Major , Marti Barrett Scholarship, UCD Academic Research Expo Poster Award
Jason Lathrop

Jason Lathop

(2011 Undergraduate, Went to UC-San Diego for PhD.)
Eliane Lime

Eliane Lime

(2007 Visiting PhD from University of Bergen, Norway) Now a postdoc at Gothenburg University, Sweden.
Dante Merrill

Dante Merrill

(2014-2016 Undergraduate , Went to Virginia Commondwealth U medical school. ) 1 poster, Honor: UROP Award.
Danielle Miller

Danielle Miller

( 2015-2018 Undergraduate , went to South Dakota Medical School ), 1 paper, 1 talk, 3 posters. Honor: ACS Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry, UCD Chemistry Outstanding Graduating Major , UCD RaCAS Presentation Award , UCD Marti Barrett Scholarship, UCD Doug Dyckes Scholarship, UROP Award

Brenda Moll

(2016 Undergraduate, Now an engineer at Lockheed Martin.)
Phani Morisetti

Phani Morisetti

(2007-2008 Undergraduate, 2008 MS, Went to Saba University School of Medicine. ) 1 paper, 3 posters. Honor: UROP Award.
Mikias Negussie

Mikias Negussie

(2017-2020 Undergraduate, went to UC San Francisco medical school with full-ride scholarship) 2 papers, 1 talk, 6 posters, Riesher Scholarship, UCD RaCAS Presentation Award

Jocelyn Nguyen-Reed

(2017, 2019 K-12 Teacher. Now a K-12 teacher.)
Hajar Nsiri

Hajar Nsiri

(2016 Visiting PhD from University of Bergen, Norway, Now a PhD at U Bergen, Norway. )
Jillian Oviedo

Jillian Oviedo

(2018-2021 Undergraduate, now working in medical field) 3 posters, EuRECA Scholar, UROP Award, UCD Doug Dyckes Scholarship, UCD Marti Barrett Scholarship
Kuntae Park

KunTae Park

(2006-2007 MS, Now works in industry.)
Soroosh Pezeshki

Soroosh Pezeshki

(2010-2014 postdoc, Now works in industry. ) 9 papers, 1 computer program, 6 talks, 11 posters.

Mike Ripko

(2011 K-12 teacher, now a K-12 teacher.)
Christopher Riplinger

Christopher Riplinger

(2007 Visiting PhD from U Bonn, Germany, Postdoc at Princeton U.)

Peggy Rizzo

(2011 K-12 teacher, now a K-12 teacher.)
Carrie Ryan

Carrie Ryan

(2007-2008 Undergraduate, Went to Penn State U for PhD. Now a New York Times bestseller author.)
Tasha Schoenstein

Tasha Schoenstein

(2011 high-school student, went to MIT for college, graduate study at Harvard U.)
Natalie Schultz

Natalie Schultz

(2021-2024, MS student, now work at National Renewable Energy Laboratory) 1 paper, 2 talks, 4 posters

Catherine Sedalnick

(2012 K-12 teacher, now a K-12 teacher.)
EunbieShin

Eun-Bie Shin

(2015-2016 Undergraduate, 2016-2017 Volunteer , went to PhD program at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST )) 3 posters
Daniel Silverstein

Daniel Silverstein

( 2008 Undergraduate, Went to Penn State U for PhD, postdoc at U Chicago, passed away in 2017 RIP.)
Lynelle Smith

Lynelle Smith

(2008-2009 Undergraduate, went to CU School of Medicine. ) 1 paper, UCD Marti Barrett Scholarship .
Mia Smith

Mia Smith

(2010-2011 Undergraduate , went to full-ride VetD-PhD program at Colorado State U, now Assistant Professor at CU School of Medicine) 1 paper, 1 talk, 1 poster. Honor: UCD Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award, UROP Award.
Billy Stone

Billy Stone

(2020-2021 Undergraduate from CU-Colorado Springs, 2023 MS student in Biostatistics program at CU Anschutz ) XSEDE EMPOWER scholar

Jennifer Swanson

(2011, 2012 K-12 teacher, now a K-12 teacher.)
Michael Swing

Michael Swing

(2020-2022 Undergraduate) EURECA scholar, 1 poster
Sahitya Talacutla

Sahitya Talachutla

(2017-2021 Undergradaute, attend CU Medial School), 1 paper, 1 computer program, 3 potsers, Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium Scholarship , UCD RaCAS Presentation Award, UROP Award
Anh Tran

Anh Tran

(2022-2024, MS student co-advised with Prof. Emilie Guidez) 1 paper, 1 poster, CU-Denver Chancellor’s Graduate Scholarship
Sherleen Tran

Sherleen Tran

(2016-2020 Undergraduate, went to U Colorado Dental School) 2 papers, 6 posters, Honor: mini-UROP Award
Lesley tyk

Lesley Tyk

(2011-2013 Undergraduate. Now works in industry. ) 2 posters. Honor: UROP Award, UCD McNair Scholar.
Quillen Verner

Quillen Verner

(2020-2021 Undergraduate, now work in industry)
Chun-Hung Wang

Chun-Hung Wang

(2016-2017 postdoc, now an Assistant Professor in Northland Pioneer College in Arizona ), 3 papers, 1 talk, 2 posters
Hong-yan Wang

Hong-yan Wang

( 2006 Visiting Professor from Sichuan University, China, Now a professor at Southwest Jiaotong University, China.)

Jerry Wang

(2022-2023 Rock Canyon High School Student, 2023-now CU-Boulder undergraduate) 1 computer code
Eric Wooten

Eric Wooten

(2023-2024, MS student) 1 talk, 2 posters, CU-Denver Chancellor’s Graduate Scholarship
MacKenzie Zarecki

Mackenzie Zarecki

(2015-2017 Undergraduate , was a professional ballet dancer, now a research technician at Jonhs Hopkins University. ) 1 paper, 2 posters, Honor: UROP Award, UCD Marti Barrett Scholarship,
Yan Zhang

Yan Zhang

(2006-2008, postdoc , Now a professor at Dalian Maritime Univeristy, China. ) 6 paper, 1 computer program, 6 posters.