
Arnab Mukherjee
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Chemistry (by courtesy)
Boswell Postdoctoral Fellowship (2014-17), Caltech
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S./M.S., Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Contact: x@ucsb.edu, x = arnabm
Awards: Scialog Fellow, NIH R35 MIRA, DoD Discovery Award, NARSAD Young Investigator
Ph.D. students & Postdocs

Thomas Tang
Ph.D. student, Chemistry
B.S, Chemistry, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Contact: x@umail.ucsb.edu, x=thomastang

Austin Miller
Ph.D. student, Biomolecular Sciences & Engineering
M.S., Biotech., Northwestern U., B.S., Biochemistry & Biophysics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Connie Frank Fellow (2022)
Contact: x@umail.ucsb.edu, x=austinmiller190

Binzhi Xu
Ph.D. student, Biomolecular Sciences & Engineering
B.S., Biological Sciences, UC Irvine
UCSB Regent's Fellow (2020-21)
Contact: x@lifesci.ucsb.edu, x=binzhi

Logan Baldini
Ph.D. student, Chemical Engineering
B.S., Bioengineering, UC San Diego
NSF GRFP, UCSB Regent's Fellow (2021-22), Connie Frank Fellow (2022)
Contact: x@umail.ucsb.edu, x=mbaldini

Asish Ninan Chacko
Ph.D. student, Chemistry
B.S./M.S., Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (Kolkata)
Contact: x@chem.ucsb.edu, x=asishninanchacko

Yimeng Huang
Ph.D. student, Chemistry
B.S., Chemistry & Biology, Brandeis University
Contact: x@chem.ucsb.edu, x=yimenghuang

Jinyang Wan
Ph.D. student, Chemistry
B.S., Biochemistry, UC San Diego
Contact: x@chem.ucsb.edu, x=jinyang_wan

Dr. Kaamini M. Dhanabalan
Postdoctoral scholar
Ph.D., Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
M. Tech., Biotechnology, Amity University (India)
Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Dr. MGR Medical University (India)
Contact: x@ucsb.edu, x=kaaminimd

Hosu Gwak
Ph.D. student, Chemical Engineering (co-advised w. Brad Chmelka)
B.S., Chemical Engineering, KAIST
Contact: x@ucsb.edu, x=gwak
Undergraduate researchers

Chau Pham
Cell & Developmental Biology

Roy Chien
Chemistry

Yuxin (Mark) He
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Emrys Xu
Chemical Engineering

Yifan (Andy) Wang
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

Jiayi (Judy) Wu
Biology

Patrick Saari
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

Brandon Chang
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

Xinyue (Emily) Chen
Biology

Andrew Li
Biology
Graduate and Postdoctoral Alumni

Rochishnu Chowdhury
Postdoctoral scholar, LBNL
Ph.D. (2023) Mechanical Engineering (co-advised with Frederic Gibou)

Dr. Harun Ozbakir
Scientist, Amgen
Postdoctoral scholar (2018-21), Errett Fisher Fellow, UCSB

Dr. Jason Yun
Scientist I, Synthorx Inc. (Sanofi)
Ph.D. (2021) Chemistry, UCSB

Dr. Raymond Borg
Chemistry Lecturer, University of Hawai'i Maui College
Ph.D. (2021), Chemistry, UCSB (co-advised with Irene Chen)
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Dr. Nolan Anderson
Postdoctoral scholar (w. Prof. Todd Oakley, UCSB)
Ph.D. (2023) Chemical Engineering, UCSB
M.S., undergraduate, and intern alumni
Eugene Li, PhD @Caltech, BS, 2022, Chemical Engg.
Honghao Li, PhD @Rice, BS, 2023, Chemistry
Rachel Taylor, PhD @ Penn State, BS, 2020, Chemical Engg.
Charles Yue, Pharm. D. @Touro University, CA, BA, 2020, Chemistry
Isabella Hurvitz, MD/PhD @Harvard, BS, 2023, Bioengineering (Caltech)
Kang-Ching Fan, MS, 2020, Chemical Engg.
Emily Sun, MS, 2020, Chemical Engg.
Anna Maciukiewicz, BS, 2023, Pharmacology
Elizabeth Readey, BS, 2023, Pharmacology
Vannie Liu, BS, 2023, Pharmacology
Jiaan (Mark) Li, BS, 2023, Biology
Ziyue Zhu, BS, 2023, Biology,
Xinyue (Emily) Chen, BS, 2023, Biology
Sungjae (Alex) Yoon, BS, 2023, Biology
Qiaoyu (George) Shen, BS, 2024, Biology
Kevin Yu, BS, 2024, Chemical Engnieering
Vannie Liu, BS, 2023, Pharmacology
Jason Xie, BS, 2023, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Sarah Linderman, BS, 2023 Pharmacology
Katie Pham, BS, 2023, Biology
Victoria Magidova, BS, Chemistry, 2023
Pinyi Li, BS, Chemistry, 2023
Uziel Fuentes, BS, Biology, 2023
Jesse Wong, BS, Biochemistry, 2022
Keith Lau, @Culture Biosciences, BS, 2022, Chemical Engg.
Anna Fenerty, BS, 2021, Biology
Anna Maciukiewicz, BS, 2022, Pharmacology
Zoe Imansjah, @Dow Chemical, BS, 2022, Chemical Engg.
Alan Lim, BS, 2020, Chemical Engg.
Michelle Leong, BS, 2020, Pharmacology
Audrey Chow, BS, 2022, Biopsychology
Aaron Levy, BS, 2020, Chemistry
Kiara Fishman, BS, 2019, Biology
Sumidha Tadimeti, BS, 2019, Biology
Zaina Demeyo, BS, 2023, New Mexico Highlands University, Summer 2023
Caroline Rogers (Santa Barbara High School), Summer 2024
Luana Acosta (San Marcos High School), Summer 2024
Jonathan Tafoya (Great Oaks High School), Summer 2023
Ryan Davis (Dos Pueblos High School), Summer 2023
Xiwen Fang, Research Tech, 2022-23