Graduate Student Biochemistry, Molecular, and Structural Biology PhD Program (June 2025 – Present) Jake received his B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 2020 from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He worked as an undergraduate and lab technician in Harry Noller’s lab in Santa Cruz from 2019 to 2024, where he researched the structure […]
Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology PhD Program (June 2026- Present) Chris graduated with a B.A. in Biochemistry from Occidental College in 2023, where he performed organic chemistry research on the stereoselective synthesis of unnatural amino acids. Following his graduation, he moved to Germany as a post-bacc fellow in the lab of Dr. Zoya Ignatova where […]
Chemistry PhD Program (Chemical Biology) (December 2024-Present) Michelle Thaxton graduated from Loyola Marymount University in 2022, receiving her B.S. in Biochemistry. She studied screening to identify compounds capable of preventing the aggregation of Aβ42 and Islet Amyloid Polypeptide in Alzheimer’s disease and type 2 diabetes respectively. She then worked for two years in the Rao […]
Biochemistry, Molecular, and Structural Biology PhD Program (March 2024-Present) Adrian received his B.S. in Biochemistry (2023) from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and he is beginning the first year of the BMSB PhD Program in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. His undergraduate work focused on site-directed mutagenesis of specific 70S ribosomal proteins in preparation for […]
Chemistry PhD Program (Chemical Biology) (December 2023-Present) B.S in Chemistry, B.S in Biology, and B.F.A Studio Art from Chapman University. Beginning her PhD in Chemistry. During her undergraduate career, she pursued research in computational chemistry. Her research focused on the oxidant sensing and selectivity of zinc-sulfur complexes implicated in bacterial redox sensing. Utilizing both molecular […]
Biochemistry, Molecular, and Structural Biology PhD Program (March 2024-Present) Aubrey graduated with a B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with a minor in Health Sciences from Chapman University. As a member of Chapman’s food protection lab, she studied the optimization of DNA extraction methods for the detection of canned tuna species under Dr. Rosalee Hellberg. […]