Alumni

Postdoc & Research Associates

Dr. Xiaofeng Wei

Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Scientist
(03/2016-10/2018)
Ph.D. FuZhou University (and Xiamen University), China, 2016

Dr. Jie Zhang

Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Scientist
(08/2016 -07/2018 )
Ph.D. Tsinghua University, China, 2016

Dr. Guanglei Fu

Postdoctoral Fellow
(07/2014 -05/2016)
Ph.D. Harbin Institute of Technology, China, 2013
Current Position: Associate Professor, Ningbo University, China

Dr. Sai Krishna Katla

Research Associate /Postdoc
(05/2015 -01/2017 )
Ph.D. Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), India 2010

Dr. Sudhakaraprasad Kariate

Research Associate/Postdoctoral Fellow
(2014 -2015 )
Ph.D. National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan, 2009
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Yenepoya University, India

Dr. Peng zuo

Postdoctoral Fellow
(02/2012 - 03/2013)
Current Position: Associate Professor, East China University of Science & Technology, China

Dr. Ken Cheung

Visiting Research Associate
(04/2012 -04/2013 )
Ph.D. NorthWestern University, USA, 1992

Dr. Feng Shen

Research Associate
(2012)
Current Position: Associate Professor at Beijing University of Technology, China.

Dr. Wei Wei

Research Associate
(2018)
Associate Professor @ School of Computer, Electronics & Information, Guangxi University, China
Ph.D. South China University of Technoloy, China, 2004

Dr. Jianfei Xia

Research Associate (2019-2020)
Current Position: Chair, Department of Chemistry, Qindao University

Dr. Qunqun Guo

Research Associate
2018-2019

Graduate Students

Dr. Hamed Tavakoli

Ph.D. 05/2022

Dr. Lei Ma

Ph.D., 12/2021
Current position: Postdoc @ MD Anderson cancer center
Award: Keelung Hong Graduate Research Fellowship

Dr. Wan Zhou

Ph.D. 12/2020
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Postdoc @ UPenn
Award: Keelung Hong Graduate Research Fellowship

Dr. Sanjay Timilsina

Ph.D. 05/2018
Department: Chemistry
Postdoc @ Harvard University
Award: Best Dissertation

Dr. Maowei Dou

Ph.D. 12/2016
Department: Chemistry
Email: mdou@miners.utep.edu
Current Position: Postdoc @ PNNL Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Award: Best Dissertation

Juan Sanchez

Graduate Student
01/2015 Master's Degree
Department: Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Current Position: Associate Scientist, Intrexon Corporaion

Kaiqiang Hu

Master degree, 2021

Qijie Jin

Ph.D. Student 2018

Master of Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, China, 2017
Department: Chemistry

Xiyue Cao

Ph.D. Student
2019

Undergraduate Students & High School students

Cynthia Bautista

NIH BUILDing Scholar Undergraduate
2019-2021
Current Position: Graduate student in Mayo Clinic
Academic and Research Excellence Award for Undergraduate Student

Yousef Abugalyon

NIH BUILDing Scholar Undergraduate
2019-2020
Academic and Research Excellence Award for Undergraduate Student

Yunqi Shi

COURI Summer Research Undergraduate
(05/2019-08/2019)
Beijing Normal University
COURI Poster Award

Huaqing Du

COURI Summer Research Undergraduate
(05/2019-08/2019)
Beijing Normal University

Cindy Himmelhaver

Undergraduate Researcher
(12/2017 -12/2018 )
Department of Chemistry

Sergio Barrios

NIH BUILDing Scholar Undergraduate
(01/2016 -06/2018 )
Institution: UTEP biochemistry
Current Position: Graduate Student, Rice University

Zayra Dorado

NIH RISE Scholar Undergraduate
(01/2017 -05/2018 )
Institution: EPCC, BME
Current Position: Graduate Student, UT Dallas