ADMINSTRATIVE STAFF
Kathy Fritz
• Administrative Lab Coordinator
• kfritz(at)scripps.edu
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Yeongyu Hwang, PD1
• yhwang(at)scripps.edu
• Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2021, KAIST (S. Chang)
• B.S. in Chemistry, 2016, Sogang University
Malkanthi K. Karunananda, PD5
• mkarun(at)scripps.edu
• Cottrell Postdoctoral Fellow
• Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2017, University of Illinois, Chicago (N.P. Mankad)
• B.Sc. in Chemistry, 2010, University of Kelaniya
Skyler Mendoza, PD1
• skmendoza(at)scripps.edu
• NSF MPS-Ascend Fellow
• Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2021, Caltech (S.E. Reisman)
• B.S. University of Washington, Seattle (G.D. Horwitz), 2016
Johny Nguyen, PD1
• jonguyen(at)scripps.edu
• Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2022, Vanderbilt University (S.D. Townsend)
• B.S. in Chemical Engineering/Chemistry, 2017, UC Riverside (D.B.C. Martin, R. Sarpong)
Amit Simlandy, PD1
• asimlandy(at)scripps.edu
• Postdoc, Indiana University (M.K. Brown)
• Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2018, Indian Institute of Science (S. Mukherjee)
• M.S. Visva-Bharati (A. Hazra), 2013
• B.S. Visva-Bharati, 2011
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Omar Apolinar, G3
• oapoli@scripps.edu
• NSF Graduate Research Fellow
• B.S. in Biochemistry, 2019, CSU San Marcos (R. G. Iafe)
Taeho Kang, G4
• tkang(at)scripps.edu
• Kwanjeong Educational Foundation Fellow
• B.S. in Chemistry, 2018, KAIST (S. Han)
Zi-Qi Li, G4
• ziqili(at)scripps.edu
• BMS Graduate Fellow
• B.S. in Chemistry, 2018, Nankai University (S.-F. Zhu; Q.-L. Zhou; J.-Q. Yu.)
Rei Matsuura, G6
• matsuura(at)scripps.edu
• joint w/ Blackmond
• Honjo Fellow
• B.S. in Chemistry, 2016, Princeton University (R. R. Knowles)
Lucas Oxtoby, G4
• loxtoby(at)scripps.edu
• NSF Graduate Research Fellow
• B.S. in Chemistry, 2018, UW Madison (J. M. Shomaker)
Camille Rubel, G2
• crubel(at)scripps.edu
• B.S. in Chemistry, 2020, UC Berkeley (J. F. Hartwig)
Juntao Sun, G1
• jusun(at)scripps.edu
• B.S. in Chemistry, 2020, Nankai University (B.-T. Guan)
Shenghua Yang, G1
• shyang(at)scripps.edu
• B.S. in Chemistry, 2021, UCSD (Y. Tor; P.S. Baran)
Alena Vasquez, G4
• alvasquez(at)scripps.edu
• NSF Graduate Research Fellow
• B.S. in Chemistry, 2018, Oregon State (R. G. Carter)
VISITING GRADUATE STUDENTS
Warabhorn Rodphon, G4
• wrodphon(at)scripps.edu
• Ph.D. student at Chulabhorn Graduate Institute (J. Tummatorn)
• B.S. in Chemistry, 2016, Kasetsart University
UNDERGRADUATES
Gabrielle Martinez, UG4
• CSU San Marcos (R.G. Iafe)
• SURF Intern (starting soon!)
• Major: Chemistry
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Anna Liu
• Rancho Bernardo High School (’23)
GROUP MASCOT
Hermione, 6th Year Puppy
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