Prof. Lela Vukovic (Principal Investigator)
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso
B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago (2001-2005)
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago (2007-2012)
Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (2011-2012)
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2012-2015)
Email: Lvukovic at utep.edu
Anju Yadav
Graduate Student
B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Delhi, 2019
M.Sc. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, 2021
Email: ayadav at miners.utep.edu
Sayantani Chakraborty
Graduate Student
B.Sc.-M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 2019
Email: schakrabort at miners.utep.edu
Peter Girnt
Graduate Student
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2019
M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2021
Email: pgirnt at miners.utep.edu
Gabriela Molina Aguirre
Graduate Student
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Escuela Politecnica Nacional, Quito-Ecuador, 2016
Master in integrated management systems: Environment, Quality, and Prevention, Universidad Internacional de la Rioja, Quito - Ecuador, 2018
Email: gmolinaagu1 at miners.utep.edu
Undergraduate student researchers:
Colby H. Smith (Biochemistry, Computer Science)
Alumni
Postdoctoral and graduate researchers:
Dr. Payam Kelich, Ph.D. Chemistry (2023), currently at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Huanhuan Zhao, M.S. Bioinformatics (2022), currently at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Dr. Parth Chaturvedi, Ph.D. Chemistry (2021), currently at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Tara A. Nitka, Ph.D. Chemistry (2021), currently at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dr. Ali A. Alizadehmojarad, M.Sc. Chemistry (UTEP, 2018), Ph.D. at Rice University (Weisman lab), currently postdoc at MIT (Strano lab)
Dr. Suresh Gorle, postdoctoral, went to The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Undergraduate student researchers:
Jose R. Orona (Biological Sciences)
Christian Verdugo (Chemistry)
Ana Arras (Chemistry), summer researcher from the Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez
Enrique Ebarguen (Chemistry)
Carlos Cuellar (Physics)
Sara A. Linn (Chemistry)
Kevin Chacon (Chemistry)
Jenny Crager (Chemistry)