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)