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
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago
Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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
Randhal S. Ramirez Orozco
Graduate Student, Computational Science Program
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, 2021
Email: rsramirezorozco at miners.utep.edu
Visiting researchers:
Prof. Marco Gallo Estrada, Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico (ITCJ), Ciudad Juarez
Alumni
Postdoctoral and graduate researchers:
Dr. Gabriela Molina Aguirre, Ph.D. Chemistry (2024), went to Halliburton
Dr. Payam Kelich, Ph.D. Chemistry (2023), went to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Peter Girnt, graduate student (2023-2024)
Huanhuan Zhao, M.S. Bioinformatics (2022), went to University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Dr. Parth Chaturvedi, Ph.D. Chemistry (2021), went to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Tara A. Nitka, Ph.D. Chemistry (2021), went to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dr. Ali A. Alizadehmojarad, M.Sc. Chemistry (UTEP, 2018), Ph.D. at Rice University (Weisman lab), postdoc at MIT (Strano lab)
Dr. Suresh Gorle, postdoctoral, went to The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Undergraduate student researchers:
Colby H. Smith (Biochemistry)
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)