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)