Graduate Alumni
Andrew Isho
M.S. Chemistry
Class of 2021
Master Thesis:
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Current: PhD Candidate @ University of Houston
Email:
Andranik Mihranyan
M.S. Chemistry
Class of 2020
Master Thesis: Oxidative Cleavage of Lignin Model Compounds Using Vanadium Catalysts
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Current: PhD candidate @ UT Dallas
Nathan Wagner
M.S. Chemistry
Class of
Master Thesis: A Preliminary Study of Molybdenum Complexes as Catalysts for Deoxydehydration of Vicinal Diols
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Current: Lecturer @ Cal Poly Pomona
Email: nwagner@cpp.edu
Undergraduate Alumni
Ivy Wang
B.S. Chemistry & B.S. Nutrition
Class of 2023
Senior Thesis: Ligand Effects in Molybdenum Catalyzed Oxidation of Benzylic Alcohols
Current: PhD Student @ UC Irvine
Email: yingw42@uci.edu
Paul Lam
B.S. Nutrition Science
Class of 2023
Senior Thesis: Molybdenum Catalyzed Deoxydehydration of Aliphatic Glycols under Microwave Irradiation
Current: PhD Student @ NYU
Email:
Emily Corona
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Class of 2022
Current: Scientist 1 Product Development @ MicroVention
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Fernando Alfaro
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Class of 2023
Senior Thesis:
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Current: PhD Student @ UC Riverside
Email:
Dio Membrila
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Class of 2023
Current:
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Willie Tang
B.S. Biology
Class of 2023
Current:
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Paul M
B.S.
Class of 2023
Current: Medical Student @
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Jerome Torres
B.S.
Class of 2023
Current: Medical Student @
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Diana Aguilar
B.S. Biology
Class of 2023
Current: MS Candidate @ CSUF
Pauline Cho
B.S. Animal Science
Class of 2023
Current:
An Quoc Duong
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Class of 2022
Current:
Eunice Castro
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Class of 2022
Senior Thesis: Benzylic Alcohol Oxidations Using Molybdenum Catalysts
Current: PhD Student @ USC
Email: eccastro@usc.edu
Haruka Takenaka
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Class of 2022
Chris Leon
B.S. Kinesiology
Class of 2022
Diem Vu
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Class of 2022
Current: Dental Student @ USC
Andrea Matias
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Class of 2021
Senior Thesis:
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Current: Chemist @ City of Hope
Israel Silva Jr.
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Class of 2021
Senior Thesis: Optimizing Dioxomolybdenum Catalysts for the Conversion of Biomass to Chemicals​
Current: PhD Student @ USC
Saron B. Tefera
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Class of 2021
Current:
Tristhan Trieu-Tran
B.S. Chemistry
Class of 2021
Senior Thesis: Oxidative Cleavage of Lignin Model Compounds Using Vanadium Complexes
Current: Chemist at AbstraxTech
Jamie Lam
B.S. Chemistry
Class of
Senior Thesis: Kinetic Investigations of Molybdenum Catalyzed Deoxydehydration Reactions
Current: MS Candidate @ UC San Diego
Paula Magat
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Class of 2021
Senior Thesis: Two-Step Oxidative Cleavage of Lignin Model Compounds using Transition Metal Catalysis
Current: PhD Student @ UC Riverside
Maiko Lunn
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Class of
Senior Thesis: Synthesis of ABA-Block Polymers from Acrylate and Lignin Based Starting Materials
Current: PhD Candidate @ University of Michigan
Timothy Siu
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Class of 2019
Senior Thesis: A Study of Molybdenum Catalysts for Deoxydehydration of Vicinal Diols
Current: PhD Candidate @ UC Riverside
Celine Parker
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Class of 2019
Senior Thesis: Investigation of Green Oxidation Reactions Using a Molybdenum Catalysts
Current: PhD Candidate @ Colorado State University
Brandon Pham
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Class of 2019
Current: USC Dental School
Consuelo Martinez
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Class of
Senior Thesis: Oxidative Cleavage of Lignin Model Compounds Using Vanadium Catalysts
Current: Chemist
Christine Navarro
B.S. Chemistry (Biochemistry)
Class of
Current:
Andres Lopez
B.S. Chemistry
Class of
Senior Thesis: Using Biomass-derived Carboxylic Acids as an Alternative to Petrochemicals in Linear Alkylbenzene Production.
Current: Q2 Solutions
Skyler Gibbons-Stovall
B.S. Kinesiology
Class of
Senior Thesis: Molybdenum Catalyzed Deoxydehydration Reactions
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Current:
Stephanie Martinez
B.S. Biology
Class of
Senior Thesis: Molybdenum Catalyzed Deoxydehydration Reaction
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Current: Medical Student @ UCLA