Alumni
Former Master's Students
Charleston Chua
Graduated: Spring 2019 (Oh Lab in BCME)
SJSU Degree: M.S. in Materials Engineering
Current: Associate Member of Technical Staff at Energy Storage Startup
Jacob Hickey
Graduated: Spring 2019
SJSU Degree: M.S. in Chemistry
Current: PhD student, Univeristy of Houston (Houston, TX)
Juan Moreno
Graduated: Fall 2019
SJSU Degree: M.S. in Chemical Engineering
Current: Material Scientist at Mantle Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
Salim Soubra
Graduated: Fall 2019
SJSU Degree: M.S. Chemical Engineering
Current: Chemical Process Engineer at RxSight (Aliso Viejo, CA)
Lily Gordon
Graduated: Spring 2022
SJSU Degree: M.S. Chemistry
Current: Manufacturing and Design Optimization at DigiLens (Sunnyvale, CA)
Su Hu
Graduated: Spring 2022
SJSU Degree: M.S. Chemistry
Brenda Lu
Graduated: Spring 2023
SJSU Degree: M.S. Chemistry
Tony Mo
Graduated: Spring 2023
SJSU Degree: M.S. Chemistry
Tyeshia Sapp
Graduated: Spring 2023
SJSU Degree: M.S. Chemistry
Current: PhD Student, University of Southern California
Former Undergraduate Students
Sukhjiwan Singh
SJSU Degree: B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Time in Group: Fall 2017
Current: Research Scientist at Exelixis Inc
Luis Venegas
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering
Time in Group: Fall 2017
Current: IT Technician and Consultant, Imperial Valley Techie
Joanne Ayoub
SJSU Degree: B.S. Biology, concentration in Microbiology
Time in Group: Fall 2017 to Spring 2018
Current: Quality Control Analyst at Visby Medical
Andrew Le
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry, concentration in Biochemistry
Time in Group: Fall 2017 to Fall 2018
Thaw Myint
SJSU Degree: B.A. Biology
Time in Group: Fall 2017 to Fall 2018
Current: Ophthalmic Technician at Peninsula Laser Eye Medical Group, Inc.
Zachary Abdallah
SJSU Degree: B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Time in Group: Spring 2019
Harris Ordona
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry, concentration in Biochemistry
Time in Group: Fall 2017 to Spring 2019
Current: Research Associate at Applied Cells
David Navarro
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry
Time in Group: Fall 2017 to Summer 2019
Current: PhD student, University of California, Irvine
Khanh Nguyen
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering
Time in Group: Fall 2017 to Summer 2019
Giovanna Bauer
SJSU Degree: B.S. Forensic Science, concentration in Chemistry
Time in Group: Summer 2018 to Summer 2019
Current: Lab Technician at a stealth start-up.
Tori Tafuri
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry
Time in Group: Fall 2017 to Fall 2019
Current: PhD student, Unviersity of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Thomas Seymour-Cozzini
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry
Time in Group: Summer 2019 to Spring 2020
Current: PhD student, Iowa State University
Tyler Devincenzi
SJSU Degree: B.S. Forensic Science, concentration in Chemistry
Time in Group: Fall 2018 to Spring 2020
Current: Forensic Laboratory Analyst at the San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical
Examiner
Dana Wong
SJSU Degree: B.S. Materials Engineering
Time in Group: Fall 2017 to Spring 2020
Current: Lab Scientist III at Aramco Americas
Yik Wan "Crystal" Leung
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry, concentration in Biochemistry
Time in Group: Spring 2020 to Fall 2020
Current: Analytical Technician at Bright Future Pharmaceutical Lab
Jessica Rodarte
SJSU Degree: B.S. Forensic Science, concentration in Chemistry
Time in Group: Fall 2017 to Fall 2020
Current: Research Associate II/ Clinical Coordinator at Clip Health
Derscene Tien
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering
Time in Group: Spring 2019 to Fall 2020
Current: Eastern Medicine Student at Five Branches University
Vanshika Gupta
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry, concentration in Biochemistry
Time in Group: Fall 2017 to Summer 2021
Current: PhD Student, Purdue University
Nicholas Roubineau
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry
Time in Group: Summer 2019 to Summer 2021
Current: PhD Student, University of Southern California
Matt Dahlberg
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry
Time in Group: Summer 2021 to Fall 2021
Current: Research Chemist at Nivagen Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Dillion Chen
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry, concentration in Biochemistry
Time in Group: Fall 2019 to Spring 2022
Current: PhD Student, Texas A&M University
Ann Bargstadt
SJSU Degree: B.S. Forensic Science, concentration in Chemistry
Time in Group: Fall 2019 to Spring 2022
Katie Berkeland
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry
Time in Group: Spring 2020 to Spring 2022
Zehra Hamidi
SJSU Degree: B.A. Chemistry
Time in Group: Summer 2019 to Summer 2022
Sayori Trejo
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry, concentration in Biochemistry
Time in Group: Summer 2019 to Summer 2022
Melissa Griffin
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry
Time in Group: Spring 2021 to Summer 2023
Current: PhD Student, New York University
Juancarlos Rojas
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry
Time in Group: Summer 2019 to Summer 2023
David Santiago
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry, minor in Physics
Time in Group: Summer 2022 to Spring 2023
Current: PhD Student, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Abigail Ramirez
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry
Time in Group: Fall 2021 to Summer 2023
Current: Current: PhD Student, University of Wisconsin Madison
Aya Antar
SJSU Degree: B.S Chemistry with a concentration in Biochemistry
Time in Group: Fall 2021 to Summer 2023
Christopher Swaiss
SJSU Degree: B.S. Materials Engineering
Time in Group: Fall 2021 to Spring 2023
Current: Intern at Analytical Mechanics Associates
Mejgon Omar
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry with a concentration in Biochemistry
Time in Group: Fall 2021 to Fall 2023
Stephanie Velasquez
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry
Time in Group: Fall 2021 to Fall 2023
Current Position: PhD student at UC Irvine
Sanjana Sathyanarayanan
SJSU Degree: B.S. Forensic Science with a concentration Chemistry
Time in Group: Fall 2022 to Spring 2024
Melanie Gonzalez
SJSU Degree: B.S. Chemistry with a concentration in Biochemistry
Time in Group: Spring 2021 to Spring 2024
Former Summer Students
Eilliot Nguyen
Summer Program: SJSU - Foothill STEM Internship
Year: 2018
Tiffany Dang
Summer Program: SJSU - Foothill STEM Internship
Year: 2019
Juancarlos Rojas
Summer Program: Gavilan College STEM Summer Internship Program
Year: 2019
Matthew Nowbar Summer Program: Gavilan College STEM Summer Internship Program Year: 2024