People

Current Laboratory Members

D'Enjoli Cox

Major: Chemical Engineering (LSAMP Scholar)
Project: Silica coated diamond and nitrogen center plasmonic enhancement
Training: Confocal microscopy, nanoscale synthesis, chemical characterization and X-ray spectroscopy
Lab Tenure: June 2022-current

Rina Kawamura

Major: Chemistry (concentration in Biochemistry) (URAP scholar in Summer 2021)
Project: Silica coated diamond and nitrogen center plasmonic enhancement
Training: Confocal microscopy, nanoscale synthesis, chemical characterization and X-ray spectroscopy
Lab Tenure: June 2021-current

Steven Teddy

Major: Biomedical Engineering (URAP scholar in Summer 2021)
Project: Silica coated diamond and nitrogen center plasmonic enhancement
Training: Confocal microscopy, nanoscale synthesis, chemical characterization and X-ray spectroscopy
Lab Tenure: June 2021-current

Nicole Martin

Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project: Boron terminated diamond
Training: Inert atmosphere glovebox, Schlenk line, chemical analysis and X-ray Absorption (SLAC)
Lab Tenure: January 2022-Current

Nawal Sugal

Major: Chemistry  (concentration in Biochemistry) (URAP scholar in Summer 2021)
Project: Silica coated diamond and nitrogen center plasmonic enhancement
Training: Confocal microscopy, nanoscale synthesis, chemical characterization and X-ray spectroscopy
Lab Tenure: January 2021-current

Joy Drew

Major: Biology
Project: Boron coated diamond and nitrogen vacancy center photophysics
Training: Confocal microscopy, nanoscale synthesis, chemical characterization and X-ray spectroscopy
Lab Tenure: June 2022-current

Tsz (Megan) Cheung

Major: Chemistry
Project: Amine terminated diamond
Training: Inert atmosphere glovebox, Schlenk line and DRIFTS
Lab Tenure: August 2018-Current

Daniel Labunsky

 Major: Chemistry
Project: Boron terminated diamond
Training: Inert atmosphere glovebox, Schlenk line and X-ray Absorption (SLAC)
Lab Tenure: August 2018-Current

Former Laboratory Members

Karen Lopez (RISE Scholar)

Major: Biomed. Engineering (PhD at UC Irvine)
Project: Fluorescence enhancement of NV Centers and Silica on NDs
Training: Chemical synthesis, DLS and DRIFTS
Lab Tenure: August 2017-2020

Nedah Basravi
  

Major: Biomed. Engineering
Project: Fluorescence enhancement of NV Centers
Training: Chemical synthesis, DLS and DRIFTS
Lab Tenure: August 2018-April 2021

Camilla Hanson (Student Athlete)
 
Major: Biomed. Engineering
Project: Fluorescence enhancement of NV Centers
Training: Chemical synthesis, DLS and DRIFTS
Lab Tenure: August 2018-Current

Cynthia Melendrez (MARC/RISE Scholar, DOE SULI Fellow AVS Award and SSCL Fellow)

Major: Chem. Engineering (Works at LCLS at SLAC)
Project: Amine terminated diamond
Training: X-ray absorption, inert atmosphere glovebox, schlenk line techniques and DRIFTS
Lab Tenure: May 2017-Current

Grad School: (Stanford-expected)

Ilias Mylonakos

Major: Mat. Engineering
Project: Photoelectrochemical water splitting (Metal Oxides)
Training: Scanning Confocal Microscopy, materials synthesis and PEC techniques
Lab Tenure: August 2018-Current

Ashley Oh

Major: Mat. Engineering
Project: Photoelectrochemical water splitting (Metal Oxides)
Training: Materials synthesis and PEC techniques
Lab Tenure: August 2018-Current

Crystal Pereira

Major: Mat. Engineering
Project: Photoelectrochemical water splitting (Metal Oxides)
Training: Scanning Confocal Microscopy, materials synthesis and PEC techniques
Lab Tenure: August 2017-Current

Grace Jean-Pierre (MARC Scholar)

Major: Electrical Engineering
Project: Nitrogen vacancy center diamond
Training: High resolution scanning electron microscopy (The Molceular Foundry)
Lab Tenure: September 2015-present

Grad School: (UT Ausitin with NSF Award) MARC Scholar

Davida Simpson (MARC Scholar)

 Major: Biology (PhD in Chemistry at UC Santa Cruz)
Project: Fluorescence enhancement of NV Centers and Silica on NDs
Training: Chemical synthesis, DLS and DRIFTS
Lab Tenure: August 2018-2020

Tyanna Supreme (Student Athlete)

 Major: Forensic Science (PhD at University of Toronto)
Project: Boron Chemistry on Nanodiamond Surfaces
Training: Inert atmsophere techniques (Schlenk Line and Glovebox), DRIFTS and X-Ray Absorption/Emission Spectroscopy
Lab Tenure: August 2018-2020

Jocelyn Valenzuela (MARC Scholar)

Major: Chem. Engineering (PhD Stanford with NSF garduate award 2020)
Project: Amine terminated diamond
Training: X-ray absorption, inert atmosphere glovebox, schlenk line techniques and DRIFTS
Lab Tenure: May 2017-Current

Grad School: (Harvard-expected)

Pomai Yamaguchi (RISE Scholar and SSCL Fellow)

Major: Chem. Engineering (PhD program at Tufts University)
Project: Silica coated nanodiamond and cell labelling
Training: Chemical synthesis, DRIFTS and X-ray absorption
Lab Tenure: May 2017-2018

Tony Tung Nguyen

 Major: Chemistry (Pharmacy School)
Project: Photoelectrochemical water splitting (Metal Oxides)
Training: X-ray absorption, materials synthesis and PEC techniques
Lab Tenure: August 2015-2018

Grad School: Pharmacy School

Andres Arreola (McNair and LSAMP Scholar)

Major: Mechanical Engineering
Project: Nitrogen vacancy center diamond
Training: High resolution transmission electron microscopy (The Molecular Foundry)
Lab Tenure: September 2015-2018

Anida Len

Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project: Nitrogen vacancy center diamond
Training: Synthesis and characterization
Lab Tenure: September 2015-2017

Perla Jasmine Sandoval (RISE and MARC Scholar)

Major: Chemistry
Project: Nitrogen vacancy center diamond
Training: Synthesis and ultrafast spectroscopy
Lab Tenure: September 2015-2018

Grad School: UC San Diego

Jesse Hnatek

Major: Chemistry
Project: Nitrogen vacancy center diamond
Training: Air-free synthesis and NMR spectroscopy
Lab Tenure: September 2015-2018

Polo Tran

Major: Mechanical Engineering
Project: Nitrogen vacancy center diamond
Training: Gas-phase chemistry and X-ray spectroscopy
Lab Tenure: September 2015-2017

Michael Leroy

Major: Chemistry, M.S.
Project: IV-VI Semiconductor photophysics and organo-metallic chemistry
Training: Air-free synthesis and X-ray spectroscopy
Lab Tenure: September 2015-2018

Grad School: University of Oregon

Melissa Gonzalez

Major: Chemistry
Project: SiO2 based chemistry
Training: Colliodal chemistry and high resolution scanning electron microscopy
Lab Tenure: September 2015-2017

Grad School: University of Oregon

Trenton Edwards

Major: Industrial Design
Project: Perovskite thin film chemistry for photovoltaics
Training: Thin film deposition and device fabrication
Lab Tenure: September 2016-2017

Alejandro Hernandez

Major: Chemistry
Project: NV Diamond Chemistry
Training: Gas phase chemistry and surface analysis techniques
Lab Tenure: September 2016-2017

Carlos Amaral

Major: Engineering
Project: PbI₃ Perovskite thin film
Training: Thin film deposition and surface analysis techniques
Lab Tenure: September 2015-2017

Elena Favre

Major: Biology
Project: NV Diamond Chemistry
Training: Gas phase chemistry and surface analysis techniques
Lab Tenure: September 2015-2017