Team

Holly Hemesath, PhD candidate in Biochemistry

  • B.S. in Biochemistry, with a double major in Mathematics, Arizona State University

Ibrahim Boyenle, PhD candidate in Biochemistry

  • B.S. in Biochemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Nigeria

Aysegul Yildiz, Undergraduate Student Researcher

  • Major in Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park

Liqun Jiang, Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Ph.D. in Environmental Microbiology,  Shandong University
  • B.S. in Environmental Chemistry, Jilin University

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Yanxin Liu, Principal Investigator & Assistant Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry

  • Ph.D. in Physics,  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • B.S. in Applied Physics, Xi’an Jiaotong University

Lab Mascot

Coco,  Emotional Support Therapist, Homeschool in Progress

Chouchou,  Fitness Trainer, Homeschool in Progress

Alumni

Staff scientists

  • Dr. Kathleen Carillo, 2023/10-2025/4, Postdoctoral Research Associate, currently Staff Scienticst at IBBR.
  • Dr. Paween Mahinthichaichan, 2023/3-2024/9, Assistant Research Scientist, currently Scientist at Insilica
  • Nicolas Delaeter, 2022/2-2024/11, Research technician and lab manager

Master students

Undergraduate students

  • Farina Hussain, 2025/1-2025/5, Class of 2025, BS in Biological Sciences from UMD/Universities at Shady Grove
  • Ivan Pruna, 2024/9-2024/12, Class of 2025, BS in Biological Sciences from UMD/Universities at Shady Grove
  • Emma Smearman, 2023/1-2023/5, Class of 2025, BS in Chemistry from UMD
  • Daniel Juan, 2022/9-2022/12, Class of 2025, BS in Biological Sciences from UMD
  • Hee Yon Park, 2022/5-2022/8, Class of 2025, BS in Chemistry from UMD, currently licensed Pharmacy Technician at CVS Pharmacy
  • Timothy Wilson, 2022/5-2022/8, Class of 2024, BS in Psychology from UMD
  • Anagha Shastry, 2022/5-2022/8, Class of 2024, BS in Anthropology and Biochemistry from UMD
  • Siqi Wu, 2022/9-2023/12, Class of 2024, BS in Chemistry from UMD, currently Master student in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy & Universities at Shady Grove7y
  • Alexander Lee, 2022/1-2022/5, Class of 2024, BS in Chemistry and Computer Science at UMD, currently R&D Computational Chemistry Application Developer, Universal Display Corporation
  • Bethlehem Wouhib, 2022/1-2022/5, Class of 2023, BS in Chemistry and Neuroscience from UMD, currently Master student in , University of Cincinnati

High school students