Arnab Mukherjee
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry
Boswell Postdoctoral Fellowship (2014-17), Caltech
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S./M.S., Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Contact: x@ucsb.edu, x = arnabm
Awards: Scialog Fellow, NIH R35 MIRA, DoD Discovery Award, NARSAD Young Investigator
Ph.D. students & Postdocs
Thomas Tang
Ph.D. student, Chemistry
B.S, Chemistry, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
NDSEG Fellow (2025-28)
Contact: x@umail.ucsb.edu, x=thomastang
Binzhi Xu
Ph.D. student, Biomolecular Sciences & Engineering
B.S., Biological Sciences, UC Irvine
UCSB Regent's Fellow (2020-21)
Contact: x@lifesci.ucsb.edu, x=binzhi
Logan Baldini
Ph.D. student, Chemical Engineering
B.S., Bioengineering, UC San Diego
NSF GRFP, UCSB Regent's Fellow (2021-22), Connie Frank Fellow (2022)
Contact: x@umail.ucsb.edu, x=mbaldini
Asish Ninan Chacko
Ph.D. student, Chemistry
B.S./M.S., Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (Kolkata)
Contact: x@chem.ucsb.edu, x=asishninanchacko
Yimeng Huang
Ph.D. student, Chemistry
B.S., Chemistry & Biology, Brandeis University
Contact: x@chem.ucsb.edu, x=yimenghuang
Jinyang Wan
Ph.D. student, Chemistry
B.S., Biochemistry, UC San Diego
Contact: x@chem.ucsb.edu, x=jinyang_wan
Dr. Kaamini M. Dhanabalan
Postdoctoral scholar
Ph.D., Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
M. Tech., Biotechnology, Amity University (India)
Bachelor of Dental Surgery, Dr. MGR Medical University (India)
Contact: x@ucsb.edu, x=kaaminimd
Hosu Gwak
Ph.D. student, Chemical Engineering (co-advised w. Brad Chmelka)
B.S., Chemical Engineering, KAIST
Contact: x@ucsb.edu, x=gwak
Undergraduate researchers
Chau Pham
Cell & Developmental Biology
Emrys Xu
Chemical Engineering
Jiayi (Judy) Wu
Biology
Xinyue (Emily) Chen
Biology
Yuxin (Mark) He
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Yifan (Andy) Wang
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Patrick Saari
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Andrew Li
Biology
Graduate and Postdoctoral Alumni
Dr. Austin Miller
Postdoctoral Scholar, The University of British Columbia
Ph.D. (2025) Biomolecular Science & Engineering
Dr. Rochishnu Chowdhury
Postdoctoral scholar, LBNL
Ph.D. (2023) Mechanical Engineering (co-advised with Frederic Gibou)
Dr. Harun Ozbakir
Scientist, Amgen
Postdoctoral scholar (2018-21), Errett Fisher Fellow, UCSB
Dr. Jason Yun
Scientist I, Synthorx Inc. (Sanofi)
Ph.D. (2021) Chemistry, UCSB
Dr. Raymond Borg
Chemistry Lecturer, University of Hawai'i Maui College
Ph.D. (2021), Chemistry, UCSB (co-advised with Irene Chen)
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Dr. Nolan Anderson
Postdoctoral scholar (w. Prof. Todd Oakley, UCSB)
Ph.D. (2023) Chemical Engineering, UCSB
M.S., undergraduate, and intern alumni
Roy Chien, PhD @UC Davis, BS, 2023, Chemistry
Jason Xie, PhD @UC Irvine, BS, 2023, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Eugene Li, PhD @Caltech, BS, 2022, Chemical Engg.
Honghao Li, PhD @Rice, BS, 2023, Chemistry
Rachel Taylor, PhD @ Penn State, BS, 2020, Chemical Engg.
Charles Yue, Pharm. D. @Touro University, CA, BA, 2020, Chemistry
Isabella Hurvitz, MD/PhD @Harvard, BS, 2023, Bioengineering (Caltech)
Kang-Ching Fan, MS, 2020, Chemical Engg.
Emily Sun, MS, 2020, Chemical Engg.
Anna Maciukiewicz, BS, 2023, Pharmacology
Elizabeth Readey, BS, 2023, Pharmacology
Vannie Liu, BS, 2023, Pharmacology
Jiaan (Mark) Li, BS, 2023, Biology
Ziyue Zhu, BS, 2023, Biology,
Xinyue (Emily) Chen, BS, 2023, Biology
Sungjae (Alex) Yoon, BS, 2023, Biology
Qiaoyu (George) Shen, BS, 2024, Biology
Kevin Yu, BS, 2024, Chemical Engnieering
Vannie Liu, BS, 2023, Pharmacology
Sarah Linderman, BS, 2023 Pharmacology
Katie Pham, BS, 2023, Biology
Victoria Magidova, BS, Chemistry, 2023
Pinyi Li, BS, Chemistry, 2023
Uziel Fuentes, BS, Biology, 2023
Jesse Wong, BS, Biochemistry, 2022
Keith Lau, @Culture Biosciences, BS, 2022, Chemical Engg.
Anna Fenerty, BS, 2021, Biology
Anna Maciukiewicz, BS, 2022, Pharmacology
Zoe Imansjah, @Dow Chemical, BS, 2022, Chemical Engg.
Alan Lim, BS, 2020, Chemical Engg.
Michelle Leong, BS, 2020, Pharmacology
Audrey Chow, BS, 2022, Biopsychology
Aaron Levy, BS, 2020, Chemistry
Kiara Fishman, BS, 2019, Biology
Sumidha Tadimeti, BS, 2019, Biology
Zaina Demeyo, BS, 2023, New Mexico Highlands University, Summer 2023
Caroline Rogers (Santa Barbara High School), Summer 2024
Luana Acosta (San Marcos High School), Summer 2024
Jonathan Tafoya (Great Oaks High School), Summer 2023
Ryan Davis (Dos Pueblos High School), Summer 2023
Xiwen Fang, Research Tech, 2022-23