Meet the Team

  • Quinton Smith, Ph.D.

    Principal Investigator

    B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of New Mexico (2011)

    Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University (2017)

    Postdoctoral Scholar Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2021)

  • Melisa Andrade, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Scholar

    B.S. Biotechnology, Manipal University, India (2011)

    M.S. Medical Biotechnology, Manipal University, India (2013)

    Ph.D. (Joint Ph.D.), Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India and Queensland University of Technology, Australia (2021)

    melisaja@uci.edu

  • Mozhgan Keshavarz, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Scholar

    B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Shiraz University, Iran (2012)

    M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Shiraz University, Iran (2015)

    Ph.D. Materials Science, and Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran (2021)

    Ph.D. Visitor Researcher, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Faculty of Pharmacy, Spain (2020)

    mozhgank@uci.edu

  • Eric Wang

    Ph.D. Student

    B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Washington (2021)

    ericw13@uci.edu

  • Yao Wang

    Ph.D. Student

    B.S., Chemical Biology, Xiamen University, China (2018)

    M.S.E., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (2020)

    yaow17@uci.edu

  • Christopher Clark

    Ph.D. Student

    B.S.E., Chemical Engineering, Western Michigan University

    B.S. Biochemistry, Western Michigan University (2020)

    ctclark1@uci.edu

  • Nate Burmas

    Ph.D. Student

    B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California Davis (2022)

    nburmas@uci.edu

  • Diandian Cheng

    Ph.D. Student

    B.S. Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, China (2021)

    diandic@uci.edu

  • David Berlin

    Ph.D. Student

    B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California Irvine (2019)

    dmberlin@uci.edu

  • Tia Wilson

    Ph.D. Student

    B.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Southern Mississippi (2021)

    tiaw1@uci.edu

  • Devin Johnson

    Undergraduate Student

    Biomedical Engineering

  • Arlyn Malia Fabian

    Undergraduate Student

    Biomedical Engineering

  • Gordon Ko

    Undergraduate Student

    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  • Chloe Lee

    Undergraduate Student

    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  • Amoli Vanavadiya

    Undergraduate Student

    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  • Tyler Mcmillan

    Undergraduate Student

    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  • Kristin Hagen

    Undergraduate Student

    Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Lab Alumni

  • Patrick Barhouse

    Lab Manager

    B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota (2021)

  • James Li

    Undergraduate Student

    B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2022)

  • Kyle Daly

    Junior Research Specialist

    B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California Riverside (2014)

    M.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Irvine (2021)

  • William Galloway

    Undergraduate Student

    B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

    B.S. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2023)

  • Ashwin Damodaran

    Undergraduate Student

    B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2023)

  • Pearl Qi

    Undergraduate Student

    B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2023)

  • Parker James Fox

    Undergraduate Student

    B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2023)