Graduate Students

David Alfaro III

Email: david.alfaro@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Yujie Men
Degree Program: Ph.D.

Research Interest:

Katherine Bartels

Email: kbart031@ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Rotating
Degree Program: Ph.D.

TBD

Lanie Bavier

Email: lanie.bavier@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Adler Dillman
Degree Program: Ph.D.

Host/parasite interaction

Zhongwen Cao

Email: zhongwen.cao@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Yinsheng Wang
Degree Program: Ph.D.

My name is Zhongwen Cao and I come from Dalian, China.
I majored in Applied Chemistry at college.
I like listening to music. If you want to recommend me some wonderful music, I will feel very happy.

Pedro De Allende

Email: pedro.deallende@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. James Davies
Degree Program: Ph.D.

The physical, chemical, and optical properties of aerosol particles and how these properties drive their environmental interactions.

Zhixin Fang

Email: zhixin.fang@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Yue Jane Wu
Degree Program: Ph.D.

Research Interest:

John Hoang

Email: john.hoang@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. David Volz
Degree Program: Ph.D.

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Sophia Horn

Email: sophia.horn@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Ying-Hsuan Lin
Degree Program: Master's

TBD

Xiaochen Liang

Email: xiaochen.liang@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Yinsheng Wang
Degree Program: Ph.D.

RNA protein interaction

Keyuan Li

Email: keyuan.li@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Wei-Chun Chou
Degree Program: Ph.D.

Nanoparticles and Protein Corona

Wenxin Li

Email: wenxin.li@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Yinsheng Wang
Degree Program: Ph.D.

RNA modification, Proteomics

Qiqi Lin

Email: qiqi.lin@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Joseph Genereux
Degree Program: Ph.D.

My current research focuses on determining the mechanisms that mediate stress-dependent mistargeting of secreted proteins.

Ting An Lin

Email: tingan.lin@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Changcheng Zhou
Degree Program: Ph.D.

My current research focus is the effect of nanoplastics exposure on atherosclerosis and metabolic disorders

Yarong Liu

Email: yarong.liu@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Jernej Murn
Degree Program: Ph.D.

I am passionate about understanding how key cellular enzymes (like RNase P/MRP) act as master regulators to control when and how a cell decides to 'pause' its growth and enter a reversible dormant state.

Lillian On

Email: lon002@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Sika Zheng
Degree Program: Ph.D.

My research focuses on how RNA splicing regulates genes involved in neuronal longevity and survival.

Anthony Rios

Email: anthony.j.rios@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Linlin Zhao
Degree Program: Ph.D.

Genotoxic stress

Yuyang Shen

Email: yuyang.shen@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Wenwan Zhong
Degree Program: Ph.D.

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Patricia Sidhom

Email: patricia.sidhom@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Joseph Genereux
Degree Program: Master's

tbd

Jonathan Stewart

Email: jonathan.stewart@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Joseph Genereux
Degree Program: Ph.D.

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Lillian Tran

Email: lillian.n.tran@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Ying-Hsuan Lin
Degree Program: Ph.D.

PFAS Thermal Destruction and Transformation

William Troxel

Email: william.troxel@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Chia-En Chang
Degree Program: Ph.D.

William's research evaluates the fundamental biomolecular recognition of small molecules with proteins of interest and lipid membranes using computational tools and theory to discern and quantify conformational changes and interactions that dictate binding affinity and fate/transport trends.

Awot Ukkbamichael

Email: awot.ukbamichael@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Wei-Chun Chou
Degree Program: Ph.D.

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Matt Vollmuth

Email: mvoll003@ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Rotating
Degree Program: Ph.D.

Chemical Fate and Transport of Emerging Contaminants

Michelle Wang

Email: michelle.wang006@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Sika Zheng
Degree Program: Ph.D.

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Xiaowen Wang

Email: xiaowen.wang@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Wei-Chun Chou
Degree Program: Ph.D.

Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling

Yu Wang

Email: ywang1433@ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Yinsheng Wang
Degree Program: Ph.D.

Research focus

tbd

Xin Wen

Email: xin.wen@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Quan Cheng
Degree Program: Ph.D.

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Wonsik Woo

Email: wonsik.woo@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Ying-Hsuan Lin
Degree Program: Ph.D.

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Jenna Wu

Email: jwu583@ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Rotating
Degree Program: Ph.D.

Chemical Annotation/ Multiplex Screening/ Isotope Coding of Emerging Toxins in Water

Emily Yang

Email: emily.j.yang@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Rotating
Degree Program: Master's

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Zi (Nicole) Yang

Email: nicole.yang@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Changcheng Zhou
Degree Program: Ph.D.

My research background is Fibroblasts.

Rebecca Yates

Email: rebecaa.yates@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Jay Gan
Degree Program: Ph.D.

Crop bioaccumulation and biotransformation of contaminants of emerging concern

Xi Zhang

Email: xzhan638@ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Rotating
Degree Program: Ph.D.

Neurodegenerative Diseases and Glial Cells

Ting Zhao

Email: ting.zhao@email.ucr.edu
UCR Major Professor: Dr. Yinsheng
Degree Program: Ph.D.

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David Alfaro III

Katherine Bartels

Lanie Bavier

Zhongwen Cao

Pedro De Allende

Zhixin Fang

John Hoang

Sophia Horn

Xiaochen Liang

Keyuan Li

Wenxin Li

Qiqi Lin

Ting An Lin

Yarong Liu

Lillian On

Anthony Rios

Yuyang Shen

Patricia Sidhom

Jonathan Stewart

Lillian Tran

William Troxel

Awot Ukkbamichael

Matt Vollmuth

Michelle Wang

Xiaowen Wang

Yu Wang

Research focus

Xin Wen

Wonsik Woo

Jenna Wu

Emily Yang

Zi (Nicole) Yang

Rebecca Yates

Xi Zhang

Ting Zhao

Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program

COLLEGE OF NATURAL &
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

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David Alfaro III

Katherine Bartels

Lanie Bavier

Zhongwen Cao

Pedro De Allende

Zhixin Fang

John Hoang

Sophia Horn

Xiaochen Liang

Keyuan Li

Wenxin Li

Qiqi Lin

Ting An Lin

Yarong Liu

Lillian On

Anthony Rios

Yuyang Shen

Patricia Sidhom

Jonathan Stewart

Lillian Tran

William Troxel

Awot Ukkbamichael

Matt Vollmuth

Michelle Wang

Xiaowen Wang

Yu Wang

Research focus

Xin Wen

Wonsik Woo

Jenna Wu

Emily Yang

Zi (Nicole) Yang

Rebecca Yates

Xi Zhang

Ting Zhao

COLLEGE OF NATURAL & AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES

COLLEGE OF NATURAL &
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES