Group Alumni

Postdoctoral Associates from the Yang Group have gone on to be scientists in academia and industry and faculty members.

Postdoctoral Scholars

Name

Ana Cristina Garcia Alvarez

Nadia Leonard

Kelsey Collins

Carina Jette

Steven Chabolla

Annie Chantarojsiri

Charlene Tsay

Janice Wong

David W. Shaffer

Years

2022 - 2024

2019-2023

2021-2022

2021

2017-2019

2015-2017

2013-2017

2015-2016

2013-2014

Current Position

Teaching Postdoctoral Associate, Cal Poly Pomona

Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barabara

Air Force Research Laboratory

Research Scientist

Process Engineer, Intel Corporation

Assistant Professor, Mahidol University, Thailand

X-Ray Crystallographer, University of California, Riverside

Scientist, Cumulus Energy Storage

Research Scientist, MacDermid Enthone Electronics Solutions

Graduate Students

Graduate students in the Yang Lab have gone on to positions in large companies, start-up companies, and a variety of postdoctoral positions (national labs, teaching, and at research universities).

Name

Alissa Matus
Breaking C–N Bonds: From Designing Cross-Coupling Reactions to Facilitating CO2 Conversion with Transition Metal Catalysts

Alessandra (Allie) Zito
Investigations into Redox Carriers for Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Capture and Concentration

Sarah Wang
Electrocatalytic and Chemical Investigations of CO2 and N2O Reduction Using Late Transition Metal Hydrides

Tyler Kerr
Thermodynamic Considerations for CO2 Activation and Further Reactivity of CO2 Reduction Products

Jeffrey M. Barlow
Utilization of Secondary Interactions to Promote Energy Efficient CO2 Capture and Conversion into Chemical Fuels

Drew W. Cunningham
Thermodynamic Considerations for Achieving Selective and Reversible CO2 to HCO2– Electrocatalysis

Caitlin M. Hanna
Advancement and Application of a Non-Covalent Method for Molecular Attachment to Electrode Surfaces

Bianca M. Ceballos
Kinetic and Thermodynamic Factors for Selective CO2 Reduction at a Metal Hydride

Alex Reath
Electrostatic Interactions in Heterobimetallic Complexes and their Effect on Reduction Potentials, Electronic Structure, and Reactivity

Zachary Thammavongsy
Transition Metal Complexes of Modified Azaphosphatranes

Brian Lydon
Methodology for Non-covalent Attachment of Molecular Species onto Electrode Surfaces and Electrochemical Studies with Nitrogenase from Azotobacter vinelandii Towards Synthetic Fuel Forming Reactions

Juliet Khosrowabadi Kotyk
Controlling Structural and Electronic Molecular Architecture of Electrocatalysts and Dynamic Polymers using Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonds

Amanda Kummeth
CO2 Capture and Concentration using Alkoxides and Photoacids

Ian Mercer
Steps Toward CO2 Reduction to Methanol via Electrochemical Cascade Catalysis

Steven Poteet
Design of Bimetallic Complexes for the Cooperative Activation and Reduction of Carbon Dioxide

Degree

Ph.D.
2018-2023

Ph.D.
2017-2023

Ph.D.
2017-2022

Ph.D.
2016-2021

Ph.D.
2016-2020

Ph.D.
2015-2019

Ph.D.
2014-2019

Ph.D.
2013-2019

Ph.D.
2013-2016

M.S.
2019 - 2022

M.S.
2018 - 2020

M.S.
2013-2015

Current Position

Professor
Cypress College

DARPA Innovation Fellow
DARPA

Associate
Rocky Mountain Institute

Postdoc with Prof. Alex Spokoyny
UCLA

Postdoc with Drs. David Kaphan and David Tiede
Argonne National Lab

Postdoc with Prof. Alex Miller
UNC Chapel-Hill

Analytical Chemist
Chemic Laboratories

Postdoc
Los Alamos National Lab

Research Scientist
Verdox Inc.

Postdoc with Prof. Allegra Lierban-Martin
Chapman University

Process Engineer
Intel Corporation

Research Scientist
Catalytic Innovations

Formulation Chemist
Novartis

Materials R&D Chemist
United Technologies Aerospace Systems

Research Assistants

Name

Alex Germann

Bryan Le

Years

2015-2016

2015

Current Position

Lab Inspector, Chevron

Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Undergraduates

Name

Wenxuan (Chris) Han

Hien Nguyen

Natalia Ramirez

Kathleen Bui

Matthew Wieske

Jaclyn Zepeda

Markus Bergstrom

Jesus Galeana

Erin Araneta

Jonathan Galicia

Zaira Barrera

Norman Soto

Andrew Luu

Kevin Kang

Hazel Nguyen

Natwara Sutthirat

Nehal Idris

Han Le

Jessica Mendoza

Wyeth Gibson

Nicole Katzaroff

Samantha Ruelas

Rebecca Combs

Ivy Kha

Lingyu Liu

Hannah Bui

S. Denghausen

Brooke Livesay

Joanne Yoo

Tu Nguyen

Years

2023

2021 - 2023

2022 - 2023

2022

REU 2022 (CPP)

REU 2022 (Colorado College)

2021-2022

2019-2021

2019-2020

2018-2019

2017-2019

Summer 2018

2016-2018

Summer 2017

2015-2017

2015-2016

Summer 2016

2015-2016

2014-2015

2013-2014

Graduating Class

2024

2023

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

F&M 2019

UCB 2019

2019

UCB 2018

2017

SUSTC 2017

2015

2016

2015

Current Position

Graduate student

Graduate student, MIT

N/A

Undergraduate student, UC Irvine

N/A

Graduate student, University of Washington

Graduate student, Caltech

Graduate student, University of Southern California

Graduate Student, UC San Diego

Graduate Student, UCLA

N/A

Graduate Student (ChemE), Northeastern University

R&D Lab Technician, Invitro International

Researcher, Nakayama Lab (CSULB)

Pharmacy Student, USC

Graduate Student, UC Irvine

Graduate Student, UC Berkeley

Undergraduate Student, UC Berkeley

Graduate Student, UC Irvine

Undergraduate Student, UC Berkeley

Graduate Student, University of Oregon

Graduate Student, University of Minnesota

Graduate Student, College of Optometry, Pomona

Graduate Student, University of Oxford

Grad. Student (Public Health) George Washington U.

Advanced Sterilization Products

Graduate Student, Colorado State University

unknown

Graduate Student, Osteopathic Medicine, USC