Group Alumni

Postdoctoral Associates from the Yang Group have gone on to be scientists in academia and industry and faculty members. 
Postdoctoral Scholars
Name
Magy Mekhail
Ryan King
Ana Cristina Garcia Alvarez
Nadia Leonard
Kelsey Collins
Carina Jette
Steven Chabolla
Annie Chantarojsiri
Charlene Tsay
Janice Wong
David W. Shaffer
Years
2023 - 2025
2021 - 2024
2022 - 2024
2019-2023
2021-2022
2021
2017-2019
2015-2017
2013-2017
2015-2016
2013-2014
Current Position
Assistant Professor, Chapman University
Advanced R&D, ​Milliken & Company
Teaching Postdoctoral Associate, Cal Poly Pomona
Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barabara
Scientist, Air Force Research Laboratory
Research Scientist, Eli Lilly
Process Engineer, Intel Corporation
AssociateProfessor, 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
Andrew Cypcar
Thermodynamic and Kinetic Investigations of Transition Metal Complexes Relevant to Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction

Clarabella Li
Insights into Carbon Dioxide Capture: Exploring Redox-Active Molecules and N-Heterocyclic Carbenes

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.
​2020 - 2024
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Ph.D.
2019 - 2024
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Ph.D.
​2018-2023
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Ph.D.
​2018-2023
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Ph.D.
​2017-2023
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Ph.D.
​2017-2022
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Ph.D.
​2016-2021
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Ph.D.
​​2016-2020
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Ph.D.
​2015-2019
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Ph.D.
​2014-2019
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Ph.D.
​2014-2019
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Ph.D.
​2013-2019
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Ph.D.
​2013-2019


Ph.D.
​2013-2016

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M.S.
2019 - 2022
M.S.
2018 - 2020
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M.S.
​2013-2015

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Current Position
Co-founder & CEO
​Airlyte Technologies
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Lecturer, Cal State Long Beach
Adjunct Professor, Long Beach City College​
Professor
​Cypress College
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DARPA Innovation Fellow
DARPA
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Associate
​Rocky Mountain Institute
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Postdoc with Prof. Alex Spokoyny
​UCLA
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Postdoc with Drs. David Kaphan and David Tiede
​Argonne National Lab
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Postdoc with Prof. Alex Miller
​UNC Chapel-Hill
​
Analytical Chemist
​Chemic Laboratories
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Postdoc
Los Alamos National Lab
​
Research Scientist
​Verdox Inc.​
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Postdoc with Prof. Allegra Lierban-Martin
​Chapman University
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Process Engineer
​Intel Corporation

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Research Scientist
​Catalytic Innovations

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Formulation Chemist
​Novartis
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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
Charity Lin
Chris Margolis
Amy Nam
Ariel Rodriguez-Gutierrez (UCA)
Jayden Thomas (GT)
Gaby Lopez (CPP)
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
2024 - 2025
2024 - 2025
2024 - 2025
2024
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2024
2024
2023
​2021 - 2023
2022 - 2023
2022 - 2023
2022
REU 2022 (CPP)
REU 2022 (Colorado College)
2021-2022
2021-2022
2019-2021
2019-2021
2019-2020
2018-2019
2017-2019
2017-2019
2017-2019
2017-2019
Summer 2018
Summer 2018
​2016-2018
Summer 2017
2015-2017
2015-2017
2015-2016
Summer 2016
2015-2016
2014-2015
2014-2015
2013-2014
2013-2014
Graduating Class
2025
2025
2025
2025 
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2025
2025
2024
2023
2023
2024
2023
2023
2023
2022
2021
2021
2021
2021
2020
2019
2019
2019
2019
F&M 2019
UCB 2019
2019
UCB ​2018
2017
2017
2017
SUSTC 2017
2015
2015
2015
2016
2015
Current Position
N/A
N/A
Graduate student, University of Washington
Student, Pharmacy school
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Graduate student, Brown University
Graduate student, Penn State University
Graduate student, Northwestern University
Graduate student, MIT
N/A
Undergraduate student, UC Irvine
N/A
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