Lab Members

Principal Investigator

  • Dr. Valentine Vullev
    Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering*
    Participating Faculty in:
    Department of Biochemistry
    Department of Chemistry
    Department of Materials Science and Engineering
    University of California, Riverside
    Bourns Hall, A241
    Riverside, CA 92521

    email: vullev at ucr.edu
    phone: (951) 827-6239
    fax: (951) 827-6416

    PhD, 2001 - Boston University, Boston, MA 
    Postdoctoral Fellow, 2004 - 
    Harvard University, Boston, MA
    Posted Dec 30, 2010 10:06 PM by Gokul Upadhyayula
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Academic Coordinator

  • Dr. Sharad Gupta
    Department of Bioengineering
    University of California, Riverside
    Bourns Hall, A241
    Riverside, CA 92521

    email: shgupta at engr.ucr.edu
    phone: (951) 827-7235


    PhD - Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India 
    Postdoctoral Fellow - Department of Biomedical Engineering, 
    Tufts University, Boston


    Posted Dec 30, 2010 5:52 PM by Gokul Upadhyayula
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Graduate Students

  • Graduate Students
    Duoduo Bao
    email: dbao001 at ucr.edu
    Department of Bioengineering

    Jacob Vasquez
    email: jacob.vasquez at email.ucr.edu
    Department of Bioengineering



    Srigokul Upadhyayula
    email: supad003 at ucr.edu
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    Vicente Nunez
    email: vnune004 at ucr.edu
    Department of Bioengineering


    Ali Hadian
    email: ali.hadian at email.ucr.edu
    Department of Bioengineering



    Jillian Larsen
    email: jlars002 at email.ucr.edu
    Department of Bioengineering

    Sam Lam
    email: slam004 at ucr.edu
    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

    Posted Jan 11, 2012 7:25 PM by Gokul Upadhyayula
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Undergraduate Students

  • Undergraduate Researchers

    Kenny Chau
    email: kchau004 at ucr.edu
    Department of Chemical Engineering


    Tim Quinata
    email: tquin002 at email.ucr.edu
    Department of Bioengineering



    Jeremy Stubbs
    email: jstub001 at ucr.edu
    Department of Bioengineering


    Alice Ha
    email: aha005 at ucr.edu
    Department of Biological Sciences


    Pamela Jreij
    email: pjrei001 at email.ucr.edu
    Department of Bioengineering


    Pirran Tukina
    email: ptuki001 at email.ucr.edu
    Department of Bioengineering


    Jasper Huang
    email: jhuan014 at email.ucr.edu
    Department of Bioengineering


    Jonathan Avesar
    email: javes001 at email.ucr.edu
    Department of Bioengineering


    Andy Chang
    email: achan037 at ucr.edu
    Department of Biological Sciences




    Krystal Vasquez
    email: krystal.vasquez at ucr.edu
    Department of Biochemistry


    Anthony Trinh
    email: anthony.trinh at ucr.edu
    Department of Bioengineering


    Jung Park
    email: jpark061 at ucr.edu
    Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

    Zenglun Liu
    email: zenglun.liu at student.ucr.edu
    Department of Biological Sciences

    Cheyann Wetteland
    email: cwett001 at ucr.edu
    Department of Bioengineering

    Jeremy Hurtado
    email: jhurt002 at ucr.edu
    Department of Biological Sciences

    Sepehr Halabian
    email: shala001 at ucr.edu
    Department of Bioengineering


    Navanjot Batth
    email: nbatt001 at ucr.edu
    Department of Biology


    Pratima Nallagatla
    email: pratima.nallagatla at ucr.edu
    Department of Bioengineering
    Posted Feb 15, 2012 5:34 PM by Gokul Upadhyayula
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In the News

Sept 2011 Srigokul Upadhyayula, PhD Candidate, was awarded Mary & Randolph T Wedding Prize for significant contribution to the peer reviewed scientific literature in biochemistry and molecular biology. Congratulations!

May 2011 Vicente Nunez, a second year PhD student, was awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations!

May 2011 Ms. Pamela Jreij, an undergraduate researcher in our group was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations!
April 2011 Brent Millare, former Vullev Group member (currently a 2nd year PhD Student at Johns Hopkins Univeristy), was awarded National Research Service Award (NRSA) from NHLBI. Congratulations!

April 2011 Ms. Wardah Bari, a high-school student working in our lab under the supervision of Ms. Duoduo Bao and Mr. Ali Hadian, won gold on the regional science fair for her research in polymer photophysics.
Congratulations!


March 2011 Our publication presenting a view of the role of biomimesis and bioinspiration in meeting the demands for energy and sustainability, was selected for the cover of the March 3, 2011, issue of JPCL.