Mathematics, Engineering & Physical Sciences

 Sarah Baker

Education: B.A., Grinnell College, Chemistry; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Materials Chemistry

Dissertation: Functionalization of Carbon Nanotube and Nanofiber Electrodes with Biological Macromolecules: Progress Toward a Nanoscale Biosensor

Thesis Advisor: Robert J. Hamers, Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

 Research Topic: Clay-Based Materials for Hemorrhage Control

Mentors: Galen Stucky, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara

Gerardo Dominguez

Education: B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Physics; M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Physics; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Physics

Dissertation: Fluorescent Aerogels for the Capture and Identification of Hypervelocity Extraterrestrial Hypervelocity Particles

Thesis Advisors: Andrew J. Westphal, Associate Research Physicist 4, University of California, Berkeley; P. Buford Price, Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley

 Research Topic: Development of Sample Handling Techniques for Laser-fluorination Mass Spectrometry of Cometary Particles and First Isotope Ratio Measurements

Mentor: Mark Thiemens, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego 

Sandra Garcia

Education: B.S., California State University, Sacramento, Chemistry; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Physical Chemistry

Dissertation: Xe-129 NMR as Applied to Remote Detection and to the Xenon Biosensor

Thesis Advisor: Alexander Pines, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

Research Topic: Microcoil MRI

Mentor: Michael J. McCarthy, Professor of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis

Teri Lynn Robinson

Education: B.S., Jackson State University, Chemistry; M.S., Louisiana State University, Chemistry; Ph.D., Jackson State University, Chemistry

Dissertation : Formation and Characteristics of Hydrogen Bonding Systems in Dihydrogen Bonded Compounds, Rare Nucleotides, and Clay-Nucleic Acid Base Complexes

Thesis Advisor: Jerzy Leszczynski, Professor of Chemistry, Jackson State University

Research Topic: Prebiotic Chemistry of DNA Bases

Mentor: Mattanjah deVries, Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara

Andrea Rae Tao

Education : B.A., Harvard University, Chemistry & Physics; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Chemistry

Dissertation:   Nanocrystals Assembly for Bottom-Up Plasmonic Materials

Thesis Advisor: Peidong Yang, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

Research Topic: Biomimicry of Cephalopod Skin to Construct Tunable Photonic

Mentor:   Daniel Morse, Professor, Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Daniel Vasquez

Education: B.S., University of California, Los Angeles, Electrical Engineering; M.S., University of California, Los Angeles, Electrical Engineering; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Electrical Engineering

Dissertation: Flexure – Based Nanomagnetic Actuators

Thesis Advisor: Jack W. Judy, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles

Research Topic: Design and Fabrication of a Microfabricated VSM for Measuring Nanomagnetic Properties

Mentor: Alex Zettl, Professor of Physics, University of California, Berkeley