People

Directors

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Peidong Yang
CARA Director
S. K. and Angela Chan
Distinguished Chair in Energy
UC Berkeley, Department of Chemistry
p_yang@berkeley.edu
Tel: 510-643-1545
http://nanowires.berkeley.edu

 

 

 Omar Yaghi

Omar M. Yaghi 
CARA Co-Director
The James and Neeltje Tretter
Professor of Chemistry
UC Berkeley, Department of Chemistry
yaghi@berkeley.edu
Tel: 510-643-5507
http://yaghi.berkeley.edu

 

 

Kerstin Schierle-Arndt
CARA Associate Director
Senior Research Manager
Inorganic Materials and Synthesis
BASF

 

 

 

 

Principal Investigators

See PROJECTS page for a list of all PIs on CARA-affiliated campuses categorized by the project.


BASF Visiting Scientists

Rohini GuptaRohini Gupta
Advanced Materials and Formulation Research

 

 

 

emirEmir Islamovic
Biosciences Research

 

 

 

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Carlos Lizandara Pueyo
Synthesis, Catalysis and Inorganic Materials Research

 

 

 

 

Rui Zhang

Rui Zhang
Synthesis, Catalysis and Inorganic Materials Research

 

 

 

 

CARA Operations 

LGarciaLissette Garcia
CARA Center Program Manager
Tel: (510) 643-1679
lgarcia@berkeley.edu

 

Former Principal Investigators

Paul Alivisatos, UC Berkeley
Frances Arnold, Caltech
Zhenan Bao, Stanford University
Manmohan Chandraker, NEC Labs
Yi Cui, Stanford University
Michael Fischbach, Stanford University
Malancha Gupta, USC
Tina Jeoh, UC Davis
Eric McFarland, UC Santa Barbara
Nitin Nitin, UC Davis
Dan Nomura, UC Berkeley
Jens Norskov, Stanford University
Kristin Persson, UC Berkeley
Kristopher Pister, UC Berkeley
Ravi Ramamoorthi, UC San Diego
Vivek Subramanian, UC Berkeley
Hayden Taylor, UC Berkeley
Dean Toste, UC Berkeley
Nir Yosef, UC Berkeley
Tarek Zohdi, UC Berkeley
Frank Abild-Pederson, SLAC
Yan Liu, USC
Ana Arias, UC Berkeley
Phillip Messersmith, UC Berkeley
Omar Yaghi, UC Berkeley
Adam Arkin, UC Berkeley
Peter Atkinson, UC Riverside
Jonathan Long, Stanford
Sarah Reisman, Caltech
Patrick Shih, UC Davis
Jeff Skerker, UC Berkeley
Andrew Kummel, UC San Diego
Mark Mascal, UC Davis
Chong Liu, UCLA
Galen Stucky, UCSB
Daniela Barile, UCD
Xi Chen, UCD
Bruce German, UCD
Helen Raybould, UCD
David Mills, UCD
Zhibin Guan, UCI

 


Researchers

Name Position Research Group Institute
Amr Badary Postdoc Mayfield group UC San Diego
John Brunn Ph.D. Candidate Hartwig group UC Berkeley
Grace Busse Ph.D. Candidate Chueh group Stanford University
Chungryong Choi Postdoc Bates & Read de Alaniz group UC Santa Barbara
Kyoungmin Choi Postdoc Hartwig group UC Berkeley
Nicco Ciccia Ph.D. Candidate Hartwig group UC Berkeley
Peter Csernica Ph.D. Candidate Chueh group Stanford University
Kate Dolph Ph.D. Candidate Francis group UC Berkeley
Gina El Nasr Ph.D. Candidate Huang group Stanford
Jamie Gleason Ph.D. Candidate Francis group UC Berkeley
Will Gent Ph.D. Candidate Chueh group Stanford University
Eduardo Grandio Postdoc Landry group UC Berkeley
Caidric Gupit Postdoc Hegelson group UC Santa Barbara
Andrew Hwang Postdoc Iglesia group UC Berkeley
Haowei Huang Postdoc Yang group UC Berkeley
Su-Ji Jeon Postdoc Giraldo group UC Riverside
Jianbo Jin Ph.D. Candidate Yang group UC Berkeley
Yang Li Postdoc Glass group UC Berkeley
Tzu-Ling Liu Postdoc Bent group Stanford
Arifin Maulana Ph.D. Candidate Yang group UC Berkeley/td>
Aaron McLeod Ph.D. Candidate Kummel group UC San Diego
Jan Meisner Postdoc Martinez group Stanford University
Emily Morgan Ph.D. Candidate Seshadri group UC Santa Barbara
My Nguyen Ph.D. Candidate Schell/Fredrickson group UC Berkeley
Louis-Felix Nothias-Scaglia Postdoc Dorrestein group UC San Diego
Arun Patel Postdoc Chmelka group UC Santa Barbara
Nichole Pedowitz Postdoc Bogyo group Stanford
Elisa Pieri Postdoc Martinez group Stanford
Anna Pischer Ph.D. Candidate Chemlka group UC Santa Barbara
An Phung Postdoc Burkart group UC San Diego
Bhausaheb Rajput Postdoc Burkart group UC San Diego
Nicole Schauser Data Scientist Seshadri group Voltaiq
Junnan Shangguan Postdoc Iglesia group UC Berkeley
Sandeep Sharma Postdoc Giraldo group UC Riverside
Kevin Shen Postdoc Schell/Fredrickson group UC Santa Barbara
Nick Sherk Ph.D. Candidate Schell/Fredrickson group UC Santa Barbara
Jake Shi Ph.D. Candidate Hartwig group UC Berkeley
Shuang Song Postdoc Uhrich group UC Riverside
Sophia Tan Ph.D. Candidate DeGrado group UCSF
Tulsi Upadhyay Postdoc Bogyo group Stanford
Henry Wang P.h.D. Candidate Martinez group Stanford University
Angel Yang Ph.D. Candidate Cargnello group Stanford University
Xiaojun Zeng Postdoc Stucky/Chmelka group UC Santa Barbara
Yichen Zhai Postdoc Tolley group UC San Diego
Arava Zohar Postdoc Seshadri group UC Santa Barbara

Alumni

Name Previous Position Research Group Current Position
Joshua Speros Adv.Mat & Formilation R&D BASF BASF Ventures
Brian Standen Digitalization in R&D BASF Global Head of Next Gen. Computing,BASF
Gopal Kamath Digitalization in R&D BASF Sr. Digital Innovation Manager,BASF
Victor Oh New Tech Scout, Biosciences BASF CEO,Tactile IA
Thomas Rausch Digital Innovation Team Lead BASF Head of Digital Innovation, BASF
Derek Drost New Tech Scout, Biosciences BASF VP, Plant Genetics at Unfold
Stephan Zuend New Tech Scout BASF MBA Student, Warwick Business School
Ahmad Dehestani New Tech Scout BASF Unknown
Yoram Barak New Tech Scout BASF Scientific Marketing Human Nutrition, BASF
Carson Beyer New Tech Scout BASF Head of CLS Portfolio, Bayer
Christian Schildknecht New Tech Scout BASF Head of Optical Systems, Trinamix
Thorsten Staud New Tech Scout BASF Program Manager, 3D Printing bei BASF
Ioana Aanei Ph.D Candidate Francis group Sci. Analyst & Entrepreneurship Prog. Manager
Adel Elsohly Postdoc Francis group Staff Scientist, Genentech
Jake Jaffe Ph.D Candidate Francis group Graduate Student, UC Berkeley
Rafi Mohammad Ph.D Candidate Francis group Staff Scientist, Bayer
Rapeepat Sangsuwan Ph.D Candidate Francis group Graduate Student, UC Berkeley
Leslie Bateman Ph.D Candidate Nomura group Sr. Scientist, Celgene
Jeremy Smith Postdoc Subramanian group Sr. Staff Scientist, Tesla
William Scheideler Ph.D Candidate Subramanian group Postdoc, Stanford University
Andre Zeumault Ph.D Candidatet Subramanian group Postdoc, Georgia Institute of Technology
Steve Jacob Postdoc Toste group Scientist, Arcus Biosciences
Reed Larson Postdoc Toste group Sr. Scientist , Merck Laboratories
Letian Dou Postdoc Yang group Assistant Professor, Purdue University
Jacob Kanady Postdoc Alivisatos group
Ala Bunescu Postdoc Hartwig group Assistant Professor, University of Cambridge
Ayodele Ogunkoya Postdoc Francis group Research Scientist, Catalent Biologics
Jeff Lopez Ph.D Candidate Bao/Cui group Postdoc, MIT
Allen Pei Ph.D Candidate Bao/Cui group Ph.D Candidate
Qing-Wei Zhang Postdoc Hartwig group Assistant Professor, USTC
Andrew Samant Postdoc Toste group Research Scientist, Jansen Pharmaceuticals
Fan Cui Ph.D. Candidate Yang group Postdoc, NYU
Zhiqiang Niu Postdoc Yang group Visiting Scholar, Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics
Seojung Han Postdoc Hartwig group Research Scientist, Korea National Lab
Shradha Agrawal Ph.D. Candidate Chandraker group Data Scientist, Adobe
Scott Strobel Ph.D. Candidate Jeoh/Scher group UC Davis
Dana Wong Postdoc Jeoh/Scher group UC Davis
Richard Thornbury Ph.D. Candidate Toste group UC Berkeley
Jake Sporrer Ph.D. Candidate Subramanian group UC Berkeley
Kevin Hudnall Ph.D. Candidate Jeoh/Sher group UC Davis
Nicolas Castrillon Ph.D. Candidate Zohdi group UC Berkeley
David Detomaso Ph.D. Candidate Nir group UC Berkeley
Breanna Ford Ph.D. Candidate Nomura group LDP Program, BASF
Shizhao Su Postdoc McFarland group Electrochemical Scientist, Chemistry
Allon Wagner Ph.D. Candidate Nir group UC Berkeley
Brylee David Tiu Postdoc Messersmith group Sr. Research Scientist, 3M
Zachariah Berkson Ph.D. Candidate Chmelka group Postdoc, Coperet Lab
Steven Wolf Postdoc UCSD group Sr. Electrical Engineer, Raytheon
Behzad Tangeysh Postdoc McFarland, group Analytical Development Scientist, Seer
Max Ney Undergraduate Messersmith group Postdoc, Duke University
Fengru Fan Postdoc Stucky group Postdoc Researcher, Purdue University
Xiaolei Zhu Postdoc Martinez group Data Scientist, Insight Data Science Bootcamp, Bay Area
Jan Saska Postdoc Mascal group Sr. Scientist II, Nitto Denko, Oceanside, CA)
Carolyn Ladd Postdoc Arnold group Sr. Research Specialist, Dow Chemical
Jianmei Huang Postdoc Yang group Associate Professor, Beihang University, Beijing
Joseph Montoya Postdoc Persson group Scientist, Toyota Research Institute
Michael Rombola Postdoc Arnold group Scientist, Discovery Chemistry, San Diego
Kang Huang Postdoc Nitin group Lecturer, Univ of Auckland
Teng Lei Ph.D. Candidate Yang group Investment Associate, Kunlun Capital
Tamas Prizleszky Postdoc Helgeson group R&D Engineer at 77 Foods
Stephanie Contreras Ph.D. Candidate Siegel group UC Davis
Jason Fell Postdoc Siegel group UC Davis
Jason Grebenkemper Postdoc Wilson group UC Santa Barbara
Joseph Montoya Postdoc Persson group Toyota Research, Palo Alto
Joon Kim Ph.D. Candidate Long group MD Candidate, Stanford
Jimmy Shen Postdoc Persson group UC Berkeley
Hossein Heidari Ph.D. Candidate Taylor group UC Berkeley
Matthew Horton Postdoc Persson group Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Daniel Drew Ph.D. Candidate Pister group UC Berkeley
Bo Su Ph.D. Candidate Hartwig group Professor, Nankai University
Eric Schwartz Ph.D. Candidate Guan group UC Irvine
David Burnett Ph.D. Candidate Pister group Hardware Engineer, Apple
Fil Maksimovic Postdoc Pister group Scientist, Iota Biosciences
Daniel Brauer Ph.D. Candidate Francis group UC Berkeley
Gozde Demirer Ph.D. Candidate Landry group Asst. Professor, Caltech
Peyman Delparastan Ph.D. Candidate Messersmith group UC Berkeley
Biswanath Dutta Postdoc Iglesia group Univ. of Illinois at Urbana
Teng Fu Postdoc Iglesia group Research Scientist, BASF
Emmet Goodman Postdoc Cargnello group Stanford University
Zhe Ji Ph.D. Candidate Yaghi group UC Berkeley
Sarah Klass Ph.D. Candidate Francis group UC Berkeley
Chinmay Kukarni Postdoc Uhrich group UC Riverside
Kyueui Lee Postdoc Messersmith group Asst. Professor, Kyungpook National Univ
Kasey Markel Ph.D. Candidate Shih group UC Davis
Miao Liu Postdoc Persson group Associate Professor, Institute of Physics in Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nareh Movsesian Ph.D. Candidate Gupta group Chemical Engineer, Northrop Grumman
Dhananjay Pandey Postdoc Mayfield group UC San Diego
Ritwika Ray Postdoc Hartwig group Postdoc Researcher, UC San Francisco
Celine Santiago Postdoc Francis group Sr. Scientist, Merck
Guang Miao Postdoc Iglesia group UC Berkeley
Justin Wang Ph.D. Candidate Hartwig group Scientist, Chevron
Zachary Wu Ph.D. Candidate Arnold group Research Scientist, Deepmind
Vanessa Yang Ph.D. Candidate Francis group UC Berkeley
Alexander Yemelin Postdoc Arkin group UC Berkeley
Bing Zhang Ph.D. Candidate Yaghi group Process Engineer, Lam Research
Xinrui Zhang M.A. Student Cargnello group Ph.D. Candidate, Northwestern University
Verena Striebel Postdoc Abild-Pedersen group Stanford University
Benjamin Shih Postdoc Tolley group Harvard University
Pengcheng Chen Assistant Professorc Yang group Fudan University
Nick Polizzi Assistant Professorc DeGrado group Harvard University
Mrittika Bhattacharya Scientist II Barile group SEER
Michael Belcher Ph.D. Candidate Shih group UC Davis
Michael Breeden Process Engineer Kummel group Applied Materials
Jordan Castro Ph.D. Candidate Guan group UC Irvine
Thomas Dugger Ph.D. Candidate Uhrich group UC Riverside
Jiao Deng Postdoc Liu group UC Los Angeles
Maria Folgueras Ph.D. Candidate Yang group UC Berkeley
Baoju Wang Postdoc Atkinson group UC Riverside
Sabine Sebastian Ph.D. Candidate Arnold group Caltech
Molleigh Preefer Postdoc Seshadri group SLAC
Lori Huberman Assistant Professor Glass group Cornell CALS
Phillip Seltzer Postdoc Stucky/Chmelka group UC Santa Barbara
Veronica Li Ph.D. Candidate Long group Stanford