Directors
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 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
Administration
Lissette Garcia
CARA Center Administrator
Tel: (510) 643-1679
lgarcia@berkeley.edu
Principal Investigators
See PROJECTS page for a list of all PIs on CARA-affiliated campuses categorized by the project.
BASF Visiting Scientists
Derek Drost
Biosciences Research
Joshua Speros
Advanced Materials and Formulation Research
Stephan Zuend
Chemicals and Inorganic Materials Research
Victor Oh
Digital Innovation Manager
Thomas Rausch
Information Services and Supply Chain Innovation Management
Brian Standen
Digitalization in R&D
Gopal Kamath
Digitalization in R&D
Former Principal Investigators
Paul Alivisatos, UC Berkeley
Vivek Subramanian, UC Berkeley
Zhenan Bao, Stanford University
Dean Toste, UC Berkeley
Yi Cui, Stanford University
Eric McFarland, UC Santa Barbara
Nitin Nitin, UC Davis
Jens Norskov, Stanford University
Tina Jeoh, UC Davis
Ravi Ramamoorthi, UC San Diego
Manmohan Chandraker, NEC Labs
Vivek Subramanian, UC Berkeley
Tarek Zohdi, UC Berkeley
Dan Nomura, UC Berkeley
Nir Yosef, UC Berkeley
Justin Siegel, UC Davis
Michael Fischbach, Stanford University
Researchers
| Name | Position | Research Group | Institute |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrittika Bhattacharya | Postdoc | Barile group | UC Davis |
| Michael Belcher | Ph.D Candidate | Shih group | UC Davis |
| Daniel Brauer | Ph.D Candidate | Francis group | UC Berkeley |
| Michael Breeden | Ph.D Candidate | Kummel group | UC San Diego |
| Grace Busse | Ph.D Candidate | Chueh group | Stanford University |
| David Burnett | Ph.D Candidate | Pister group | UC Berkeley |
| Stephanie Contreras | Ph.D Candidate | Siegel group | UC Davis |
| Peter Csernica | Ph.D Candidate | Chueh group | Stanford University |
| Gozde Demirer | Ph.D Candidate | Landry group | UC Berkeley |
| Peyman Delparastan | Ph.D Candidate | Messersmith group | UC Berkeley |
| Daniel Drew | Ph.D Candidate | Pister group | UC Berkeley |
| Biswanath Dutta | Postdoc | Iglesia group | UC Berkeley |
| Jason Fell | Postdoc | Siegel group | UC Davis |
| Maria Folgueras | Ph.D Candidate | Yang group | UC Berkeley |
| Teng Fu | Postdoc | Iglesoa group | UC Berkeley |
| Will Gent | Ph.D Candidate | Chueh group | Stanford University |
| Emmet Goodman | Ph.D Candidate | Cargenllo group | Stanford University |
| Eduardo Grandio | Postdoc | Landry group | UC Berkeley |
| Jason Grebenkemper | Postdoc | Seshadri/Wilson group | UC Santa Barbara |
| Hossein Heidari | Ph.D Candidate | Taylor group | UC Berkeley |
| Matthew Horton | Postdoc | Persson group | UC Berkeley |
| Lori Huberman | Postdoc | Glass group | UC Berkeley |
| Zhe Ji | Ph.D Candidate | Yaghi group | UC Berkeley |
| Jianbo Jin | Ph.D Candidate | Yang group | UC Berkeley |
| Sarah Klass | Ph.D Candidate | Francis group | UC Berkeley |
| Joon Kim | Ph.D Candidate | Long group | Stanford |
| Chinmay Kukarni | Postdoc | Uhrich group | UC Riverside |
| Veronica Li | Ph.D. Candidate | Long group | Stanford |
| Yang Li | Postdoc | Glass group | UC Berkeley |
| Kyueui Lee | Postdoc | Messersmith group | UC Berkeley |
| Teng Lei | Ph.D. Candidate | Yang group | UC Berkeley |
| Aaron McLeod | Ph.D. Candidate | Kummel group | UC San Diego |
| Kasey Markel | Ph.D. Candidate | Shih group | UC Davis |
| Jan Meisner | Postdoc | Martinez group | Stanford University |
| Guang Miao | Postdoc | Iglesia group | UC Berkeley |
| Nareh Movsesian | Ph.D. Candidate | Gupta group | University of Southern Californiay |
| Joseph Montoya | Postdoc | Persson group | UC Berkeley |
| My Nguyen | Ph.D Candidate | Schell/Fredrikson group | UC Berkeley |
| Molleigh Preefer | Ph.D Candidate | Seshadri group | UC Santa Barbara |
| Tamas Prizleszky | Postdoc | Helgeson group | UC Santa Barbara |
| Ritwika Ray | Postdoc | Hartwig group | UC Berkeley |
| Celine Santiago | Postdoc | Francis group | UC Berkeley |
| Phillip Seltzer | Postdoc | Stucky/Chmelka group | UC Santa Barbara |
| Nick Sherk | Ph.D Candidate | Fredrikson group | UC Santa Barbara |
| Nicole Schauser | Ph.D Candidate | Seshadri group | UC Santa Barbara |
| Eric Schwartz | Ph.D Candidate | Guan group | UC Irvine |
| Craig Schindler | Ph.D Candidate | Pister group | UC Berkeley |
| Sabine Sebastian | Ph.D Candidate | Arnold group | Caltech |
| Jimmy Shen | Postdoc | Persson group | UC Berkeley |
| Kevin Shen | Postdoc | Schell/Fredrikon group | UC Santa Barbara |
| Bo Su | Postdoc | Hartwig group | UC Berkeley |
| Baoju Wang | Postdoc | Atkinson group | UC Riverside |
| Justin Wang | Ph.D Candidate | Hartwig group | UC Berkeley |
| Zachary Wu | Ph.D Candidate | Arnold group | Caltech |
| Vanessa Yang | Ph.D Candidate | Francis group | UC Berkeley |
| Alexander Yemelin | Postdoc | Arkin group | UC Berkeley |
| Xiaojun Zeng | Postdoc | Stucky/Chmelka group | UC Santa Barbara |
| Bing Zhang | Ph.D Candidate | Yaghi group | UC Berkeleys |
| Rinrui Zhang | M.A. Student | Cargnello group | Stanford University |
Alumni
| Name | Previous Position | Research Group | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Miao Liu | Postdoc | Persson group | Associate Professor,Institute of Physics in Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| 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, Chemetry |
| 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 Univeristy |
| 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 |
| Fil Maksimovic | Postdoc | Pister group | Scientist, Iota Biosciences |