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Principal Investigator

Joseph Genereux

Joseph C. Genereux, PhD

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Chemical Sciences 320, tel: (951) 827-3759

Dr. Genereux is originally from Yucaipa, CA. He received his B.A. in Chemistry from Swarthmore College, studying protein aggregation with Prof. Robert F. Pasternack. He earned a B.S. in Physics at UC Irvine, and a PhD in Chemistry from Caltech under the mentorship of Prof. Jacqueline Barton. At Caltech, he characterized the contribution of single-step transfer to DNA-mediated charge transport. Dr. Genereux moved to The Scripps Research Institute to learn Cellular Proteostasis under the mentorship of Prof. Jeffery Kelly and Prof. Luke Wiseman as an NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow, and later an AHA Postdoctoral Fellow. At TRSI, Dr. Genereux characterized how the ER stress-responsive transcription factor ATF6 remodels proteostasis in the extracellular space. At UC Riverside, the Genereux lab applies its expertise in mass spectrometry-based proteomics to probe molecular aspects of proteostasis.

 

Graduate Students

Jasmine Castellanos

Jasmine Castellanos, Graduate Program in Microbiology

B.S. Biological Sciences (2022, California State University – Fullerton)

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Qiqi Lin, Graduate Program in Environmental Toxicology

M.S. Microbial and Biochemical Pharmacy (2021, South China Normal University)

B.S. Traditional Chinese Pharmacy (Zhuhai College of Jilin University)

Prem Kushwaha

Prem Kushwaha, Graduate Program in Chemistry

B.S., M.S. Chemistry (2020, Birla Institute of Technology)

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Zi (Nicole) Yang, Graduate Program in Environmental Toxicology

M.S. Bioengineering (2022, Northwest A&F University)

B.S. Light Chemical Engineering (2019 ,Tianjin University of Science & Technology)

 

Swechha Rimal

Swechha Rimal, Graduate Program in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

M.S. Chemistry (2021, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)

B.S. Chemistry (2018, Tribhuvan University)

 

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Patricia Sindhom, Graduate Program in Environmental Toxicology

M.S. Educational Counseling (2015, University of La Verne)

M.Ed. Education (2008, UCR)

B.A. Liberal Arts (2006, CSU Monterey Bay)

 

Undergraduate Students

 

Brooke Freeman UCR Biochemistry, MARC-U Scholar

Alma Gamliel UCR Chemistry

Jean Carlo Gonzalez Riverside City College

Lyna Huynh UCR Biology

Fabella Sarwono UCR Biology

 

Postbaccalaureate

Phillipp Nguyen UCR Chemistry (Laboratory Manager)

Walter Nguyen UCR Neuroscience

 

Alumni

 

Postdoctoral Scholars:

Sha Sun, PhD, (2015-2016); Senior Scientist, Revolution Medicines

Liangyong Mei, PhD, (2016-2019); Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of North Florida

 

Graduate Students:

Mateo Espinoza, PhD Microbiology (2016-2019); Scientist I, Sanford Laboratories for Innovative Medicine

Ziqi Lyu, PhD Chemistry (2017-2024); Postdoctoral Scholar, Xue Group, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai

Maureen Montoya, PhD Chemistry (2015-2020); Associate Scientist, Gilead Sciences

Khanh Nguyen, PhD Chemistry (2015-2020); Postdoctoral Scholar, Myers Group, La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Guy Quanrud, PhD Chemistry (2017-2022); Senior Scientist, Merck

Melody Sycks, (2017-2020)

 

Undergraduate Students: 

Anisha Bharadwaj UCR Biology (Honors), M.S Student at Keck

Carolina Canizal, UCR Biology

Danna Castro Rueda, UCR Biochemistry, Scientist I at Eurofins

Nick Deloney, UCR Computer Science (Honors), Senior Software Engineer at Confluent

Dr. Ruben Elias, UCR Biochemistry, Postdoctoral Scholar at TSRI

Malia Freese UCR Bioengineering (Honors), M.S. Student at UCR

Caleb Hong, UCLA Biochemistry

Sophia Liu UCR Biochemistry, Ph.D. Student at UCR

Dr. José Montaño, UCR Chemistry, Ph.D. Student at UCSF

Vivian Onwudiwe, UCR Biochemistry

Minh Tran, UCR Neuroscience (Honors), D.O. Student at Western University Health Sciences

 

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