Principal Investigator
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, Graduate Program in Microbiology
B.S. Biological Sciences (2022, California State University – Fullerton)
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)
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, Graduate Program in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
M.S. Chemistry (2021, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
B.S. Chemistry (2018, Tribhuvan University)
Jonathan Stewart, Graduate Program in Environmental Toxicology
M.S. Marine Biology (2023, College of Charleston)
B.S. Biological Sciences (2019, Clemson University)
Undergraduate Students
Eloisa Buenaventura UCR Chemistry
Arshia Dadfar UCR Biology
Brooke Freeman UCR Biochemistry, MARC-U Scholar
Jean Carlo Gonzalez UCR Biology, CSMP Scholar
Donovan Horna UCR Biochemistry
Lyna Huynh UCR Biology
Kaylena Nguyen UCR Biology
Idhika Padhi UCR CMDB
Fabella Sarwono UCR Biology, MARC-U Scholar
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
Prem Kushwaha, (2024-2025)
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
Patricia Sidhom, MS Environmental Toxicology (2024-2026)
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, QA Coordinator at Amphastar Pharmaceuticals
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 Biochemistry
Dr. José Montaño, UCR Chemistry, Postdoctoral Scholar at UCSF
Phillipp Nguyen UCR Chemistry, Chemist at Bachem
Walter Nguyen UCR Neuroscience
Vivian Onwudiwe, UCR Biochemistry
Minh Tran, UCR Neuroscience (Honors), D.O. Student at Western University Health Sciences
If you're an alumni of our group who would like to be included, please reach out!