Principal Investigator
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.
Postdoctoral Scholars
Ph.D. Chemistry (2023, University of California, Riverside)
B.S. Chemistry (2017, Beijing Normal University)
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)
Prem Kushwaha, Graduate Program in Chemistry
B.S., M.S. Chemistry (2020, Birla Institute of Technology)
Undergraduate Students
Carolina Canizal UCR Biology
Vivian Onwudiwe UCR Biochemistry
Ashley Ruvalcaba UCR Biochemistry
Caleb Hong UCR Biochemistry
Justin Chao UCR Biology
Phillipp Nguyen UCR Chemistry
Anisha Bharadwaj UCR Biology
Ben Choi UCR Chemical Engineering
Malia Freese UCR Bioengineering
Elianna Escobar-Marquez UCR Biology
Alumni
Postdoctoral Scholars:
Sha Sun, PhD, (2015-2016); Myokardia
Liangyong Mei, PhD, (2016-2019); Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of North Florida
Graduate Students:
Mateo Espinoza, PhD Microbiology (2016-2019); Staff Research Associate, UCSD Stem Cell Program
Maureen Montoya, PhD Chemistry (2015-2020); Eurofins Scientific
Khanh Nguyen, PhD Chemistry (2015-2020); Postdoctoral Scholar, Myers Group, La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Guy Quanrud, PhD Chemistry (2017-2022); Research Scientist, Bridgene Biosciences
Melody Sycks, (2017-2020)