Former Graduate Students

Doctors of Philosophy

Xiao Cai, Ph.D. (LinkedIn)
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Joint BioEnergy Institute (Emeryville, CA)
Joined Stokes Group: May 2015
Ph.D. conferred: August 2019
M.S., Organic Chemistry, Cal State University, Northridge (research advisor: Prof. Thomas Minehan)
B.S., Chemistry, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
Hometown: Wuxi, China

Amir Keshavarz, Ph.D. (LinkedIn)
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Lin-Zhi International (Santa Clara, CA)
Joined Stokes Group: March 2015
Ph.D. conferred: August 2019
M.S., Biochemistry, Cal State University, Northridge (research advisor: Prof. Joseph Hajdu)
B.S., Biochemistry, Cal State University, Northridge
Hometowns: Tehran, Iran, and Woodland Hills, CA

 

Masters of Science

Kyle Lien
Hometowns: Phung Hiep, Vietnam, and Westminster, CA
Joined group: May 2017
M.S. conferred: August 2020
B.S., Chemistry, CSU Fullerton (advisor: Prof. Nicholas Salzameda)

 

Thanh-Ngoc Le
Current position: Adjunct Professor of Chemistry, Merced Community College
Joined group: July 2015
M.S. conferred: August 2018
B.S., Chemistry, San Jose State University (research advisor: Prof. David Brook)
Hometowns: Long Xuyen, Vietnam, and San Jose, CA

 

Other Former Grad Students

Jocelyn Ochoa
Joined group: June 2017
Current position: UC Merced physics graduate student (Hirst Group)
Awards: 2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention
B.S., Chemistry, CSU Long Beach (advisor: Prof. Kensaku Nakayama)
B.S., Physics, CSU Long Beach
Hometowns: San Pedro Cahro, Michoacan, Mexico, and Paramount, CA