Principal Investigator

Dr. Teresa Head-Gordon Chancellor's Professor, Department of Chemistry, Department of Bioengineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate Group in Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley. Pitzer Theory Center Faculty Scientist, Chemical Sciences Division, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Contact Information: Office: 274C Stanley Hall Berkeley, CA 94720-3220 Email: thg [at] berkeley [dot] edu Telephone: (510) 666-2744 Bio THGCV_August2018

Administrative Assistant

Mr. Wilfredo Balza Jr. Office: 214 Gilman Hall Phone: 510-642-9617

Post-doctoral Scholars

	Dr. Luis A Ruiz Pestana Post Doctoral Scholar, Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Office: 260F Stanley Hall E-mail: lar739 [at] lbl [dot] gov B.S Civil Engineering University of Cantabria, Spain Ph.D Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Northwestern University
Dr. Valerie Vaissier Post Doctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley Office: 260E Stanley Hall E-mail: valerie.vaissier [at] berkeley [dot] edu MSc Physics and Chemistry Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielle de la ville de Paris (ESPCI ParisTech) Advanced MSc Physics and Chemistry Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielle de la ville de Paris (ESPCI ParisTech) MSc Physics Imperial College London Ph.D Physics Imperial College London
	Dr. Sara Y. Cheng Post Doctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley Office: 260C Stanley Hall E-mail: sycheng [at] berkeley [dot] edu B.A. Double Major in Physics and Applied Math University of California Berkeley Ph.D Physics University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Itai Leven Post Doctoral Scholar, Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Office: 260C Stanley Hall E-mail: itaileve [at] berkeley [dot] edu BS Materials Science and Engineering Ben-Gurion University of the Negev MSc Physical Chemistry Tel-Aviv University PhD Physical Chemistry Tel-Aviv University
	Dr. Akshaya K. Das Post Doctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley Office: 260D Stanley Hall E-mail: akshaya.das [at] berkeley [dot] edu B. Sc. Chemistry Ravenshaw University M. Sc. Chemistry IIT Kanpur, India Ph.D Chemistry University of Basel, Switzerland
Dr. Kochise Bennett California Alliance Post Doctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley Office: 260D Stanley Hall E-mail: kcbennett [at] berkeley [dot] edu B. Sc. Physics University of California, Los Angeles Ph.D Chemistry University of California, Irvine
	Dr. Jagna Witek Post Doctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry University of California Berkeley Office: 260D Stanley Hall E-mail: jagna.witek [at]gmail [dot] Licencjat in Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland Magister in Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland Ph.D Computational Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Dr. Dominique Nocito Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Office: 260 Stanley Hall B.S. Chemistry Missouri University of Science and Technology Ph.D Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Northwestern Ph.D Chemistry University of California, Riverside
	Dr. Farnaz Heidar-Zadeh FWO Postdoctoral Fellow and former Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellow B.Sc. in Pure Chemistry, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. M.Sc. Dept. of Chemistry, McMaster University, Canada M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran. Joint Ph.D. Theoretical Chemistry at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada and Physics at Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

Graduate Students

	James Lincoff Graduate Student, Department of Chemical Engineering Office: 260D Stanley Hall Email: jlincoff [at] berkeley [dot] edu Telephone: (510) 666-2745 B.S., Chemical Engineering and French, Northwestern University
Jerry Li Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry Office: 260D Stanley Hall Email: jerry-li1996 [at] berkeley [dot] edu Telephone: (510) 666-2745 B.S., Chemistry, Fudan University
	Shuai Liu Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley Email: liushuai10000 [at] berkeley [dot] edu

Visiting Scholars

Lars Urban B.Sc. Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich Master Program candidate, Chemistry Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich

Undergraduate Students

	Sunaina Sun Hajela Department of Chemical Engineering Office: 260B Stanley Hall Email: sun.hajela [at] berkeley [dot] edu Telephone: (510) 666-2745
Chelsey Fang Undergraduate Student, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Office: 260B Stanley Hall Email: hevatibm [at] berkeley [dot] edu Telephone: (510) 666 2745
	Michael Vincent Martin Undergraduate Student, Department of Bioengineering Office: 260B Stanley Hall Email: michael.martin [at] berkeley [dot] edu Telephone: (510) 666 2745