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Administrative Leads

CCBM Co-Director, Professor of Bioengineering Victor Muñoz
CCBM Co-Director & PI, Professor of Bioengineering, Thrust 1
vmunoz3@ucmerced.edu
Biomedical Sciences and Physics Building 261
CCBM Co-Director, Professor of Physics Ajay Gopinathan
CCBM Co-Director & Co-PI, Graduate Lead, & Professor of Physics, Thrust 2, 3
agopinathan@ucmerced.edu
Arts & Computational Sciences 252
Co-PI & Professor of Physics, Thrust 2
sghosh@ucmerced.edu
Biomedical Sciences and Physics Building

Thrust Leads

Assistant Professor of Physics Kinjal Dasbiswas
Assistant Professor of Physics, Thrust 2, 3 / Thrust 2 Lead
kdasbiswas@ucmerced.edu
COB 1, Room 313
Associate Professor of Bioengineering Eva de Alba
Associate Professor of Bioengineering, Thrust 1 Lead
edealbabastarrechea@ucmerced.edu
Biomedical Sciences and Physics Building
Assistant Professor of Molecular Cell Biology Stephanie Woo
Assistant Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, Thrust 3 / Thrust 3 Lead
swoo6@ucmerced.edu
SE1 248

Undergraduate Education Lead

Roberto C. Andresen Eguiluz
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Thrust 1&3, Undergraduate Lead
randreseneguiluz@ucmerced.edu

Thrust 1

Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Mike Colvin
Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Thrust 1
mcolvin@ucmerced.edu
COB, Room 361
Roberto C. Andresen Eguiluz
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Thrust 1&3, Undergraduate Lead
randreseneguiluz@ucmerced.edu
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology Aaron Hernday
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, Thrust 1
ahernday@ucmerced.edu
SE1, Room 314
Professor of Molecular Cell Biology Patricia LiWang
Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, Thrust 1
pliwang@ucmerced.edu
Castle, Room 95
Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Biology Andy LiWang
Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Thrust 1
aliwang@ucmerced.edu
Castle, Building 1200, Room 36
Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry Andrea Merg
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Thrust 1
amerg@ucmerced.edu
BSP, Room 167
Tomas Rube
Assistant Project Scientist, Thrust 1
trube@ucmerced.edu
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering Anand Bala Subramaniam
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering, Thrust 1
asubramaniam@ucmerced.edu
SE2, Room 291
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Thrust 1
ssukenik@ucmerced.edu
Castle Commerce Center
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Michael Thompson
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Thrust 1
mthompson30@ucmerced.edu
Castle, Bldg 1200, Room 96

Thrust 2

Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Thrust 2
rbaxter@ucmerced.edu
SE2 370
Daniel Beller
Faculty Affiliate, Johns Hopkins University
Professor of Physics
lhirst@ucmerced.edu
Biomedical Sciences and Physics Building
Professor of Physics, Thrust 2
kmitchell@ucmerced.edu
COB 343
Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics Maxime Theillard
Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics, Thrust 2
mtheillard@ucmerced.edu
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Tao Ye
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Thrust 2
tye2@ucmerced.edu
SE1 292

Thrust 3

Daniel Beller
Faculty Affiliate, Johns Hopkins University
Roberto C. Andresen Eguiluz
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Thrust 1&3, Undergraduate Lead
randreseneguiluz@ucmerced.edu
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, Thrust 3
xge2@ucmerced.edu
SE1, Room 260
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering Arvind Gopinath
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Thrust 3
agopinath@ucmerced.edu
SE2 384
Assistant Professor of Physics Bin Liu
Associate Professor of Physics, Thrust 3
bliu27@ucmerced.edu
BSP 111
Professor of Materials Science Engineering
kmccloskey@ucmerced.edu
SE1 344
Professor, Applied Math Suzanne Sindi
Professor, Applied Math, Thrust 3
ssindi@ucmerced.edu
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering Joel Spencer
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Thrust 3
joel.spencer@ucmerced.edu
SE2 381
Associate Professor Molecular and Cell Biology Fred W. Wolf
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology, Thrust 3
fwolf@ucmerced.edu
SE1 330

Staff / Contributors

Project Scientist David Gravano
Project Scientist, Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry (to lead BioNano Technology summer module)
dgravano@ucmerced.edu
CCBM Undergraduate Coordinator
Executive Director
(209) 228-4230
ckouadio@ucmerced.edu
BSP 247
2016-20 Project Scientist
dquint@ucmerced.edu
Project Scientist
msadqi@ucmerced.edu

External Evaluation

Ayesha Boyce
External Evaluator