Margot Hoyt

Administrative Assistant

hoyt at caltech.edu

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Prof. Dr. André Hoelz           

Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute

Faculty Scholar, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Ph.D. Structural Biology and Biochemistry, The Rockefeller University (2003)

M.Sc. (Diplom) Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Freiburg, Germany (1997)

B.Sc. (Vordiplom) Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Germany (1993)

hoelz at caltech.edu     CV

Dr. Christopher J. Bley

Senior Postdoctoral Scholar (March 2012 - present)

Lab Manager

Safety Officer

Ph.D. Biochemistry, Arizona State University (2011)

M.Sc. Biochemistry, Arizona State University (2008)

B.Sc. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Davis (2004)

cjbley at caltech.edu

Dr. George Mobbs

Senior Postdoctoral Scholar (December 2014 - present)

Ph.D. Structural Biology - The University of Sheffield (2014)

M. BiolSci. Biochemistry - The University of Sheffield (2010)

B. Sc. Medical Biochemistry - The University of Sheffield (2009)

gmobbs at caltech.edu

Dr. Si Nie

Postdoctoral Scholar (August 2016 - present)

Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biophysics,

Chinese Academy of Science, China (2016)

M.Sc. Biochemisty and Molecular Biology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China (2012)

sinie at caltech.edu

Sabrina Doerrich

Visiting Masters Student (December 2021 - present)

B.Sc. Chemistry and Biochemistry, LMU Munich, Germany (2020)

Dr. Songhao Zhao

Postdoctoral Scholar (September 2021 - present)

Ph.D. Cell Biology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, China (2020)

M.Eng. Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China (2013)

songhao at caltech.edu

Stefan Petrovic

Graduate Student (April 2015 - present)

B.Sc. Cell Biology / Biochemistry, Bucknell University (2014)

spetrovi at caltech.edu

Anna Mortari

Robb and Eunice Rutledge SURF Fellow

Undergraduate Researcher (June 2021 - present)

California Institute of Technology, Chemistry Major, Second Year

Supervised by Chris Bley and George Mobbs

mortari at caltech.edu

Asha Rollins

Edward W. Hughes SURF Fellow

Undergraduate Researcher (June 2021 - present)

California Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering Major, Second Year

Supervised by Songhao Zhao and George Mobbs

arollins at caltech.edu

Wentao (Tao) Zhang

Thomas C. Hays SURF Fellow

Undergraduate Researcher (June 2021 - present)

California Institute of Technology, Biology Major, Second Year

Supervised by Chiayu Chien and George Mobbs

wzzhang at caltech.edu

Jessie Gan

Undergraduate Researcher (April 2022 - present)

California Institute of Technology, Chemistry Major, Second Year

Supervised by Si Nie

jgan at caltech.edu

Dr. Sema Ejder

Postdoctoral Scholar (July 2021 - present)

Ph.D. Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Newcastle University, UK (2021)

M.Sc. Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, Strasbourg University, France (2017)

B.Sc. Biomedical Sciences, Napier University, UK (2013)

sejder at caltech.edu

Dr. Narek Yousefian

Postdoctoral Scholar (September 2021 - present)

Double joint Ph.D. Biochemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany and University of Bordeaux, France (2020)

M.Sc. Biochemisty, University of Bordeaux, France (2016)

B.Sc. Microbiology, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Pau, France (2014)

narek at caltech.edu

Michael Gruhne

Graduate Student (October 2021 - present)

M.Sc. Chemistry, LMU Munich, Germany (2020)

B.Sc. Chemistry and Biochemistry, LMU Munich, Germany (2018)

mgruhne at caltech.edu

Chia Yu Chien

Graduate Student (March 2020 - present)

M.Sc. Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2014)

B.Sc. Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2012)

ccchien at caltech.edu

Joel Ehrenkranz

Visiting Associate

MD Stanford University School of Medicine (1977)

A.B. Amherst College (1973)

Wendy Granados Razo

SURF Fellow

Undergraduate Researcher (June 2022 - present)

California Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering Major, Second Year

Supervised by Stefan Petrovic and George Mobbs

wgranado at caltech.edu

Jack Jurmu

Amgen Scholar

Undergraduate Researcher (June 2022 - present)

Bemidji University, Minnesota, Biology Major, Second Year

Supervised by George Mobbs

jjurmu at caltech.edu

Ryan West

Amgen Scholar

Undergraduate Researcher (June 2022 - present)

California State University Fullerton, Biochemistry Major, Fourth Year

Supervised by Sema Ejder

rwest at caltech.edu