COHEN RESEARCH GROUP

GROUP MEMBERS

Prof. Seth Cohen

Seth is a graduate of Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley, and M.I.T. He founded the Cohen Group in July of 2001.

Dr. Kyle Bentz

Kyle is a graduate of the University of Florida, where he studied polymer particles with Prof. Daniel Savin. He is working on polyMOFs. He joined the Cohen Group in January of 2018.

Dr. Christine Morrison

Christine is a graduate of Caltech, where she worked on the structural biology of nitrogenase with Prof. Doug Rees. She is working on metallopharmaceuticals. She joined the Cohen Group in July of 2017.
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Dr. Brian Pimentel

Brian is a graduate of Georgia Tech, where he studied MOFs as separation membranes with Prof. Ryan Lively. He is working on MOFs as sorbents and sensors. He joined the Cohen Group in September of 2018.

Rebecca Adamek

Rebecca is a graduate of the California State University, Fullerton. She is working on metalloenzyme inhibitors. She joined the Cohen Group in January of 2015.

Sergio Ayala

Sergio is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine. He is working on metal-organic frameworks. He joined the Cohen Group in January of 2015.

Allie Chen

Allie is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine. She is working in the area of metalloenzyme inhibitors. She joined the Cohen Group in January of 2015.

Jessie Moreton

Jessie is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. She is working on metal-organic frameworks. She joined the Cohen Group in January of 2015.

Zhonghuan 'Renee' Luo

Renee is an undergraduate senior at U.C. San Diego. She is working on metal-organic frameworks. She joined the Cohen Group in the Summer of 2017.

Benjamin Dick

Ben is a graduate of the University of Rochester. He is working in the area of metalloenzyme inhibitors. He joined the Cohen Group as a graduate student in January of 2015.

Yuji Katayama

Yuji is a visiting research scientist from the Asahi Kasei Corporation (Japan). He is working on membrane materials with metal-organic frameworks. He joined the Cohen Group in the September 2017.

Joseph Palomba

Joseph is a graduate of the Boston College. He is working on metal-organic frameworks. He joined the Cohen Group in January of 2016.

Kyle Barcus

Kyle is a graduate of the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he studied polymer chemistry. He is working on polyMOFs. He joined the Cohen Group in January of 2018.

Ryjul Stokes

Ryjul is a graduate of the Brigham Young University. He is working on metalloenzyme inhibitors. He joined the Cohen Group in January of 2018.

Mark Kalaj

Mark is a graduate of George Washington University, where he studied solid-state chemistry. He is working on MOF-based MMMs. He joined the Cohen Group in January of 2018.

Avon Barksdale

Avon is the unofficial group mascot. He enjoys attending group meetings, but rarely asks questions. He is a good listener when experiments aren't going your way.

Mr. Spock

Mr. Spock is a graduate of Starfleet Academy. He works on various aspects of lab management and strategic advising, is a stickler for lab safety, and spends some time curiously observing illogical human behavior. He joined the Cohen Group in January of 2015, after his homeworld of Vulcan was destroyed and he needed new employment.

FORMER GROUP MEMBERS

Visiting Scholars

Oliver Neumann (TU Berlin, Germany) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Jennifer Bartoli (U. Parma, Italy) - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors

Yuta Ohtsubu (Kyushu U., Japan) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Giulia Schukraft (EPFL, Switzerland) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Xiaoping Zhang (Nankai U., China) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Lauren Benz (U.S.D.) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Theresa Olyschlager (U. Munster, Germany) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Sonja Pullen (Uppsala U., Sweden) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Andreas Schneemann (Bochum U., Germany) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Marco Taddei (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Ferdinando Costantino (Università di Perugia, Italy) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Frederic Muench (ETH, Zurich, Switzerland) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Mitchell R. Malachowski (U.S.D.) - Supramolecular Chemistry

Gay Olivier-Lilley (Point Loma Nazarine) - Metalloregulatory Proteins

Postdoctoral Researchers

Esther Frederick (Princeton U.) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Matthias Trunk (Technical U. Berlin, Germany) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Le Wang (U.C. Riverside) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Jasung Bae (GIST, Korea) - Mixed-matrix Membranes

Thomson Yuyong Ma (Shanghai, China) - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors

Elbek Kurbanov (U. Minnesota) - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors

Zhenjie Zhang (U. South Florida) - polyMOFs

Yao Chen (U. South Florida) - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors

Teng-Hao Chen (U. Houston) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Breland Smith (U. Arizona) - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors

Yeob Lee (KAIST, Korea) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Sang Ho Lim (U.C. Davis)- Supramolecular Chemistry

Jean-Philippe Monserrat (U. de Pierre et Marie Curie, France) - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors

Min Kim (KAIST, Korea) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Chao Chen (Chinese Scholarship Council) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Matthieu Rouffet (U. Reims, France) - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors

Jody Major Jourden (Northwestern U.) - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors

Christophe Volkringer (U. Versailles) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Joseph Nguyen (U. Kansas) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Zhenqiang 'Rick' Wang (U. South Florida) - Metal-organic Frameworks

Jay R. Stork (U.C. Davis) - Supramolecular Chemistry

Yilong Yan (U. Hong Kong) - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors

Vishakha Monga (U.B.C.) - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors

Drew L. Murphy (U.S.C.) - Supramolecular Chemistry

Graduate Students

Stephanie Duggan - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (M.S., June 2019)
Xiao Yu - Metal-organic Frameworks (Ph.D., Dec. 2018)

Cy V. Credille - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (Ph.D., Aug. 2018)

Christian Perez - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (Ph.D., June 2018)

Michael Denny - MOF Mixed Matrix Membranes (Ph.D., Apr. 2018)

Kevin Daniel - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (Ph.D., Jan. 2015)

Phuong Dau - Metal-organic Frameworks (Ph.D., Dec. 2014)

Corinne Allen - Metal-organic Frameworks (Ph.D., Nov. 2014)

David Martin - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (Ph.D., Sept. 2014)

Joshua Day - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (M.S., Sept. 2013)

Jessica Fullagar - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (Ph.D., July 2013)

Sergio L. Garibay - Metal-organic Frameworks (Ph.D., Nov. 2011)

Kristine K. Tanabe - Metal-organic Frameworks (Ph.D., Mar. 2011)

Arpita Agrawal - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (Ph.D., Mar. 2011)

Jamie DeSoto - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (M.S., Mar. 2011)

Jennifer A. Jacobsen - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (M.S., Mar. 2010)

Emily Dugan - Metal-organic Frameworks (M.S., Mar. 2009)

Faith E. Jacobsen - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (Ph.D., Sept. 2007)

Jana A. Lewis - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (Ph.D., Mar. 2007)

Misha V. Golynskiy - Metalloregulatory Proteins (Ph.D., Jan. 2007)

David T. Puerta - Metalloenzyme Inhibitors (Ph.D., Jan. 2006)

Sara R. Halper - Metal-organic Frameworks (Ph.D., Jan. 2006)

Scot A. Lieser - Metalloregulatory Proteins

Talib C. Davis - Metalloregulatory Proteins

Undergraduate Students

Alexandra Jameson (U.C. San Diego) - Sept. 2016 - present

Peter Glatt (Mira Costa College, U.C. San Diego) - June 2015 - present

Johnathan Sutterfield (U.C. San Diego) - Oct. 2012 - June 2014

Luis Polanco (U.C. San Diego) - June 2012 - Dec. 2013

Samuel Mallonee (U.C. San Diego) - Jan. 2013 - Dec. 2013

Jake Boissonnault (U.C. San Diego) - June 2011 - June 2013

Zachary Hann (U.C. San Diego) - Jan. 2012 - June 2013

Abhinav Nalluri (U.C. San Diego) - Summer 2011

Alisa Tanakit (U.C. San Diego) - June 2010 - June 2011

Matthew Cliffe (Cambridge U., U.K.) - Summer 2010

Melissa T. Miller (U.C. San Diego) - June 2008 - Oct. 2009

Marilyn R. Okamura (U.C. San Diego) - June 2007 - 2008

Van S. Thoi (U.C. San Diego) - June 2005 - 2008

Charles Holz (U.C. San Diego) - Feb. - Nov. 2007

Daniel Cordaro (Ithaca College) - Summer 2006

Loi Do (U.C. San Diego) - 2004 - 2006

Ba L. Tran (U.C. San Diego) - 2004 - 2006

Joseph Kliegman (Reed College) - Summer 2005

Alexis Kaushansky (Harvey Mudd College) - Summer 2002

Heather M. Delaney (U.C. Irvine) - Summer 2002