Dr. HyeongJun Kim
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Research Mentor
and Participating Faculty, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Master's Program
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Ph.D., The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
HyeongJun is an experimental single-molecule biophysicist by training. He uses interdisciplinary approaches that integrate the cutting-edge force- and fluorescence-based single-molecule techniques, biochemistry, and microscopy technique developments. Currently, he is interested in elucidating the mechanisms of DNA-nucleic acid interaction. During his spare time, he likes exploring the Valley with his family.
Dr. Aleksey Aleshintsev
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. City University of New York
Lois Akosua Serwaa
Graduate student
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Huda Al-Zuhairi
PhD student
Physics and Astronomy
Cristina Canchola
Undergraduate student
Physics and Astronomy
Bianca Guerra
Research Associate I
M.S. from Biology Department
Brandon Shields
PhD student
Physics and Astronomy
Past members
- Dr. Ezhilarasan Manoharan: Physics department lecturer (2018- )
- Dieddra Atondo: Undergraduate student. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy (Fall 2018)
- Isaac Juarez: High Scholars (Summer 2018)
- Sayda Rodriguez: High Scholars (Summer 2018)
- Lee Zyrus Hernandez: Visiting undergraduate research assistant
from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (Fall 2019)
Current place: Emory University (PhD program)
- Punom Roy: Dept. of Physics and Astronomy (Fall 2019)
- Cesar Millan: Summer undergraduate research assistant (Summer-Fall 2020)
- Fatema Tuz Zohra: MS graduate student. Graduated (Summer 2021).
Current place: Penn State University (PhD program)
- Dr. Sadaf Shehzad: Research Associate III (Postdoctoral Fellow) (2022-2023)
- Miranda Molina: MS graduate student and Research Associate I (2000-2003)
Congratulations to Sayda and Isaac (the middle two)!
They won the FIRST prize from The UTRGV Rio Grande Valley Regional Science and Engineering Fair. (February 2019)