People

Andre Merg

Principal Investigator

B.S. Winthrop University, 2010
Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, 2017
Postdoc, Emory University, 2017-2020 

Nayeli Perez

Undergraduate Student

Year Joined: 2021
Research Project: Collagen-DNA Nanoimprinting

Emil Samson

Graduate Student

B.S. Chemistry - University of California, Irvine
Year Joined: 2021
esamson2@ucmerced.edu

Current Members

Anthony Perez  

Anthony Perez, Graduate Student, Joined 2020
B.S. Chemistry - University of California, Los Angeles
aperez380@ucmerced.edu



Parian

Parian Poorjafari Jafroodi, Graduate Student, Joined 2023
M.Sc. The University of Guilan, Iran
ppoorjafarijarood@ucmerced.edu


 

 

Bita

Bita Soleimani Pourlak , Graduate Student, Joined 2023
M.Sc. Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran
bsoleimanipourlak@ucmerced.edu



Kunle

Adekunle Adewole, Graduate Student, Joined 2023
B.S. Chemistry - Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
aadewole@ucmerced.edu



Yumie Lee

Yumie Lee, Undergraduate Student, Joined 2020
Major: Bioengineering

Alumni

Diliveya Enwaya (undergraduate researcher, 2021-2023)
Dr. Debasis Ghosh (postdoctoral researcher, 2022-2023; Current Position: Team Leader, Alembic Pharmaceuticals India)
Siena Akira Murillo (ACS SEED student, Summer 2023)
Caitlynn Jones (ACS SEED student, Summer 2023)
Zon F. Moua (ACS SEED student, Summer 2022; Current Position: undergraduate student at Harvard University)
Emil Samson (M.S. Student, 2021-2022; Current Position: Associate Chemist, Medtronic)
Douglas Zhang (graduate student, 2021-2023; Current Position: graduate student in the Martini lab)
Nayeli Perez (undergraduate researcher, 2021-2023; Current Position: graduate student, UC Riverside)