Past members

Feel free to email me (mscheung1@gmail.com) and tell me where you are now.

DOE SULI Trainees

Briana Sobecks (Chem Eng, UIUC, Summer 2021), Graduate Student at Stanford.
Jose’ Villalobos (Physics, UT San Antonio, Spring 2022)
Margot Lockwood (Physics, KU, Fall 2024)

DOE CCI Trainees

Ian Gildea (Eng, Tidewater Community College, Spring 2022)
Kate Baldwin (AI, Bellevue College, Fall 2024)

University of Houston

Postdocs

Prof. Dirar Homouz (June 2007- May 2009). Associate Professor, Khalifa University (KUSTAR) in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Dr. Balamurugan (Bala) Desinghu (February 2012-July 2014). AI and HPC Research Scientist, Harvard University.
Dr. Swarnendu Tripathi (August 2012- March 2016). Postdoctoral Fellow of the Computational Cancer Biology Training Program (2014-2016). Sr. Bioinformatics Research Scientist, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Prof. Victor M.-Y. Tsai (2014-2015) Assistant Professor at Chung Cheng University, Taiwan.
Dr. Oleg Starovoytov (2015-2016) Consultant
Dr. Jaebeom Han, (2018-2020) Principal Scientist, Dassault Systèmes

Graduate Students

Ph.D. students

Dr. Antonios Samiotakis (UH Physics, Ph.D. May 2011). Director, AbCellera.
Prof. Qian Wang (UH Physics, Ph.D. May 2012). Associate Professor (tenured) at the University of Science and Technology of China.
Dr. Pengzhi Zhang (UH Physics, Ph.D. June 2016). Data Scientist, Methodist Hospital.
Prof. Fabio Zegarra (UH Physics, Ph.D. December 2018). Professor (tenured) at La Universidad Nacional Tecnológica de Lima Sur, Peru.
Dr. Millad Ghane (UH Computer Science, Ph.D. December 2019). Senior Engineer, Samsung
Dr. Jake Ezerski (UH Physics, Ph.D. May 2020). Mathematics Specialist, Start-up Clothing Tech LLC
Dr. Yossi Eliaz (UH Physics, Ph.D. September, 2020). Algorithm Research and Data Scientist, NRGene Ltd.
Dr. Andrei Gasic (UH Physics, Ph.D. October, 2020). Physics-AI Application Engineer, Geminus
Dr. Jacob Tinnin (UH Physics, Ph.D. October 2021). Research Scientist, National Security Agency
Dr. James Liman (Rice Bioengineering, Ph.D. December 2022). Consultant, Ernest & Young), EY-Parthenon
Dr. Jules Nde (UW Physics, Ph.D. May 2024). Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Kansas, Medical Center

Master students

Guoxiong Su (Physics, M.S. June 2012).
Fabio Zegarra (Physics, M.S. December 2012).
Jianfa Chen (Physics, M.S. December 2014).
Mohammadmehdi (Ezzat) Ezzatabadipour (Physics, M.S. December 2015)
Hoa Trinh (UH, Physics, 2016-2018)
Atrayee Sarkar (UH Physics, 2020-2021)

Undergraduate Students

Marc Gonzalez (Physics, Summer 2007) UT Austin Graduate Student in Mechanical Engineering.
Byron Hoffman (Junior, Physics, Summer 2008) UH Graduate Student in Physics.
Nathianiel Morgan (Junior, Physics, Fall 2008)
Faheem Shahid (Junior, Mech. Eng., Summer 2009)
Rizwan Tai (Junior, Political Sci., Summer 2009)
Syed Razavi (Junior, Chem Eng. Summer 2009)
Tyler Quarton (Sophomore, Biochemistry. Fall 2009)
Ian Mitchell (Junior, Physics, SURF, Summer 2010) UH Graduate Student in Physics
Francis Tee (Junior, Biology and Biochemistry, Fall 2010)
Megan Scoppa (Senior, Biochemistry, NSF REU, Spring 2009-Spring 2011) Lab specialist. Chemistry teacher at Kingwood high school.
Sana Mateen (Junior, Chemical Engineering, PURS Fall 2011).
Ashlynne Monroe (Junior, Health Science, Spring 2010-Spring 2011).
Gabriela Bernardes (Sophormore, Mechanical Engineering, Summer 2011-Spring 2012).
Francis de Dios (Physics senior, PURS Fellow, Summer 2012-Spring 2013) UT Dallas graduate student in MSE.
Lionel Flores (Physics junior, NSF REU Fellow, CTBP FIS Fellow, Summer 2012-Summer 2013)
Nicole Davidson (Physics, junior, CTBP FIS Fellow, Summer 2013)
Johnathan (Yoni) Hankin (Physics sophomore, NSF REU Fellow, Fall 2012-Spring 2014)
Lenaya Flowers (Physics, CTBP FIS Fellow, Summer 2014-Fall 2015) U of North Texas graduate student in physics.
Billy Nisbett (Physics freshman, Summer 2014) U of Houston graduate student in physics
Sarai Vargas (Biochemistry, Fall 2015-Spring 2016) Receipt of the CPRIT Computational Cancer Undergraduate Fellowship; graduate student in Nutrition
Rodney Helm (Physics, 2014-2016, CTBP FIS Fellow) Mathematics teacher at Marshall High School
Marissa Soto (Physics, Noyce Scholar, Summer 2016-December 2017) Physics teacher at Waltrip High School
Caleb Daugherty (Physics, FIS Fellow, Summer 2016-December 2017) Avionics Engineer at NanoRacks LLC
Nate C. Jennings (Carnegie Mellon University, Summer 2019)
Lucas Babel, B.Sci. University of Houston (Physics, CTBP FIS Fellow, Summer 2018-Spring 2020).
Michelle Le ( Junior, Chemical Engineering, UH, Summer 2020).
Eve Johnson (Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, 2023-2024).
Malio Nelson (Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, 2024). 2025 Winter DOE SULI Intern.

Former high school summer interns

Joy Chou (Senior, Westbury Christian School, Fall 2007)
Hari Nair (George Bush High School, Quarknet Summer Fellow, Summer 2008)
David Jiang (Welch Summer Scholar Program Summer 2009). Rice University undergraduate student in Bioengineering.
Charlie Cheng (Kempner High School Summer 2009)
Vincent Su (Bellaire High School Summer 2009). Stanford University undergraduate student in computer science.
Albert Lee (High school graduate intern, Fall 2010-Spring 2011) UC Berkeley undergraduate student in Physics.
Sam Nelson (Summer 2012)
Nicholas Baker (Delta High School graduate, REU Participant, Summer 2024).