People
Current Group
Harrison R. Pierce
- Ph.D. Candidate
- Office: CSL 312B
Curriculum Vitae
- B.S., chemistry and physics, San Diego State University, 2019
- UCSD/SDSU Joint Doctoral Program, 2019-present
Andrew L. Cooksy, PI
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Associate Director, Computational Sciences Research Center
Office: CSL 310
Curriculum Vitae
B.A., chemistry and physics, Harvard College, 1984
Ph.D., chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1990 (Richard J. Saykally)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (Patrick Thaddeus) and Harvard University Department of Chemistry (William Klemperer), 1990-1993
Asst & Assoc Prof., University of Mississippi Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1993-1999
NSF CAREER Award recipient, 1995
Asst & Assoc & Prof, San Diego State University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1999-
Chair, San Diego State University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2020-2023
Visiting Scientist, Oxford University (John M. Brown), 2005-2006
Northrop-Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award, 2010
Senate Excellence in Teaching Award, SDSU College of Sciences, 2011
Visiting Scientist, MIT (William H. Green), 2012-2013 and 2023-2024
- Alumni Distinguished Faculty Award, College of Sciences, 2026
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Group Member Emeriti
| Craig Bohlken (BA UMiss) | Polly Brinkley (BS UMiss) | Cesar Contreras (BS) | |
| Edwin Cummings (BA UMiss) | Jacob Eftink (BS UMiss) | Jason French (BS UMiss) | |
| S. Michael Gharacholou (BS UMiss) | Prof. Mohammad Gholami (Sharif U, Iran) | Angela Grayson (MS UMiss) | |
| Christy Green (BS UMiss) | Amber Hale (BS UMiss) | Maohao Han (BS UMiss) | |
| Ed Harris (BS) | Anthony Johnson (MS UMiss) | Keith McMahon (BS UMiss) | |
| Claudia Parker (PhD ’00 UMiss) | Bryan Richard (BA UMiss) | James Robinson (BS) | |
| David Southard (BA UMiss) | Neal Suares (BA UMiss) | Phong Van (BS UMiss) | |
| Haibo Wang (MS ’96 Umiss) | Karen Tijerino (BS) | Greg McKernan (BS) | |
| Anand Gopal | Chris Hinton (MS ’03) | Roger Wong (MS ’04) | |
| Raymond Wight (BS) | Dra. Guadalupe Moreno (UNAM, Mexico) | Chris Uranga (MS ’07) | |
| Juan Gonzalez (BS) | Ray Lui (MS ’05) | Olga Noris (BS) | |
| Dong Xu (PhD ’07) | Glenn Thurman (SDSC) | ||
| James Peng (BS U. Wash.) | John Staback (BS) | Chris Estela | |
| Belynda Sanders (BS) | James Hart (BS) | Charles Orr (BS) | |
| Jamie Alderson (BS) | Laura Homsey (BS) | David Sagaz(BS) | |
| Leo Arzu (BS) | Kirsten Ivey (BS) | Erynn Kutzera (BS) | |
| Amy Arita (BS) | Corey Edwards (BS) | John Staback (BS) | |
| Charles Orr (BS) | Marissa Licon (MS) | Keri Thomas (MS) | |
| Pierre Winter (MS) | Richard LeCoultre (MS) | Sasha Gardner (MS) | |
| Peter Zajac (PhD) | Harrison Pearce (PhD) | James Peng (BS) | |
| Amy Arita (BS) | Corey Edwards (BS) | John Staback (BS) | |
| Charles Orr (BS) | Belynda Sanders (BS) | James Hart (BS) | |
| Jamie Alderson (BS) | Karina Kangas (BS) | Leo Arzu (BS) | |
| Laura Homsey (BS) | David Sagaz (BS) | Erynn Kutzera (BS) | |
| Wasan Zori (BS) | Thuy Pham (BS) | Michael Baude (BS) | |
| Coral Rockwell (BS) | Kathleen Thai (BS) | Indira Arrelano (BS) | |
| Janet Cantada (BS) | Susie Nguyen (BS) | Nathalie Del Rosario (BS) | |
| Belinda Enriquez (BS) | Reece Everson (BS) | Alita Ghanim (BS) | |
| Hunter Johnson (BS) | Vy Le (BS) | Jane Lucas (BS) | |
| Stuart Mayberry (BS) | Babgen Manookian (BS) | Gerardo Soriano (BS) | |
| Dennis Ygnacio (BS) | Yunjin Wu (BS) | Adam Grunseth (BS) | |
| Christopher Cabrera (BS) | Amalia Lopez (BS) | Justin Baker (BS) | |
| Masood Gowhari (BS) | Myrna Molina (BS) | Karina Torres (BS) | |
| Katherine Cortel (BS) | Kaven Lai (BS) | Nicole Kohnen (BS) | |
| Michael Rheaume (BS) | Pak Lau (BS) | Muhand Rashid (BS) | |
| Johnson Truong (BS) | Khoi Le (BS) | Tiffany Edgington (BS) | |
| Myron Ronquillo (BS) | Marisol Contreras (BS) | Parisa Rahmatirad (BS) | |
| Hanh Nguyen (BS) | Luis Rodriguez (BS) | Jade Johnson (BS) | |
| Jacob Hirschi (BS) | Lily Nguyen (BS) | Suong Nguyen (BS) | |
| Nancy Pham (BS) | Brian Berg (BS) | William McClelland (BS) | |
| Katelyn Bachand (BS) | Richard Carr (BS) | Guchun Li (BS) | |
| Michael Hulbert (BS) | Sean Uribe (BS) | Karan Doppalapudi (BS) | |
| Sally Bachori (BS) | Leaona Hadrava (498) | Ryan Sindewald (BS) | |
| Samy Thimmakondu Venkatesan (adjunct) | Mina Soliman (BS) | Jenna Tucker (BS) | |
| Kris Fernandez (BS) | Amalia Lopez (MS) | Aaliyah Staples-West (BS) | |
| Adam Sisk (BS) | Sara Gutierrez (BS) | Mustafa Khan (BS) | |
| Mason Kuhlmann (BS) | Deondrick Fleming (BS) | Tim Johnsen (JDP) | |
| Cruz Vera Vayle (BS) | Patrick Nelson (BS) | Kevin Fernandez (BS) | |
| Ashley Macario (BS) | Molly Hedin (BS) | Timothy Mai (BS) | |
| Jeffrey Heston (J.G.) (BS) | Elina Shakhnazarova (BS) | Jestine Mikhael (BS) | |
| Iman Khadir (BS) | Jackie Johnson (MS) | ||