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Alumni



    Graduate students


Makena Janis
Ph.D. 2024





    Muxin Qiao
    M.S. 2022





      Wenping Zou
      Ph.D. 2022

      Current position: postdoctoral scholar at UTHealth Houston, Department of Bioinformatics (Zhongming Zhao group)





      Haowen Zhao
      M.S. 2022



        Undergraduate students


      Quynh Huong (Susan) Ngoc Nguyen
      Fall 2023, Biomedical Engineering




      Molly Rhodes
      Fall 2021–Fall 2023, B.S. Chemistry

      Molly worked in the Zastrow lab from fall 2021-2023 developing protein-based metal ion sensors for bacteria.




      Jazzmin Jara
      Fall 2020–Spring 2022, B.S. Biology

      Current position: Medical student





      Nasir Abbasi
      Fall 2020–Spring 2022, B.S. Human Nutrition and Foods

      Current position: Medical student





      Joanna Elhaj
      Summer 2020–Spring 2021, B.S. Human Nutrition and Foods

      Current position: Medical student at Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine





      Khoa Le
      Spring 2018–Spring 2020, B.S. Chemistry

      Current position: Graduate student at Caltech





      Juventino Valdez
      Fall 2017–Spring 2020, B.S. Biology

      Current position: DDS student at UTHealth School of Dentistry at Houston




      John King
      Spring 2019–Fall 2019

      Current position: MChE student at University of Houston





      Leon Le
      Spring 2019–Fall 2019





      Marium Haq
      Summer 2018–Spring 2019, B.S. Chemistry

      Current position: Graduate Student at University of Oregon





      Brittany Trinh
      Spring 2018–Fall 2018, B.S. Chemistry

      Current position: Graduate student at University of Wisconsin-Madison

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      Jonathan Pickett
      Fall 2017-Spring 2018, B.S. Chemistry

      Current position: Graduate Student at Baylor College of Medicine





      Carlos Iniguez
      Fall 2017-Spring 2018, B.S. Biochemistry

      Current position: Graduate Student at The Ohio State University







        High School students


      Bralon Wilson
      2024 ACS Project SEED student

      Bralon worked in the Zastrow lab from June-August 2024 alongside Dr. Uyen Huynh studying the effects of essential dietary metals on probiotic Lactobacillus. His hobbies are graphic design and comedy.




      Eileen Zhao
      2024 Welch Summer Scholar

      Eileen worked in the Zastrow lab from June-July 2024 alongside Dr. Gary Jensen enhancing the solubility of fluorescent proteins using a soluble protein tag. In her free time, she enjoys playing piano, cello, and golf.






      Dimitri Licona
      2023 Summer Researcher

      Dimitri worked in the Zastrow lab from June-July 2023 alongside Dr. Gary Jensen developing cofactor-binding fluorescent proteins for metal ion sensing.






      Wendy Geng
      2023 Welch Summer Scholar

      Wendy is a rising senior at LASA High School in Austin. She worked in the Zastrow lab from June-July 2023 alongside Dr. Gary Jensen designing fluorescent proteins for metal ion sensing. In her free time, she enjoys going hiking and reading comics.






      Jasmine Chou
      2022 Summer Researcher

      Jasmine worked in the Zastrow lab from June-August 2022 alongside Dr. Uyen Huynh studying the effects of calcium on lactobacilli.






      Bryce Chun
      2022 Welch Summer Scholar

      Bryce worked in the Zastrow lab from June-July 2022 alongside Makena Janis developing anaerobic metal ion sensing fluorescent proteins. During his free time, Bryce enjoys archery and volleyball.






      Timothy Osazuwa
      2019 ACS Project SEED II student

      Timothy worked in the Zastrow lab from June-August 2019 alongside Dr. Uyen Huynh studying the effects of zinc on Lactobacillus species.




      Jose Alvarado
      2019 ACS Project SEED I student

      Jose worked in the Zastrow lab from June-August 2019 alongside Dr. Uyen Huynh studying the effects of zinc on Lactobacillus species.




      Christopher Shi
      2019 Welch Summer Scholar

      Chris is a senior at Westlake High School in Austin. He worked in the Zastrow lab from June-July 2019 alongside Wenping Zou using cofactor-based fluorescent proteins as metal ion sensors. In his free time, he enjoys playing tennis and spending time outdoors.

      Current position: Undergraduate student at Rice University




      Amy Vo
      2018 Welch Summer Scholar

      Current position: Undergraduate student at Caltech