People in the Sailor Labs
UC San Diego Pacific Hall Garden, Dec 2023 (L-R): Prof. Michael Sailor, Miju Kim, Prof. Ki Su Kim, Eunjin Lee, Ricardo De Luna, Thomas Sendino, Ruhan Fan, Gabriella Stark, Sophia Hsu, Yisheng Lu, Alyssa Pickar, Qinglin Yang, Prabal Tiwari, Miranda Zhou, Oscar Calzada, Prof. Ji Ho Park
Principal Investigator
Michael J. Sailor
Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Director, UC San Diego Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (an NSF MRSEC)
Co-Director, UC San Diego Institute for Materials Discovery & Design
ORCID: 0000-0002-4809-9826
ResearcherID: H-9044-2017
email: msailor_at_ucsd.edu
Office: 4140a Pacific Hall
Biography
Curriculum Vita (printable pdf version)
Staff
MRSEC Assistant Director: Janka Bond
Responsible for operational matters related to the UC San Diego MRSEC.
Office: 241 Structural and Materials Engineering bldg
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MRSEC Executive Assistant: Tsol Lkhagvasuren
Responsible for scheduling, events coordination, reimbursements, billing, and travel for Prof. Sailor and for the UC San Diego MRSEC.
Office: 4140b Pacific Hall
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MRSEC Facility Manager: Ricardo De Luna
Research & Development Engineer, responsible for administrative, laboratory, management, and day-to-day operations of the main research facilities of the NSF MRSEC Materials Characterization Facility.
Office: 4140b Pacific Hall
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MRSEC Associate Education Director: Ashley Tamura
Responsible for education and outreach operations of the UC San Diego Materials Research Science and Engineering Center.
Office: 4140c Pacific Hall
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Visiting Scholars
Prof. Hyo Jin Chung, M.D.
Visiting Scholar, 2024-
ORCID: 0000-0003-1675-2867
Hyo Jin Chung is a board-certified otorhinolaryngologist and surgeon at the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) Ilsan Hospital in South Korea. She specializes in the field of Rhinology, focusing on allergic diseases, sinusitis, olfactory disorder, and sleep apnea. She has a particular interest in basic olfaction and its application to real-life olfactory disorders, pathogenesis to treatment. She is visiting the lab through March 2025 for her sabbatical studies.
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Sophia Hsu
BS Student, Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2022-
ORCID: 0009-0004-7558-102X
Sophia is an undergraduate student at UC San Diego majoring in Chemistry and minoring in Environmental Systems (Class of 2025). She is interested in nanoparticles as drug delivery systems. In her free time she enjoys rock climbing, baking, and crocheting. She participated in the 2023 Summer School for Silicon Nanotechnology (SSSiN), one of the UC San Diego MRSEC RIMSE research immersion programs, and in the 2024 SSSiN she was a Senior Mentor.
Miranda Zhou
BS Student, Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2022-
ORCID: 0009-0003-5679-3660
Miranda is an undergraduate student at UC San Diego (class of 2025), pursuing a degree in General Chemistry. She was introduced to the program through participating in the 2023 RIMSE Spring Break Research Experience. She participated in the 2023 Summer School for Silicon Nanotechnology (SSSiN), one of the UC San Diego MRSEC RIMSE research immersion programs, and in the 2024 SSSiN she was a Senior Mentor. She is interested in computational and experimental aspects of surface coatings of porous Si nanoparticles to improve their stability and in vivo circulation time.
High School Students
Shreena Dayal
High school researcher, 2023-
ORCID: 0009-0004-0674-629X
Shreena is a senior at Del Norte High School (class of 2025) who is participating in the 2024 Summer School for Silicon Nanotechnology (SSSiN). She is passionate about using scientific inquiry to develop solutions that impact society. Shreena is looking forward to exploring the applications of silicon nanotechnology, particularly within biomedical technology.
Anjishnu Debnath
High school researcher, 2022-
ORCID: 0000-0001-6638-4228
Anjishnu is a student at Scripps Ranch High School (Class of 2025). He participated in the 2022 SSSiN remotely, and in-person in the 2023 and 2024 SSSiN. He is interested in microbiology and computational biology and wants to explore how nanotechnology can be used to deliver drugs through the blood-brain barrier. His current research focus is on coating lipids onto porous silicon nanoparticles, with the goal of improving in vivo circulation time.
Divya Sharma
High school researcher, 2023-
ORCID: 0009-0000-2631-6546
Divya is a senior at Sage Creek High School (class of 2025) and participated in the 2024 Summer School for Silicon Nanotechnology. She has a passion for mathematics and biology and is looking forward to exploring the numerous biomedical applications of nanotechnology.