Group Members
Please contact Dr. Stieber by email if you are interested in conducting research in the group.
Group meetings are typically Tuesdays during lunch.
Current Members (click for group pictures)(click for alumni)
Soroush Azizi is a Chemistry major and joined the group in April 2023. He is studying functionalized ligands.
Dr. Moisés Bravo Joined the group in Jun. 2024 as a PLUTO postdoctoral fellow in the STARS program. He is studying C-F activation and crystallography.
Adam Bryant is a Chemistry major and joined the group in Dec. 2023. He is studying C-F activation.
Ethan Chavarin is a Chemistry major, RIO fellow, and joined the group in Sept. 2021. He is studying Ni NHC complexes for C-F activation.
Jessica De la Huerta Joined the group in Oct. 2019. She is studying crystallography and nickel nitrosyls.
Dr. Ana García Álvarez Joined the group in Jun. 2024 as a PLUTO postdoctoral fellow in the STARS program. She is studying C-F activation.
Aaron Gaynes joined the group in Sept. 2023 as a MS student and works on electrochemical CO2 reduction.
Kevin Gindratt joined the group in Dec. 2023 and is a chemistry major. He works on crystallography and ligand synthesis.
Dr. Benjamin Goka is a PLUTO Postdoctoral Fellow in the STARS program and joined the group in Mar. 2024. He is making functionalized ligands for Ni complexes in CO2 reduction.
Nidia Ibarra joined the group in Sept. 2022 with the STARS program, and does crystallography and materials chemistry.
Dr. Eric Lopes Joined the group in Aug. 2024 as a PLUTO postdoctoral fellow in the STARS program. He is studying S-F activation.
Gaby Lopez is a Chemistry major and joined in Dec. 2022. She is working on CO2 reduction.
Eddie Madrid Joined the group in Jun.-Aug. 2023 as part of the community college SURE program, and re-joined as a chemistry major at CPP in Aug. 2024. He is studying electrochemical CO2 reduction.
Dr. Zoe Marr Joined the group in Aug. 2023 as a PLUTO postdoctoral fellow in the STARS program. She is studying crystallography and C-F activation.
Mario Moreno Joined the group in Feb. 2024 as part of the EFRC center. He is working on CO2 reduction.
Duong Nguyen Joined the group in Apr. 2023 as part of the EFRC center. He is working on CO2 reduction.
Brennan Ortega Joined the group in Aug. 2024 as an LSAMP Fellow and is working on CO2 reduction.
Yuseli Pelico Gozalez Joined the group in Aug. 2024 as a STARS Fellow and as a joint student with Dr. Laila Jallo. She is studying zeolites.
Roberto Perez Joined the group in Aug. 2024 as a joint student with Dr. Laila Jallo. He is studying zeolites.
Emily Pham is a Chemistry major and joined the group in Dec. 2023 doing C-F activation.
Isaac Ramirez is a Chemistry major and joined the group in Sept. 2018. He is making Co nitrosyls.
Alyssa Tran Joined the group in Sept. 2022 and is in the STARS program. She studies novel carbene linkers and zeolites.
Khanh Tran Is a community college student and joined the group in Jun. 2024 and is in the STARS program. She is making metal organic frameworks.
Claudia Wong Joined the group in Jun. 2023 as part of the Mt. SAC NSF program, followed by the CPP STARS program. She is studying CO2 reduction.