Members
Kamil Godula, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
kgodula"at"ucsd.edu
Ph.D. Columbia University, 2006
M.S. Marquette University, 2000
2017 Cottrell Scholar
2017 Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
2017 ACS PME Young Investigator
2015 NIH New Innovator Award
2011 NIH Pathway to Independence Award
Pravinkumar Choudary
Post-doctoral researcher
joined 2021
pchoudhary "at"ucsd.edu
Development of flurogenic sensor for GDP-Fucose
Garland Jackson
Graduate Researcher
joined 2018
g3jackso"at"ucsd.edu
Developing small molecules to target glycosylation events in the Golgi Apparatus.
Julianna Follmar
Graduate Researcher
joined 2020
B.S. Biochemistry and Neuroscience, University of Delaware
Jfollmar"at"ucsd.edu
Developing Heparan Sulfate conjugates for selective growth factor inhibition
Staci Barnes
Masters Student
joined 2023
"h1barnes"at"ucsd.edu
Sarah Wax
Graduate Researcher
joined 2023
"swax"at"ucsd.edu
Nathan Lee
Graduate Researcher
joined 2023
""nal011"at"ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Researchers
Phoebe Murayama
B.S. Chemistry 2023
In Loving Memory
Yinan Wang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Postdoc, UAlberta, 2016
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering 2015, UAlberta
Group Alumni
Postdoctoral Scholars
R. Alex Smith, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2013-2014
Current Position: Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR
Mia Huang, Ph.D
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2013-2018
Current Position: The Scripps Research Institute
Lisa Adamiak, Ph.D
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2016-2018
Current Position: Unchained Labs
Stephen Verespy, Ph.D
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2015-2018
Current Position: Encodia
Ryan Porrell, Ph.D
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2018-2021
Current Position: Johns Hopkins, MD
Toshiki Tabuchi, Ph.D
Visiting Scholar, 2021-2023
Current Position: Daiichi Sankyo, Tokyo, Japan
Graduate Students
Bryce Timm, Ph.D.
PhD graduate, 2022
Current position:
Connor Brandenburg
MS graduate, 2022
Current position: Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Austen Michalak, Ph.D.
PhD graduate, 2014-2022
Current position: ProteinTech Genomics
Matthew Naticchia, Ph.D.
PhD graduate, 2022
Current position: Pleno
Sean Purcell, Ph.D.
PhD graduate, 2022
Current position: Consulting
Michelle Zhang
masters researcher, 2016-2021
Current position: medical school, Western MI
Taryn Lucas, Ph.D.
PhD graduate, 2021
Current position: Yale, postdoc
Daniel Honigfort, Ph.D
PhD graduate:, 2021
Current Position: Element biosciences
Chris Fisher, Ph.D.
PhD graduate, 2019
Current position: CG life, content specialist
Greg Trieger, Ph.D.
PhD graduate, 2019
Current position: Element biosciences
Grant Seiler, Ph.D.
Graduate Researcher, 2013-2015
Current Position: Hughes lab, SIO
Bryan Anstead
Masters Researcher, 2015-2017
Current Position: Biolegend
Russel Roberson
Graduate Researcher, 2015-2016
Current Position: Ballatore lab, UCSD
Imane Hamza
Graduate Student, 2018-2019
Working in industry
Mitchell Christy, Ph.D.
Graduate Researcher, 2014-2016
Current Position: Postdoc, Gerwick lab, UCSD
Logan Laubach, 2015-2020
undergrad, MS graduate
Current Position: Medical School, Uni. of VA
Ariana Remmel
graduate student, 2015-2017
Current position: UC Santa Cruz, science writing
Ember Tota, Ph.D.
Graduate Researcher, 2015-2018
Current Position: Devaraj Lab, UCSD
Undergraduate Students
Karan Patel
Undergraduate Researcher, 2013-2016
Current Position: UCSF Pharmacy
Jason Cheng
Undergraduate Researcher, 2013-2015
Current Position: UCSD
Tara Shammas
Undergraduate Researcher, 2019 - 2020
Current Position: Applying for graduate school
Eric Wang
High School student volunteer, 2016-2017
Current Position: UPenn
Jason Li
Undergraduate Researcher, 2015-2016
Current Position: BioMarin
Kelsey Krug, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Researcher, 2014-2016
Current Position: Burkart lab, UCSD
Nathaniel Marroquin
Undergraduate Researcher
Current Position: Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine (Colorado)
Eugene Joeh
Undergraduate Researcher, 2016-2018
Current Position: Huang Lab, TSRI
Hans Ng
Undergraduate Researcher, 2020-2022
Current Position: Chemical Engineering PhD, UC Irvine
Ariana Chirban
undergraduate researcher, UCSD
David Kozirovskiy
Undergraduate Researcher, 2015-2018
Current Position: Industry
Alexander Parmele
Undergraduate Researcher, 2022-2023
Current Position: Chemical Biology PhD, UC Berkeley