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
Group administrative support: Teresa Abendroth
"tabend"at"ucsd.edu.

Matthew Naticchia
Graduate Researcher
joined 2014
UCSD GAANN Fellow
B.S. Chemistry 2014, Wooster College
mnaticch"at"ucsd.edu
Using proteoglycan mimics to direct germ layer specification in embryonic stem cells.

Austen Michalak
Graduate Researcher
joined 2014
B.S. Chemistry 2011, UNC Wilmington
almichal"at"ucsd.edu
Development of high-throughput platforms to measure the effects of glycan presentation on intracellular signaling.

Bryce Timm
Graduate Researcher
joined 2016
Trainee, UCSD Molecular Biophysics Graduate Training Program
B.A. Chemistry 2015, Hamilton College
btimm"at"ucsd.edu
Investigating glycoprotein activity and selectivity

Sean Purcell
Graduate Researcher
joined 2016
UCSD GAANN Fellow
B.S. Chemical Biology 2016, UC Berkeley
spurcell"at"ucsd.edu
Development of nucleic-acid directed glycomaterials for cell-surface engineering.

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
Jfollmar"at"ucsd.edu
Glycan conjugates and microarrays

Connor Brandenburg
Graduate Researcher
joined 2021
cbranden "at"ucsd.edu
B.A. Philosophy, Point Loma Nazarene
Development of chemical probes and microarrays to study influenza A virus

Pravinkumar Choudary
Post-doctoral researcher
joined 2021
pchoudhary "at"ucsd.edu
Development of flurogenic sensor for GDP-Fucose
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Hans Ng
Undergraduate researcher
joined 2021
HNG"at"ucsd.edu
DNA-glycan materials and mucin mimetics

Andres Del-Arosa
Undergraduate researcher
joined 2018
"a5delaro"at"ucsd.edu
Hyaluronan mimetic array.
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
Graduate students
Chris Fisher, Ph.D.
PhD graduate, 2014-2019
Current position: CG life, content specialist
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Greg Trieger, Ph.D.
PhD graduate
Current position: Element biosciences
Daniel Honigfort, Ph.D
PhD graduate:, 2014-2021
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
Taryn Lucas, Ph.D.
graduate student, 2015-2021
Current position: Yale, postdoc
Russel Roberson
Graduate Researcher, 2015-2016
Current Position: Ballatore lab, UCSD
Ariana Remmel
graduate student, 2015-2017
Current position: UC Santa Cruz, science writing
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
Imane Hamza
Graduate Student, 2018-2019
Working in industry
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
Eric Wang
High School student volunteer, 2016-2017
Current Position: UPenn
Jason Li
Undergraduate Researcher, 2015-2016
Current Position: BioMarin
Michelle Zhang
masters researcher, 2016-2021
Current position: medical school, Western MI
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
Kelsey Krug, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Researcher, 2014-2016
Current Position: Burkart lab, UCSD
Tara Shammas
Undergraduate Researcher, 2019 - 2020
Current Position: Applying for graduate school
Ariana Chirban
undergraduate researcher, UCSD
David Kozirovskiy
Undergraduate Researcher, 2015-2018
Current Position: Industry