The NBE Team

2025

Currently, we have around 55 researchers, including 10 post-doctoral scholars and visiting professors, 18 graduate students, 2 visiting students, and 25 undergraduate students. The team members have a broad background in engineering, sciences, and medicine.

We welcome students and post-docs from all backgrounds and encourage participation of scientists from diverse underrepresented groups.

Current Members


Post-doctoral and Visiting Scholars/Professors:
Dr. Nandhakumar Ponnusamy (India), Dr. Tamoghna Saha (India), Dr. Chochanon Moonla (Thailand), Dr. Shichao Ding (China), Dr. Chuanrui Chen (China), Dr. Victor de la Asuncion-Nadal (Spain), Dr. Xuecheng He (China), Dr. Barak Sabbagh, Dr. Gyeongho Kim (S. Korea).

Graduate Students:
Zhengxing Li (China), Maria Reynoso (Mexico), Muhammad Inam Khan (Pakistan), Janna Sage (Mexico), Sumeyye Seker (Turkey), Hao Luan (China), Omeed Djassemi (USA), Zheng Fang (China), Robert Kobrin (USA), Fucheng Shang (China), Junyi Ji (China), Yuma Dugas (USA), Stacey Surace (USA), Byungjin Kim (South Korea), Cannon Wurster (USA), Bumsik Choi (South Korea), Jack Latella (USA).

Undergraduate Researchers:
Kyra Wu, Tomohiro Yamamoto, Majd Iskandarani, Maryam Siddiqui, Selene Tang, Sara Earney, Yihan (Ariel) Che, Zhenning Zhou, Sunny Li, Sunjae Kim, Yiyang Yan, Henry Thai, Sofia Morales-fermin, Sven Neuschul, Ian McGregor, Wesley Tse, Rhea Park, Beya Acot, Michael Casares, Greeshma Doppalapudi, Ga-Eun Kim, Pengtao Zhang, Te Gu, Shengqi Wu, Kaye Placio, Jose Castillo-Valdovinos, Matthew Hwang.

Visiting Students:  Dogyeong Jeon (S. Korea), Nuenghathai Chaiya (Thailand), Carmen C. Abal (Spain).

May 2024 : NBE Hiking Day

Dec 2024 : NBE Holiday Party in Old Town 

Sep 2024 : End of Summer NBE Party 

Aug 2024 : Group party

Feb 2024 : Group Reunion in Pittcon 2024 

NBE 2023 : NBE Holiday Party in Downtown La Jolla

NBE 2022 : NBE Holiday Trip- on the Ferry to Coronado Island

NBE 2022 : June

NBE 2021 : Virtual Farewell for Juliane and Emil

NBE 2021: May 2014

NBE 2013: Party time

Group photo New Year – 2021 

2018 NBE Photo

Group photo in January 2018

Group photo in May 2017

Group photo in Aug 2016 

Group photo in Nov 2015

Group photo in Sept 2014

Group Photo
June 2013

NBE Team – December 2012 in our new SME Building 

Manesh’s Farewell Party
Sepatember 2010

DNA Dream Team, 1995 (with Palecek and Rivas)

Group Photo — January
2005

Group Photo
2003

Group Picnic 2007 (ASU)

‘Wang’s Spanish Team’ 2011

Our Spanish coworkers over the past 20 years (meeting in Alcala University, 11-2011).

Alumni Reunion – Prague 2008

Turkish Team: Reunion in Izmir (2015)

Wang’s Group in ESEAC 2016 (Bath, UK)

Group Meeting in Beijing-2017

Group Meeting in China
2017

Group Photo-Dinner Time ESEAC
2018

Group meeting in Brno JW70 Symposium
2018

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