Sam Khasnavis '21 was a current post-bac scholar and Pomona graduate ('21). As an undergraduate he was a Chemistry and Philosophy double major and a Beckman Scholar. Sam competed on the Pomona Pitzer Men’s Track and Field Team as a Shotput, Discus, and Hammer Thrower. Sam has interests in a variety of areas such as woodturning, confectionary cooking, and billiard sports. Sam is funded by the Beckman Foundation and NIH. Sam is current at Stanford University in the Chemistry Ph.D. Program.
Faisal Mustafa '22 is a Pomona College senior.
Nathan Friede ‘22 is a Pomona College senior thesis student majoring in Chemistry. He lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas and enjoys playing music and cooking. Nathan will be heading to Caltech in the Fall in the Chemistry Ph.D. program.
Laboratory Alumni (Pomona College)
Pedro Martinez '21 is thesis student from Ponce, Puerto Rico . Pedro is a senior at
Pomona College and funded by the Pomona Chemistry Department.
Pomona College and funded by the Pomona Chemistry Department.
Junha Gu '21 was Molecular Biology major on the pre-health track at Pomona College
and graduated in 2021. Currently he is a medical student at the University of Colorado.
Cypress, CA is home. Some of his hobbies are playing tennis and going bowling.
and graduated in 2021. Currently he is a medical student at the University of Colorado.
Cypress, CA is home. Some of his hobbies are playing tennis and going bowling.
Sabrina Carneiro`21 is from São Paulo, Brazil. Sabrina is graduate senior and currently in
in the Chemistry Ph.D. program at the University of Michigan in the Sanford Lab.
in the Chemistry Ph.D. program at the University of Michigan in the Sanford Lab.
Sabrina Kwan`20 was a thesis student from Mercer Island, Washington.
Cristian Woroch '19 was a thesis student from Oakland, California. Cristian was funded by the Pomona SURP Program, ACS Scholars program and the Beckman Scholars Program. He is in the Chemistry Ph.D. program at Stanford and is a NSF Graduate Fellow.
Christopher Ahn '18 is from Brea, California. Christopher is a senior at Claremont McKenna and is funded by the Keck Science Department. Chris was a thesis student for 2017-2018. He is currently a Masters Candidate of Business Analytics at USC Marshall School of Business.
Neil Chan '18 is from Fremont, California. Neil was a senior at Pomona majoring in Chemistry and funded by the Pomona .Chemistry Department. Neil is a thesis student for 2017-2018. He has his M.S. in Chemistry from UCLA.
Phillip Clayman '16 is from Clovis, California. Phillip graduated from Princeton University with his Ph.D. in 2021 from the Hyster Lab. He is currently an Investigator at GSK.
Evan DeLorenzo '17 is from Chicago, Illinois. Evan was a junior in the Ball Lab and is funded by the Pomona SURP fellowship for the summer of 2015.
Sarah Etuk ‘19 is from New York, NY majored in Neuroscience and now a Psychology Ph.D. student at Emory in the Tread lab.
Ryan W. Franzese `19 was born and raised in sunny Tampa, Florida. Ryan is a junior at Pomona College majoring in chemistry and was funded by the Pomona SURP program. He will start medical school at Drexel University in Fall 2022.
Edward Gao '19 is from Beijing, China. Edward is currently a Chemistry Ph.D. student at Stanford.
Zareh Joukjian is from Grenada Hills, CA. Zareh received his B.A. in Biology at Cal State Northridge and has his Pharm D student from West Coast University School of Pharmacy. He is currently a Staff Pharmacist at CVS.
Yannai Kashtan ’20. He is in the Chemistry Ph.D. program at Stanford.
Nick Lewis '19 is from Naples, Fl
Cynthia Nyongesa '19 is from Nairobi, Kenya. Cynthia is funded by our ACS PRF Grant. Cynthia is currently a Clinical Research Coordinator at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Melissa Petito '19 is from Northridge, California. Melissa and is funded by our ACS PRF Grant.
Ismerai (Izzy) Rodriguez '16 is from Costa Mesa, California. She is currently a manager and trainer at Phressia.
Mark Rusznak '18 is from Nashville, TN. He is currently a Medical student at Vanderbilt University.
Bryan Santti '20 is from New Jersey. He is current a consultant with North Highland.
Ashish Streatfield '17 is from Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Ashish is a thesis student funded by the Pomona SURP program and by the Pomona Chemistry Department.
Ariana Tribby '17 is from Blyte, California. Ariana is a junior in the Ball Lab and is funded by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund. She is now a graduate student in Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology.
Laboratory Alumni (Amherst College)
Joyce Wamala'18E is from Kampala, Uganda but grew up in Zimbabwe. She is a sophomore in the Ball Lab. Joyce is a Gregory S. Call Academic Intern for the Spring 2014 semester.
Daniela Garcia '14 is from Los Angeles, CA and will be working in the Ball Lab as an Amherst College Gregory S. Call Post-Baccalaureate Fellow.
Shamira Shariffudin '15 (thesis student) is from Singapore and a member of the Class of 2015.
John Stockman '15 (thesis student) is from Waterford, CT and a member of the Class of 2015. John's work is funded by the ACS PRF grant.
Xiao Xiao '16 - Xiao is from Singapore and is a sophomore in the Ball Laboratory. Xiao was a Gregory S. Call Academic Intern for the 2013-2014 academic year. He was currently funded by the ACS PRF grant.
Conner Reilly '16 - Conner is from Kingston, MA and is a sophomore in the Ball Laboratory. Conner was a Gregory S. Call Fellow.
Stuart McKenzie is from Jamaica and will be joining us for the summer. He was funded for the summer by
the ACS PRF grant.
the ACS PRF grant.
Christine Bierema '14 is currently attending University of Pennsylvania Medical School.
NDB and CB photos are by Rob Mattson. SS, JS, CR, and XX's photos are by David Nam '16
