Principle Investigator
Dr. Jerry LaRue
B.A. in Chemistry at Willamette University
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at the University of California at Santa Barbara
Postdoctoral Studies at Stanford University / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Postdoctoral Scholars
Bingjie Zhang
Ph.D. in Chemistry at Stony Brook University
About: Bingjie focuses on design, synthesis, characterization and application of transitional metal-based materials and carbon materials, including metals, transitional metal oxides, nitrides and graphite. She study the materials as catalysts, as well as electrodes in energy storage devices.
Chapman Students
Kevin Alvarado
Major: Chemistry
Devon Ball
Major: Physics
Minor: Chemistry, Math
About: I am a physics maor whose interest in chemistry led me to join the lab to investigate the reaction mechanism of carbon monoxide oxidation.
Abby Bechtel
Major: Physics
Conner Carnahan
Major: Philosophy, Physics, Math, Business Econ
About: One time I got to shoot a laser while working here. 😎 Also I do math, physics, and music or something.
Chelsey Cortez
Major:
Davis Mau
Major: Biochemistry
Bryn Merrill
Major: Chemistry
Minor: History
About: Castle and science enthusiast! Loves animals, reading, and nice people. Ready to take an electric field sledgehammer to some unsuspecting molecules.
Elif Narbay
Major: Biochemistry
Minor: Honors, Music Technology
About: Elif Narbay is an undergraduate student majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular biology and double minoring in the Honors program and Music Technology. Originally from Turkey, Elif was born and raised in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Living abroad for her whole life, Elif has grown up with over 200 different cultures and obtained fluency in 4 languages (Arabic, Turkish, Spanish and English). She hopes to pursue her passion for the sciences and research by completing a Master’s and Ph.D. in the future. Outside of academia, Elif enjoys playing basketball, experimenting with vegan flavors, singing and producing music, and also runs for Chapman’s Track and Field team.
Gabriella Nutt
Major: Physics
Kacie Sakamaki
Major: Biology
Ishaan Shah
Major: Chemistry
About: A Freshman chemistry major researching how photoexcitation can enhance the property of chemical selectivity of metal nanoparticles.
Tiffany Vallejo Olivera
Major: Chemistry
Jason Yoon
Major: Biology
About: I am a freshman biology major helping to create a vacuum chamber to test and study metal catalysts and what exactly happens during certain reactions. It’s pretty neat!
Gary Zeri
Major: Computer Science
About: Computer Science student interested in computational simulations. Current CatLab project involves designing and implementing pedagogical Computational Chemistry programs to illustrate how to perform such calculations as well as to demonstrate the underlying chemical principles of said simulations.
High School Students
Joaquin Arroyo