Many faculty have committed to providing mentored research experiences for the ACES and BRIGHT programs. Please review the faculty listings below to learn more about their research areas as you prepare your application. In addition to the faculty highlighted below, many additional faculty members are happy to serve as summer research mentors. If you are accepted into the program, the program directors will contact you individually to discuss your research interests and goals to match you with the best mentor for your interests.
Eric Potma
Chemistry and Beckman Laser Institute, Chemistry and Electrical and Computer Engineering, ACES program Director
Bernard Choi
Biomedical Engineering and Surgery/Beckman Laser Institute, BRIGHT program Director
Tayloria Adams,
UCI Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Shane Ardo, UCI,
Chemistry
Plamen Atanassov, UCI,
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering/ Chemistry
Elliot Botvinick
Biomedical Engineering and Surgery/Beckman Laser Institute
William Bowman
Materials Science and Engineering
Zhongping Chen
Biomedical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Anthony Durkin
Surgery/Beckman Laser Institute
Michelle Digman
Biomedical Engineering
Tim Downing
Biomedical Engineering
Elliot Hui
Biomedical Engineering
Michelle Khine
Biomedical Engineering
Chang Liu
Biomedical Engineering
Wendy Liu
Biomedical Engineering
Beth Lopour
Biomedical Engineering
Ronke Olabisi
Biomedical Engineering
Stuart Nelson
Surgery/Beckman Laser Institute
Reginald Penner
Chemistry
Vasan Venugopalan
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Petra Wilder-Smith
Surgery/Beckman Laser Institute
Brian J.F. Wong
Otolaryngology
Iryna Zenyuk
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering