Chronological List of Former Balch Group Members


Updated 12/17/2018
Prof. Joel S. Miller
  • Ph.D. 1971 (UCLA)
  • Department of Chemistry
  • University of Utah
  • 2020 Henry Eyring Bldg.
  • Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
  • jsmiller@chemistry.chem.utah.edu


  • Daniel J. Doonan
  • Ph.D. 1975 (UCD)


  • John R. Boehm
  • Ph.D. 1976 (UCD)


  • Linda S. Benner
  • Ph.D. 1978(UCD)


  • Der-Hang Chin
  • Ph.D. 1979 (UCD)


  • Chung-Li Lee
  • Ph.D. 1981 (UCD)


  • Catherine T. Hunt
  • Ph.D. 1981 (UCD)


  • James P. Farr
  • Ph.D. 1982 (UCD)


  • Ru-Jen Cheng
  • Ph.D. 1982 (UCD)


  • Rosalvina Guimerans
  • Ph.D. 1984 (UCD)


  • Fred E. Wood
  • Ph.D. 1985 (UCD)
  • Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education
  • Lecturer - Department of Chemistry
  • UCD
  • Davis, California 95616
  • wood@miles.ucdavis.edu
  • wood@chem.ucdavis.edu
  • fewood@ucdavis.edu
  • (916)752-2963


  • Yee-Wai Chan
  • Ph.D. 1985 (UCD)


  • Mark W. Renner
  • Ph.D. 1985 (UCD)


  • John C. Linehan
  • Ph.D. 1986 (UCD)


  • L. Alan Fossett
  • Ph.D. 1987 (UCD)


  • Philip E. Reedy, Jr.
  • Ph.D. 1987 (UCD)


  • Ramesh D. Arasasingham
  • Ph.D. 1988 (UCD)
  • Lecturer
  • Department of Chemistry
  • University of California, Irvine
  • Irvine, CA 92697-2025
  • rdarasas@uci.edu


  • Steven P. Rowley
  • Ph.D. 1990 (UCD)


  • Ella Fung
  • Ph.D. 1991 (UCD)
  • Senior Research Chemist
  • Solutia Inc.
  • 730 Worcester Street
  • Springfield, MA 01151


  • Charles R. Cornman
  • Ph.D. 1990 (UCD)
  • Senior Development Chemist
  • Georgia Pacific West, Inc.
  • P.O. Box 1236
  • Bellingham, WA 98227


  • Prof. Vincent J. Catalano
  • Ph.D. 1991 (UCD)
  • Department of Chemistry
  • University of Nevada, Reno
  • Reno, Nevada 89557
  • vjc@unr.edu


  • Nasser Safari
  • Ph.D. 1992 (UCD)
  • Dean
  • College of Science
  • S.Beheshti (National) University of Iran
  • Eveen, Tehran
  • Iran


  • Brian J. Davis
  • Ph.D. 1992 (UCD)


  • Edward P. Zovinka
  • Ph.D. 1992 (UCD)


  • Rebecca L. Hart
  • Ph.D. 1992 (UCD)


  • Prof. Shane L. Phillips
  • Ph.D. 1993 (UCD)
  • Department of Chemistry
  • University of California, Stanislaus
  • Turlock, California 95380
  • shane@chem.csustan.edu


  • Prof. Joong W. Lee
  • Ph.D. 1994 (UCD)
  • Department of Chemistry
  • California State University, Sacramento
  • Sacramento, CA 95819-6057
  • JWLee@csus.edu


  • Dawn V. Toronto
  • Ph.D. 1994 (UCD)


  • Tamara N. St.Claire
  • Ph.D. 1995 (UCD)


  • Joseph H. Satcher
  • Ph.D. 1995 (UCD)
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory


  • Arwa S. Ginwalla
  • Ph.D. 1996 (UCD)
  • S.R.I.


  • Pamela Van Calcar
  • Ph.D. 1996 (UCD)


  • David A. Costa
  • Ph.D. 1997 (UCD)
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • dcosta@lanl.gov


  • Richard Koerner
  • Ph.D. 1997 (UCD)


  • Jess C. Vickery
  • Ph.D. 1997 (UCD)


  • Prof. Saeed Attar
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate (1995-1998)
  • Department of Math, Science and Technology
  • Nova Southeastern University
  • 3301 College Avenue
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314
  • saeed@polaris.acast.nova.edu


  • Kalyani Maitra
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate (1997-1998)

  • Michael Aristov
  • Undergraduate Researcher, Graduated 2017
  • Graduate student at University of the University of Wisonsin
    Michael
    Kelvin Huang
  • Undergraduate Researcher, Graduated 2018
    Kelvin
    Isaac Diaz
  • Undergraduate Researcher, Graduated 2018
    Isaac
    Xian Powers
  • Graduate Researcher, Graduated 2018
  • Post-Doctorate at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Xian