Stefan Petrovic, PhD
Assistant Professor
in Chemistry and Biochemistry
California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC)
Molecular Biology Institute (MBI)
spetrovic [at] ucla.edu
curriculum vitae
Staff
Saken Sherkhanov, PhD
Senior Project Scientist
(May 2025 – present)
Ph.D. BMSB, UCLA (2016)
B.S. Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech (2003)
saken [at] g.ucla.edu
Graduate Students
Collin Yentes
Graduate student in Chemistry PhD program
(January 2025 – present)
B.S. Chemistry , UC Irvine (2024)
cyentes03 [at] g.ucla.edu
Jay Malone
Graduate student in BMSB PhD program
(March 2025 – present)
B.S. Chemistry, University of Montana (2024)
jaymalone [at] g.ucla.edu
Brooke Morales
Graduate student in Chemistry PhD program
(January 2026 – present)
B.S. Molecular Cell Biology and Physiology , CSU Long Beach (2025)
bmora2 [at] g.ucla.edu
Wesley Jeng
Master’s student
Departmental Scholar in Chemistry and Biochemistry
(January 2026 – present)
B.S. Biochemistry, UCLA
(2025)
whatsupwithwes [at] g.ucla.edu
Caroline Vanegas
Graduate student in BMSB PhD program
(March 2026 – present)
B.S. Biology, CSU San Bernardino (2025)
cvanegas [at] g.ucla.edu
Undergraduate Students
Lawrence Lundblad
Biochemistry major
(November 2024 – present)
Mentor: Collin Yentes
lawlund215 [at] g.ucla.edu
Alya Majid
Chemistry major
(March 2026 – present)
Mentor: Saken Sherkhanov
alyafarzana [at] g.ucla.edu
Piper Singleton
Biochemistry major
(September 2025 – present)
Mentor: Wesley Jeng
pipersingleton [at] g.ucla.edu
Hami Doan
Psychobiology major
(September 2025 – Present)
Mentor: Jay Malone
hamidoan [at] g.ucla.edu
Sujanaa Raghavan
Biochemistry major
(February 2025 – present)
Mentor: Collin Yentes
sujanaaraghavan [at] g.ucla.edu
Pingyao Liu
Psychobiology major
(March 2026 – present)
Mentor: Brooke Morales
pliu29[at]g.ucla.edu
High School Volunteers
Rebecca Lee
Harvard-Westlake School
(graduating in 2027)
(Summer 2025 & 2026)
Mentor: Jay Malone
rlee4 [at] hwemail.com
Samuel Huang
Palm Desert High School
(graduating in 2028)
(Summer 2026)
Mentor: Brooke Morales & Collin Yentes
28huangsamuel [at] gmail.com
Irene Lee
Sunny Hills High School
(graduating in 2027)
(Summer 2026)
Mentor: Brooke Morales & Collin Yentes
eyereanl [at] gmail.com