Our group is composed of students and postdocs from all backgrounds. We are committed to creating a group culture that is welcoming and respectful of the voices and perspectives of all members.
PI
 | Carlos R. BaizAssociate Professor of Chemistry Postdoc | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (2011-2013) Ph.D. | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (2006-2011) B.S. | Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI (2002-2005) Outside the lab: Carlos is interested in current issues on scientific integrity, science communication, and academic freedom. Read this recent editorial on Authorship Best Practices in Biophysics. |
Postdoctoral Fellows
 | Xiaobing ChenPostdoctoral Scholar PhD | Louisiana State University (2021) Main Project: Currently working on building a new 2D IR setup with the BOXCARS geometry Hobbies: Xiaobing loves listening to music, watching movies/TV series, and playing mobile games. |
 | Kelly WilsonPostdoctoral Scholar Ph.D. | University of Oregon (2020) Main Project: Ultrafast visible microscopy |
| Raiza MaiaPostdoctoral Scholar Ph.D. | Freie Universität Berlin (2023) Main Project: Peptide translocation, membrane biophysics, Transient 2D IR spectroscopy |
Graduate Students
 | Eman AlasadiGraduate Student B.S. | University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington TX (2020) Main Project: Lanthanide ion coordination and modeling of vibrational spectroscopy
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| Reena Al-MualemGraduate Student B.S. | University of Washington, Seattle, WA (2018) Main Project: interactions of transmembrane peptides in lipid membranes Outside the lab: Reena is the Secretary of the Council of Graduate Chemists at UT. She has completed a teaching preparation series through UT’s Faculty Innovation Center. Hobbies: Reena enjoys bicycling, gardening, playing musical instruments, and going to rock concerts. |
 | Moonyeon ChoGraduate Student B.S. | Ewha Womans University, South Korea (2019) M.S. | Ewha Womans University, South Korea (2023) Main Project: Biomolecular condensates dynamic study Hobbies: Listening to music, rewatching favorite movies and TV series, going for a drive, swimming. |
| Paul GarrettGraduate Student B.S. | Saint Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX (2019) Main Project: Dynamics of acrylamide polymerization in reverse micelles |
 | Sulagna HazarikaGraduate Student M.S. | Fergusson College, India (2021) Main Project: Hydrogen-bonding and dynamics at electrode interfaces. Hobbies: Painting, reading(neo-noir fiction), exploring different cuisines, adopting dogs, going to indie/post rock concerts and casually redecorating my apartment. |
| Mark Cameron JonesGraduate Student B.S. | Clemson University, Clemson, SC (2022) Main Project: Infrared Microscopy Hobbies: In their free time, Mark enjoys roller skating, playing video games with friends, and writing. |
 | Keegan Lorenz-OchoaGraduate Student B.S. | Chemistry – Texas State University, San Marcos, TX (2021) Main Project: Molecular crowding and liquid-liquid phase separation Hobbies: I like to read, play the guitar, hike/sight-see and play video games (Halo and The Elder Scrolls Series are my favorites)! |
 | Kobiny Antony RexGraduate Student B.S. | Chemistry – University of Jaffna, Srilanka (2023) Main Project: Plastics morphology and aging. Microplastics detection Hobbies: Koby enjoys writing, photography and learning Korean |
 | Joseph ShirleyGraduate Student B.S. | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM (2017) Main Project: Crowding Outside the lab: Jo is a member of the Council of Graduate Chemists; the Chemistry Student Safety Organization; the Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity (IDEA) Task Force; and is the department representative to the Dean’s Office Graduate Council. Through these organizations, Jo participates in social and safety outreach and advocates for changes within the department and college. Hobbies: Jo likes cooking and baking with his wife. They also enjoy figuring out how to grow new plants. Their current project is growing Pascal the pineapPAL. |
 | Cong XuGraduate Student B.S. | Nanjing University, Nanjing, China (2018) Main Project: Dynamics at the membrane lipid-water interface |
Undergraduate Students
 | SpikeInfrared Spectrometer Born: Ettlingen, Germany (2015) Main Project: Spike is involved in all projects. Outside the lab: Spike has never been outside the lab. |
Alumni
Name | Degree | After UT |
| Sean Edington | Postdoc | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of New Hampshire |
| Laura Estergreen | Postdoc, joint with Roberts Group | Metrology Engineer at Samsung Semiconductor, Austin TX |
| Kwang-Im Oh | Postdoc | Research Associate, Gyeongsang National University, Korea |
| Sunayana Mitra | Postdoc | Engineer at Intel Corporation, Oregon |
| Ravi Venkatraman | Postdoc | Research Associate, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom |
| Euihyun Lee | Postdoc | Research Engineer, LG Display, Korea |
| Xiao You | Postdoc | Faculty Member, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China |
| Ji-Yeon Kim | Graduate Student | Process Engineer, Lam Research, Fremont, CA |
| Jenny Flanagan | Graduate Student | Postdoc in the Veatch Lab at the University of Michigan |
| Mason Valentine | Graduate Student | Postdoc in the Xiong Lab at the University of California San Diego |
| Christopher Baryiames | Graduate Student | Postdoc in the Columbus Lab at the University of Virginia |
| Stephanie Liu | Graduate Student | Associate Scientist II at WuXi AppTec, Plainsboro, New Jersey |
| Emily Ma | Undergrad | Graduate student in the Geiger Lab at Northwestern University |
| Morgan Teel | Undergrad | UT Austin ’21 |
| Allison Craig | Undergrad | Graduate Student, Program in Biophysical Sciences, University of Chicago |
| Kavya Rajesh | Undergrad | Medical Student, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons |
| Niki Iranpour | Undergrad | Medical Student, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
| Maya Waterland | Undergrad | Data Scientist, Mercury Data Science, Houston, TX |
| Jennifer Sormberger | Undergrad | Graduate Student, Chemistry Department, University of Colorado, Boulder |
| Kelly Risch | Undergrad | Graduate Student, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University |