The Johnstone Laboratory
Medicinal and Fundamental Inorganic Chemistry Research Group
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Tim Johnstone
johnstone[at]ucsc{dot}edu
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Hometown: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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2018 - present Assistant Professor UCSC
2015 - 2018 Post-doc University of Toronto (D. W. Stephan)
2014 - 2015 Post-doc MIT (E. M. Nolan)
2009 - 2014 Ph.D. MIT (S. J. Lippard)
2006 - 2009 B.Sc. McGill University
Beckman Young Investigator (2023)
NSF CAREER Award (2023)
Hellman Fellow (2020)
UCSC Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning/DSS Faculty Fellow (2018)
ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Young Investigator Award (2015)
NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Harvard-MIT Cancer Center for Nanotechnology Excellence Award
MIT Presidential Fellowship
John Wenger
Graduate Student
Johnstone Lab Member since 2020
B.S. UC San Diego
Hometown: Capitola, CA
Alissa Lance-Byrne
Graduate Student
Johnstone Lab Member since 2020
B.A. Cornell University
Hometown: South Orange, NJ
Sophia Hollow
Graduate Student
Johnstone Lab Member since 2021
B.S. UC Santa Cruz
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Leila Parker
Graduate Student
Johnstone Lab Member since 2021
B.S. Westmont College
Hometown: Santa Barbara, CA
Addis Getahun
Graduate Student
Johnstone Lab Member since 2022
B.S. UC Santa Cruz
Hometown: Richmond, CA
Justin Peterson (JP)
Graduate Student
Johnstone Lab Member since 2023
B.S. UC Santa Barbara
Hometown: Watsonville, CA
Calise Solla
Undergraduate Researcher
Johnstone Lab Member since 2022
Hometown: Vallejo, CA
Madhu Ayyer
Undergraduate Researcher
Johnstone Lab Member since 2023
Hometown: San Jose, CA
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GROUP ALUMNI
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Graduate Students
2023 PhD - Dr. ​Brent Lindquist-Kleissler
2023 PhD - Dr. Daniel Droege
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Undergraduate Students
2023 - Meredith Fisher
2023 - Liz Lara (ACCESS)
2022-2023 - Mikayla Joyce Gonzaga
2021-2023 - Viky Villaneuva (MARC)
2022-2023 - Cambell Conour
2022-2023 - Harjot Singh
2022 - Junyi (Adrian) Deng
2021-2022 - Kimiko Rossi
2021-2022 - Vivian Gallego
2022 - Matteo Anicetti (ACCESS)
2022 - Kylie Williams (UC LEADS)
2021-2022 - Robert Jenkins
2022 - Alek Martinez
2019-2021 - Sophie Hollow
2021 - Natalie Hemond (REU)
2021-2022 - Abram Rodriguez (ACCESS)
2019-2021 - Griffin Milligan
2018-2020 - Zachary Davis
2018-2019 - Gabriella Ruiz
2018-2019 - Sakshi Soti