UCLA-DOE labs share resources and operate as a community. We mentor students from around the world along with local colleges, high schools, and UCLA Chemistry Courses.

UCLA-DOE Institute Mentors and Instructors

  • David Eisenberg
  • Todd Yeates
  • Duilio Cascio
  • Genesis Falcon
  • Mark Arbing
  • Michael Sawaya
  • Jessica Ochoa
  • Vy Nguyen

  • Local junior high students solve a crystallographic mystery in a 3-day event
  • Local school, Archer School for Girls, students mount and shoot crystals and build atomic models
  • iGEM Team of 3 students perform summer research in an International competition to make a synthetic molecular machine
  • Cal State Fullerton students receive crystallographic training at UCLA every two months for their projects
  • Whittier College students perform summer research: clone, express and purify proteins, crystallize, collect diffraction data, and refine stuctures
  • Victoria, Australia, 18 high school students mount and shoot crystals and build atomic models
  • Global Mentoring Program invites students from countries in underdeveloped scientific infrastructure to conduct research at UCLA.