Group Members

PI: Juan Vanegas, Ph.D. - CV

Associate Professor
vanegasj@oregonstate.edu
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Oregon State University
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About Professor Vanegas

  • 2016 - 2022 - Assistant Professor (tenured in 2022), Department of Physics, University of Vermont
  • 2013 - 2016 - Post-doctoral Researcher, Theoretical Chemistry Group (Dr. Susan Rempe), Sandia National Laboratories
  • 2011 - 2013 - Post-doctoral Researcher, Computational Mechanics Group (Prof. Marino Arroyo), Polytechnic University of Catalunya
  • 2007 - 2011 - Ph.D in Biophysics, University of California at Davis. Advisors: Marjorie Longo and Roland Faller
  • 2005 - 2007 - M.S. in Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University
  • 2002 - 2005 - B.S. in Physics, Oregon State University
  • Lab Pictures

    OSU 2023. From left to right: Monica Vidal-Franco (BB), Kyle Axt (Pharmacy), Kai Zwink (BB), Juan Vanegas (BB). UVM 2017. From left to right: Bharat Poudel, Juan Vanegas, Conner Winkeljohn, Ben Himberg, and David Peterson.

    Post-doctoral Associates

  • Dr. Bharat Poudel - OSU Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • Graduate Students

  • Monica Vidal-Franco - OSU Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • Ben Himberg - UVM Materials Science Ph.D. Program
  • Andrew Lewis - UVM Physics Ph.D. Program
  • Undergraduate Students

  • Kai Zwink - OSU Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • Nolan Herron - OSU Biochemistry and Biophysics
  • Group Alumni

  • Dr. Arjun Sharma - Now Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Purdue University, Fort Wayne
  • Dr. Rajitha Rajeshwar Tatikonda - Now at Oak Ridge National Lab
  • Conner Winkeljohn, B.S. - Now Ph.D. student at UC Davis
  • David Peterson, B.S. - Now Naval Officer with US Navy
  • Shervin Razavi, B.S. - Now MD-Ph.D. student at SUNY
  • Ethan Lauricella, B.S. - Now Ph.D. student at U of Kentucky
  • Looking for enthusiastic Ph.D. students to join our group!

    Please contact professor Vanegas at vanegasj@oregonstate.edu if you are interested in joining the lab!