Kasha Slowinska
Associate Professor & Undergraduate Chemistry Advisor
Chemistry and Biochemistry
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, CA 90840

Email:   katarzyna.slowinska@csulb.edu
Tel:      562-985-5815
Office:   MLSC-248
Lab:     MLSC-238
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Education:         B.S. Chemistry, Warsaw University, 1997 
                        Ph.D. Chemistry, UC Berkeley, 2003

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Current Students

Graduate Students

Phelicita Bell
Major: M.S. Biochemistry
Email:
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Cristobal Morfin
Major: M.S. Biochemistry
Email: cmorfim@gmail.com
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Luladey Ayalew
​Major: M.S. Biochemistry 
Email: layalew91@gmail.com

Alicia Gamboa
Major: M.S. Biochemistry
Email: a.gamboa@live.com

Kevin Ho
Major: M.S. Biochemistry
Email: kevinqho@gmail.com

Undergraduate Students

Jacob Hoffman
Major: B.S. Biochemistry
Email: Jacob.Hoffman@student.csulb.edu 
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Katrina Hernandez
Major: B.S. Biochemistry
Email: kathernan91@gmail.com

Sandy Selliem
Major: B.S. Chemistry
Email: sandyselliem@yahoo.com

Joel Monroy
Major: Chemistry
Email: joelmonroy1984@gmail.com

Selina Urfano
Major: B.S. Microbiology
Email: selina.urfano@gmail.com

Past Graduate Students

Elise Nguyen
Major: M.S. Biochemistry
Email: elisebnguyen13@gmail.com
​Thesis Title: Electrical Stimulation of Human Dermal Fibroblasts and the Quantification of Collagen, Collagenase, and Elastin (2017)

Myungeun Oh
Major: M.S. Biochemistry
Email: myungeun.oh5@gmail.com
Thesis Title: Temperature controlled cellular internalization of hybrid peptides (2016)

Andrew Alexopoulos
Major: M.S. Chemistry
Email: ​andrewalexopoulos@gmail.com
Thesis Title: Peptide-supported organometallic catalyst for dual transformations under ambient aqueous conditions (2016)

Chloe Hu
Major: M.S. Chemistry
Thesis Title: Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of paclitaxel-hybrid peptides conjugates (2015)

Heather McKinney
Major: M.S. Chemistry
Email: heathermck13@yahoo.com

Aparna Shinde 
Major: M.S. Biochemistry
Email:aparna.shinde@student.csulb.edu
Thesis Title: Helical collagen mimetic peptides as nanorod drug carriers (2013)

Mona Oumais
Major: M.S. Chemistry
Email: mno1212@gmail.com
Thesis Title: Synthesis and characterization of helical peptide-based drug carriers (2013) 

Heather Rogers
Major: M.S. Biochemistry
Thesis Title: Gold nanoparticles linked with collagen mimetic peptides (2012)

Judith E.Valle 
Major: M.S. Biochemistry
Thesis Title: Quantification Of Cross-Linking In Collagen Modified With Gold Nanoclusters (2009)

Past Undergraduate Students

Jeremiah Garibay
Major: B.S. Chemical Engineering
Email: jeremy-garibay@att.net

Anthony Sablan
Major: B.S. Biochemistry
Email: gnr080@gmail.com

Jeremy Wishner
Major: B.S. Electrical Engineering & B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Email: j.e.wishner@gmail.com

Jessica Acuna
Major: Microbiology
Email:jessica.acuna29@gmail.com

Kevin Columna
Major: Biology; Option in: Molecular Cell Biology and Physiology
Email: columna.k.a@gmail.com

Merlyn Arostegui
Major: Biochemistry
Email: merlyn.arostegui@gmail.com

Daniel Hernandez
Major: B.S. Chemical Engineering
Email:daniel@dhernandez.net

Armando Reimer
Major: B.S. Biology
Email: armandoreimer@gmail.com
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Kasey Kagawa
Major: B.S. Biology
Email: punkey0@gmail.com

Brendan Lawrence
Major: B.S. Biochemistry
Email: brendanlawrence00@gmail.com

Melody Loera
Major: B.S. Biochemistry
Email: mimis112@msn.com

Rose Pham
Major: B.S. Chemistry
Email: Rose.Pham@student.csulb.edu

Marilyn Ngo
Major: B.S. Biochemistry
Email: ngomarilyn@gmail.com