Program Overview

Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program

The Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program is located in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of California, Riverside.

Program Overview

The program is housed in 1140 Batchelor Hall, Riverside, CA 92521. The Graduate Student Advisor is Dustin Domingo.

Faculty

The faculty for the program are organized by discipline and department, including:

• Ecological Health
• Human Health
• Biochemistry
• Biomedical Sciences
• Botany and Plant Sciences
• Chemical Environmental Engineering
• Chemistry
• Computer Engineering
• Entomology
• Environmental Sciences
• Microbiology and Plant Pathology
• Molecular & Systems Biology
• Nematology
• Philosophy
• School of Medicine

Students

The program includes the following student resources:

• Courses
• Current Student Resources
• Prospective Student Information
• Graduate Students
• Mini-GSA

Research Areas

The research areas of the graduate students in the program include:

• Nanoparticles and Protein Corona
• RNA modification, Proteomics
• Mechanisms of stress-dependent mistargeting of secreted proteins
• Effect of nanoplastics exposure on atherosclerosis and metabolic disorders
• RNA-Binding Protein Biology, Ribosome Biogenesis, and Cellular Quiescence
• Fate, transport, and mechanistic controls driving inadvertent geogenic metals solubilization during managed aquifer recharge
• RNA codes and neural-specific alternative splicing in neurological diseases
• Characterizing organofluorine products, mechanism, and efficiency of the thermal decomposition of PFAS from different environmental matrices
• Biomolecular recognition of small molecules with proteins of interest
• Crop bioaccumulation and biotransformation of contaminants of emerging concern

Graduate Students

The graduate students in the program include:

• David Alfaro III, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. Yujie Men
• Lanie Bavier, Ph.D. student, major professor: Rotating
• Zhongwen Cao, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. Yinsheng Wang
• Qiaozhen Chen, Ph.D. student, major professor: Rotating
• Pedro De Allende, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. James Davies
• Zhixin Fang, Ph.D. student, major professor: Rotating
• Sean Gombart, Ph.D. student, major professor: Rotating
• John Hoang, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. David Volz
• Sophia Horn, Master's student, major professor: Rotating
• Xiaochen Liang, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. Yinsheng Wang
• Keyuan Li, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. Wei-Chun Chou
• Wenxin Li, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. Yinsheng Wang
• Qiqi Lin, Ph.D. student, major professor: Joseph Genereux
• Ting An Lin, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. Changcheng Zhou
• Yarong Liu, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. Jernej Murn
• Benjamin Maki, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. Sam Ying
• Lillian On, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. Sika Zheng
• Anthony Rios, Ph.D. student, major professor: Rotating
• Yuyang Shen, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. Wenwan Zhong
• Patricia Sidhom, Master's student, major professor: Rotating
• Jonathan Stewart, Ph.D. student, major professor: Rotating
• Lillian Tran, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. Ying-Hsuan Lin
• William Troxel, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. Chia-En Chang
• Awot Ukkbamichael, Ph.D. student, major professor: Rotating
• Michelle Wang, Ph.D. student, major professor: Rotating
• Xiaowen Wang, Ph.D. student, major professor: Rotating
• Yu Wang, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. Yinsheng Wang
• Xin Wen, Ph.D. student, major professor: Rotating
• Wonsik Woo, Ph.D. student, major professor: Rotating
• Emily Yang, Master's student, major professor: Rotating
• Zi (Nicole) Yang, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. Changcheng Zhou
• Rebecca Yates, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. Jay Gan
• Ting Zhao, Ph.D. student, major professor: Dr. Yinsheng Wang

College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

The College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences is located in Olmsted 2300, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521.