Group Members – Department of Chemistry

	Jared Boster Graduate Student Education: B.S. in Biology from BYU-Idaho with a Minor in Chemistry Research: Investigating zinc finger binding interactions with methylated DNA and protein-protein interactions in transcription Other Interests: Hanging out with my wife and daughters, playing the piano, and playing pickle ball
	Leonel Guerra Graduate Student Education: Chemical Engineering degree from the University of the Valley of Guatemala (UVG) Research: Biophysical means for studying the structure-function relationship of biomolecules, epigenetics, cancer, and nucleic acids/protein interactions. Other Interests: Collecting books, playing the ukulele, drinking coffee; favorite molecule is water, favorite virtues are kindess and resilience.
	Trevor Kotchman Graduate Student Education: B.S. in Biochemistry with minors in biology and philosophy from Waynesburg University Research: Investigating genomic occupation of ZBTB33 and ZBTB38 in cancer cells, and their mechanistic roles in mediating specific disease supporting molecular pathways. Other interests: Hiking, playing tennis, listening to music, and reading
	Nicholas (Nico) Lang Graduate Student Education: B.S. Biochemistry and Biology, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse Research: Characterizing zinc finger MBP biomolecular interactions using biophysical and computational methodologies Other interests: Traveling, aviation, cars, hiking, YouTube, listening to music, crafts/making things/tinkering, etc.
	Mynor Ordoñez Graduate Student Education: Biochemistry and Microbiology degree from Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG) Research: Investigating nucleic acid/protein interactions and their transcriptional effects in cells (epigenetics and G-quadruplexes). Other interests: Drinking coffee, going to the gym, watching movies, and listening to music.