- The So Lab is always looking for curious, motivated, and persistent students to join. Undergraduates need strong quantitative skills and proficiency in general, organic, physical, and inorganic chemistry courses. Unfortunately, the So Lab is not accepting post-doctoral researchers at this time.
Principal Investigator
Monica C. So, Ph.D.
mso@csuchico.edu
Monica grew up in southern California in a city that once had more lemon trees than people. Yearning for a change in scenery, she moved to UCLA, where she earned her B.S. in Materials Chemistry while researching under Prof. Benjamin Schwartz as a Gates Millennium Scholar. She then earned her Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry at Northwestern University working under Prof. Joseph Hupp as a National Defense Science & Engineering (NDSEG) Fellow, developing a novel automated liquid phase technique for depositing thin films of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Working simultaneously at Argonne National Lab, she investigated the light absorption and energy transfer behavior of MOF thin films using steady state and transient fluorescence spectroscopy. Since July 2015, she has taught and mentored students as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at California State University, Chico. When Monica is not communicating with her peristaltic pumps in the lab, she is a runner, Yelp Elite writer, and amateur chef!
mso@csuchico.edu
Monica grew up in southern California in a city that once had more lemon trees than people. Yearning for a change in scenery, she moved to UCLA, where she earned her B.S. in Materials Chemistry while researching under Prof. Benjamin Schwartz as a Gates Millennium Scholar. She then earned her Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry at Northwestern University working under Prof. Joseph Hupp as a National Defense Science & Engineering (NDSEG) Fellow, developing a novel automated liquid phase technique for depositing thin films of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Working simultaneously at Argonne National Lab, she investigated the light absorption and energy transfer behavior of MOF thin films using steady state and transient fluorescence spectroscopy. Since July 2015, she has taught and mentored students as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at California State University, Chico. When Monica is not communicating with her peristaltic pumps in the lab, she is a runner, Yelp Elite writer, and amateur chef!
Undergraduates
Sungwon Yoon
syoon6@mail.csuchico.edu
All the way from Seoul, South Korea, Sungwon is currently majoring in chemistry with a mathematics minor and plans to go graduate school. She enjoys traveling and experiencing different cultures. Although she hasn’t been to many countries yet, she plans to explore more countries in the future.
syoon6@mail.csuchico.edu
All the way from Seoul, South Korea, Sungwon is currently majoring in chemistry with a mathematics minor and plans to go graduate school. She enjoys traveling and experiencing different cultures. Although she hasn’t been to many countries yet, she plans to explore more countries in the future.
James Calvo
jcalvo@mail.csuchico.edu
Born and raised in San Francisco, James is a biochemistry and applied mathematics double major with a minor in biology. He plans to continue on to graduate school, and spends his free time playing chess and trying to convince people to become vegan.
jcalvo@mail.csuchico.edu
Born and raised in San Francisco, James is a biochemistry and applied mathematics double major with a minor in biology. He plans to continue on to graduate school, and spends his free time playing chess and trying to convince people to become vegan.
Alumni
Jerah L. Barnett
jelabarn@ucsc.edu
Native to Chico, CA, Jerah double majored in chemistry and biochemistry at Chico State; he is a current PhD student in chemistry at UC Santa Cruz. His interests range from computers and electronics to living a healthy lifestyle. School, to him, is not career- but interest-driven, so he tries to enjoy himself. His life motto? "If it's not fun, it's not worth it."
jelabarn@ucsc.edu
Native to Chico, CA, Jerah double majored in chemistry and biochemistry at Chico State; he is a current PhD student in chemistry at UC Santa Cruz. His interests range from computers and electronics to living a healthy lifestyle. School, to him, is not career- but interest-driven, so he tries to enjoy himself. His life motto? "If it's not fun, it's not worth it."
Vivien L. Cherrette
vcherret@ucsc.edu
Hailing from Hermosa Beach, CA, Vivien majored in Chemistry with a minor in Mathematics; she is a PhD student in chemistry at UC Santa Cruz. She enjoys the sunny outdoors whether it be camping, hiking, or running. Vivien aspires for a career in industry.
vcherret@ucsc.edu
Hailing from Hermosa Beach, CA, Vivien majored in Chemistry with a minor in Mathematics; she is a PhD student in chemistry at UC Santa Cruz. She enjoys the sunny outdoors whether it be camping, hiking, or running. Vivien aspires for a career in industry.
Connor J. Hutcherson
connor_hutcherson@pall.com
Born and raised in Redondo Beach, CA, he majored in Chemistry; he is currently a field application scientist at Pall Corporation. His hobbies include cooking and exploring the outdoors. In fact, he once spent three weeks backpacking the Appalachian trail!
connor_hutcherson@pall.com
Born and raised in Redondo Beach, CA, he majored in Chemistry; he is currently a field application scientist at Pall Corporation. His hobbies include cooking and exploring the outdoors. In fact, he once spent three weeks backpacking the Appalachian trail!
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Nicole D. Mackie
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Austin Pollard
apollard2@mail.csuchico.edu
From the boonies of the California Mother Lode, Austin is majoring in Physics and Chemistry and plans to attain graduate training in astrophysics and/or aerospace fields. His free time is often spent inside of novels, as stories are one of his greatest passions. He is also systematically proving that more caffeine is in fact the solution to all problems.
apollard2@mail.csuchico.edu
From the boonies of the California Mother Lode, Austin is majoring in Physics and Chemistry and plans to attain graduate training in astrophysics and/or aerospace fields. His free time is often spent inside of novels, as stories are one of his greatest passions. He is also systematically proving that more caffeine is in fact the solution to all problems.