Stacy Copp
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
ISEB 5072
949-824-8181
stacy.copp@uci.edu
CV
Postdoctoral Researchers
Rweetuparna Guha
2021-current
PhD Chemistry, University of Münster 2020
Project: Structural properties of DNA-stabilized silver nanoclusters, nucleic acid-silver interactions
Graduate Student Researchers
Peter Mastracco
PhD Candidate, 2019-current
Materials Science and Engineering
CCAM Junior Research Fellow
Project: Machine learning-guided design of biomolecular and nanoscale materials
Anna Gonzalez Rosell
PhD Candidate, 2019-current
Materials Science and Engineering
la Caixa Postgraduate Abroad Fellow
Project: Discovery of near-infrared DNA-stabilized silver clusters
Eshana Bethur
PhD Student, 2020-current
Materials Science and Engineering
Project: Expanding the toolbox of DNA nanotechnology by silver-mediated base pairing
Alex Vasquez
PhD Student, 2021-current
Physics, ChAMP program
NSF GRFP Fellow
Project: Controlled block copolymer-directed nanoparticle assembly for photonic nanomaterials
Jayme Chow
PhD Candidate, 2021-current
UCI Chemistry
Project: Controlled block copolymer-directed nanoparticle assembly for photonic nanomaterials
Anthea Segger
PhD student, 2023-current
Materials Science and Engineering
Graduate Opportunity Fellow
Undergraduate researcher, 2023-current
Project: Light-harvesting with DNA-stabilized nanoclusters
I-Hsin (Vivian) Lin
PhD student, 2023-current
Materials Science and Engineering
CCAM Junior Research Fellow
Project: Discovery and development of near-infrared DNA-stabilized silver clusters for bioimaging
Undergraduate Researchers
Kaicheng Jiang
Undergraduate researcher, 2022-current
UCI Chemical Engineering
Project: DNA-stabilized silver nanocluster discovery
Crystal Murillo
Undergraduate researcher, 2022-current
UCI Aerospace Engineering
Project: ML-guided DNA-stabilized silver nanocluster discovery
Carlos Melchor
Undergraduate researcher, 2023-current
UCI Mechanical Engineering
Project: ML-guided DNA-stabilized silver nanocluster discovery
Jessica Lee
Undergraduate researcher, 2023-current
UCI Materials Science and Engineering
Project: DNA-stabilized silver nanoclusters
Vareesha Uddin
Undergraduate researcher, 2023-current
UCI Biomedical Engineering
Project: Silver-mediated DNA base pairing for nanotechnologies
Christopher Muller
Undergraduate REU, Summer 2023
UCSD Aerospace Engineering
Project: ML-guided DNA-stabilized silver nanocluster discovery
Join our group
Graduate students are welcome to join our group from several different PhD programs at UCI, including MSE, Physics, CBE, and the ChaMP program. Students are encouraged to apply for fellowships. At present, the Copp lab does not have funded opportunities for additional PhD students for Fall 2023.
For undergraduate students interested in research opportunities: Email Prof. Copp at stacy.copp@uci.edu and send a copy of your transcript and a brief description of your research interests. Students are encouraged to pursue funding through UROP and SURP.
Interested postdoctoral candidates are strongly encouraged to identify extramural funding and work with Prof. Copp to develop a research proposal and application package. Candidates must have a PhD by appointment start date in materials science, physics, chemistry, chemical and biomolecular engineering, or a related discipline. Inquiries should include a CV, brief description of your research interests in our group, and names of 3 individuals who can serve as reference. At present, the Copp lab does not have funded opportunities for additional postdocs.
Group Alumni
Graduate researchers
Dan Snow, MS ’20 Materials Science and Engineering. Now materials chemist at Sherwin-Williams
Rushikesh Prasad Joshi, MS ’20 Computer Science. Now software development engineer at Amazon
Naomy Marrufo, PhD Student MSE, Competitive Edge Summer Fellow ’20. Now in the Hochbaum lab
DaVante Cain, PhD student Physics, ChAMP summer rotation ’21, Now in the Siwy lab.
Tia Wilson, PhD Student MSE and ChAMP, 2021-22.
Malak Rafik, MS UCI MSE, ’22 and Engineering Pathway to the PhD Fellow. Now at Invenergy.
Undergraduate researchers
Wendy Lee, BS 2020 MSE. Now yield engineer at TSMC
Miriam Contreras STEM Summer Research Opportunity Intern 2021, Chaffey College. Now a Biomedical Engineering Major at UC Riverside
Diego Espino, Summer 2021 SURF Fellow, now MS student at UCLA
Hannah Martin, Summer 2021 CCAM REU Fellow, now a PhD student at Colorado School of Mines, McGuirk group
Joshua Evans, STEM Summer Research Opportunity Research Intern 2020-2021, Chaffey College. Now a biology major at UC Riverside
Nery Arevalos, 2021-22, Summer 2021 SURP Fellow, B.S. Biomedical Engineering ’22, now a PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at Boston University.
Tasneem Khokar, Summer 2022 SURP Fellow, UCI Physics student
Michael Friend, 2022, Summer 2021 CCAM REU Fellow, currently MSE student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
John Bateman, 2022 SURP fellow, B.S. Physics 2022, now at Bloom Energy
Shan (Vicky) Yu, 2022 SURP fellow, B.S. Chemistry 2023. Now MS student at UPenn Chemistry
Vianna Xiao, 2022 SURP fellow, B.S. Chemistry 2023. Now MS student at Northwestern MSE.