The Johnstone Laboratory
Medicinal and Fundamental Inorganic Chemistry Research Group
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Tim Johnstone
johnstone[at]ucsc{dot}edu
Hometown: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2024 - present Associate Professor UCSC
2018 - 2024 Assistant Professor UCSC
2015 - 2018 Post-doc University of Toronto (D. W. Stephan)
2014 - 2015 Post-doc MIT (E. M. Nolan)
2009 - 2014 Ph.D. MIT (S. J. Lippard)
2006 - 2009 B.Sc. McGill University
Associate Provost of Crown College
Faculty Mentor for UCSC Chem Club (ACS Student Chapter)
Faculty Mentor for UCSC oSTEM Chapter
NIH Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) (2024)
Beckman Young Investigator (2023)
NSF CAREER Award (2023)
Hellman Fellow (2020)
UCSC Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning/DSS Faculty Fellow (2018)
ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Young Investigator Award (2015)
NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2015)
Harvard-MIT Cancer Center for Nanotechnology Excellence Award (2011)
MIT Presidential Fellowship (2009)
John Wenger
Postdoctoral Researcher
Johnstone Lab Member since 2020
B.S. UC San Diego
Ph.D. UC Santa Cruz
Hometown: Capitola, CA
Alissa Lance-Byrne
Graduate Student
Johnstone Lab Member since 2020
B.A. Cornell University
Hometown: South Orange, NJ
Sophia Hollow
Graduate Student
Johnstone Lab Member since 2021
B.S. UC Santa Cruz
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Leila Parker
Graduate Student
Johnstone Lab Member since 2021
B.S. Westmont College
Hometown: Santa Barbara, CA
Addis Getahun
Graduate Student
Johnstone Lab Member since 2022
B.S. UC Santa Cruz
Hometown: Richmond, CA
Justin Peterson (JP)
Graduate Student
Johnstone Lab Member since 2023
B.S. UC Santa Barbara
Hometown: Watsonville, CA
Madhu Ayyer
Undergraduate Researcher
Johnstone Lab Member since 2023
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Orion Moore
Undergraduate Researcher
Johnstone Lab Member since 2024
Hometown: Cypress, CA
Arely Guijarro
Undergraduate Researcher
Johnstone Lab Member since 2024
AS-T Hartnell College
Hometown: Greenfield, CA
GROUP ALUMNI
Graduate Students
2023 PhD - Dr. Brent Lindquist-Kleissler
2023 PhD - Dr. Daniel Droege
Undergraduate Students
2022-2024 - Calise Sola
2023 - Meredith Fisher
2023 - Liz Lara (ACCESS)
2022-2023 - Mikayla Joyce Gonzaga
2021-2023 - Viky Villaneuva (MARC)
2022-2023 - Cambell Conour
2022-2023 - Harjot Singh
2022 - Junyi (Adrian) Deng
2021-2022 - Kimiko Rossi
2021-2022 - Vivian Gallego
2022 - Matteo Anicetti (ACCESS)
2022 - Kylie Williams (UC LEADS)
2021-2022 - Robert Jenkins
2022 - Alek Martinez
2019-2021 - Sophie Hollow
2021 - Natalie Hemond (REU)
2021-2022 - Abram Rodriguez (ACCESS)
2019-2021 - Griffin Milligan
2018-2020 - Zachary Davis
2018-2019 - Gabriella Ruiz
2018-2019 - Sakshi Soti