Sorin Lab Members at CSULB

The Sorin Lab is located in MLSC-300, on the 3rd floor of the Molecular & Life Sciences Center, across from the MLSC chemistry stockroom. As you can see, we have an exceptional view of the Blue Pyramid from our 3rd floor location!

For information about previous lab members please visit the Sorin Lab Alumni Page

Eric Sorin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Computational Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biophysics
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
California State University, Long Beach

Elliot Barton (Fall 2022 - present)

Major: B.S. Chemical Engineering, minoring in Applied Mathematics, CSULB
Sorin Lab Research: Docking, Enzyme Inhibition
Post-graduation: graduate studies in engineering discipline
Aerospace Corporation Dean’s Leadership Scholarship (2022-23)
Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor's Society Officer (2022-present)

Megan Calderon (Fall 2023 - present)

Major: MS Chemistry, CSULB
Sorin Lab Research: BChE Inhibition
Post-graduation: PhD in Chemistry

Daniel Chavez-Bonilla (Fall 2022 - present)

Major: MS Applied Statistics, CSULB
Sorin Lab Research: RNA Folding
Post-graduation: PhD in a Biophysical science
Women and Philanthropy Research Scholarship
John H. Stern Summer 2023 Research Assistantship
Stern Memorial Scholarship in Physical Chemistry

Alexia Chinn (Spring 2024 - present)

Major: BS Biochemistry, CSULB
Sorin Lab Research: TBD
Post-graduation: Medical School

Ben Doan (Spring 2023 - present)

Major: BS Chemistry, CSULB
Sorin Lab Research: Docking
Post-graduation: Industry

J Garcia (Fall 2023 - present)

Major: Computer Engineering BS/Physics BA, CSULB
Sorin Lab Research: Docking, RNA-mediated prion conversion
Post-graduation: Graduate School/Industry

Trevor Gerdes (Fall 2023 - present)

Major: BS Biochemistry, CSULB
Sorin Lab Research: RNA Folding
Post-graduation: Graduate studies in biomolecular sciences
UCI internship, Kulinsky BiNoM Lab (2022)

Vinh Ngo (Summer 2020 - present)

Major: MS Biochemistry Program, CSULB
Sorin Lab Research: RNA Folding, Clustering, Enzyme Inhibition
Post-graduation: PhD Program in Molecular Bioscience

Nicholas Tsimerekis (Spring 2022 - present)

Major: BS Computer Science, CSULB
Sorin Lab Research: System Administrator
Post-graduation: Graduate school or industry
Internship: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
President's Award (all semesters from F21 to F23)

Carlos Villalobos (March 2024 - present)

Major: BS Biochemistry, CSULB
Sorin Lab Research: TBD
Post-graduation: Graduate school
CSULB Doctoral Diversity Initiative Scholar