Jean K. Chung

Assistant Professor
C117 Chemistry, Colorado State University
e-mail: jkchung@colostate.edu
 

Jean obtained B.S. at Indiana University Bloomington, then Ph.D. in chemistry at Stanford University. For doctoral research, Jean studied ultrafast dynamics proteins with nonlinear infrared spectroscopy and how they are related to structure and function with Professor Michael D. Fayer. Afterwards, Jean conducted postdoctoral research with Professor Jay T. Groves at University of California, Berkeley, where she investigated the interactions between signaling proteins and lipids on membranes.  She began her independent research career at Colorado State University in 2019.

Hyejin Jeong

Postdoctoral Scholar
C114 Chemistry, Colorado State University
e-mail: hyejin.jeong@colostate.edu
 
Hyejin is from Paju, South Korea. She studied at Seoul Women’s University, where her doctoral research was centered on developing new synthetic methodologies for N-heterocyclic compounds using ate-complexes for pharmaceutical molecules. She also developed new catalysts for para-hydrogen hyperpolarized NMR spectroscopy. Her work at CSU focuses on investigating the effect of the lipid bilayer environment on oxidation kinetics inside membranes. She enjoys baking and good coffee on her free time.
 

Cyrus Picou, Jr.

Graduate Student
C114 Chemistry, Colorado State University
e-mail: cyrus.picou@colostate.edu
 
Cyrus is a native of Louisiana, where he grew up boating and fishing. He enjoys learning new languages as a hobby. In his current research, he investigates how antimicrobial peptides modulate the membrane lipid distributions in giant unilamellar vesicles. 
 
 

Alex Fenton

Graduate Student
C114 Chemistry, Colorado State University
e-mail: Alex.Fenton@colostate.edu
 
Alex is from Minnesota. His research focuses on the intermolecular interactions of multidomain kinases on membrane surfaces. In his free time, he enjoys outdoors activities such as running and hiking.

Lucas Villalon

Graduate Student
C114 Chemistry, Colorado State University
e-mail: Lucas.Villalon@colostate.edu
 
 
 
 

Harrison Lowater

Graduate Student

C114 Chemistry, Colorado State University
 
Harrison was born and raised in western Wisconsin. Outside of the lab you may see him climbing, hiking, or in the kitchen covered in flour. His research investigations focus on the multimerization interactions of membrane proteins.

Hannah Spoon

Graduate Student

C114 Chemistry, Colorado State University
 
 
 
 

Ethan Anna

Undergraduate Student
C114 Chemistry, Colorado State University
 
 
 
 

Noru

Shiba Inu
Noru is Jean’s dog. His job is to be cute, which he does effortlessly.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Group Alumni

Adam Bower

REU Student
Currently: Ph.D. student at Texas A&M University

Aml Alnaas

Postdoctoral Scholar
 
 

 

Jayden Bishop

Undergraduate Student, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Currently: Controls Engineer, Gregory Consulting and Controls, LLC. Denver, CO.
 

Keunhong Jeong

Visiting Scholar
Currently: Professor at the Korea Military Academy, Seoul, South Korea

Sein Min

Visiting Graduate Student
Currently: Ph.D. student, Seoul Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea

Tyler A. Jepson

Undergraduate Student
Currently: Ph.D. in the Biophysics Program at University of California, Berkeley