Giselle Bauer

Ph.D Candidate

gbauer1@uci.edu

Giselle graduated from the University of Utah in the fall of 2020 with a B.S. in Chemistry. She joined the Sheldon group in the fall of 2021.

Jonathan McTague

Ph.D Candidate

jmctague@uci.edu

Jon graduated from the William Paterson University in 2020 with a B.S. in Chemistry, and M.S in Materials Chemistry in 2022. He joined the Sheldon group in the fall of 2022. He is from New Jersey and his interests are programming and watching hockey!

Emma Brass

Ph.D Student

ebrass@uci.edu

Emma graduated from the University of California Merced in 2022 with a B.S. in chemistry. She joined the Sheldon lab in the fall of 2023. In her free time she enjoys painting, writing, and hiking.

Mara Milhander

Ph.D Student

mmilhand@uci.edu

Mara graduated from CSU Fullerton in 2023 with a B.S. in Chemistry and a Minor in Mathematics. She joined the Sheldon group at the beginning of 2025. Outside of school, Mara enjoys baking, sudoku, cryptic crossword puzzles, and TV/ movies.

Nick Frainey

Ph.D Student

nfrainey@uci.edu

Nick is a Beaverton, OR native and graduated from the University of Oregon in 2024 with a B.S. in chemistry. He joined the Sheldon group in the summer of 2025. Outside of the lab, Nick enjoys cooking, finding new restaurants with friends, and watching baseball and football.

Macy Weng

Undergraduate

minshinw@uci.edu

Macy is from Taiwan and is currently an undergraduate student at the University of California Irvine. She enjoys playing the trumpet and collecting teddy bears.

Mohammad Alragom

Undergraduate

malragom@uci.edu

Mohammad grew up in Kuwait. He’s a fourth year Chemical Engineering Student specializing in Materials Science. Mohammad joined the Sheldon Group in Fall 2024, working with Giselle on the perovskite nano rod project. In his free time, he enjoys working out, reading, and walking.