Julia Stauber

Julia Stauber earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from UC San Diego in 2011 and then received her Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2017, where she was recognized with the ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Young Investigator Award for her work. She then pursued postdoctoral research at UC Los Angeles developing organometallic-based platforms for bioconjugation applications and selective biomolecule targeting. Her work at UCSD lies at the interface of synthetic inorganic chemistry and biochemistry, and is dedicated to understanding and uncovering new design principles, structural properties, electronic profiles and reactivity patterns of transition metal, main group, and supramolecular systems and exploring their utility in biologically-relevant applications including small molecule activation, catalysis, and targeting. Julia was recognized with an Excellence in Teaching Award during her time at MIT and is excited to return to her alma mater to teach the classes she once took as a student.

Fleur Ferguson

Fleur Ferguson received her M.Sc in Chemistry from Imperial College London, where she was awarded the Department of Chemistry Prize for outstanding achievement. She received her Ph.D in Chemistry from the University of Cambridge, funded by a BBSRC studentship. She was subsequently a research fellow at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Ferguson research interest lies in developing selective chemical probes, and utilizing them to interrogate the relationship between misregulated signaling and disease phenotypes. The overall goals of Dr. Fergusons’ independent research program at UC San Diego are to create new chemical tools and technologies that enable better understanding and treatment of neurological disorders, with a focus on neurodegeneration and neurooncology.