Miguel Medina Lopez

Education

• Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles

Biography

Miguel earned his B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2025. At UCLA, he conducted research on molecular precursor strategies for nanomaterial synthesis using redox-active ligands, enabling access to challenging oxidation states under the guidance of Prof. Matthew Nava. As an intern at Columbia University during summer 2024, he investigated the use of a modified anionic cyclodehydrogenation to synthesize nanographenes with complex edge structures and heteroatom incorporation. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in materials chemistry under Prof. Chris Bates and Prof. Javier Read de Alaniz at UCSB.