The Tor Lab


Graduate Students.




Name: Deyuan Cong
Year in Graduate School: 4th Year
Undergraduate Education: B.S., Applied Chemistry; Dalian University of Technology
Division: Organic
Research Project: Enzymatic applications of fluorescent nucleosides


Name: Jamie Lam
Year in Graduate School: 3rd Year
Undergraduate Education: B.S., Food Science and Technology; California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. Alex John
Division: Organic
Research Project: Synthesis and Applications of Fluorescent Adenine Derivatives

Postdoctoral Fellows.


Name: Kfir Steinbuch, Ph.D.
Year Joined Lab: November 2018
Doctoral Institution: Ph.D., Chemistry; Tel Aviv University
Ph.D. Research Advisor: Prof. Micha Fridman
Ph.D. Thesis: Design, synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Membrane Targeting Antimicrobrial Cationic Amphiphiles
Research Project: Synthesis and biological evaluation of emissive nucleotide-based cofactors

Name: Victor Dubois, Ph.D.
Year Joined Lab: 2023
Doctoral Institution:
Ph.D. Research Advisor:
Ph.D. Thesis:
Research Project: Synthesis and Applications of Fluorescent Nucleoside Analogs

Visiting Scholars.


Undergraduates.


Name: Ruixuan Wen
Year: 2nd Year B.S.
Major: Chemistry
Research Project: Synthesis and Applications of Fluorescent Nucleoside Analogs

Name: Janice Meltser
Year: 3rd Year B.S.
Major: Pharmacological Sciences
Research Project: Synthesis and Applications of Fluorescent Nucleoside Analogs

Contact Professor Tor

  • Email:
    ytor@ucsd.edu
  • How to find us:
    UC San Diego Campus
    Pacific Hall 6225A (Tor Office)
    Pacific Hall 6227 - 6228 - 6127