Caryn E. Outten, Ph.D.
Caryn Outten joined the USC Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in 2005 and is currently the Guy F. Lipscomb Professor of Chemistry.
Principal Investigator
Postdoctoral Scholar
Priyanka Basak, Ph.D.
Priyanka received her M.S. from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay and her Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She joined the C. Outten lab in June 2025.
Graduate Students
Cailin McCracken
Cailin received her B.S. from the University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire and joined the C. Outten Group in November 2021.
Shashini Maleesha Warahena Liyanage Dona
Maleesha received her B.S. from The University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and joined the C. Outten Group in August 2022.
Nuran-Nahaar Abdus-Salaam
Nuri received her B.S. from SC State University and joined the C. Outten Group in October 2022.
Rajeen Kothalawala
Rajeen received his B.S. from The University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and joined the C. Outten Group in July 2023.
Undergraduate Students
Linden McGregor
Linden is a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major and McNair Scholar from the Honors College who plans to graduate in May 2027.
Savannah Cooke
Savannah is a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major who plans to graduate in May 2028.