AOON RIZVI, PhD

2025 – Present
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of California, Los Angeles
Biomolecular condensates, complex coacervates, and enzyme cascades
2023 – 2025
Propel Postdoctoral Researcher
Stanford University
Chromatin organization, condensate biophysics, and epigenetics
2018 – 2023
Ph.D. in Chemistry
University of California, Irvine
Polymer chemistry, self-assembly, phase separation, and liquid-phase electron microscopy
2015 – 2018
B.S. in Chemistry
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Organic synthesis, Pd-catalysis

Career & Life Highlights

July 2026
EBRC Meeting
Washington, DC
EBRC Meeting
March 2026
APS March Meeting
Denver, Colorado
APS March Meeting
June 2025
CZI Institute
Laser plate testing and tomograms
CZI Institute
May 2025
Seminar Speaker — Radboud University
Institute for Molecules and Materials · Host: Evan Spruijt
May 2025
Condensate Copenhagen Conference
Copenhagen, Denmark
Condensate Copenhagen Conference
December 2024
Rising Stars in Soft & Biological Matter
University of Chicago
Rising Stars in Soft and Biological Matter
September 2024
Stanford Polymer Collective Speaker
Stanford University
Stanford Polymer Collective Speaker
August 2024
Texas Materials Institute Seminar
University of Texas at Austin · Host: Alexander Marrass
Texas Materials Institute Seminar
August 2024
Seminar Speaker — Baylor College of Medicine
Host: Steven Boeynaems
July 2023
Joined Sanulli Lab at Stanford
New chromatin world
May 2023
PhD Defense
University of California, Irvine
PhD Defense
September 2022
Summited Mt. Whitney
California
Mt. Whitney Summit
2022
Young Macro Symposium
Young Macro Symposium
2022
Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Lindau, Germany
Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
February 2022
Chair, Gordon Research Seminar
Gordon Research Seminar
Fall 2021
1,100 Miles Around California
2003 BMW F 650 GS
Motorcycle Trip Around California
Summer 2021
Patterson Lab COVID Picnic
Patterson Lab COVID Picnic
January 2020
First Ever LP-EM GRC
Italy
First LP-EM GRC
August 2019
First Graduate School Conference (ACS)
San Diego, CA
ACS Conference in San Diego
July 2019
Early Liquid Phase Movies
IMRI
Early Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy
February 2019
Discovery of Stable LLPS
Urja Patel
Discovery of Stable Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
May 2018
UIUC Graduation with Steve
Roger Adams Laboratory
UIUC Graduation