2023-2024
| Michelle Ai 2023-2024 Major: Chemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stuart Conway Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: Synthesis of SmBRD3 ligands affecting Schistosoma mansoni survival, oviposition, and development |
| Adam Akel S 2023-2024 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ahmet Arac Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Neural mechanisms of age-related decline in motor skills |
| Madison Frances Bang 2023-2024 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Maureen Su Faculty Mentor Department: Pediatrics-Endocrinology Project: Determining the role of T peripheral helper and T follicular helper CD4+ cells in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy |
| Lea Minnie Baskin Monk 2023-2024 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ling Liu Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Elucidating the Role of Lactoferrin in Aged Skeletal Muscle Regeneration |
| Ava Elisabeth Bignell 2023-2024 Major: Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elissa Hallem Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics Project: EGL-4 Coordinates Carbon Dioxide Valence in Caenorhabditis elegans |
| Zaid Eyad Bustami 2023-2024 Major: Computational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Antoni Ribas Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Hematology-Oncology Project: Characterizing Mechanisms of Response to Combination Immunotherapy with Multiplexed Ion Beam Imaging |
| Juliet Diane Carr 2023-2024 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Meriwether Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Digestive Diseases Project: Oxidized Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids as Dysregulators of Macrophage Efferocytosis Capacity (DO NOT PUBLISH) |
| Anubhav Chandla 2023-2024 Major: Human Biology and Society (BS) Faculty Mentor: Dr. Isaac Yang Faculty Mentor Department: Neurosurgery Project: Investigating Epithelial Membrane Protein 2 as a Biomarker of Malignant Meningioma Pathogenesis |
| Emily Shiyu Cheng 2023-2024 Major: Physiological Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peter Bradley Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics Project: Function and Interactions of a Novel IMC and SPMT-associated Protein in T. gondii |
| Colette Chiang 2023-2024 Major: Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Williams Faculty Mentor Department: Ophthalmology Project: The role of dynein in phagocytosis of photoreceptor outer segments by the retinal pigment epithelium |
| Alyssa Delgadillo 2023-2024 Major: Physiological Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Patricia Phelps Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: The search for unique markers of Olfactory Ensheathing Cells derived from the rat olfactory bulb |
| Rachel Dove 2023-2024 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrew Goldstein Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Project: Initiating oncogenesis in iPSC-derived prostate epithelium to assess tumor-immune cell interactions |
| Desiree Rassa Eshraghi 2023-2024 Major: Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Subotnik Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences Project: How Attitudes and Beliefs About Antipsychotic Medication Influence Adherence |
| Shania Lynn Garrison 2023-2024 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Harley I Kornblum Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences Project: Targeting Therapy-induced Senescence in Glioblastoma |
| Varun Gupta 2023-2024 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Miguel Garcia-Garibay Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: Design and synthesis of a crystalline molecular gear |
| Richik Haldar 2023-2024 Major: Chemical Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yuzhang Li Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Project: Machine learning based dynamic prediction for ultra-fast charging batteries |
| Daniel Han 2023-2024 Major: Materials Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yang Yang Faculty Mentor Department: Materials Science and Engineering Project: Single-crystal stamping for large-grain epitaxial growth & high quality perovskite solar cells |
| Hanna Baohan Hoang 2023-2024 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Erina Vlashi Faculty Mentor Department: Radiation Oncology Project: Glucose Transporter Upregulation as a Glioblastoma-mediated Response to Radiation Therapy |
| Kevin Seokwoo Hong 2023-2024 Major: Astrophysics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Fitzgerald Faculty Mentor Department: Physics and Astronomy Project: Keck/KPIC High-Resolution Emission Spectroscopy of Recently Observed Hot Jupiters |
| Henry Hsieh 2023-2024 Major: Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lindsay De Biase Faculty Mentor Department: Physiology Project: Unraveling the dynamic landscape of microglial mitochondria and microglia in Parkinson's models |
| Nicole Huang 2023-2024 Major: Human Biology and Society (BS) Faculty Mentor: Dr. Melissa Lechner Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine - Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Project: Investigating the Role of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor on Tfh & Tph Cells in ICI-related Autoimmunity |
| Jake Jacobsen 2023-2024 Major: Ecology,Behavior,and Evolution Faculty Mentor: Dr. Morgan Tingley Faculty Mentor Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Project: Island of Lice: Comparing range competition of chewing lice across three avian hosts |
| Naman Jain 2023-2024 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven Bensinger Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics Project: Understanding how mevalonate metabolism regulates the function of distinct CD4 T cell subsets |
| Clara Eunseo Kang 2023-2024 Major: Bioengineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dino Di Carlo Faculty Mentor Department: Bioengineering Project: Optimizing mechanotransduction Piezo1 pathway for regenerative wound healing with MAP gels |
| Saarang Kashyap 2023-2024 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hong Zhou Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics Project: "Cryo-Electron Microscopy Characterization of Central Apparatus in Pathogenic Trypanosoma brucei " |
| Alison Joyce King 2023-2024 Major: Computational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Xinshu Xiao Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: Concordance-Based Method for Identifying Causal Genetic Variants in Alternative mRNA Processing |
| Vincent Le 2023-2024 Major: Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anjie Zhen Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine Project: Investigate effects of STING agonists on anti-HIV functions of CAR-Macrophage cells |
| Alex K Lee 2023-2024 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Leonid Kruglyak Faculty Mentor Department: Human Genetics Project: "Genetic Determinants of the Immortal Germlines in C. elegans " |
| Madelaine Ruth Leitman 2023-2024 Major: Precomputational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tien Dong Faculty Mentor Department: Digestive Diseases Project: Exploring the Mechanisms of Human Gut-Brain Interactions: Impact on Appetite Regulation |
| Alanna Kylie Lemp 2023-2024 Major: Physiological Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Nathanson Faculty Mentor Department: Project: Development of a Brain Penetrant Small Molecule Inhibitor for Glioblastoma |
| Matthew Xi Li 2023-2024 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Aparna Bhaduri Faculty Mentor Department: Biological Chemistry Project: "Developing an immunocompetent model for studying glioblastoma and immune cell interaction " |
| Yunxi Li 2023-2024 Major: Precomputational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peyman Golshani Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Contribution of Parvalbumin Interneurons to the encoding of Attentional Set-shifting Task Variables |
| Kevin Jia Li 2023-2024 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robert M Prins Faculty Mentor Department: Neurosurgery Project: Novel Hypomethylating Agent GSK-3484862 sensitizes Glioblastoma to NY-ESO-1 specific Immunotherapy |
| Cailah Jessie Lim 2023-2024 Major: Computational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Aldons Lusis Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Cardiology Project: "Untargeted Proteomics to Reveal Sex-Differences in HFpEF Traits in the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel " |
| Cindy Diem Ly 2023-2024 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elissa Hallem Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics Project: The Responses of Skin-Penetrating Nematodes to Vibration |
| Gabrielle Kathleen Malte 2023-2024 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ahmet Arac Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Marker-less 3D Kinematic Assessment of Movement Quality in Stroke Patients |
| Rochelle Ximone Mosley 2023-2024 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. William Zeiger Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Quantification of Alpha Synuclein Pathology in the Motor and Visual Cortices in a Novel Mouse Model of Parkinson Disease Dementia |
| Quynhanh Ngoc Nguyen 2023-2024 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Allan Mackenzie-Graham Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Determining the Role of Superoxide Dismutase 1 on Gray Matter Atrophy in Multiple Sclerosis |
| Anna Konstantinovna Novoselov 2023-2024 Major: Environmental Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elaine Hsiao Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: Effect of Engineered Mercury-Demethylating Gut Bacteria on Host Physiology |
| Cameron Jonathan Ong 2023-2024 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Valerie Arboleda Faculty Mentor Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Project: Modulating the Epigenome of Cells Derived From Arboleda-Tham Syndrome Patients using Small Molecules |
| Chukwuebuka Udoka Oragwam 2023-2024 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kate Wassum Faculty Mentor Department: Psychology Project: Examining the role of BLA inputs on DMS D1 neurons in action-outcome learning |
| Ivan Pavlovic 2023-2024 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bennett Novitch Faculty Mentor Department: Neurobiology Project: Identifying the Effects of MECP2 Gene Mutation in Rett Syndrome Using Hippocampal Fusion Organoids |
| Mia Chiara Rosati 2023-2024 Major: Ecology,Behavior,and Evolution Faculty Mentor: Dr. Morgan Tingley Faculty Mentor Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Project: How Carotenoids Expressed in Plumage Affect Ectoparasite Load in Passerine Birds |
| Kathryn Lily Saxton 2023-2024 Major: Bioengineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yen-Chih Lin Faculty Mentor Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Project: Investigating Development of Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer using Bioengineered Explants |
| Anagha Srikanth 2023-2024 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Orkun Akin Faculty Mentor Department: Neurobiology Project: The Role of TKR99D in Drosophila Developmental Activity |
| Faith Greene St Amant 2023-2024 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Melody Man Hing Li Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics Project: Investigating the Role of Interferon in Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity and Viral Neuroinvasion |
| Vivien Nha Su 2023-2024 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tamer Sallam Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine Project: Investigating the function of the heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein RALY in adipogenesis |
| Sohan Talluri 2023-2024 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yvonne Chen Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics Project: Pharmacologic Modulation of Metabolic Pathways in CAR-T cells and Solid Tumors for Antitumor Control |
| Caitlin Tang 2023-2024 Major: Computational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Zhefeng Guo Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Improving Aβ biomarker analysis for Alzheimer’s diagnosis & identifying CSF aggregation inhibitors |
| Jordan Alexander Tatang 2023-2024 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Roxana Radu Faculty Mentor Department: Ophthalmology Project: Functional-structural correlation of mitochondria in the RPE cells of Stargardt disease |
| Julie Minh Thu Tran 2023-2024 Major: Precomputational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Xia Yang Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: SCING GRNs: A Single Cell Gene Regulatory Network Atlas Across Species and Tissues |
| Juliette Nicole Uy 2023-2024 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peter Bradley Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics Project: Functional Analysis of a Central Component of the Toxoplasma gondii Cytoskeleton |
| Sarah Jeanne Valette 2023-2024 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Siavash Kurdistani Faculty Mentor Department: Biological Chemistry Project: Characterizing the Regulative Properties of Histones in Metabolic Processes |
| Faith Nicole Veenker 2023-2024 Major: Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Scott Wilke Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences Project: Role of Prefrontostriatal Projection Classes in Effort-Based Decision-Making |
| Lauren Q. Vuong 2023-2024 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Weiss Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: A Dynamic Cholesteric Liquid Crystal System for Efficient Growth of Patient-Derived Cancer Organoids |
| Bowen Wang 2023-2024 Major: Climate Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Park Williams Faculty Mentor Department: Geography Project: Modeling the impact of invasive annual grasses on wildfire behaviors in Southern California |
| Ning Wang 2023-2024 Major: Computer Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Xia Yang Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: grnComm: Single Cell Intercellular Communication Gene Regulatory Network Inference |
| Tunhui Xie 2023-2024 Major: Physics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrea Ghez Faculty Mentor Department: Physics and Astronomy Project: Correcting Correlated Astrometric Measurements to Improve Orbit Estimates at the Galactic Center |
| Emilio Yanez, Jr. 2023-2024 Major: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences/Mathematics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gang Chen Faculty Mentor Department: Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences Project: Conditional Relationships Between Atmospheric River Wind, Moisture, and Precipitation |
| Jeffrey Yang 2023-2024 Major: Computational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dean Buonomano Faculty Mentor Department: Neurobiology Project: Using Dual Optogenetic Stimulation to Study Long-Term Plasticity of Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity |
| Zoe Yeh 2023-2024 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Guillaume Chanfreau Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: Effect of Prp18p and Related Splicing Factors on Non-canonical 3’ Splice Sites and Cellular Fitness |
| Karl Maximilian Yost 2023-2024 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yi Tang Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Project: Elucidating the Biosynthetic Pathway of Hypoxysordarin and Synthesizing Novel Sordarin Derivatives via Biocatalysis |
| Nicolette Rachel Zargari 2023-2024 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Barbara Knowlton Faculty Mentor Department: Psychology Project: The Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Value-Directed Remembering |
| Marina Zernik 2023-2024 Major: Biology and Chemistry (Physical Chemistry) Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karen Sears Faculty Mentor Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Project: Physiological and Morphological Diet Adaptations Across Bat Species |
| Michelle Hsueer Zhang 2023-2024 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Teitell Faculty Mentor Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Project: Metabolic Signaling Cascades Directing Pluripotent Stem Cell Fate |
| Charlie Zhi-Lin Zheng 2023-2024 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tzung Hsiai Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Va Wadsworth Med Ctr Project: A Mechanosensitive Pathway for Snai1b in Zebrafish Valve Development |
| Zikang Zhou 2023-2024 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Maureen Su Faculty Mentor Department: Pediatrics-Endocrinology Project: Discovering Novel Antibodies for Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) |
2022-2023
| Leslie Andrea Alamo Tapia 2022-2023 Major: Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Leonid Kruglyak Faculty Mentor Department: Human Genetics Project: Genetic and phenotypic effects of Chromosome XI introgression in wild Taiwanesse strains |
| Hiba Sarah Alnajjar 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven David Mittelman Faculty Mentor Department: Pediatrics-Endocrinology Project: Investigating Physiological Regulation of Nucleoside Release in Mouse and Human Adipocytes |
| Lianne Kamal Alson 2022-2023 Major: Chemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Justin Ryan Caram Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: Creating a Machine Learning Algorithm to Immediately Identity and Analyze Nanoplatelets in TEM Image |
| Vera Lucia Arenas 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. April Dawn Pyle Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Project: Exploring Use of CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing Technology in Treating Fusion-Positive Rhabdomyosarcoma |
| Lea Minnie Baskin Monk 2022-2023 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ling Liu Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: The Impact of Lactoferrin on Skeletal Muscle Regeneration |
| Nathan Yan Cai 2022-2023 Major: Bioengineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Neil Lin Faculty Mentor Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Project: A high-throughput microwell-based flow device for drug screening of 3D tissue models |
| Ashley Cao 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. William Zeiger Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: "Measuring Visuoperceptive Impairments in a Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease Dementia " |
| Anisha Chandra 2022-2023 Major: Human Biology and Society (BS) Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elaine Yih-Nien Hsiao Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: Determining Effects of Bacterial Complex Carbohydrate Utilization on Host Gut-Brain Circuits |
| Emily Shiyu Cheng 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peter John Bradley Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Project: Identifying and Characterizing Novel Secretory Proteins in Toxoplasma gondii |
| Katherine Akemi Dang 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karen Marie Lyons Faculty Mentor Department: Orthopedic Surgery Project: Novel BMP Receptor Ligand Trap as a Therapy for Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis |
| Tatum Werner Delaney 2022-2023 Major: Environmental Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Howard Bradley Shaffer Faculty Mentor Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Project: "Expanding the use of iNaturalist datasets for habitat suitability modeling of international cities " |
| Karen Dutko 2022-2023 Major: Environmental Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elsa Ordway Faculty Mentor Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Project: Monitoring Land Cover Change in Southern Cameroon Using Remote Sensing and GIS |
| Angel Ofunneka Emodi 2022-2023 Major: Physiological Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bennett G Novitch Faculty Mentor Department: Neurobiology Project: Studying the Consequences of Mosaicism of MECP2 Gene Mutation in Rett Syndrome with Fusion Organoids |
| Kimiya Ghassemzadeh 2022-2023 Major: Physiological Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Daniel H Geschwind Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: CRISPRa Correction of Haploinsufficient ASD Risk Gene KMT2C |
| Nika Gladkov 2022-2023 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Todd O Yeates Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: "Characterizing steric disassembly of EGFR-operated protein cages " |
| Melody Haratian 2022-2023 Major: Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lindsay M De Biase Faculty Mentor Department: Physiology Project: How does lysosome enhancement impact microglial functions and responses to aging? |
| Priya Na Hegde 2022-2023 Major: Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Marta Epeldegui Faculty Mentor Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology Project: Assessing the Prognostic Value and Biological Relevance of EVs in AIDS-NHL B Cell Lymphoma |
| Ashley Grace Holtz 2022-2023 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven G Clarke Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: Methionine Addicted and Revertant Methionine-Independent Cancer Cells |
| Avery Pierce Jackman 2022-2023 Major: Physics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brian C Regan Faculty Mentor Department: Physics and Astronomy Project: An Approach To Measuring Electron Wind Force Using Transmission Kikuchi Diffraction |
| Aarshi Jain 2022-2023 Major: Marine Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Colin Kremer Faculty Mentor Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Project: Modeling Bacteria-enhanced Thermal Tolerance in Marine Phytoplankton |
| Akshaya Jayakarunakaran 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ann M Hirsch Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Project: Variovorax Strains with Potential for Sustainable Plant Growth & Resistance to Abiotic stress |
| Christabelle Victoria Junaidi 2022-2023 Major: Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Scott Allen Wilke Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences Project: Role of Prefrontostriatal Projection Neurons in Effort-Based Decision Making |
| Shreesh Jayateerth Karjagi 2022-2023 Major: Bioengineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jun Chen Faculty Mentor Department: Bioengineering Project: Magnetoelastic Generators as Self-Powered Bioelectronics |
| Saarang Kashyap 2022-2023 Major: Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hong Zhou Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Project: High Resolution Characterization of Flagellar Structure in Pathogenic Trichomonas Vaginalis |
| Mitchell Ryan Koss 2022-2023 Major: Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Scott G Kitchen Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Hematology-Oncology Project: "Evaluating the use of IL-7 and IL-15 in enhancing anti-HIV CAR T Cell Therapy " |
| Claire Marie Latendresse 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Siobhan Braybrook Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Project: Biolistic Delivery of Promoter-Reporter Plasmids for Expression in Brown Algae |
| Ryan Chai Yuan Lee 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cun Yu Wang Faculty Mentor Department: Dentistry Project: Single cell analysis identifies the gender associated pathways in human colorectal cancer |
| Yiming Li 2022-2023 Major: Physics Faculty Mentor: Dr. James Rosenzweig Faculty Mentor Department: Physics and Astronomy Project: Modified Quantum Mechanical Models of Field Electron Emission from Metallic Surfaces |
| Cathy Lu 2022-2023 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nasim Annabi Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical Engineering Project: Designing an Injectable Hydrogel Platform for Release of Nanoparticle-Encapsulated anti-VEGF |
| Tracie C Luu 2022-2023 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. William M Gelbart Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: Characterization of the Delivery of Self-Amplifying microRNA |
| Cindy Diem Ly 2022-2023 Major: Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elissa A Hallem Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Project: Nictation Behavior in Skin-Penetrating Nematodes |
| Dawson Ray Lyles 2022-2023 Major: Physics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alexander Levine Faculty Mentor Department: Physics and Astronomy Project: Exploring the Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem for Non-Equilibrium Steady State Systems |
| Rachel Ma 2022-2023 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven J. Jonas Faculty Mentor Department: Pediatrics, Bioengineering Project: Porous Polydimethylsiloxane Membranes: A Novel Tool for Filtroporation |
| Alexis Jiayi Malveaux 2022-2023 Major: Computational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alexander Hoffmann Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Project: "Encounter of Immune Threats in Macrophages Induces Potentiation of Secondary Immune Responses" |
| Jayde Fanjieh Meng 2022-2023 Major: Mathematics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Marcelo Chamecki Faculty Mentor Department: Atmospheric And Oceanic Sciences Project: A Mechanistic Model for Kelp Motion in the Ocean Mixed Layer |
| Karen A Navarro 2022-2023 Major: Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karen Elizabeth Sears Faculty Mentor Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Project: "Cellular Basis of Postnatal Development and Aging in Mammals " |
| Quynhanh Ngoc Nguyen 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Allan Mackenzie-Graham Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Determining the Role of Chronic Oxidative Stress in Gray Matter Atrophy in Multiple Sclerosis |
| Anna Konstantinovna Novoselov 2022-2023 Major: Environmental Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elaine Yih-Nien Hsiao Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: Effect of Engineered Mercury-Demethylating Gut Bacteria on Host Physiology |
| Cameron Jonathan Ong 2022-2023 Major: Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Valerie A Arboleda Faculty Mentor Department: Pathology Project: Modulating the Epigenome of Cells Derived From Arboleda-Tham Syndrome Patients using Small Molecules |
| Kristin Jean Pischel 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Alan Teitell Faculty Mentor Department: Pathology Project: Investigating time kinetics of uptake of NKT mitochondria by 4T1 cells and dependence on respiration |
| Victor (Zili) Qiu 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Zhefeng Guo Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Develop Fyn SH3 Domain Binders Specific for Amyloid-beta Oligomers Involved in Alzheimer’s Disease |
| Jeff (Songrong) Qu 2022-2023 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jose Alfonso Rodriguez Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: Structural Characterization of MALDI matrix in the co-crystal structures |
| Justin James Quan 2022-2023 Major: Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peter John Bradley Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Project: Identification & Characterization of Novel TBC Domain-Containing Proteins in Toxoplasma gondii |
| Isabel Marissa Romero 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hilary Ann Coller Faculty Mentor Department: Biological Chemistry Project: Inhibiting Autophagy and NF-κB pathways to shrink Melanoma tumors |
| Melissa Janet Rupert 2022-2023 Major: Bioengineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Neil Lin Faculty Mentor Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Project: Revealing effects of physiological stimuli on neuroepithelial development in forebrain organoids |
| Sophia Chengping Shen 2022-2023 Major: Electrical Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jun Chen Faculty Mentor Department: Bioengineering Project: Self-Powered Magnetoelastic Sensor for Postoperative Free-Flap Monitoring |
| Aki Takahashi 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yuzhang Li Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical Engineering Project: Machine learning based cycle life prediction for recycled batteries |
| Ivy Ruohan Tan 2022-2023 Major: Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yifang Zhu Faculty Mentor Department: Center for Occupational & Environmental Health Project: Air Pollution and COVID-19: The Global Effects of Face Masks During the Pandemic on PM2.5 Exposure |
| Lauren Amelia Tan 2022-2023 Major: Chemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Justin Ryan Caram Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: Modeling the Growth Mechanism of Semiconductor Nanoplatelets Through a Dynamic Synthesis Method |
| Laurel Grace Thomas 2022-2023 Major: Environmental Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rachel Prunier Faculty Mentor Department: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Project: Investigating local adaptation of Heteromeles arbutifolia using a common garden approach |
| Gurugowtham Ulaganathan 2022-2023 Major: Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Aldons J Lusis Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Cardiology Project: "Role of sex hormones in the regulation of inguinal adipose mitochondria function " |
| Arjun Verma 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peyman Benharash Faculty Mentor Department: Surgery-Cardiothoracic Project: Machine Learning Based Prediction of Fistulas Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy |
| Samantha Que Anh Vi-Tang 2022-2023 Major: Chemistry-Material Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Richard B Kaner Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: "Fabrication of Graphene Micro-Supercapacitors Through Laser Scribing Techniques " |
| Margaret Ruyi Wang 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Scott G Kitchen Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Hematology-Oncology Project: Targeting CD4 CAR to TRAC locus with CRISPR/Cas9 can improve anti-HIV CAR T-cell therapy response. |
| Ethan Arthur Wetzel 2022-2023 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Albert Lai Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Investigating the relationship between pseudoprogression and radiation therapy in IDH mutant glioma |
| Qiu Ya Wu 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amander Therese Clark Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Project: TET-mediated DNA Demethylation is Necessary for Human Primordial Germ Cell-like Cell Specification |
| Kevin Xu 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Guillaume Chanfreau Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: Characterization of Cryptic Splice Sites Downstream of snoRNAs through Inactivation of Canonical RNA |
| Julie Jiaying Yang 2022-2023 Major: Environmental Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nathan Jared Boardman Kraft Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Project: Climatic and Habitat Niche Breadth Across California Plant Communities |
| Alan Yao 2022-2023 Major: Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ahmet Arac Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Guiding in vivo exploration of neural manifolds and motor control. |
| Rachel K Yu 2022-2023 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yi Tang Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical Engineering Project: "Optimizing strictosidine production in yeast with high-throughput CRISPR dCas9 genetic screening " |
| Roy (Jianhan) Zhao 2022-2023 Major: Physics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven Furlanetto Faculty Mentor Department: Physics and Astronomy Project: Semi-analytic modelling of dust attenuation and contribution to reionization for the early galaxies |
| Eva Zhao 2022-2023 Major: Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. David A Nathanson Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular & Medical Pharmacology Project: Development of a Potent Brain-Penetrant HER2 Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Against Glioblastoma |
2021-2022
| Vera Lucia Arenas 2021-2022 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. April Dawn Pyle Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetic Project: Comparing PAX7’s Regulation and 3D Genome Contacts in Satellite and Skeletal Muscle Progenitor Cells |
| Melissa Tian Bu 2021-2022 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Willy Hugo Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Dermatology Project: Vitamin D pathway molecule drives melanoma liver metastasis |
| Anisha Chandra 2021-2022 Major: Human Biology and Society (BS) Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elaine Yih-Nien Hsiao Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: Determining Effects of Bacterial Complex Carbohydrate Utilization on Host Gut-Brain Circuits |
| Rehan Bilal Chinoy 2021-2022 Major: Applied Mathematics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dean Buonomano Faculty Mentor Department: Neurobiology Project: Neural sequences as a robust dynamical regime for encoding timing and short-term memory |
| Meera Nitinkumar Chotai 2021-2022 Major: Computational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven Erik Jacobsen Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: Comprehensive benchmarking of data analysis pipelines for calling imprinted genes in plants |
| Cody S Fan 2021-2022 Major: Electrical Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ankur M Mehta Faculty Mentor Department: Electrical Engineering Project: Kullback-Leibler Average of Bingham and Kent distributions in Multi-Agent Systems |
| Rohit Ghosh 2021-2022 Major: Major 1: Computational and Systems Biology; Major 2: Computer Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Pavak K Shah Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: Analysis of Transcription Factor Dynamics During Muscle Differentiation in C. elegans |
| Laura S Gong 2021-2022 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Otto Orlean Yang Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Infectious Disease Project: Clonal Responses of CTL Derived from Vaccinated or Chronically HIV-Infected Subjects |
| Christine Mika Syquia Hamakawa 2021-2022 Major: Statistics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mason Porter Faculty Mentor Department: Math Project: Mathematical Model of The Bamboo Ceiling in Professional Hierarchies |
| Kathryn Marie Harding 2021-2022 Major: Chemical Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jochen Peter Stutz Faculty Mentor Department: Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Project: Investigating Physical Methods of Iodine Emission Within the Clean Air Marine Boundary Layer |
| Madeline Cin-Ying Ho 2021-2022 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lily Wu Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular & Medical Pharmacology Project: Investigating changes in gene expression of ovarian cancer stem cells induced by M2 macrophages |
| Celine Zhuo Min Hoh 2021-2022 Major: Computational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Jeffrey Gandal Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Services Project: Local Ancestry Inference in Multi-Way Admixed Population using LAMP-LD software |
| Charles Evan Mulcair Hood 2021-2022 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stanley Thomas Carmichael Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Human Glia Humanized Mice to Study White Matter Stroke and Vascular Dementia |
| Yuqing Huang 2021-2022 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael S Fanselow Faculty Mentor Department: Psychology Project: The role for mTOR Signaling in Stress-Enhanced Fear Learning in Rats |
| Akshaya Jayakarunakaran 2021-2022 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ann M Hirsch Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: Assessing novel Variovorax strains’ potential to aid the mission of sustainable agriculture |
| Kevin Xi Jiang 2021-2022 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alexander Hoffmann Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Project: Modeling NFκB dynamics following TRL5, TLR7/8, TLR2/6 binding events |
| Ted M Johnson 2021-2022 Major: Astrophysics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Benjamin M Zuckerman Faculty Mentor Department: Physics and Astronomy Project: Characterizing Rocky Exoplanets by Use of White Dwarfs Polluted by Accretion of Planetary Material |
| Thomas Jasper Lai 2021-2022 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robert M Prins Faculty Mentor Department: Neurosurgery Project: Immuno-sensitization of Glioblastoma to NY-ESO-1 Targeting via Promoter Demethylation. |
| Adrian (Ling Ho) Lam 2021-2022 Major: Electrical Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jean-Luc Margot Faculty Mentor Department: Earth, Planetary, And Space Science Project: Lightcurve Analysis of Hundreds of Asteroids Observed at 4 Infrared Bands in NASA's WISE Mission |
| Brandon Song Lee 2021-2022 Major: Bioengineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Neil Lin Faculty Mentor Department: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Project: Investigating Mesenchymal Stromal Cell State Using AI-based Image Analyses |
| Shiqing Liao 2021-2022 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hong Zhou Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Project: In situ structures of glycoprotein B and glycoprotein H/L of pseudorabies virus by cryoET |
| Joseph Jachie Lin 2021-2022 Major: Computer Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ahmet Arac Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Recurrent neural networks modeling of cortical-subcortical interactions in skilled movements in mice |
| Vicki Liu 2021-2022 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Albert Lai Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Characterizing Shifts in IDH1 Mutant Genotype at Recurrence in Glioma Patients |
| Lauren (Long Ching) Man 2021-2022 Major: Chemistry-Material Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robert Wayne Faculty Mentor Department: Ecology And Evolutionary Biology Project: Using eDNA to characterize habitat partitioning by depth in kelp forest habitats |
| Jayde Fanjieh Meng 2021-2022 Major: Mathematics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Marcelo Chamecki Faculty Mentor Department: Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Project: Mechanistic Model for Kelp Motion in Farms Located in the Ocean Mixed Layer |
| Russell Ray Nakasone 2021-2022 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Louis-Serge Bouchard Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry Project: Cell Population Dynamics Monitored Through Novel MRI Methods Under Various Flow Conditions |
| Sun Ha Park 2021-2022 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yibin Wang Faculty Mentor Department: Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine Project: Impact of Glucagon Receptor (GCGR) on Progression of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction |
| Anushi Patel 2021-2022 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Maureen An-Ping Su Faculty Mentor Department: Pediatrics-Endocrinology Project: Comparing Mechanisms of Spontaneous and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-Driven Autoimmunity |
| Elaine Kim Pham 2021-2022 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Renate Lux Faculty Mentor Department: Dentistry Project: Characterization of the Binding Profiles of Selected Fusobacterium nucleatum Clinical Isolates |
| Yu Qiao 2021-2022 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robert M Prins Faculty Mentor Department: Neurosurgery Project: Early Peripheral Responses and Clinical Outcomes of Neoadjuvant PD-1 Blockade in Glioblastoma |
| Anna Camille Reese 2021-2022 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Thomas M Vondriska Faculty Mentor Department: Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine Project: Elucidating a Role for Critical Circadian Rhythm Factor, BMAL1, in Regulating Cardiac Hypertrophy. |
| Nicholas Anthony Snyder 2021-2022 Major: Chemical Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carlos Morales-Guio Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Project: Electrochemical Phosphorus Recovery from Wastewater Utilizing the Oxygen Reduction Reaction |
| Brandan Taing 2021-2022 Major: Chemical Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yuzhang Li Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical Engineering Project: Investigation of Decoupled Metallic Deposition and SEI Formation using Ultramicroelectrode |
| Aki Takahashi 2021-2022 Major: Mechanical Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yuzhang Li Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Project: Machine learning based prediction and optimization of battery fast charging protocols |
| Lauren Amelia Tan 2021-2022 Major: Chemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Justin Ryan Caram Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry Project: Developing a Programmable Dynamic Synthesis Method of Semiconductor Nanoplatelets |
| Katherine Tsai 2021-2022 Major: Civil Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shaily Mahendra Faculty Mentor Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering Project: Quantifying vinyl chloride effects on 1,4-dioxane degradation by Pseudonocardia dioxanivorans CB1190 |
| Arjun Verma 2021-2022 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peyman Benharash Faculty Mentor Department: Surgery-Cardiothoracic Project: Parsimonious Machine Learning Models to Predict Cardiac Surgery Resource Utilization |
| Allison Lynn Wang 2021-2022 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amander Therese Clark Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: A role for TRIM28 in cell cycle regulation of developing PGCs |
| James (Young Suk) Yoon 2021-2022 Major: Chemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jochen Peter Stutz Faculty Mentor Department: Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Project: Modeling furfural and furans from biomass burning plumes using the PACT-1D model |
| Rachel K Yu 2021-2022 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yi Tang Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical Engineering Project: Optimizing an engineered yeast platform for improved production of strictosidine |
| Lorena (Zhenyang) Zhang 2021-2022 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Daniel H Silverman Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular & Medical Pharmacology Project: Alterations in cerebral blood flow and brain metabolism in cancer patients with chemotherapy |
| Elizabeth Zhang 2021-2022 Major: Chemical Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yuzhang Li Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical Engineering Project: Suppressing Corrosion in Lithium Metal Batteries During Calendar Aging |
| Jason Zi Jie Zhu 2021-2022 Major: Chemistry-Material Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Richard B Kaner Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry & Biochemistry Project: Comparing Electrochemical Performance of Phenyl & Amine Capped Tetraaniline in Supercapacitors |
| Kathlyn Chun Zou 2021-2022 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andreas Schwingshackl Faculty Mentor Department: Pediatrics-Critical Care Project: STRING Models to Study Protein-Protein Interactions in Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Acute Lung Injury |
2020-2021
| Saman Andalib 2020-2021 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Neil Harris Faculty Mentor Department: Neurosurgery Project: DTI Based Tractography Quantifies White Matter Tract changes in Post-TBI Epileptogenesis Rat Models |
| Melinda T Berman 2020-2021 Major: Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Environmental Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Pablo Saide Peralta Faculty Mentor Department: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Project: Correlation of fire burned area to local meteorological conditions |
| Mei Zhou Blundell 2020-2021 Major: Computational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Donlea Faculty Mentor Department: Neurobiology Project: Brain-Wide Changes in Synaptic Abundance due to Sleep-Deprivation |
| Celine Andrea Cano-Ruiz 2020-2021 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lily Wu Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular & Medical Pharmacology Project: Analyzing VHL-loss-mediated Factors on Cooperative Metastasis in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma |
| Nishma Chakraborty 2020-2021 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Heather Christofk Faculty Mentor Department: Biological Chemistry Project: Effects of novel Fumarate Hydratase (FH) missense mutations on protein activity and tumorigenesis |
| Jovian Y Cheung 2020-2021 Major: Pre Cognitive Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Scott Wilke Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry/Biobehavioral Sciences Project: Comparing Effects of Prefrontal and Striatal Dopamine Release on Effort-Based Decision Making |
| Alice Chien 2020-2021 Major: Pre Human Biology and Society (BS) Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven Cole Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry/Biobehavioral Sciences Project: Type I interferon & inflammatory gene regulation associated with same-sex relationships |
| Niko Darci-Maher 2020-2021 Major: Computational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paivi Pajukanta Faculty Mentor Department: Human Genetics Project: Exploring the transcriptomic effect of obesity on adipose tissue dysfunction in humans |
| Lizeth Estrada 2020-2021 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kenneth Dorshkind Faculty Mentor Department: Pathology Project: Effects of B-cell Production of Osteoprotegerin (OPG) and RANK-Ligand (RANKL) during Aging |
| Amanda Marie Hagen 2020-2021 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amander Clark Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: Characterizing Gene Expression in Primordial Germ Cell-Like Cells |
| Isabel Kate Jabara 2020-2021 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Nalo Hamilton Faculty Mentor Department: Nursing Project: Inhibition of TNBC Progression by Combination of NVP-AEW541 and Metformin Analogs |
| Alexia Mary Joseph 2020-2021 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Correa Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: The Effect of Rprm-expressing Neurons in Altering Heat Generation |
| Alina Lynn Kochocki 2020-2021 Major: Physics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alexander Kusenko Faculty Mentor Department: Physics & Astronomy Project: Search for Exotic Dark Matter Candidates with Ten Years of IceCube Data |
| Kamal Sri Surya Kolluri 2020-2021 Major: Physiological Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Reza Ardehali Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Cardiology Project: The Role of Transforming Growth Factor Beta Signaling in NG2+ Cardiac Pericyte Response to Injury. |
| Jason Leung 2020-2021 Major: Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution Faculty Mentor: Dr. Victoria Sork Faculty Mentor Department: Ecology And Evolutionary Biology Project: Investigating the landscape genetics of California scrub oak (Quercus berberidifolia) |
| Alvina Yung Liang 2020-2021 Major: Pre Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kate Wassum Faculty Mentor Department: Psychology Project: Contribution of striatal direct and indirect pathway projections to goal-directed and habit learning |
| Andy Anbei Liao 2020-2021 Major: Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andreas Schwingshackl Faculty Mentor Department: Pediatrics-Critical Care Project: Regulation of pulmonary endothelial cell cytokine secretion by large conductance K+ (BK) channels. |
| Michelle Mei-Ling Lu 2020-2021 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brigitte Gomperts Faculty Mentor Department: Pediatrics-Hematology/Oncology Project: The role of neuroendocrine cell-mediated injury repair in small cell lung cancer development |
| Shaili Mathur 2020-2021 Major: Computational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Van Savage Faculty Mentor Department: Ecology And Evolutionary Biology Project: Predicting local development of antibiotic resistance by local temperature, drug class, and species. |
| Erica Nagase 2020-2021 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ahmet Arac Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Cortical and subcortical motor neural dynamics during a skilled motor task in mice |
| Deeksha Panuganti 2020-2021 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karen Lyons Faculty Mentor Department: Orthopedic Surgery Project: The Function of TGFbeta type 1 receptor Alk5 and BMP type 1 receptor Alk1 in Bone |
| Tejas Samir Patel 2020-2021 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven Dubinett Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Pulmonary Disease Project: Genetically Engineered CXCL9 and CXCL 10 Dendritic Cells Combined with PD1 in Metastatic NSCLC Model |
| Jessica Jean Patzlaff 2020-2021 Major: Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Jacobs Faculty Mentor Department: Ecology And Evolutionary Biology Project: Using micro-geochemical signatures in fish otoliths to understand environmental causes of fish kills |
| Sandhya Janaki Rajkumar 2020-2021 Major: Computational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paivi Pajukanta Faculty Mentor Department: Human Genetics Project: Single nucleus RNA sequencing to identify molecular mechanisms of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
| Harjas Singh Sabharwal 2020-2021 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Williams Faculty Mentor Department: Ophthalmology Project: Elucidating the daily cycle of phagosome degradation in the retinal pigment epithelium |
| Ishan Saha 2020-2021 Major: Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Albert Lai Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Understanding Pseudoprogression in IDH-Mutated Glioma Patients |
| Rujuta Samir Sathe 2020-2021 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Teitell Faculty Mentor Department: Pathology Project: Glutaminase (GLS) Isoenzyme Preference in Cell Fate Commitment of Mesoderm and Ectoderm Lineages. |
| Nicholas Anthony Snyder 2020-2021 Major: Chemical Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carlos Morales-Guio Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Project: Electrochemical Phosphate Recovery from Agricultural Wastewater for Use in Fertilizers |
| David (Qile) Su 2020-2021 Major: Physics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robijn Bruinsma Faculty Mentor Department: Physics & Astronomy Project: Geometrical Construction of Robust Qubit Spin-flip Sequences |
| Christen Elynn Tai 2020-2021 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Feng Guo Faculty Mentor Department: Biological Chemistry Project: Inhibition of Viral SARS-CoV-2 Using Antisense Oligonucleotides |
| Brian Toh 2020-2021 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jason Hinman Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Molecular mechanisms of SARM1-mediated neuronal survival after stroke |
| Rahil Nihar Vaknalli 2020-2021 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Scott Wilke Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry/Biobehavioral Sciences Project: Investigating the effect of rTMS stimulation on the structural plasticity of PFC pyramidal neurons |
| Keqin Yan 2020-2021 Major: Astrophysics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Eric Hudson Faculty Mentor Department: Physics & Astronomy Project: Investigation of Ba-133+ as a Qubit: Cavity Project |
| Grace Yang 2020-2021 Major: Human Biology and Society (BS) Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elaine Hsiao Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: Investigating the Role of Inflammatory Cytokines in Microbiome Mediated Cognitive Deficits |
| Lekha Yaramada 2020-2021 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey H. Miller Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Project: Characterizing the Mutagenic Spectrum of the HIV drugs Azidothymidine and Lamivudine in Synergy. |
| Xihui Yin 2020-2021 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Maureen Su Faculty Mentor Department: Pediatrics-Endocrinology Project: Investigating the Mechanisms of Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptors in Autoimmune Peripheral Neuropathy |
| James (Young Suk) Yoon 2020-2021 Major: Chemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jochen Stutz Faculty Mentor Department: Atmospheric And Oceanic Sciences Project: The Effect of Surface Mixing on Boundary Layer Chemistry |
| Elizabeth Zhang 2020-2021 Major: Chemical Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yang Yang Faculty Mentor Department: Materials Science & Engineering Project: A Molecular Approach to Enhance Perovskite Solar Cells Through Hole Transport Materials |
| Tianli (Tom) Zhou 2020-2021 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Williams Faculty Mentor Department: Ophthalmology Project: Characterizing Mitochondria Morphology in CHM RPE Cells |
| Ashley J Zhu 2020-2021 Major: Precomputational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Thomas Vondriska Faculty Mentor Department: Anesthesiology Project: Long Noncoding RNAs in Cardiomyocyte Binucleation |
2019-2020
| James Antonios 2019-2020 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peyman Benharash Faculty Mentor Department: Surgery - Cardiothoracic Project: Comparison of Readmissions in Pancreatectomies in the US using the National Readmission Database |
| James Asaki 2019-2020 Major: Computational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peter Bradley Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics Project: Characterization of novel monoclonal antibodies in Toxoplasma gondii |
| Grace Bower 2019-2020 Major: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amander Clark Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: Using hIPSCs to Restore Fertility to Patients with Primary Ovarian Insufficiency |
| Maggie Bui 2019-2020 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Edward De Robertis Faculty Mentor Department: Biological Chemistry Project: Characterization of Wnt Signaling and Wnt-induced Endocytosis in a Liver Cancer Model |
| Janice Chang 2019-2020 Major: Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Donald Lamkin Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry/Biobehavioral Science Project: The interaction effect of voluntary physical exercise and chronic stress on cancer progression |
| John Chapman 2019-2020 Major: Chemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ellen Sletten Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry And Biochemistry Project: Macromolecule Responsive Perfluorocarbon Nanoemulsions for Controlled Drug Delivery |
| Shelley Cheng 2019-2020 Major: Physics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Smadar Naoz Faculty Mentor Department: Physics & Astronomy Project: A model for mass transfer with orbital energy dissipation in eccentric binaries |
| Jessica Chern 2019-2020 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peter Bradley Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics Project: Novel Components of the Toxoplasma gondii Inner Membrane Complex |
| Alexis Elliott 2019-2020 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kent Hill Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics Project: Defining flagellar cAMP signaling pathways in the pathogen Trypanosoma brucei |
| Rochelle Ellison 2019-2020 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephen Young Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine - Cardiology Project: Elucidating the genesis of macrophage-derived particles and their role in cholesterol efflux |
| Richa Ghosh 2019-2020 Major: Chemical Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carlos Morales Guio Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Project: Intrinsic Kinetics in Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction for Renewable Energy Usage |
| China Hagstrom 2019-2020 Major: Aerospace Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Raymond Spearrin Faculty Mentor Department: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Project: Laser Absorption Spectroscopy for Combustion Efficiency in Hybrid Rockets |
| Matthew Hennefarth 2019-2020 Major: Chemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anastassia Alexandrova Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry And Biochemistry Project: Directed evolution enhances electrostatic preorganization within the enzyme active site |
| Michael Johanis 2019-2020 Major: Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Quinton Gopen Faculty Mentor Department: Surgery - Head & Neck Project: Case Series of Endolymphatic Hydrops in Patients with Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence |
| Taranjit Kaur 2019-2020 Major: Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Quinton Gopen Faculty Mentor Department: Surgery - Head & Neck Project: The Affect of Radiation to the Cochlea on Hearing Succeeding SRS and fSRT for Acoustic Neuromas |
| Mckenzie Koch 2019-2020 Major: Marine Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Barber Faculty Mentor Department: Ecology And Evolutionary Biology Project: Biomonitoring of Sandy Beach Ecosystems using Environmental DNA |
| Alina Kochocki 2019-2020 Major: Physics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rene Ong Faculty Mentor Department: Physics & Astronomy Project: A New Study of Acceleration Mechanisms Driving Possible Gamma-Ray Pulsar Wind Nebula Emissions |
| Sophie Krylova 2019-2020 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Neil Harris Faculty Mentor Department: Neurosurgery Project: Optogenetic modulation of globus pallidus externa and its effects on behavior in rats |
| Andy Liu 2019-2020 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alcino Silva Faculty Mentor Department: Neurobiology Project: Investigating the Role of CCR5 in Memory Linking with a Novel Optogenetic Tool Opto-CCR5 |
| Jaqueline Lopez 2019-2020 Major: Chemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Richard Kaner Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry And Biochemistry Project: Exploring the Structure and Properties of Conducting Polymers |
| Nathan Mallipeddi 2019-2020 Major: Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Siavash Kurdistani Faculty Mentor Department: Biological Chemistry Project: Investigating the Role of the Copper Reductase Function of Histones on Lipid Homeostasis |
| Shreya Mantri 2019-2020 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Utpal Banerjee Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: Investigating hematopoietic progenitor differentiation in the drosophila larval lymph gland |
| Erica Nagase 2019-2020 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ahmet Arac Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Effect of sensorimotor disconnection on motor neural dynamics during a skilled motor task in mice |
| Krupa Prajapati 2019-2020 Major: Human Biology and Society Faculty Mentor: Dr. Donald Lamkin Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry/Biobehavioral Science Project: Effects of Physical Exercise on Early Tumor Inhibition in Preclinical C57BL/6 Model of Breast Cancer |
| Rhea Sahu 2019-2020 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven Jacobsen Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: Structure-function analysis of the novel transcriptional activator protein, DNAJ1 |
| Nisarg Shah 2019-2020 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jerome Zack Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine - Hematology-Oncology Project: Engineering Anti-HIV 2nd Generation CD4 Chimeric Antigen Receptors for T and NK Cell Immunotherapy |
| Alexander Soohoo 2019-2020 Major: Chemical Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yi Tang Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical Engineering Project: Silent Gene Cluster Activation with CRISPR/dCas9 for Elucidating Fungal Natural Product Biosynthesis |
| Rachelle Stark 2019-2020 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rachelle Watson Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: Does Sarcospan Require Galgt2 to Ameliorate Dystrophic Pathology in the mdx Murine Model of Duchenne |
| Kristen Stefanescu 2019-2020 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Larry Hoffman Faculty Mentor Department: Surgery - Head & Neck Project: Inner Ear Epithelial Lesions: Drug-Induced Morphologic Changes in Afferent Calyces |
| Sriharsha Talapaneni 2019-2020 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andreas Schwingshackl Faculty Mentor Department: Pediatrics Project: TREK-1 potassium channel-mediated signaling mechanisms protect from hyperoxia-induced lung injury. |
| Abby Thurm 2019-2020 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. William Gelbart Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry And Biochemistry Project: Defective-Interfering RNA Molecules as an Anti-Viral Therapy Against Yellow Fever Virus |
| Pauline Tze 2019-2020 Major: Human Biology and Society Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Krantz Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry/Biobehavioral Science Project: Individual neurons in Drosophila ventral nerve cord regulate distinct aspects of egg-laying behavior |
| Sara Varadharajulu 2019-2020 Major: Physiological Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Edward Lee Faculty Mentor Department: Radiological Sciences Project: Predicting CX TIPS Outcome in Cirrhotic Patients with Systemic & Portal Hemodynamic Changes |
| Esmeralda Villavicencio Gonzalez 2019-2020 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amander Clark Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: In vitro generation of late stage primordial germ cell-like cells in xenogeneic reconstituted testes |
| Claire Waller 2019-2020 Major: Psychology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Silvers Faculty Mentor Department: Psychology Project: Risk Factors for Depression Following Early Life Stress: Recent Life Stress and NAcc Activation |
| Jerry Wang 2019-2020 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Daniel Geschwind Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis Elucidates Biological Mechanisms Underlying ALS Susceptibility |
| Linqi Zhou 2019-2020 Major: Computer Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ying-Nian Wu Faculty Mentor Department: Statistics Project: Towards Explainable Generative Model with Hierarchical Latent Encoding |
2018-2019
| Daniel Ahn 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Richard Wirz Faculty Mentor Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Project: Automated High-Speed Video Analysis of Electrospray Emission Modes |
| Itzetl Avila 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. William Lowry Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: Unraveling the Role of G-protein-coupled Receptor Signaling/CREB Pathway in Hair Follicle Stem Cells |
| Jone Bacinskaite 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Katsushi Arisaka Faculty Mentor Department: Physics & Astronomy Project: Exploring the role of saccades and gamma band oscillations in virtual binocular rivalry. |
| Shreya Banerjee 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Luisa Iruela-Arispe Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular Biology Institute Project: The role of the human gene RASA1 as a sensitizer in vascular malformations |
| Maggie Bui 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Edward De Robertis Faculty Mentor Department: Biological Chemistry Project: Loss of APC Leads to an Increase in Wnt Signaling Mediated Endocytosis |
| John Chapman 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ellen Sletten Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry And Biochemistry Project: Functionalized PFC Nanoemulsions for Site-specific Drug Delivery |
| Gunvant Chaudhari 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carlos Portera-Cailliau Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Using Machine Learning to Study Altered Neural Circuitry in Fragile X Syndrome |
| Shelley Cheng 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Smadar Naoz Faculty Mentor Department: Physics & Astronomy Project: Predicting the companion of the binary star system Par 1802 in the Orion Nebula |
| Jessica Chern 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peter Bradley Faculty Mentor Department: MIMG Project: Novel Components of the Toxoplasma Gondii Inner Membrane Complex |
| Rachel Colbath 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mark Frye Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: Exploring the role of octopaminergic neurons in odor induced object tracking |
| Armo Derbarsegian 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Samantha Butler Faculty Mentor Department: Neurobiology Project: The role of Smad1 on neuronal differentiation in mouse embryonic stem cells |
| Emma Edmond 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dana Leanne Jones Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: The crosstalk between tricellullar junction proteins in Drosophila melanogaster. |
| Rochelle Ellison 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephen Young Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Dept Administration Project: Characterization of cholesterol efflux to high-density lipoproteins via macrophage-derived particles |
| Kristen Fernandez 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey H Miller Faculty Mentor Department: MIMG Project: Antibiotic induced frameshift mutagenesis in E. Coli |
| Jonathan Fox 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Andrew Goldstein Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: Multiplexed Proteomic Analysis of the Prostate Microenvironment and its Role in Carcinogenesis |
| Mimi Giang 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Engman Faculty Mentor Department: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Project: Comparing the ECM Components of Heart Tissue in Autoimmune and Infectious Myocarditis |
| Isabella Goetting 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stuart Brown Faculty Mentor Department: Physics & Astronomy Project: Investigating strain gradients from uniaxial strain measurements through the use of NMR |
| Andrew Gordeev 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Zhongbo Kang Faculty Mentor Department: Physics And Astronomy Project: Jet Production in High Energy Collisions |
| Xianyu Hao 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Julian Martinez Faculty Mentor Department: Human Genetics Project: Growth regulation of low protein diet in Drosophila Melanogaster |
| Holly Huang 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dennis Slamon Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Dept Administration Project: Developing novel therapeutic antibodies targeting proteins overexpressed in cancer cells |
| Matthew Ji 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Albert Lai Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: The Effect of Succinate and Fumarate on m6A Methylation and Glioma Cell Proliferation |
| Juka Kim 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gal Bitan Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: A Novel-Medium throughput Screening Method for Oligomerization Inhibitors in Proteinopathies |
| Michael Le 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carlos Portera-Cailliau Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Functional Remapping of the Mouse Somatosensory Cortex After Ischemic Stroke |
| Laura Le 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Madhuri Wadehra Faculty Mentor Department: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Project: Steroid hormone regulation of epithelial membrane protein 2 (EMP2) expression in the breast |
| Emily Lee 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Daniel Kamei Faculty Mentor Department: Bioengineering Department Project: Simplified DNA Purification Using Aqueous Two-Phase Systems in Hydrogels |
| Jonathan Lee 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sriram Kosuri Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry And Biochemistry Project: Improving the Dynamic Range of the Next-Generation Bacterial 2-Hybrid (NGB2H) System |
| Rex Lee 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stanley Thomas Carmichael Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Targeting CCR5 to Improve Functional Recovery after Stroke |
| Jaqueline Lopez 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alison Frand Faculty Mentor Department: Biological Chemistry Project: A Novel Biological Oscillator in the Molting Cycle of C.Elegans |
| Tiffany Lu 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alvaro Sagasti Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: The role of cell-cell junctions in microridge morphogenesis |
| Andrew Ly 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ting-Ting Wu Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular & Medical Pharmacology Project: Characterizing Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus Open Reading Frame 54 Interaction with HERC3 |
| Ashlee Macalino 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alcino Silva Faculty Mentor Department: Neurobiology Project: Neural Mechanisms that Underlie Spatial Learning and Memory Deficits in Noonan Syndrome |
| Nathan Mallipeddi 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Siavash Kurdistani Faculty Mentor Department: Biological Chemistry Project: Investigating the New Extraordinary Role of Histones in Iron Homeostasis |
| Anissa Medina 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Bookheimer Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry/Biobehavioral Science Project: The Interplay Between Sensory Over-Responsivity and Anxiety in Autism Spectrum and Anxiety Disorders |
| Markus Min 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Barber Faculty Mentor Department: College Office Of The Deans Project: A comparison of community assessments using eDNA and traditional trawl survey methods |
| Keira Monuki 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Barber Faculty Mentor Department: College Office Of The Deans Project: The Effects of Depth on eDNA Signatures to Inform a Community Science Monitoring Project |
| Deanna Necula 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alcino Silva Faculty Mentor Department: Neurobiology Project: Selective Microglial Pruning During Memory Linking |
| Hamilton Oh 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hanna Mikkola Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: The Role of Critical Transcriptional Regulator LMO2 During Hematopoiesis |
| Vera Ong 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Isaac Yang Faculty Mentor Department: Neurosurgery Project: Predictive Analysis of 30-Day Readmission Rates at a Single Large Academic Neurosurgery Service |
| Kelsey Ouyang 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jenny Kim Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Dermatology Project: In Vitro Competition and Relative Fitness of Cutibacterium Acnes Strains |
| Claire Page 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yi Tang Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering Project: Enzymatic Characterization of the Final Steps of the Biosynthetic Pathway of Hypoxysordarin |
| Melissa Papuc 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Luisa Iruela-Arispe Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular Biology Institute Project: Elucidating the underlying mechanisms of VEGF and NOTCH signaling |
| John Pham 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Antoni Ribas Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Dept Administration Project: Identifying Genes that Regulate the Anti Tumor Response of Interferon Gamma in Melanoma Cells |
| Divya Prajapati 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Luisa Iruela-Arispe Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular Biology Institute Project: Mechanistic Characterization of Candidate Drugs against Pancreatic Cancer Cell Extravasation |
| Irena Roy 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Teitell Faculty Mentor Department: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Project: Evaluating the Impact of Oxidative Phosphorylation Shift on Early Cell Fate Determination |
| Alexander Soohoo 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yi Tang Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering Project: Development of new platform for heterologous expression in Penicillium species |
| Joanna Su 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor Department: Project: The role of Headcase in the Copper Cell Region of Drosophila melanogaster |
| Abby Thurm 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. William Gelbart Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry And Biochemistry Project: Synthesis and use of defective-interfering RNA as an antiviral technique for yellow fever virus |
| Alex Tran 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jessica Wang Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Cardiology Project: Investigating the Effects of a Novel LAMP-2 Variant and the Role of LAMP-2 in Danon Disease |
| Jerry Trinh 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Huiying Li Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular & Medical Pharmacology Project: Genome Assembly of Virulent Propionibacterium avidum in Periprosthetic Joint Infections |
| Jerry Wang 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Daniel Geschwind Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Title. Integration of Functional Genomics in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) |
| Vahe Yacoubian 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. John Adams Faculty Mentor Department: Orthopedic Surgery Project: Impact of Vitamin D3 and 25D3 Supplementation on Patient Microbiota, Immune and Bone Health |
| Tianxiao Yang 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Eisenberg Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry And Biochemistry Project: Determining the structural origins of Tau strains |
| Matthew Yap 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Scott Kitchen Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Hematology-Oncology Project: Generating Gene Modified Dendritic Cells to Enhance the Anti-HIV Response |
| Matthew Ye 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Weiss Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry And Biochemistry Project: Determining the Role of Spin Polarization in Enantioselectivity |
| Jessica Yen 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven Dubinett Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine Project: The Role of EZH2 on Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer |
| Allison Yoon 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Zhefeng Guo Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Structural studies of Abeta42 oligomers with EPR spectroscopy |
| Philip Zhou 2018-2019 Major: Faculty Mentor: Dr. Atsushi Nakano Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: The Role of the Cell Cycle in Cardiomyocyte Development |
2017-2018
| Marlene Arceo 2017-2018 Major: Pre Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bo Yu Faculty Mentor Department: Dentistry Project: The Effects of PGC-1a on Inflammation-Driven Bone Loss in Murine Periodontitis Model |
| Patricia Bunda 2017-2018 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Correa Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: Tracing a Sex-Specific Locomotion Circuit |
| Emma Carley 2017-2018 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Margot Quinlan Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry And Biochemistry Project: Investigation of interactions between Myosin V and the actin nucleator Spir in Drosophila oogenesis |
| Xinyi Cheng 2017-2018 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anne Andrews Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Science Project: Long-term Effects of Developmental Exposure to Antidepressants |
| Elaine Cheung 2017-2018 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Timothy Fong Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Science Project: Characterization of Circadian Rhythms among Problem Gamblers |
| Hyelim Chun 2017-2018 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Karen Lyons Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: Role of TGF-beta Type I Receptor ALK5 in Cartilage Development |
| Taylor Ely 2017-2018 Major: Marine Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Paul Barber Faculty Mentor Department: Ecology And Evolutionary Biology Project: Quantifying Degradation Rates of eDNA in both the marine environment and in laboratory settings |
| Elisa Fazzari 2017-2018 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Albert Lai Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Investigating Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle Metabolites as Novel Therapy for IDH1MUT Glioma |
| Sierra Foshe 2017-2018 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Marcus Roper Faculty Mentor Department: Mathematics Project: The mechanism underlying cooperative germination in Neurospora crassa |
| Sara Freda 2017-2018 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephanie White Faculty Mentor Department: Neuroscience Project: 'Phoning it in': Error correction of adult zebra finches following manipulation of striatal FoxP2 |
| Wendy Fung 2017-2018 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elissa Hallem Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics Project: Feeding state modulates neural circuits involved in chemosensation in Caenorhabditis elegans |
| Kevin Hakimi 2017-2018 Major: Microbiology,Immunology&Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Antoni Ribas Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine Project: Mutations Associated with the Interferon-gamma Pathway and Impacts on Immune Signaling in Melanoma |
| Yi-Yun Ho 2017-2018 Major: Microbiology,Immunology&Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kathrin Plath Faculty Mentor Department: Biological Chemistry Project: The investigation of the interaction between the Xist locus and Xist entry sites at the single-cell |
| Vivien Ho 2017-2018 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Utpal Banerjee Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: Characterization of CHIZ Cells as a Unique Cell Population in the Lymph Gland |
| Kaitlyn Honeychurch 2017-2018 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Samantha Butler Faculty Mentor Department: Neurobiology Project: Expression pattern and role of netrin in the developing chicken spinal cord |
| Dake Huang 2017-2018 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Felix Schweizer Faculty Mentor Department: Neurobiology Project: The Role of the Ubiquitin Signaling System on Neurotransmission |
| Wendy Hung 2017-2018 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dong An Faculty Mentor Department: Nursing Project: Production of New Generation Cas9 System for Safe and Efficient Knockout of HPRT and CCR5 |
| Ian Hurst 2017-2018 Major: PreMicrobiology,Immunology&Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gal Bitan Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: The Effect of Amyloid-Beta Substitutions on CLR01's Ability to Prevent Aggregation and Toxicity |
| Sonia Iyengar 2017-2018 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Rhonda Voskuhl Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Determining the Mechanisms of Sex Difference in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis |
| Rupini Kamat 2017-2018 Major: Undeclared-Physical Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Abby Kavner Faculty Mentor Department: Earth, Planetary, And Space Sciences Project: Stability of Gaspeite (NiCO3) Under Deep Earth Conditions: A Raman Spectroscopic Study |
| Juka (Soohyang) Kim 2017-2018 Major: Pre Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gal Bitan Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Developing a method for screening compounds against toxic protein oligomers |
| Kristina Kunes 2017-2018 Major: Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Margot Quinlan Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry And Biochemistry Project: Crystal Structure of Murine Delphilin |
| Michael Le 2017-2018 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carlos Portera-Cailliau Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Network-level neuronal plasticity after induction of photothrombotic lesions in barrel cortex |
| Eumene Lee 2017-2018 Major: Bioengineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Daniel Kamei Faculty Mentor Department: Bioengineering Project: Point-of-Care, Paper-Based Screening of Cervical Cancer with the Aqueous Two-Phase System |
| Yoon Lee 2017-2018 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Zhefeng Guo Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Direct Measurement of Amyloid Beta Fibril Elongation Rates Using Seeded Fibrillization |
| Dawn (Qingxing) Liang 2017-2018 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elaine Hsiao Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: The Role of Ketogenic Diet-Associated Microbes in Seizure Protection |
| Levina Lin 2017-2018 Major: Microbiology,Immunology&Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lili Yang Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetic Project: Genetic engineering of human hematopoietic stem cells to generate invariant natural killer T cells |
| Liang Liu 2017-2018 Major: Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Albert Lai Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Discovering hTERT & MGMT's mechanism of interaction to increase temozolomide sensitivity in gliomas |
| Tiffany Lu 2017-2018 Major: Biophysics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alvaro Sagasti Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: Role of Cell-Cell Junctions in the Formation of Actin-Based Microridges |
| Justin Mak 2017-2018 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Luisa Iruela-Arispe Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of NOTCH3 Loss as a Vascular Restricted Muscular Dystrophy |
| Manan Mehta 2017-2018 Major: Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Patricia Phelps Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: Three Dimensional Analyses of Axon Regeneration Following a Complete Spinal Cord Transection |
| Patrick Minassians 2017-2018 Major: Bioengineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Benjamin Wu Faculty Mentor Department: Bioengineering Project: Evaluating the thermal stability of NELL 1 protein using thermal shift assay |
| Deanna Necula 2017-2018 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Thomas Carmichael Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Assessment of CSRP2-Associated Proteins |
| Aditi Newadkar 2017-2018 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carlos Portera-Cailliau Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Investigating neural deficits of a perceptual learning task in a mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome |
| Kiana Nguyen 2017-2018 Major: Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joanne Weidhaas Faculty Mentor Department: Radiation Oncology Project: Impact of the KRAS-Variant on Breast Cell Biology and Regulation of Downstream Signaling Pathways |
| Christopher O’Connor 2017-2018 Major: Astrophysics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bradley Hansen Faculty Mentor Department: Physics & Astronomy Project: The Effect of External Giant Planets on the In-Situ Assembly of Warm Neptune-Mass Planets |
| Hamilton Oh 2017-2018 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hanna Mikkola Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: The Role of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transcriptional Regulator LMO2 in Transgenic Mouse Models |
| Kelsey Ouyang 2017-2018 Major: PreMicrobiology,Immunology&Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jenny Kim Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine - Dermatology Project: Measuring Fitness of Healthy and Acne Associated Propionibacterium Acnes Strains through Competition |
| Roshni Patil 2017-2018 Major: Physics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brian Regan Faculty Mentor Department: Physics & Astronomy Project: Nanoscale Temperature Mapping of 2D Thermoelectrics |
| Divya Prajapati 2017-2018 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Luisa Iruela-Arispe Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: Investigation of the VAV3 Mechanism and Interaction Partners for Endothelial Barrier Stability |
| Kendal Reeder 2017-2018 Major: Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bruce Chorpita Faculty Mentor Department: Psychology Project: Common elements of evidence-based youth psychotherapies as predictors of future service use |
| Paul Joseph Robinson 2017-2018 Major: Physics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Anastassia Alexandrova Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry And Biochemistry Project: The Chemical Bonding of Superhard Borides |
| Irena Roy 2017-2018 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Teitell Faculty Mentor Department: Pathology Project: Effects of MPC Overexpression on Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Differentiation |
| Satvir Saggi 2017-2018 Major: PreMicrobiology,Immunology&Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carlos Portera-Cailliau Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Functional Remapping of the Mouse Neocortex After Targeted Stroke |
| Daniel Sanford 2017-2018 Major: Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Joseph Pisegna Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine Project: Investigating the Peripheral Role of CGRP on Adipocyte Differentiation and Plasma Hormone Levels |
| Gopi Suresh 2017-2018 Major: Computer Science and Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ankur Mehta Faculty Mentor Department: Electrical Engineering Project: Performing Monocular SLAM using Neural Networks for Depth Extraction |
| Yao Chang Tan 2017-2018 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Amander Clark Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: Heterozygous Trim28 and Blimp1-Cre Mutant Mice are Infertile in an Age-Dependent Manner |
| Nikita Thareja 2017-2018 Major: Physiological Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Thomas Carmichael Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Parallel Biologies in Regeneration and Metastasis |
| Vincent Tran 2017-2018 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Samson Chow Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular & Medical Pharmacology Project: Characterization of Integrase Inhibitor Resistance of HIV-1 mutants from a Random Mutant Library |
| Ilya Verzhbinsky 2017-2018 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Daniel Ennis Faculty Mentor Department: Radiological Sciences Project: A Computational Framework Combining cDTI and DENSE MRI to Study Cardiac Kinematics. |
| Douglas Yao 2017-2018 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Thomas Graeber Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular & Medical Pharmacology Project: Identification of driver genes of tumorigenesis in prostate, lung, and ovarian small cell cancers |
| Juna Yi 2017-2018 Major: Physiological Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Caius Radu Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular & Medical Pharmacology Project: Interferon Reprograms Nucleotide Metabolism in Pancreas Cancer |
| James Zhen 2017-2018 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Zhefeng Guo Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Structural studies of amyloid-beta oligomers using electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy |
| Philip Zhou 2017-2018 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Atsushi Nakano Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology Project: The role of glucose in determining cardiomyocyte maturation |