Student Spotlights

Read through our interviews with undergraduate researchers to learn more about their research and any advice they have for anyone trying to start their research journey.

Current Spotlights:

Sarah Alkidim

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  Meet UCLA senior, Sarah Alkidim, who is majoring in Physics, with minors in Environmental Engineering and Mathematics. Sarah recently published a paper titled, “Distribution of microplastics in soil and freshwater […]

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Previous Spotlights:

Sophia Rueda – Neuroscience

Austin Aguirre – Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics

Emil Dominguez – Biochemistry

Jeff Qu – Biochemistry

Kevin Alfaro – Physics

Alex Wu – Neuroscience and Design | Media Arts

Melody Haratian – Psychobiology

Bezawit Danna – Biochemistry, Biomedical Research Minor

Justin Purnomo – Biochemistry

Cindy Ly – Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics

Angel Lima Hernandez – Chemistry

Ryan Wong – Computational and Systems Biology

Hanna Hoang – Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics

Jordi Martinez – Neuroscience

Blake Williams – Biochemistry, Biomedical Research Minor

Vivien Su – Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, Biomedical Research Minor

Lauren Tan – Chemistry

Palak Jariwala – Chemistry

Jennifer Gonzalez – Neuroscience

Justin Amakor – Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

Karen Garcia – Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

Justin Quan – Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics

Abigail Gutierrez – Neuroscience

Keya Jonnalagadda – Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics

Frankie Villalobos – Physiological Sciences, Chican@ & Central American Studies Minor

Arjun Verma – Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

Elevator Pitches

Watch your fellow Bruins as they give brief summaries of the research they are currently doing.

Fiona Huang briefly describes her research in Dr. Fanselow’s lab in Psychology. 

David Dumas briefly describes his research in Dr. Chong Liu’s lab in the Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Brianna Andersen briefly describes her research in Dr. Molly Fox’s lab in Psychiatry.

Akshaya Jayakarunakaran briefly describes her research in Dr. Hirsch’s lab in MCDB.

Lupita Valencia briefly describes her research in Dr. Wassum in Neuroscience.

Jaybree Lopez briefly describes her research in Dr. Loo’s lab in Chem & Biochemistry.

Colette Araque briefly describes her research in Dr. Carey’s lab in Biological Chemistry.