2024-2026
| Raymond Enrique Alvarado 2024-2026 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hilary Ann Coller Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology Project: |
| Alexa Carolina Garcia 2024-2026 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gerald S Lipshutz Faculty Mentor Department: Surgery-Liver And Panc. Transp Project: |
| Grace Kathleen Johnson 2024-2026 Major: Pre Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alvaro Sagasti Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology Project: |
| Jess Liu 2024-2026 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Daniel C Liu Faculty Mentor Department: Neurosurgery Project: |
| Samantha Elizabeth Scott 2024-2026 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Valerie A. Arboleda Faculty Mentor Department: Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Project: |
2023-2025
| Mia Hansen 2023-2025 Major: Physiological Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Correa Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology and Physiology Project: Hypothalamic Estrogen Receptor Gene Expression Across Pregnancy |
| Elliot Sungwook Kang 2023-2025 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lili Yang Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Project: Allogeneic HSC-iNKT Cell Therapy to Deplete Tumor-Associated Macrophages In Vivo |
| Cecilia (Lei) Lei 2023-2025 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hilary Coller Faculty Mentor Department: Biological Chemistry Project: Enhancing the Effectiveness of Macrophages in Melanoma |
| Ananya Amala Ravikumar 2023-2025 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. William Lowry Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Project: Investigating the role of MECP2 in DNA damage via its interaction with DNA damage proteins in Rett Syndrome models |
| Jesus V Velazquez 2023-2025 Major: Pre Psychology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dean Buonomano Faculty Mentor Department: Neurobiology Project: Histological and Functional analysis of excitation and inhibition across the neo-cortex |
2022-2024
| Nika Gladkov 2022-2024 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Todd Yeates Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: Characterizing steric-trap-driven disassembly of EGFR-operated protein cages |
| Melody Haratian 2022-2024 Major: Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lindsay De Biase Faculty Mentor Department: Physiology Project: The impact of lysosome enhancement on microglial functions and responses to aging |
| Cindy Ly 2022-2024 Major: Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elissa Hallem Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics Project: Nictation Behavior in Skin-Penetrating Nematodes |
| Jeff (Songrong) Qu 2022-2024 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jose Rodriguez Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: The Development of a Neural Network that Predicts Amyloid Propensity |
| Alexander Wu 2022-2024 Major: Design/Media Arts Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sotirios Masmanidis Faculty Mentor Department: Neurobiology Project: Neurophysiological Studies of Gait in Mice Using Behavioral Tracking and Electrophysiology |
2021-2023
| Fadi Albanaa 2021-2023 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elie Besserer-Offroy Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular and Medical Pharmacology Project: Synthesis of a Cell Penetrant Peptide-Based Theranostic Probe Derived from the p16INK4A Protein |
| Esha Chawla 2021-2023 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gal Bitan Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: The Effects of CLR12 on Tau Seeding in the P301S-Tauopathy Mouse Model |
| Ariel Fernandez 2021-2023 Major: Physiological Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephanie White Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology and Physiology Project: Identification & characterization of cerebellar circuits involved in song learning in zebra finch |
| Sarah Gorbatov 2021-2023 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Catherine Clarke Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: Identification of Genes involved in CoQ Transport |
| Tracie Luu 2021-2023 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. William Gelbart Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: Characterization of the Delivery of Self-Amplifying microRNA |
| Anthony Tanzillo 2021-2023 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Catherine Cahill Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences Project: Abuse Deterrent Opioid Prodrugs with Low Addiction Potential |