2024-2025
| Russell N Ahmed 2024-2025 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Scott Wilke Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry/Biobehavioral Science Project: Role of OFC-to-ACC inputs for prefrontal encoding of effort-based decision making |
| Katie Samantha Chan 2024-2025 Major: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jasper Kok Faculty Mentor Department: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Project: Quantifying radiative effects of mineral dust acting as INPs on Arctic mixed-phase clouds |
| Anubhav Chandla 2024-2025 Major: Human Biology and Society (BS) Faculty Mentor: Dr. Isaac Yang Faculty Mentor Department: Neurosurgery Project: Genetic Profiling and Treatment Resistance of Stem-Cell-Induced Primary Glioblastoma Cell Lines |
| Marisol Chavez 2024-2025 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Diana Marquez-Garban Faculty Mentor Department: Division of Hematology-Oncology - DGSOM Project: Modulation of Estradiol-Induced Myelopoiesis with Selective Estrogen Receptor Downregulators |
| Ethan Crofut 2024-2025 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hong Zhou Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Project: Uncovering the molecular architecture of Trichomonas vaginalis parabasal filaments using cryo-EM |
| Andrew H Dinh 2024-2025 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Theodore Scott Nowicki Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Project: Engineering and Evaluating the Efficacy of TNFα-armed TCR T-cells Targeting HPV E7 |
| Hannah Grace Elenteny 2024-2025 Major: Chemical Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carissa Eisler Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Project: Photoluminescence Tunability in Inorganic Cesium Lead Halide Nanocrystal Thin Films |
| Alexa Carolina Garcia 2024-2025 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Gerald S Lipshutz Faculty Mentor Department: Surgery-Liver And Panc. Transp Project: Survival Trials of Gene Therapies in a Murine Model of Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase 1 Deficiency |
| Sofia Guggemos Garza 2024-2025 Major: Human Biology and Society (BS) Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sanaz Memarzadeh Faculty Mentor Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology Project: Analyzing Cell Populations and Interaction Networks Driving Carcinosarcoma Tumorigenesis |
| Nadia Sophia Ghanbari 2024-2025 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cathy Cahill Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry Project: Investigating the role of mu-opioid receptor deletion from norepinephrine neurons on morphine reward |
| Richik Haldar 2024-2025 Major: Chemical Engineering Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yuzhang Li Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering Project: Investigating the electrochemical capabilities of dry water as a battery solid-state electrolyte |
| Samantha Nicole Hamilton 2024-2025 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stanley T. Carmichael Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Effect of VEGF signaling manipulation on post-stroke axonal sprouting into hydrogels |
| Mia Rebecca Hansen 2024-2025 Major: Physiological Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Correa Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: Epigenetic regulation of estrogen-dependent genes during pregnancy |
| Ashley Lynn Hiti 2024-2025 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kevin Bickart Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Recovery in mTBI - HRV's Impact on Stress Response |
| Kenneth Ho 2024-2025 Major: Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Timothy E O'Sullivan Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Project: Engineering and Evaluating the Efficacy of TNFα-armed TCR T-cells Targeting HPV E7 |
| Henry Hsieh 2024-2025 Major: Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lindsay M De Biase Faculty Mentor Department: Physiology Project: Exploring the dynamic interplay of microglial mitochondria and microglia in Parkinson's models |
| Jaylin Hsu 2024-2025 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carlos Portera-Cailliau Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Atypical contextual modulation and size tuning in the visual cortex of Fragile X mice. |
| Kimberly Jorge 2024-2025 Major: Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tikvah Hayes Faculty Mentor Department: Molecular and Medical Pharmacology Project: EGFR TKI-variant resistance in EGFR-mutant lung cancer |
| Kyle Israel Kalindjian 2024-2025 Major: Computational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Pearl Quijada Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology and Physiology Project: Modulating Oasl1 and Oasl2 in Cardiac Aging and Inflammation |
| Autumn Lynn Kasl-Godley 2024-2025 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Peter J. Bradley Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Project: Characterization and Function Analysis of Tetratricopeptide Repeat Proteins in Toxoplasma gondii |
| Vaibhava Kesarwani 2024-2025 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alexander Hoffmann Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Project: How does variability in B-cell fate decisions impact the effectiveness of vaccination? |
| Artin Khaky 2024-2025 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Marmar Vaseghi Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine - Cardiology Project: Neuronal Remodeling in the Vagal Nuclei of the Brainstem Following Myocardial Infarction |
| Natalie Nah Kyung Kim 2024-2025 Major: Computational Biology & Political Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. C.S. Colwell Faculty Mentor Department: Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Biobehavioural Sciences Project: Analysis of Genetic Modifiers of Circadian Disruption in Mouse Models of Huntington’s Disease |
| Gregory Ryan Kislik 2024-2025 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Neil G Harris Faculty Mentor Department: Neurosurgery Project: Cerebellar Perturbation as Result of Repeat Traumatic Brain Injury in the Prefrontal Cortex |
| Beverly C Lauring 2024-2025 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Elaine Yih-Nien Hsiao Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: Elucidating the Role of Long-Lived Gut Chemosensory Cells in Gut-Brain Communication |
| Cecilia Lei 2024-2025 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Hilary Ann Coller Faculty Mentor Department: Biological Chemistry Project: To determine the effects of autophagy ablation in cultured macrophages and dendritic cells. |
| Madelaine Ruth Leitman 2024-2025 Major: Computational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Tien Dong Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine - Gastroenterology Project: Global 5HT2A Receptor Knockout Induced Effects on Microbiome in Mouse Models of Depression |
| Chengyuan Li 2024-2025 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alexander Hoffmann Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Project: Inferring B-cell fate decision kinetics during antibody evolution from phylogenetic tree structures |
| Kuan Heng (Jordan) Lin 2024-2025 Major: Computer Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bolei Zhou Faculty Mentor Department: Computer Science Project: Controllable, interpretable, and efficient image and video generation with human priors |
| Yi Liu 2024-2025 Major: Applied Mathematics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jasper Kok Faculty Mentor Department: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Project: Investigating the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Dust Aerosols Using CATS and IASI Data |
| Courtney Nicole Machler 2024-2025 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kenneth L Subotnik Faculty Mentor Department: Psychiatry/Biobehavioral Science Project: Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Schizophrenia: Insights via MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery |
| Kyle Kenji-Thanh Nagasawa 2024-2025 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yi Tang Faculty Mentor Department: Chemical Engineering Project: The discovery and biosynthetic characterization of homocapreomycidine |
| Amy Phuong Nguyen 2024-2025 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. René Packard Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine, Division of Cardiology Project: IGFBP-3 Role in Anthracycline-Induced Stress |
| Claire Christine Nocon 2024-2025 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jorge Torres Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry And Biochemistry Project: Molecular Characterization of the Tctex1d Family Proteins |
| Jessica Catherine Oey 2024-2025 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yoshihara Eiji Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine Project: Unlocking Scalable Human β-Cell Proliferation: Novel Pathways and Synergistic Drug Combinations |
| Marta Kleinschmidt Olson 2024-2025 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lena Pernas Faculty Mentor Department: Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Project: Role of Outer Mitochondrial Membrane Protein Aggregation in SPOT Formation |
| Elizabeth Eminovna Oroudjeva 2024-2025 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Steven Clarke Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry And Biochemistry Project: Comparing substrate and cofactor engagement for PCMT1 and PCMTD1, two isoaspartyl repair enzymes |
| Aryan Pandey 2024-2025 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Isaac Yang Faculty Mentor Department: Neurosurgery Project: Evaluation of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Expression Post Anti-Angiogenic Therapy in Glioblastoma |
| Ethan Haroutune Poladian 2024-2025 Major: Biophysics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Soumitra Athavale Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: Development of a general computational maturation process for small molecule protein binders. |
| Cassidy Kirsten Sadowski 2024-2025 Major: Statistics and Data Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Noa Pinter-Wollman Faculty Mentor Department: Ecology And Evolutionary Biolo Project: What determines roost choice in griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus)? |
| Joanne Mary Sarsam 2024-2025 Major: Computational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Yalda Afshar Faculty Mentor Department: OB/GYN Project: Deep-Learning Automation and Parameter Optimization for Hemodynamic Simulations of the Fetal Aorta |
| Ashlyn Sloane 2024-2025 Major: Neuroscience Faculty Mentor: Dr. Michael Wells Faculty Mentor Department: Human Genetics Project: Elucidation and Rescue of mTOR Defects in Jordan’s Syndrome |
| Catherine Soo 2024-2025 Major: Pre Psychobiology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Dino Di Carlo Faculty Mentor Department: Bioengineering Department Project: Single-Cell ECM Secretion Assay |
| Russell Murphy Stottlemyer 2024-2025 Major: Ecology,Behavior,and Evolution Faculty Mentor: Dr. Pamela J Yeh Faculty Mentor Department: Ecology And Evolutionary Biolo Project: Impacts of Urbanization-Induced Changes in Aggression Response on Dark-eyed Junco Fitness |
| Meileen Bee-Lan Taw 2024-2025 Major: Physiological Science Faculty Mentor: Dr. Zhaoping Li Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Va Wadsworth Med Ctr Project: Effects of Pomegranate Extract and Metabolites on Colitis: Insights from IL-10 Knockout Mouse Model |
| Julie Minh Thu Tran 2024-2025 Major: Computational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Xia Yang Faculty Mentor Department: Integrative Biology & Physiology Project: NetPRS: Polygenic risk scores informed by gene regulatory networks |
| Elliana Mei Tsang 2024-2025 Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Zhefeng Guo Faculty Mentor Department: Neurology Project: Investigating Yeast Prion Mot3 Domain Level Organization and Aggregation Dynamics |
| Lise Annika Tucker 2024-2025 Major: Precomputational and Systems Biology Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jessica W Lynch Faculty Mentor Department: Institute For Society And Genetics Project: Genetic Differentiation of Genes Underlying Coloration in Platyrrhines |
| Alejandra Velazquez-Villegas 2024-2025 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Leonid Kruglyak Faculty Mentor Department: Human Genetics Project: Exploring Rare Genetic Variants’ Influences on Quantitative Traits in Yeast |
| Sarah Wang 2024-2025 Major: Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics Faculty Mentor: Dr. Zhenqi Zhou Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine Project: Role of dynamin-related protein 1 in the regulation of skeletal muscle mass |
| Anna Yan 2024-2025 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Danielle Schmitt Faculty Mentor Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry Project: Illuminating compartmentalized AMPK signaling in single cells |
| Rujin Yu 2024-2025 Major: Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution Faculty Mentor: Dr. Pamela J Yeh Faculty Mentor Department: Ecology And Evolutionary Biology Project: Analyzing trends in adaptive nest placement of a behaviorally plastic urban bird species |
| Vivian Zuo 2024-2025 Major: Biochemistry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ekihiro Seki Faculty Mentor Department: Medicine-Dept Administration Project: Role of LSEC senescence in alcohol-related liver disease with Liver-on-a-Chip |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 " |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 " |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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 |