Fifth + Year

Hersh Bhargava

Hersh Bhargava

he/him/his

University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology

PI: Wendell Lim, Hana El-Samad

Research summary: Development and validation of computational and experimental approaches for the rational design of human immune cell derived therapeutics.

Outreach activities:
2020: NIH Graduate & Professional School Fair, SACNAS, UCSF SEP
2021: NIH Graduate & Professional School Fair, UCSF SEP

Connor Galvin

Connor Galvin

he/him/his

New College of Florida
BA, Chemistry

PI: Tanja Kortemme

Research summary: De Novo Computational Design of Small Molecule Binding Proteins

Matthew Hancock

Matthew Hancock

he/him/his

Vanderbilt University
BA, Mathematics, Computer Science

PI: Andrej Sali

Research summary: Broadly, my research focus is the development and application of computational methods for integratively modeling proteins structures and dynamics from diverse information sources. I am particularly interested in building and interpreting biological models through the lens of Bayesian statistics and statistical physics.

Outreach activities:
2020 ABRCMS
2020 UCSF AI4ALL

Adamo Mancino

Adamo Mancino

he/him/his

McGill Univ
MS, Integrated Program in Neuroscience
BSC, Honours Neuroscience

PI: Yifan Cheng, David Julius

Wilson Nieves Vasquez

Wilson Nieves Vasquez

he/him/his

State University of New York at Stony Brook
BS, Biochemistry & Physics

PI: Dyche Mullins

Research summary: Regulation of branched actin network architecture.

Outreach activities: 2020 SACNAS

Aji Palar

Aji Palar

he/him/his

University of California, San Diego
BS, Biochemistry/Chemistry

PI: Andrej Sali

Research summary: In vivo macromolecular structure determination from point mutagenesis

Matthew Smith

Matthew Smith

he/him/his

Yale University
MPH, Biostatistics
BS, Mathematics

PI: Brian Shoichet, Michael Grabe

Research summary: Using MD-sampled energies in Flexible Receptor DOCK to improve drug discovery, with applications to selectivity

Christina Stephens

Christina Stephens

she/her/hers

College of William and Mary in Virginia
BS, Chemistry

PI: Michael Grabe

Research summary: Computational investigation of lipid scramblase activity and membrane deformation

Outreach activities:
2021 SEP, UCSF CURE
2020 SEP, UCSF CURE

Evelyn Strickland

Evelyn Strickland

she/they/theirs

North Carolina State University at Raleigh
BA, Physics

PI: Orion Weiner

Research summary: Probing the mechanisms of neutrophil swarming

Hayarpi Torosyan

Hayarpi Torosyan

she/her/hers

University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology

PI: Natalia Jura, Kliment Verba

Muziyue Wu

Muziyue Wu

she/her/hers

Tsinghua University
BS, Pharmaceutical Sciences+English

PI: Orion Weiner

Fourth Year

Andrew Alamban

Andrew Alamban

he/him/his

University of Arizona
BS, Molecular and Cellular Biology; Mathematics

PI: Mustafa Aydogan, Wallace Marshall

Research summary: Studying mechanisms that time organelle events during mitosis

Outreach activities: Student Chair of Biophysics Outreach Initiative

Kyle Anderson

Kyle Anderson

he/him/his

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
BS, Nanomedicine & Biochemistry

PI: Charles Craik

Research summary: Discovering and characterizing rare recombinant binders to facilitate machine learning models for de novo antibody design

Alina Arzamassky

Alina Arzamassky

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
BS PHYS TH, Biophysics, Theoretical Physics

PI: Brian Shoichet

Research summary: Improving the scoring function in molecular docking using physical, computational, and chemical approaches

Maxine Bi

Maxine Bi

she/her/hers

Purdue University West Lafayette
BS, Health Sciences

PI: Yifan Cheng

Research summary: Resolving biological heterogeneity using individual-particle cryo-electron tomography

Lieza Chan

Lieza Chan

she/her/hers

Skidmore College
BA, Chemistry

PI: Kliment Verba

Research summary: Structural studies of the N-Myc protein interactome

Daphne Chen

Daphne Chen

she/her/hers

University of California, Los Angeles
BS, Biophysics

PI: James Fraser

Research summary: Characterizing anti-CRISPR proteins

Dominic Grisingher

Dominic Grisingher

he/him/his

Arizona State University, Tempe
MS, Biochemistry (Medicinal Biochemistry)
BS, Biochemistry (Medicinal Chemistry)

PI: Tanja Kortemme

Research summary: De novo designing a protein dependent switch

Simone Harrison

Simone Harrison

she/her/hers

Wesleyan University
BA, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

PI: Aashish Manglik

Research summary: Molecular details of the interaction between GPCRs and GRKs

Upneet Kaur

Upneet Kaur

University of Massachusetts Amherst
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

PI: Geeta Narlikar

Research summary: INO80 and SWR: Deciphering mechanistic differences in chromatin remodeling.

Rian Kormos

Rian Kormos

he/him/his

University of California, Berkeley
BS, Chemistry

PI: Bill DeGrado

Research summary: De novo design of a mechanically gated protein nanocage with selective small molecule permeability

Kevin Nie

Kevin Nie

University of Washington
BS, Biochemistry

PI: Dyche Mullins

Research summary: Studying regulation of cytoskeletal actin by novel Drosophila tropomyosins

Benjamin Orr

Benjamin Orr

he/him/his

Tufts University
BS, Biochemistry

PI: Tanja Kortemme

Research summary: Improved design of de novo protein functions using deep learning

Patrick Zager

Patrick Zager

he/him/his

Lehigh University
BS, Bioengineering

PI: Orion Weiner

Research summary: Investigating How Morphology Integrates Signaling in Motile Cells

Third Year

Radhika Dalal

Radhika Dalal

she/her/hers

University of Washington
BS, Biochemistry; Biology

PI: Tanja Kortemme

Brendan Hall

Brendan Hall

he/him/his

Williams College
BA, Double Major: Physics and Math

PI: Brian Shoichet

Reuben Hogan

Reuben Hogan

Washington University in St. Louis
BA, Biochemistry

PI: Nevan Krogan

Research summary: Using APOE Protein-Protein Interaction Networks to Establish its Signaling Pathways in Neurons and a Mechanistic Link to Alzheimer's Disease

Catherine Kuhn

Catherine Kuhn

she/her/hers

Washington University
AB, Biochemistry

PI: Tanja Kortemme

Duncan Muir

Duncan Muir

he/him/his

Northeastern University
BS, Data Science & Biochemistry

PI: Margaux Pinney, Tony Capra

Estelle Ronayne

Estelle Ronayne

she/her/hers

Western Washington University
BS, Biochemistry

PI: John Gross, Yifan Cheng

Maxwell Tucker

Maxwell Tucker

University of California, Berkeley
BS, Chemistry

PI: Dan Southworth

Jonathan Zhang

Jonathan Zhang

University of Washington
BS, Biochemistry

PI: Tanja Kortemme, Margaux Pinney

Research summary: Using approaches in high-throughput biochemistry and machine learning to dissect allosteric regulatory mechanisms in small GTPases

Second Year

Angelika Arada

Angelika Arada

she/her/hers

San Francisco State University
BS, Biochemistry

PI: Bill DeGrado

Giovanni Aviles

Giovanni Aviles

he/him/his

University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology

PI: Bill DeGrado, Margaux Pinney

Jonathan Borowsky

Jonathan Borowsky

he/him/his

Washington University
AB, Biology

PI: Michael Grabe

Kevin Delgado-Cunningham

Kevin Delgado-Cunningham

he/him/his

University of California, Santa Cruz
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

PI: Katherine Susa, Kliment Verba

Nicholas Freitas

Nicholas Freitas

he/him/his

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS, Computer Science and Molecular Biology

PI: Bill DeGrado, Margaux Pinney

Asa Kalish

Asa Kalish

they/them/theirs

Washington University
BA, Physics, Mathematics

PI: Zev Gartner

Alex Long

Alex Long

he/him/his

Saint Olaf College
BA, Biology, Chemistry

PI: Dan Southworth

Tracy Lou

Tracy Lou

she/her/hers

University of California, Berkeley
BA, MCB: BMB & Pure Math

PI: Katherine Susa, James Wells

Isiac Orr

Isiac Orr

he/him/his

University of Washington
BS, Bioengineering: Option in Data Science

PI: Wendell Lim

Joseph Pepe

Joseph Pepe

he/him/his

Rutgers U Coll Engineering
BS, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Cell Bio & Neuro

PI: Brian Shoichet

Dani Rodea

Dani Rodea

she/her/hers

California State University, San Marcos
BS, Biochemistry

PI: Daniel Minor

Henry Scott

Henry Scott

he/him/his

Colorado State University
BS, Biochemistry

PI: Bill DeGrado

Lisa Zheng

Lisa Zheng

she/her/hers

University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology

PI: Michael Grabe

First Year

Gyasu Bajracharya

Gyasu Bajracharya

he/him/his

Gettysburg College
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Music

Yifei Chen

Yifei Chen

she/her/hers

Xian Jiaotong University
BA, Applied Physics

Karson Chrispens

Karson Chrispens

he/him/his

Walla Walla University
BSE, Bioengineering

Kevin Alexander Estrada Alamo

Kevin Alexander Estrada Alamo

they/them/theirs

Western Washington University
BS, Biochemistry

Amy Flis

Amy Flis

she/her/hers

University of Connecticut
BS, Structural Biology and Biophysics

David Gomez Siu

David Gomez Siu

he/him/his

UC Berkeley
BS, Bioengineering

Research summary: I am broadly interested in methods to study protein-protein interactions that give rise to physical macromolecular dynamics in vivo. In my free time, I like to listen to music, travel, eat food, and drink coffee.

Divya Kranthi

Divya Kranthi

she/her/hers

Johns Hopkins University
BA, Biophysics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Angelica Lam

Angelica Lam

she/her/hers

UC Berkeley
BS, Chemical Biology

Ashley Lasko

Ashley Lasko

she/her/hers

Rochester Institute of Technology
BS, Physics

Minh Le

Minh Le

he/him/his

UC San Diego
BS, Pharmacological Chemistry B.S., Human Biology B.S.

Zack Mawaldi

Zack Mawaldi

he/him/his

Virginia Commonwealth University
BS, Chemistry

Sean Myers

Sean Myers

he/him/his

Ohio State University, Columbus
BS, Physics

Dru Myerscough

Dru Myerscough

Rice University
BS, Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Ever O'Donnell

Ever O'Donnell

they/theirs/them

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
BS, Biophysics

Patrick Rockefeller Grimes

Patrick Rockefeller Grimes

he/him/his

UC Santa Cruz
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology