Fifth + Year

Lauren Cech

Lauren Cech

University of California, Davis
BS, Genetics and Genomics

PI: Trever Bivona

Colin Germer

Colin Germer

PI: Aparna Lakkaraju

Research summary: Mechanisms of Piezo1-Mediated Mitochondrial Dysfunction in the RPE

Outreach activities:
PSPG Diversity Equity and Inclusivity Outreach Committee.
PSPG Bootcamps for 1st Years. 2020, 2021.
PSPG Recruitment Week 2019-2021
Science Education Partnership elementary and middle school teaching and science fairs.
UW-Madison Ophthalmology outreach in Science Expedition and local elementary schools.
Mentoring high school and undergraduate students and introduction in laboratory techniques.

Mauricio Jacobo Jacobo

Mauricio Jacobo Jacobo

University of California, Irvine
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

PI: Andrei Goga, Sourav Bandyopadhyay

Ian Jones

Ian Jones

University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology

PI: Yin Shen

Research summary: Annotating and Functionally Testing the Non-Coding Genome in Human Brain Development and Disease.

Nilsa La Cunza

Nilsa La Cunza

New Jersey Institute of Technology
BS, Biomedical Engineering

PI: Aparna Lakkaraju

Research summary: ApoE isoforms modulate autophagyand complement-mediated mitochondrial injuryin the retinal pigment epithelium

Yaqiao Li

Yaqiao Li

University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology

PI: Marina Sirota

Research summary: Cell-type-specific precision drug repurposing to identify therapeutic candidates for Alzheimer’s Disease

Whitney Tamaki

Whitney Tamaki

She/Her

University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology

PI: Trever Bivona

Research summary: Investigating the role of organized immune infiltrate in NSCLC

Fourth Year

Silver Al khafaji

Silver Al khafaji

University of California, Berkeley
BS, Chemical Biology

PI: Laura Van 't Veer, Rada Savic

Christopher Chen

Christopher Chen

University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cellular Biology

PI: Trever Bivona

Brandon Chew

Brandon Chew

University of Southern California
BS, Chemical Engineering (Biochemical Engineering)

PI: Isha Jain

Maggie Colton

Maggie Colton

she/her

University of Chicago
BS, Biological Sciences

PI: Hideho Okada

Research summary: Developing a prime-and-kill CAR T circuit for brain cancer

Jaysón Davidson

Jaysón Davidson

Hampton University
BS, Biochemistry

PI: Atul Butte

Orry Elor

Orry Elor

Northern Michigan University
BS, Biology

PI: Michael McManus

Ketrin Gjoni

Ketrin Gjoni

University of California, Berkeley
BS, Chemistry

PI: Katie Pollard

Brenda Melano

Brenda Melano

University of California, Los Angeles
BS, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology

PI: Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, Hani Goodarzi

Mai Nobuhara

Mai Nobuhara

Other
MS, Pharmaceutical Science
BS, Pharmaceutical Science

PI: Nadav Ahituv

Ian Steele

Ian Steele

University of California, Santa Barbara
BS, Pharmacology

PI: Carlo Condello

Imani Warren

Imani Warren

San Francisco State University
BS, Biochemistry

PI: Akinyemi Oni Orisan, Catherine Tcheandjieu

Third Year

Zizheng Li

Zizheng Li

University of Tokyo
MS, Medical Sciences
BS, Biological Chemistry

PI: Lani Wu, Steven Altschuler

Thaybeth Malavé-Méndez

Thaybeth Malavé-Méndez

University Of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras
BSC, Chemistry

PI: Dara Torgerson, Ryan Hernandez

Meri Okorie

Meri Okorie

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
BS, Biotechnology

PI: Faranak Fattahi, Hani Goodarzi

Anu Patel

Anu Patel

she/her

University of Pittsburgh
Pharm D, Pharmacy
BS, Pharmaceutical Sciences

PI: Rada Savic

Research summary: Computational modeling for improved drug development and utilization

Outreach activities: Helped mentor a high school student interested in computational pharmacology and drug development in Spring 2023

Sham Rampersaud

CUNY Hunter College
BA, Chemistry

PI: Arun Wiita

Luis Jaimes Santiago

Luis Jaimes Santiago

California State University, Northridge
BS, Biotechnology/Cell and Molecular Biology

PI: Aashish Manglik, Mark Von Zastrow

Sydney Williams

Sydney Williams

Hampton University
BS, Biology Pre-Med

PI: Aparna Lakkaraju

Ava Xu

Ava Xu

Chapman University
Pharm D, Pharmacy

PI: Rada Savic, Tony Capra

Second Year

Kingsley Chow

Kingsley Chow

University of California, Los Angeles
BAS, Biochemistry

PI: Laura Van 't Veer

Karla Fonseca-Valencia

Karla Fonseca-Valencia

San Jose State University
BS, Biochemistry

PI: Dorit Ron

Sophia Miliotis

Sophia Miliotis

Beloit College
BS, Biochemistry

PI: Nadia Roan

Carlota Pereda Serras

Carlota Pereda Serras

Columbia University
MS, Biomedical Engineering
Brown University
BS, Biology, Biotechnology, Physiology

PI: Marina Sirota

Thu Pham

Thu Pham

University of California, Davis
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

PI: Yin Shen

Stefanie Piña Escudero

Stefanie Piña Escudero

Other
MD, Medical Doctor

PI: Jennifer Yokoyama

Connie Silva

Connie Silva

University of California, Santa Cruz
BS, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

PI: Rada Savic

Mark Ware

Mark Ware

American University
BS, Biology

PI: Sook Wah Yee

First Year

Victor Alcala-Kellogg

Victor Alcala-Kellogg

University of California, Santa Barbara
BS, Biochemistry

PI: Yin Shen

Jayla Crawford

Jayla Crawford

Hampton University
BS, Cell/Molecular Biology

PI: Jennifer Yokoyama

Sandy Floren

Sandy Floren

University of California, Santa Cruz
BS, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

PI: Jennifer Yokoyama

Sarina Garcia

Sarina Garcia

The University of Texas at Austin
BSA, Biology

PI: Brian Shoichet

Jared Khan

Jared Khan

University of Southern California
MS, Quantitative and Computational Biology
BS, Quantitative Biology

PI: Jennifer Yokoyama

Jake Oxendine

Jake Oxendine

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
BS, Biology-Quantitative Track

PI: Yin Shen

Catherine Sue

Catherine Sue

University of California, Berkeley
BA, Molecular and Cell Biology

PI: Brian Shoichet

Nanase Toda

Nanase Toda

University of Arizona
BS, Pharmaceutical Sciences

PI: Brian Shoichet

Allison Wang

Allison Wang

University of California, Los Angeles
BS, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology

PI: Yin Shen