Professor, Dept of Molecular and Cell Biology
Chair, QSB Graduate Program
Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley 1998 (Mentor: Gian Garriga)
Postdoc, UCSF 1999-2005 (Mentor: Ulrike Heberlein)
Associate Investigator, The Gallo Center, UCSF 2005-2011
MSc in Biological Sciences, Javeriana University, Colombia, 2019
PhD in Biomedical and Biological Sciences, University of Rosario, Colombia, 2024
M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Greenwich, UK, 2010
Ph.D. in Molecular-Cellular Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of the Pacific, 2023
B.S. in Molecular & Cell Biology
Minor in Psychology, UC Merced 2019
NSF NRT Intelligent Adaptive Systems Fellow
B.S. in Biology, Northeast Forestry University 2017
M.Sc. in Biotechnology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2020
Biological Sciences - Human Biology, Psychology BA
UROC (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) STEM) - 2024
Cal Larnerd, Graduate Student, 2019-2024
Neha Kachewar, Postdoctoral Scholar, 2022-2024
Munich Villanueva, Undergraduate, 2023-2024
Maria Nolazco, Undergraduate, 2023-2024
Juan Rios, Lab Assistant, 2022-2023
Anthony Lange, Graduate Student, 2017-2022, now postdoc with Sarah Ferri, University of Iowa
Sammy Villa, Graduate Student, 2017-2022, now postdoc at Calico Labs
Nailah Fatima, Undergrad, 2020-2022
Francisco Aguilar, Undergrad, 2020-2022
Anika Padala, Undergrad, 2019-2022
Pratik Adhikari, Graduate Student, 2016-2022
Alex Del Toro, Undergrad, 2019-2020, now grad student @ Brown
Dan Landayan, Graduate Student, 2013-2019, now postdoc with Nirao Shah, Stanford
Jennifer Zhou, Lab Technician, 2017-2019
Jesus Rascon, Undergrad, 2018-2019, now med student @ UAG Medical School, Guadalajara, MX
Dean Wu, Graduate Student, 2015-2018, now in Emily Moran's lab @ UC Merced
Sarah Parkhurst, Graduate Student, 2012-2017
Natalie Banh, Undergrad, 2015-2018
Harpreet Randhawa, Undergrad, 2015-2018
Reo Maynard, Visiting Masters Student, 2017, now graduate student @ UC Merced
Clarisse Macasaet, Undergrad, 2016-2017
Jovana Navarrete, Undergrad, Technician, 2014-2017, now @ U Washington Dept Neuroscience
Pedro Diaz-Parga, Visiting Masters Student, 2016, now graduate student @ UC Merced
Alexiane Luc, Visiting Scholar, 2016-2017
Linda Phorth, Undergraduate, 2014-2017
Greg Engel, Postdoc, 2012-2016. Assoc Prof, Castleton
Lawrence Fung, Undergraduate, 2014-2016
Winnie Wu, Undergraduate, 2014-2016. Appalachian College of Pharmacy in Virginia
Shahrukh Syed, Undergraduate, 2013-2015. medical student @ RFU
Maurice Jackson, Lab Assistant, 2012-2015
Alexandre Lebeau, Visiting Masters Student, 2014 - 2015
Arièle Legendre, Postdoc, 2012 - 2014
David Feldman, Lab Technician, 2012 - 2014. now MD
Van Thai, Undergraduate, 2014
Jean-Christophe Lone, Visiting Masters Student, 2013 - 2014.
Ben Ziman, Undergraduate, 2012 - 2013. Postdoc @ Cedar Sinai
Carly Stilphen, Undergraduate, 2012 - 2013. Now MD
Sunanda Marella, Postdoc, 2011
Julia (Lianqun) Wu, Technician, 2011
Willa Abrone, Laboratory Assistant, 2007 - 2011
Eric Kong, Technician, 2005 - 2010
Francesco Giorgetti, Technician, 2010
Kaidi He, Histologist extraordinaire, 2009-2011