Principal Investigator

 


Fred W. Wolf

Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
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

 

Postdoctoral Scholar

 






Lina Garcia

MSc in Biological Sciences, Javeriana University, Colombia, 2019

PhD in Biomedical and Biological Sciences, University of Rosario, Colombia, 2024

 

Postdoctoral Scholar

 






Md Anisur Rahman

M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Greenwich, UK, 2010

Ph.D. in Molecular-Cellular Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of the Pacific, 2023

 

Project Scientist

 






Brian Wang

Ph.D. in Quantitative & Systems Biology, UC Merced, 2025

B.S. in Molecular & Cell Biology
Minor in Psychology, UC Merced 2019
NSF NRT Intelligent Adaptive Systems Fellow

 

Graduate Student

 






Vanessa Sanchez

B.S. in Biology, Sonoma State University, 2023

 

Graduate Student

 






Xucheng Zhang

B.S. in Biology, Northeast Forestry University, 2017

M.Sc. in Biotechnology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2020

 

Graduate Student

 






Yazan Al-Issa

B.S. in Biochemistry, Providence College, 2021

 

Undergraduate Researcher

 






Nicholas Reynaga

Biological Sciences - Human Biology, Applied Mathematical Sciences Minor

 

Laboratory Assistant

 






Janely Hidalgo

Biological Sciences - Human Biology

UROC Summer SURF scholar, 2025

 



Past Members




Donnoban Orozco Ramirez, Graduate Student, 2018-2025




Ansley Van Gorkom, CSU Stanislaus undergraduate, CCBM Scholar Summer 2025

Wesley Chang, UC Merced Biological Sciences ungergraduate 2025

Katrina Trinka, UC Merced Human Biology undergraduate, UROC Scholar Summer 2025

Gagandeep Kaur, UC Merced Human Biology undergraduate, UROC Scholar 2024-2025

Megha Sanghu, UC Merced Human Biology undergraduate, Laboratory Assistant 2024-2025



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

Volunteer

Kaidi He, Histologist extraordinaire, 2009-2011