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MS III Students

  • Kelsey Baron

    Kelsey Baron

    • Email: krbaron@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego (2017), B.S. Neurosciences
    • Laboratory Rotation: Jonathan Lin (Su '18), Luke Wiseman (Su '19), Jeff Kelly (Su '19)
  • Liam Fitzgerald

    Liam Fitzgerald

    • Email: lfitzger@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of Massachusetts Amherst (2019), B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    • Graduate Program: Biomedical Sciences
    • Research Interests: Exercise Physiology, Skeletal Muscle Contractile Performance, Metabolism
    • Thesis Lab: Simon Schenk
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Althea Hansel-Harris

    Althea Hansel-Harris

    • Email: ahansel@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Harvey Mudd College (2019), B.S. Chemistry
    • Graduate Program: Scripps Graduate Program
    • Research Interests: Pharmacology/Drug Discovery, Chemistry/Biochemistry, and Cancer Biology
    • Laboratory Rotation: Rommie Amaro (Su '19), Andrew Ward (Su '20), Stefano Forli, Scripps Research (Su '20)
    • Thesis Lab: Stefano Forli, Scripps Research
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Chase Morgan

    Chase Morgan

    • Email: c1morgan@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Columbia University (2017), B.A. Biochemistry
    • Graduate Program: Biological Sciences
    • Research Interests: Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Infectious Disease
    • Laboratory Rotation: Liz Villa (Su '19), Kevin Corbett (Su '20), Joe Pogliano (Su '20)
    • Thesis Lab: Joe Pogliano
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Jack Olmstead

    Jack Olmstead

    • Email: jolmstea@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Baylor University (2017), B.S. Neuroscience
    • Graduate Program: Neurosciences
    • Research Interests: Neurosciences and Bioengineering
    • Laboratory Rotation: Sung Han (Su '19), Brenda Bloodgood (Su '20), Eric Halgren, Alex Nimmerjahn
    • Thesis Lab: Brenda Bloodgood
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Alexandra Stream

    Alexandra Stream

    • Email: astream@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles (2017), B.S. Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
    • Graduate Program: Biological Sciences
    • Research Interests: Immunology/Infection
    • Laboratory Rotation: Bruce Torbett (Su '19), Victor Nizet and Cressida Madigan (Su '20)
    • Thesis Lab: Victor Nizet
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Ilya Verzhbinsky

    Ilya Verzhbinsky

    • Email: iverzhbi@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles (2018), B.S. Neuroscience
    • Graduate Program: Neurosciences
    • Research Interests: Human Brain Electrophysiology
    • Laboratory Rotation: Terrence Sejnowski (Su '19), Eran Mukamel and Eric Halgren (Su '20)
    • Thesis Lab: Eric Halgren
    • Awards: NIMH F31
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Iris Garcia-Pak

    Iris Garcia-Pak

    • Email: igarciap@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Brown University (2015), B.S. Biomedical Engineering
    • Graduate Program: Neurosciences
    • Research Interests: Neuropsychiatric Disease, Brain Excitation and Signaling, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
    • Laboratory Rotation: Kristin Baldwin (Su '18), Richard Daneman (Su '19), Olivier George (Su '19)
    • Thesis Lab: Richard Daneman
    • Awards: UC GradSLAM 2024 1st place & David S. Miller Junior Scientist Award
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Chris Garza

    Chris Garza

    • Email: c1garza@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of Colorado at Denver (2017), B.S. Public Health,
    • Graduate Program: Scripps Graduate Program
    • Research Interests: Chemistry/Biochemistry, Biophysics
    • Laboratory Rotation: Bruce Torbett & Stefano Forli (Su '17), Jeff Kelly, Albert Hsiao (Su '18)
    • Thesis Lab: Bruce Torbett & Stefano Forli, Scripps Research
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Alon Gelber

    Alon Gelber

    • Email: agelber@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of Massachusetts (2016), B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mathematics
    • Graduate Program: Bio-Engineering
    • Research Interests: Neuroscience, Bioinformatics
    • Laboratory Rotation: Gert Cauwenberghs (Su '18), Tanya Sharpee (Su '19), Byunkook Lim (Su '19), Eran Mukamel (Su '20)
    • Thesis Lab: Eran Mukamel
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Adrian Guerrero

    Adrian Guerrero

    • Email: amg101@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley (2015), B.S. Pre-Med, Chemistry
    • Graduate Program: Scripps Graduate Program
    • Research Interests: Chemistry/Biochemistry, Pharmacology/Drug Discovery.
    • Laboratory Rotation: Jeff Kelly, Scripps Research (Su '17), Ben Cravatt, Scripps Research and Adam Halberstadt (Su '18)
    • Thesis Lab: Jeff Kelly, Scripps Research
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Ryan Hsu

    Ryan Hsu

    • Email: rhhsu@ucsd.edu 
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley (2017), B.S. Microbial Biology
    • Graduate Program: Bio-Engineering
    • Research Interests: Immunology/Infection, Bioinformatics, Bioengineering
    • Laboratory Rotation: Rob Knight (Su '18), Rachel Dutton (Su '19), Trey Ideker (Su '19)
    • Thesis Lab: Sam Pfaff, Salk Institute
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Caroline Jia

    Caroline Jia

    • Email: cljia@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles (2016), B.S. Neuroscience
    • Graduate Program: Neurosciences
    • Research Interests: Neuroscience
    • Laboratory Rotation: Axel Nimmerjahn, Salk (Su '17), Richard Daneman and Sung Han, Salk (Su '18)
    • Thesis Lab: Kay Tye, Salk Institute
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Kevin Tenerelli

    Kevin Tenerelli

    • Email: k1tenerelli@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Cal State San Marcos (2017), B.S. Biology
    • Graduate Program: Neurosciences
    • Research Interests: Cancer Biology, Immunology
    • Laboratory Rotation: Hollis Cline, Scripps Research (Su '18), Derek Welsbie, Karl Wahlin, Jonathan Lin; Richard Daneman/Eric Nudleman (Su '19)
    • Thesis Lab: Richard Daneman and Eric Nudleman
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Joyce Tran

    Joyce Tran

    • Email: jot013@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Los Angeles (2016), B.S. Biochemistry
    • Graduate Program: Neurosciences
    • Research Interests: Neuroscience, Chemistry/Biochemistry, Epidemiology/Public Health
    • Laboratory Rotation: Stuart Lipton, Scripps Research (Su '18), Susan Ackerman and Jerold Chun (Su '19)
    • Thesis Lab: Susan Ackerman
    • Publications: ORCID

MS IV Students

  • Alec Calac (Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians)

    Alec Calac (Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians)

    • Email: acalac@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: University of Arizona (2016), B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology
    • Graduate Program: Joint Doctoral Program (UCSD/SDSU) - Public Health
    • Research Interests: Global Health, Infodemiology, Health Policy, Workforce Development
    • Laboratory Rotation: Timothy Mackey, Gretchen Bandoli, Eran Mukamel
    • Thesis Lab: Timothy Mackey
    • Awards: 2022 National Minority Quality Forum 40 Under 50 Leader in Minority Health
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Morgen Chalmiers

    Morgen Chalmiers

    • Email: mchalmiers@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Pomona College (2013), B.S. Women's Global Health
    • Graduate Department: Anthropology
    • Research Interests: Anthropology
    • Thesis Lab: Thomas Csordas
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Isabel Costantino

    Isabel Costantino

    • Email: icostantino@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Dartmouth University (2012), B.A. Biology, Neuroscience
    • Graduate Program: Neuroscience
    • Research Interests: Neuroscience
    • Laboratory Rotation: Corinne Jolivalt (Su '16), Jerold Chun, Susan Ackerman (Su '17)
    • Thesis Lab: John Ravit
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Ellis James (E.J.) Curtis

    Ellis James (E.J.) Curtis

    • Email: ejcurtis@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: St. Lawrence University (2017), B.S. Neuroscience
    • Graduate Program: Biomedical Sciences
    • Research Interests: Neuro-oncology, Cancer Biology, Neuroscience, Extrachromosomal DNA
    • Laboratory Rotation: Paul Mischel (Su '17), Frank Furnari, (Su '18)
    • Thesis Lab: Paul Mischel
    • Publications: ORCID
  • James Deng

    James Deng

    • Email: jdeng@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute for Technology (2017), B.S. Chemistry
    • Graduate Program: Neurosciences
    • Research Interests: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neuropathology, Glia, Neuropsychiatric and Developmental Disorders
    • Laboratory Rotation: Bing Ren (Su '18), Nicola Allen (Su '19), Li Ye (Su '19)
    • Thesis Lab: Nicola Allen, Salk Institute
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Imani Howard

    Imani Howard

    • Email: ihoward@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University (2015), B.A. Biology, Philosophy
    • Graduate Department: Philosophy/Science Studies
    • Research Interests: Philosophy of Science, the Philosophy of Medicine, and the Philosophy of Race
    • Laboratory Rotation: Amy Non (Su '17), Michael Hardimon (Su '18)
    • Thesis Lab: Michael Hardimon
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Saumya Jani

    Saumya Jani

    • Email: sjani@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Cal State Fullerton (2017), B.S. Biological Science
    • Graduate Program: University of Washington - Lab Medicine and Pathology
    • Research Interests: Immunology/Infection, Pharma/Drug Discovery, Stem Cell Research
    • Laboratory Rotation: Matt Daugherty (Su '18), Bruce Torbett (Su '19), Cressida Madigan (Su '19)
    • Thesis Lab: Paul Nghiem, UW
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Bojing (Blair) Jia

    Bojing (Blair) Jia

    • Email: b2jia@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: McGill University (2015), B.Sc. Quantitative Biology
    • Graduate Program: Bioinformatics & Systems Biology
    • Research Interests: Epigenomics
    • Laboratory Rotation: Gene Yeo (Su '17), Albert Hsiao, Bing Ren (Su '18), Eran Mukamel (Su '19), Kun Zhang (Su '19)
    • Thesis Lab: Bing Ren
    • Awards: Siebel Scholar 2024, Chancellor's Dissertation Medal 2024
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Juliet Nicodemus

    Juliet Nicodemus

    • Email: jnicodem@ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University (2015), B.A. Neurobiology
    • Graduate Program: Neurosciences
    • Research Interests: Neuroscience, Immunology/Infection
    • Laboratory Rotation: Rich Daneman (Su '16), Amir Zarrinpar & Nicole Coufal (Su '17)
    • Thesis Lab: Jerold Chun
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Diana Smith

    Diana Smith

    • Email: d9smith@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University (2017), B.A. Cognitive Neuroscience & Evolutionary Psychology
    • Graduate Program: Neurosciences
    • Research Interests: Neuroscience and Epidemiology/Public Health
    • Laboratory Rotation: Susan Tapert (Su '19), MJ Meloy (Su '19), Murray Stein and Terry Jernigan (Su '20)
    • Thesis Lab: Terry Jernigan & Anders Dale
    • Awards: Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind Innovation Reasearch Grant - 2022, NRSA F30 - 2023, UC Grand Slam 2023 - Finalist
    • Publications: ORCID
  • Lauren Wedekind

    Lauren Wedekind

    • Email: lwedekind@health.ucsd.edu
    • Undergraduate Institution: Stanford University (2016), B.A. Human Biology; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2017), M.S. Public Health; University of Oxford (2022), Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences
    • Graduate Department: Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford
    • Research Interests: Diabetes, Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, Health Equity Research
    • Laboratory Rotation: NIH (National Institutes of Health Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program)
    • Thesis Lab: Dr. Robert Hanson (NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) and Prof. Mark McCarthy (University of Oxford)
    • Awards: NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program, Cheng Family Innovation Research Award (2025)
    • Publications: ORCID