RECENT GRADUATES
Olivia Molinar, Ph.D.
Jose Adame, BS
Analine Aguayo, BS
Cierra Birch, Ph.D.
Ying Lin, BS
Wen-An Pan, Ph.D.
Current: Scientist, Lassogen Inc. San Diego, CA
Neil J. Grimssey, Ph.D.
Supported by American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship
Current: Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Aleena Arakaki, PhD
Supported by HHMI Gilliam Graduate Fellowship
Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Cara Rada, PhD
Supported by UC Tobacco-related Disease Research Predoctoral Fellowship
Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
Jessica Lawrence, PhD
Supported by NIH/NRSA F31 Predoctoral Fellowship
Current: Scientist, Genentech
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
2001-2008, Courney Griffin, Ph.D. (co-advisor)
Current position: Associate Professor, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma, OK
2001-2003, Michelle Booden, Ph.D. (co-advisor)
Current position: Technology Licensing Specialist, NIH, Bethesda, MD
2001-2003, Yonghua Yang, Ph.D.
Current position: Professor, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
2005-2008, Puneeta Arora, Ph.D.
Current position: Patent Liaison, Technology Transfer and Services, E.I. DuPont India Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad India
2005-2008, May M. Paing, Ph.D.
Current position: Research Associate, HHMI Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2009-2010, Jung-A Choi, Ph.D.
Current position: Research Scientist, Korea University, Seoul Korea
2009-2011, Allen Liu, Ph.D. (co-advisor)
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2008-2012, Unice JK Soh, Ph.D. Supported by a UC TRDRP Postdoctoral Fellowship Award,
Current position: Medical Science Liaison, Johnson & Johnson, Los Angeles, CA
2012-2013, Aaron Snead, Ph.D. (co-advisor), Supported by NIH/NIGMS IRACDA Postdoctoral Training Grant
Current position: Senior Scientist, BPS Bioscience Inc. San Diego, CA
2008-2014, Michael Dores, Ph.D. Supported by a UC TRDRP Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, NIH/NIGMS IRACDA Postdoctoral Training Grant
Current position: Assistant Project Scientist, UCSD
2009-2015, Huilan Lin, Ph.D.
Current position: Scientist, ArmaGen Technologies, Inc., Calabassas, CA
2008-2015, Buxin Chen, Ph.D. Supported by an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
Current position: Scientist, Coi Pharmaceuticals, Inc. San Diego, CA
2013-2015, Terri Stoner, Ph.D. (co-advisor) Supported by NIGMS IRACDA Postdoctoral Training Grant
Current position: Assistant Adjunct Professor, San Diego City College, San Diego, CA
2008-2016, Michael Dores, Ph.D. Supported by Supported by UC TRDRP Postdoctoral Fellowship Award and NIGMS IRACDA Postdoctoral Training Grant
Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Sravan Girada, PhD
Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, UC San Diego
GRADUATE STUDENTS
2001-2005, May M. Paing, Ph.D. Supported by an American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship Award
Current position: Research Associate, HHMI Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2003-2007, Breann Wolfe Barker, Ph.D. Supported by an American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship Award
Current position: R & D Scientist II, NMS Labs, Willow Grove, PA
2004-2010, Tiffany Ricks, Ph.D. (co-advisor) Supported by NIH/NRSA F31 Predoctoral Fellowship Award and United Negro College Fund (UNCF)-MERCK Predoctoral Fellowship Award
Current position: Pharmacologist, Federal Drug Administration, Washington, DC
2005-2009, Angela Russo, Ph.D.
Current position: Visiting Research Assistant Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Chicago
2008-2013, Antonio Soto, Ph.D. Supported by an NIH/NHLBI Diversity Supplement Award
Current position: Research Scientist I , Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., San Diego, CA
2009-2014, Isabel Canto Cordova, Ph.D. Supported by a UC TRDRP Predoctoral Fellowship Award
Current position: Medical Writer, Caring Communications, San Diego, CA
2014-2016, Patrick Menzies, M.S. Supported by Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowship
Current: Manager, Oncology Early Commercial Strategy and Diagnostics at GSK, Philadelphia, PA
2013-2017, Marissa Goo, PhD, Supported by National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
Current: Scientist, Denali Therapeutics, San Francisco, CA
2011-2017, Bryan Stephens, PhD. Supported by NIH/NIGMS T32 Biophysics Training Grant
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Tom Chen, Duke University (2000)
Sarah Brautigam, Davidson College (2001)
Tiana Garrett, Virginia State University (2001-2002)
Kia Jackson, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (2003)
Aliya McIver, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2004)
Amanda Powell, Shaw University (2005)
Diana Ntonlolo, Winston Salem State University (2006)
Mallory Demonch, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2007-2008)
Maria Rodriguez, UC San Diego (IMSD) (2008-2009)
Steven Almos, Southwestern Community College (UCSD-HHMI, 2009)
William A. Montagne, University of Oregon (Pharmacology-SURF, 2010 & 2011)
Phillip Le, UC San Diego (2010-2013)
Carlos Roston Green, University of San Francisco (MSTP-SURF, 2010)
Eliseo Rivas, UC San Diego (MSTP-SURF, 2011)
Hannes Buck, Amherst College (MSTP-SURF, 2012 & 2013)
Jasmine Kyung, UC San Diego (2012-2013)
Cattien Phan, UC San Diego (2013-2014)
Stefany Rubio, San Diego State University (Pharmacology-SURF, 2014)
Keaira Thornton, Norfolk State University (MSTP-SURF, 2014)
Consuelo Sauceda, San Marcos State University (STARS, 2014)
Jeffrey Liang, UC San Diego (2012-2015)
Francisco Mendez, UC San Diego (IMSD, 2012-2015)
Luisa Coronel, UC San Diego (IMSD, 2013-2015)
Jasmine Kyung, UC San Diego (Pharm SURF, 2015)
Francisco Peralta, San Diego City College (IRACDA SURF, 2016)
Mauricio Marquez Palencia, San Diego City College & UC San Diego (MSTP-SURF 2015, IMSD 2015-2017)
Celyne Moh, UC San Diego (2015-2017)
Julia Li, UC San Diego (2015-2017)
Rachan Narala, UC San Diego (Regents Scholar, Eureka Scholar, Pharm SURF 2014-2018)
Serena Pang, UC San Diego (2017-2018)
Elias Contrubis, Vassar College (Pharm SURF, 2018)
Hilda Mejia Pena, San Diego City College & UC San Diego (IRACDA SURF 2016, IMSD 2016-2019) Metztli Cisneros, UC San Diego (IMSD 2017-2019, UC TRDRP Cornelius Hopper Supplement, Pharm SURF 2018)
Alexa Valladolid, UC San Diego (IMSD 2018-2019)
Talia Elliott, UC San Diego (2017-2020)
Victoria Turcotte, UC San Diego (2019-2020)
Logan Chinn, UC San Diego (2018-2020)
Ivette Roca-Mercado, UC San Diego (IMSD 2019-2020)
Alexis Garcia, San Diego City College (IRACDA SURF, 2019-2020)
Robertha Amezola, UC San Diego (2019-2020)
Jose Adame, UC San Diego (IMSD 2019-present)