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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n

Courtney Griffin, PhD<\/strong>, 2001-2008 (Current position: Professor, Academia)
Michelle Booden, PhD<\/strong>, 2001\u20132003 (Current position: Technology licensing, Government)
Yonghua Yang, PhD<\/strong>, 2001\u20132003 (Current position: Professor, Academia)
Puneeta Arora, PhD<\/strong>, 2005\u20132008 (Current position: Patent Agent, Private)
May M. Paing, PhD<\/strong>, 2005\u20132008 (Current position: Staff Scientist, Academia)
Jung-A Choi, PhD<\/strong>, 2009\u20132010 (Current position: Research Scientist)
Allen Liu, PhD<\/strong>, 2009\u20132011 (Current position: Associate Professor, Academia)
Unice JK Soh, PhD<\/strong>, 2008\u20132012 (Current position: Medical Science Liaison, Industry)
Aaron Snead, PhD<\/strong>, 2012\u20132013 (Current position: Principal Scientist, Biotech)
Huilan Lin, PhD<\/strong>, 2009\u20132015 (Current position: Senior Scientist, Biotech)
Buxin Chen, PhD<\/strong>, 2008\u20132015 (Current position: Scientist, Biotech)
Terri Stoner, PhD<\/strong>, 2013\u20132015 (Current position: Lecturer, Academia)
Michael Dores, PhD<\/strong>, 2008\u20132016 (Current position: Associate Professor, Academia)
Thomas Smith, PhD<\/strong>, 2016\u20132017 (Current position: BioinformatisXXX, Biotech)
Neil Grimsey, PhD<\/strong>, 2009\u20132018 (Current position: Assistant Professor, Academia)
Sravan Girada, PhD<\/strong>, 2018\u20132019 (Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Academia)
Wen-An Pan, PhD<\/strong>, 2016\u20132020, (Current position: Senior Scientist, Industry)
Olivia Molinar-Inglis<\/strong>, PhD, 2016\u20132021 (Current position: Program Officer, Government)
Cierra Birch, PhD<\/strong>, 2017\u20132021 (Current position: Molecular Science Liaison, Industry)
Monica Gonzalez Ramirez, PhD<\/strong>, 2019-2024 (Current position: Administration, Academia)
Huaping Qin, PhD<\/strong>, 2021-2024 (Current position: Staff Research Associate, Academia)<\/p>\n

GRADUATE STUDENTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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May M. Paing, PhD<\/strong>, 2001-2005 (UNC Chapel Hill, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program)
Breann Wolfe Barker, PhD<\/strong>, 2003-2007 (UNC Chapel Hill, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program)
Tiffany Ricks, PhD<\/strong>, 2004-2010 (UNC Chapel Hill, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program)
Angela Russo, PhD<\/strong>, 2005-2009 (UNC Chapel Hill, Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program)
Antonio Soto, PhD<\/strong>, 2008-2013 (UCSD, BMS Graduate Program)
Isabel Canto Cordova, PhD<\/strong>, 2009-2014 (UCSD, BMS Graduate Program)
Thomas Smith, PhD<\/strong>, 2010-2016 (UCSD, BMS Graduate Program)
Patrick Menzies, MS<\/strong>, 2014-2016 (UCSD, BMS Graduate Program)
Marissa Goo, PhD<\/strong>, 2013-2017 (UCSD, Biological Sciences Graduate Program)
Bryan Stephens, PhD<\/strong>, 2011-2017 (UCSD, BMS Graduate Program)
Cara Rada, PhD<\/strong>, 2015-2020 (UCSD, BMS Graduate Program)
Aleena Arakaki, PhD<\/strong>, 2015-2020 (UCSD, BMS Graduate Program)
Jessica Lawrence, PhD<\/strong>, 2016-2020 (UCSD, BMS Graduate Program)
Helen Wedegaertner, PhD<\/strong>, 2018-2023 (UCSD, BMS Graduate Program)
Norton Cheng, PhD<\/strong>, 2019-2024 (UCSD, BMS Graduate Program)<\/p>\n

RESEARCH STAFF<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n

Anu Gullapalli, BS<\/strong>, 2003-2006 (UNC Chapel Hill, SRA1)
Yu Ding, BS<\/strong>, 2003-2006 (UNC Chapel Hill, SRA1)
Ying Lin, BS<\/strong>, 2017-2021 (UCSD, SRA2)
Carolyne Bardeleben, PhD<\/strong>, 2022-present (UCSD, SRA4)
Huaping Qin, PhD<\/strong>, 2024-present (UCSD, SRA3)<\/p>\n

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Tom Chen<\/span><\/strong>, Duke University (2000)
Sarah Brautigam<\/span><\/strong>, Davidson College (2001)
Tiana Garrett<\/span><\/strong>, Virginia State University (2001-2002)
Kia Jackson<\/span><\/strong>, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (2003)
Aliya McIver<\/span><\/strong>, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2004)
Amanda Powell<\/span><\/strong>, Shaw University (2005)
Diana Ntonlolo<\/span><\/strong>, Winston Salem State University (2006)
Mallory Demonch<\/span><\/strong>, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2007-2008)
Maria Rodriguez<\/span><\/strong>, UC San Diego (IMSD) (2008-2009)
Steven Almos<\/span><\/strong>, Southwestern Community College (UCSD-HHMI, 2009)
William A. Montagne<\/span><\/strong>, University of Oregon (Pharmacology-SURF, 2010 & 2011)
Phillip Le<\/span><\/strong>, UC San Diego (2010-2013)
Carlos Roston Green<\/span><\/strong>, University of San Francisco (MSTP-SURF, 2010)
Eliseo Rivas<\/span><\/strong>, UC San Diego (MSTP-SURF, 2011)
Hannes Buck<\/span><\/strong>, Amherst College (MSTP-SURF, 2012 & 2013)
Jasmine Kyung<\/span><\/strong>, UC San Diego (2012-2013)
Cattien Phan<\/span><\/strong>, UC San Diego (2013-2014)
Stefany Rubio<\/span><\/strong>, San Diego State University (Pharmacology-SURF, 2014)
Keaira Thornton<\/span><\/strong>, Norfolk State University (MSTP-SURF, 2014)
Consuelo Sauceda<\/span><\/strong>, San Marcos State University (STARS, 2014)
Jeffrey Liang<\/span><\/strong>, UC San Diego (2012-2015)
Francisco Mendez<\/span><\/strong>, UC San Diego (IMSD, 2012-2015)
Luisa Coronel<\/span><\/strong>, UC San Diego (IMSD, 2013-2015)
Jasmine Kyung<\/strong>, UC San Diego (Pharm SURF, 2015)
Francisco Peralta<\/strong>, San Diego City College (IRACDA SURF, 2016)
Mauricio Marquez Palencia<\/strong>, San Diego City College & UC San Diego (MSTP-SURF 2015, IMSD 2015-2017)
Celyne Moh<\/strong>, UC San Diego (2015-2017)
Julia Li<\/strong>, UC San Diego (2015-2017)
Rachan Narala<\/strong>, UC San Diego (Regents Scholar, Eureka Scholar, Pharm SURF 2014-2018)
Serena Pang<\/strong>, UC San Diego (2017-2018)
Elias Contrubis<\/strong>, Vassar College (Pharm SURF, 2018)
Hilda Mejia Pena<\/strong>, San Diego City College & UC San Diego (IRACDA SURF 2016, IMSD 2016-2019)
Metztli Cisneros<\/strong>, UC San Diego (IMSD 2017-2019, UC TRDRP Cornelius Hopper Supplement, Pharm SURF 2018)
Alexa Valladolid<\/strong>, UC San Diego (IMSD 2018-2019)
Talia Elliott<\/strong>, UC San Diego (2017-2020)
Victoria Turcotte<\/strong>, UC San Diego (2019-2020)
Logan Chinn<\/strong>, UC San Diego (2018-2020)
Ivette Roca-Mercado<\/strong>, UC San Diego (IMSD 2019-2020)
Alexis Garcia<\/strong>, San Diego City College (IRACDA SURF, 2019-2020)
Robertha Amezola<\/strong>, UC San Diego (2019-2020)
Jose Adame<\/strong>, UC San Diego (IMSD 2019-present)
Yanet Olvera<\/strong>, Palomar College, CSU San Marcos (STEMULATE, 2021)
Jennifer Osuna<\/strong>, Imperial Valley College, UC Riverside (STEMULATE, 2021)
Mekdelawit Yitayih<\/strong>, UC San Diego (PATHS and TRELS Scholar, 2022-2023)
Marissa Yu<\/strong>, UC San Diego (2021-2023)
Michelle Gonzalez Rodas<\/strong>, UC San Diego (2021-2024)
Chloe Edwards<\/strong>, UC San Diego (PHARM SURF, 2022-2024)
Nam Nguyen<\/strong>, UC San Diego (2023, TRELS Scholar, 2023)
Calvin Luu<\/strong>, UC San Diego (2023-present)
Tyler Simi<\/strong>, UC San Diego (2024-present)
Hannah Higa<\/strong>, UC San Diego (2024-present)
Xiaoyi Yan<\/strong>, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzen (2024, visiting scholar)<\/p>\n\n\n

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