First Years

Vedant Balu
B.S., Physiological Science (2024) - University of California, Los Angeles
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Jayleen Bell
B.S., Neuroscience (2024) - University of California, Los Angeles
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Christian Capuno
B.S., Biological Science (2023) - California State University, Stanislaus
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Casandra Chamorro
B.A., Gender Studies (2022) - University of California, Los Angeles
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Tony Chen
B.S., Physiological Science (2024) - University of California, Los Angeles
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Janette Fletcher
B.S., Cognitive Neuroscience and Behavior (2023) - University of California, Berkeley
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Mackenna Kahan
B.S., Nutritional Science (2023) - University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Anita Liu
B.S., Physiological Science & Neuroscience (2023) - University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis: | Behavioral Neuroscience |

Gaven Mann
B.S., Accounting (2021) - Brigham Young University
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Rosalizbeth Martinez
B.S., Physiological Science (2024) - University of California, Los Angeles
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Aarya Mishra
B.S., Biology (2024) - University of San Francisco
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Elle Nawrocki
B.S., Biology (2024) - University of California, Los Angeles
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Donovan Nelson
B.S., Physiological Science (2024) - University of California, Los Angeles
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Lilit Ohanian
B.S., Physiological Science (2024) - University of California, Los Angeles
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Abhas Rajhans
B.S., Neuroscience (2024) - University of California, Los Angeles
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Sera Shahbazian
B.S., Physiological Science (2024) - University of California, Los Angeles
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Gabriella Sigal
B.S., Physiological Science (2024) - University of California, Los Angeles
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Gemma Stark
B.S., Biology (2023) - California Lutheran University
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Second Years

Mohammad Afsharinia
B.Sc., Genetics (2018) - Shahid Bahonar University; MSc., Bioinformatics (2021) - Tarbiat Modares University
Thesis: | Muscular Dystrophy |

Jackson Alga-Sheriff
B.S., Physiological Science (2023) - University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis: | Traumatic brain injury |

Hannah Azadi
B.S., Physiological Science (2023) - University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis: | Neuroendocrinology |

Maryam Ghasemi
Doctor of Medicine (2019) - Guilan University of Medical Sciences
Thesis: | Microbiome |

Jie Ji
B.S., Molecular and Cellular Biology (2023) - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thesis: | The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis |

Jamie Lee
B.S., Physiological Science (2023) - University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis: | Cardiology |

Noah Liberty
B.S., Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology (2023) - University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis: | Sleep Homeostasis and Circadian Genes |

Louise Lin
B.S., Physiological Science (2023) - University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis: | The effect of the loss of the Reelin pathway on the olfactory system |

Jiajia Liu
B.S., Physiology (2021) - The University of Arizona
Thesis: | Col18a1 in the heart |

Hailey Qasawadish
B.S., Physiological Science (2023) - University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis: | Systems Biology, Cardio-metabolic Diseases |

Ziwei Qiu
B.S., Cell Biology (2023) - University of California, Davis
Thesis: | Single-cell RNA seuqence |

Cindy Quang
B.A., Molecular and Cell Biology & B.S., Nutritional Science - Toxicology (2021) - University of California, Berkeley
Thesis: | Cell-type-specific secretome profiling |

Nathan Robbins
B.S., Physiological Science (2023) - University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis: | Neuroendocrinology |

Daisy Sarmiento
B.S., Health and Exercise Science (2023) - Wake Forest Universtiy
Thesis: | Vocal learning in songbirds (zebra finch) |

Andrea Simonian
B.S., Physiological Science (2023) - University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis: | Cancer Cell Mechanobiology |

Ojaswini Suryavanshi
B.S., Biology (2022) - California State University, Los Angeles
Thesis: | Learning and Memory |

Danielle Torralba
B.S., Physiological Science (2023) - University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis: | Immunology |

Darren Wijaya
B.S., Biochemistry (2023) - University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis: | Molecular Toxicology/Systems Biology |

Richard Yan
B.A., Chemistry (2023) - Michigan State University
Thesis: | Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy |
Continuing Students

Michelle Ma
B.S., Physiological Science & Neuroscience (2022) - University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis: | Cerebral Palsy, satellite cells |