PEOPLE
Current Lab Members
Fall 2023
Faculty & Research Staff
Gabriela Ortiz Soto
Postdoctoral FellowNIH Diversity Supplement AwardeeASCB MAC FRED Fellow
Graduate Students
Matt Wallace
M.S. Student
Kyaw Thway
Y2 Ph.D. Student (Baylor)
Leticia Testa
Y2 Ph.D. Student
Elizabeth Ortiz
Y2 Ph.D. Student
Undergraduates
Paulina Yao
Sophomore
Abigail Terry
Sophomore
Carolyn Rentz
Junior
Joyce Wang
Junior
Raynah Cheng
Sophomore
Colton Johnson
Junior
Nathan Stettin
Sophomore
Rotation Students
 Where are our alumni now?
Laurelin Wolfenden (undergraduate) - research assistant at City of Hope
Brandon Wallace (undergraduate) - Doctor of Podiatry in 2017
Anaamika Campeau (post-graduate) - PhD in 2021 (UCSD), MD student at USC
Bryant Oliva (undergraduate) - Physician Assistant
Homa Hemmati (post-graduate) - research associate at Boundless Bio
Megan Agajanian (graduate student) - PhD in 2021 (UNC Chapel Hill), HHMI Gilliam Fellow, postdoc at Stanford, HHMI Leading Edge Fellow
Caroline Arellano-Garcia (undergraduate) - PhD student at Stanford
Armen Gharibi (graduate student) - research tech at Thermo Fisher
Alex Chang (undergraduate) - MD in 2020
Justin Molnar (graduate student) - research technician at Amgen
Malachia Hoover (graduate student) - PhD in 2023 (Stanford)
Yvess Adamian (graduate student) - research technician at Hema Care
Erika Duell (undergraduate) - PsyD student at Alliance
Kayla Meade (graduate student) - research technician at Kite Pharma
Preston Shisgal (graduate student) - research technician at Amgen
Sarkis Hamalian (graduate student) - research technician at Hema Care
Luke Lee (post-graduate) - MD student at Hofstra Medical School
Sa La Kim (graduate student) - research technician at Kite Pharma
Analine Aguayo (undergraduate) - PhD student at UCSD
Yasmeen Nizam (undergraduate) - MD student at CUSM
Robert Guth, PhD (postdoctoral fellow)
Carolina Gonzalez (undergraduate) - MS student at CSUN
Nathalie Nadales (undergraduate) - MS student at CPP
Analine Aguayo - PhD student at UCSD, HHMI Gilliam Fellow
Cameron Geller (graduate student) - PhD student at UCI
Francesca Sanchez (graduate student) - research technician at Capsida
Nina Haindl (visiting scientist) - MS student in Germany
Audrey Todd (undergraduate) - MD student at Stanford
Luke Tomaneng (undergraduate) - PhD student at Baylor
Seok White, PhD (postdoctoral fellow) - research staff at Cedars Sinai
Albert Aquino (graduate student) - research staff at Cedars Sinai
Joshua Gamez (graduate student) - research staff at Cedars Sinai
Farhana Runa, PhD (postdoctoral fellow)
Amir Gerami (medical student) - internship
Ranel Tuplano (undergraduate) - PhD student at UC Berkeley
Jane Cox (undergraduate)