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Lab Alumni

Grad Students:

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Christian Casas

2020 - 2023 

Training: 
Undergraduate Studies, B.S. 
University of California, Davis (UCD) 
Department of Neurology, Physiology, and Behavior

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McKennah Goshgarian

2019 - 2021

Training: 
Undergraduate Studies, B.S.
San Diego State University (SDSU) 
Department of Nutrition 
Minor: Biology

Now:
Medical student
(Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences)

Undergraduate Students:

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Vanessa Sanchez

2022 - 2023

Now:  
Ph.D. student
(UC Merced)

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Lexie Haralson

2022 - 2023

 

Now:

Genetic Counseling Assistant 

University of Nebraska Medical Center

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Marcos Peech

2022 - 2023

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Samantha Smedshammer

2022 - 2023

Now:  
MS student
San Diego State University

 

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Lauren Matthews

2021 - 2022

Now:  
Research analyst 

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

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Grace Hazel

2021 - 2022

Now:
Research technician 

LGC, Biosearch Technologies

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Shu Ming (Annie) Huang

2021 - 2022

Now:
Research technician

Twist Biosciences

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Katlyn Benton

2021

Now:  
Biology Teacher, Wallenberg High School
(MS, University of San Francisco)

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Angelica Aguilar

2019 - 2021

Now:  
Research Associate

Conception Bio
(MS, SFSU/UCSF, Wendell Lim lab)

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Shayla Shahar

2019 - 2021

Now:  
MS student
San Diego State University, Scott Kelley :Lab

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Breanna Lee

2020 - 2021

Now:  
Pharmacy student
University of the Pacific

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Kayla Arce

2020 - 2021

Now:  
Laboratory Research Assistant

Breakthrough Genomics

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Alissa Padilla

2020 - 2021

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Marissa Cerros

2020 - 2021

Egret

Mary Gracy Antony

2020
Now: MS Student
San Francisco State University, Pleuni Pennings Lab

 

Sarah Broacha

Summer 2020
Visiting San Diego State Undergraduate

 

Lauren Frank

Spring 2020
Now: Physician's Assistant Student
Midwestern University

Research Assistants:

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Pingping (Joanna) Cai

2019 - 2023  

Training:    
Undergraduate Studies, B.S.    
San Francisco State University (SFSU)    
Department of Biology

Now: 
Research Associate 

Vicinitas Therapeutics

High School Students:

Allen Phuong, Casa Grande High School (Summer 2023); Undergraduate student (University of Pennsylvania)

Samv Ruk, Casa Grande High School (Summer 2023); Undergraduate student (UC Berkeley)

Luke Negri, Maria Carillo High School (Summer 2023)

Danya Ali, Maria Carillo High School (Summer 2022)

Sammy Coopersmith, Casa Grande High School (Summer 2022); Undergraduate student (Harvard University)

Julia Simon, Cardinal Newman High School (Summer 2022); Undergraduate student (Duke University)

Sabrina Piana Cervantes, Windsor High School (2019-2020); Undergraduate student (UC Santa Cruz)