Lab Alumni
Postdoctoral Researchers
- Ann-Sofie Cans, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Chalmers University
- Liane Slaughter, Ph.D. – Owner and Consultant at Clear Water Science Consulting, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR
- Mirelis Santos Cancel, Ph.D.
- Nako Nakatsuka, Ph.D. – Senior Scientist, Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, ETH Zürich
- Wei-Ssu Liao, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Chemistry at National Taiwan University
Graduate Student Alumni
- Amit Vaish, Ph.D. (2011) – Senior Scientist- Discovery Analytical Sciences, Amgen , Thousand Oak, CA
- Beth Ann Luellen, Ph.D. (2005) – Freelance Science Writer
- Brendan S. Beikmann, Ph.D. (2014) – Science Instructor at the Webb School, Claremont, CA
- Chuanzhen Zhao, Ph.D. (2020) – Postdoctoral Associate at Stanford University with Prof. Zhenan Bao.
- Eric L. Unger, Ph.D.(2004) – Assistant Professor of Biology, Associate Professor of Biology and Director of Neuroscience, Lebanon Valley College, Annville PA
- Huan H. Cao, Ph.D. (2015) – Thin Films Module Engineer at Intel, Hillsboro, OR
- Kevin M. Cheung, Ph.D (2019). – Postdoctoral researcher in the Park Research Group at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Matthew E. Szapacs, Ph.D. (2004) – Principal Scientist, Glaxo Smith Kline, King of Prussia, PA Associate Director of Bioanalytical and Toxicology at Larimar Therapeutics Inc., Bala Cynwyd, PA
- Mitchell J. Schuster, Ph.D. – Consultant, Knowledgent, Warren, NJ
- Sarawut Cheunkar, Ph.D. (2013) – Lecturer at the School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut’s University of Technology ,Thonburi, Thailand Amanda J. Bressler, Ph.D. (2011)
- Stefan Pajtek, Ph.D – Instructor in Biology, Harper College, Palatine, IL
- Stefanie C. Altieri, Ph.D (2013). – Postdoctoral researcher at the Rangos Research Center at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Quality Data Analytics Expert at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA
- T. Lee Gilman Ph.D (2013). – Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH
- Tiffany A. Mathews, Ph.D. (2003) – Coordinator for Women in Engineering Program Program Co-Director for Education & Outreach, NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, Center for Nanoscale Science at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
- Walter P. Jackson, III, Ph.D. – Biomedical Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA Postdoctoral Fellow at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Wenfei Liu, Ph.D. (2021)
- Xiomara A. Perez, Ph.D. (2004)- Research Neuroscientist, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA, Scientific Consultant at Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Newark, CA
- Yogesh Singh, Ph.D. (2011) – Process Engineer, Intel Corporation, Hillboro, OR
Undergraduates Alumni
- Adam L. Numis – received M.D. from Harvard University, residency at University of California, San Francisco, Pediatric Neurology at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital
- Alexandra R. Lewis – studying Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University
- Ashley L. Gibb – Strategy Lead at X, the Moonshot Factory
- Brandon Yoshida (2017) – graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in Chemistry and is attending the University of Southern California Medical School
- Brittany Harris – working as a CNA before attending medical school for psychiatry
- Brooke B. Osborne (2013) – recently graduated from Colorado State University with Master’s in Environmental Science, received Ph.D. in Ecology from Brown University
- Chibueze A. Ihunnah – Ph.D., DABT in Pharmacology at University of Pittsburgh currently Pharmacologist/Toxicologist at FDA
- Chloe Purgason (2015) – Critical Care Registered Nurse at UCLA Health
- Christian M. Squillante
- Christopher K. Materese – received Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of North Carolina, Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA Ames Astrophysics & Astrochemistry Laboratory
- Cindy Cheng is a Ph.D. student at the UCLA Molecular Biology Institute in the Eisenberg Lab
- Claudia A. Rodriguez
- Corey M. McCann – entered M.D./Ph.D. program at Harvard University
- Daniel J. Ramos – received M.D. from UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Dawn E. Rupp
- Douglas L. Sheridan – received Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Yale University, now R&D Program Lead at Rallybio
- Dr. Brian Ezekian is an Abdominal Transplant Fellow at the University of Toronto and Toronto General Hospital
- Drew Kiraly, M.D., Ph.D. is currently Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Icahn School of Medicine Mt. Sinai
- Drumil Bhatt (2015) – received M.D. from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and is now Resident Doctor at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
- Eric D. Horowitz – Ph.D. in Chemistry from Georgia Tech, currently Director of Analytical Development at Akouos
- Erin J. Steck – Research Scientist at DuPont
- Francesca Engel M.D. was Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Director of Women’s Health and Associate Chief of Primary Care at the Philadelphia VA Hospital. She is currently enjoying her private psychiatry practice.
- George M. Jawahar
- Hannah Cheung – graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in Neuroscience and is now joining the Peace Corps
- Hannah J. O’Brien (2012) – currently an emergency department technician at St John’s Health Center
- Jacqueline F. Morris – received Ph.D. in Neuropharmacology from University of Pennsylvania
- Jason B. Ochroch – Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
- Jeffrey A. Lee (2014) – graduated from UCLA with B.S. in Biochemistry
- Jeffrey Xu (2012) – graduated from UCLA with B.S. in Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology
- John E. McManigle – pursuing an M.D. at Duke University and a Ph.D. at Oxford University
- Julia Brock
- Katherine Sixt – received Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology from Johns Hopkins Medicine, Postdoctoral Fellow at National Cancer Institute
- Kaycee M. Hulet – completed degree in International and Family Law at Brigham Young University
- Kenneth J. Sowinski
- Kristen E. Seabright – Senior Medical Writer at AXIOM Professional Health Learning
- Laura B. Taylor – received M.D. from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, currently a Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at Keck School of Medicine of USC
- Lauren E. Sawarynski – recently graduated from Yale‘s Physician Associate Program, currently working as P.A. in Hartford, CT
- Lindsey M. Schneider
- Lisa U. Dudek – currently a Ph.D. student in Chemistry & Biochemistry at UCLA
- Marimar D. Aponte – received a Ph.D. in Immunology from University of Pittsburgh
- Michelle Martinez-Rivera – currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Pasha Dabiri (2012) – graduated from UCLA with B.S. in Psychobiology
- Rahul Iyer – graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and is currently a Ph.D. student in eerlectrical engineering and computer science in the Pilawa Research Group at Berkeley, Fall 2019
- Robert S. Bridges – graduate school in Pharmacology at Columbia University
- Rosa Nguyen
- Roya Nezarati – received a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Texas A&M
- Seerat Chawla
- Shoba A. Belegundu – received a Ph.D. at University of Cincinnati
- Tara N. Chrzanowski – currently a Research Scientist at MPI Research
- Vicky Wang is currently a research associate at Cedars-Sinai
- Weiye Dai is a M.Sc. student in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology at USC in the Bonnin Lab
- William Perdomo
- Woonwoo R. Choi (2014) – graduated from UCLA with B.S. in Neurosciencenow R&D Program Lead at Rallybio