Lab Members
Graduate Students Undergraduate Students
Patrick Allen Kenny Calderon
Andrew Buckley Aaron Chavarria
Karen Chan Jordan Cook
Jonathan Godinez Suchuna Gurung
Cullen Lewis Jonathan Gutierrez
Josh Mercado Michael Lam
Laura Shin Jubilee Munozvilla
Ashley Yip Nicole Paz-Bracamonte
Hannah Ramirez
Merin Rixen
Amanda Sibayan
Isabelle Yardumian
Lab Alumni & Post-Graduation Position
Graduate Students
• Nathan Alade [2012-2015 (undergraduate); 2015-2017 (graduate)] - PhD student at the University of Washington, Department of
Pharmaceutics
• Tim Chang (2016-2018) - Research scientist at Zymergen
• Weilee Chen (2012-2015) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Anh Colquhoun (2016-2018) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Alex Colla (2012-2015) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Marvin Huynhle (2012-2014) - Graduated with MS in Biology from the CSULB Biology Dept.
• Chris Khoury (2014-2017) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Julie Heejin Park (2016-2020) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Phillippe Ly (2017-2020) - PhD student at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Department of Biochemistry
• Lee Macklin (2017-2020) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Nessa Seangmany (2015-2016) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Elise van Fossen (2012-2015) - PhD student at Oregon State University, Department of Biochemistry
Undergraduate Students
• Adan Arizmendi (2018-2020; BUILD scholar) - Graduated with BS Microbiology degree
• Elvis Artega (2012-2014; HSI-STEM student) - UCLA medical school
• Karlo Aritga (2015-2017; HSI-STEM student) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Bess Bischoco (2013-2015; President's Scholar) - Medical school at Western University of Health Sciences
• Ana Chan (2015-2016) - Graduated with BS Biochemistry degree - working Southern California
• Noel Chau (2015-2019) - PhD student at Michigan State University in Chemistry
• Caly Chu (2018-2019) - Graduated with BS Biochemistry degree - working Southern California
• Aziel Coronel (2015-2017) - Graduated with BS Biochemistry degree - working Southern California
• Nixon Corpuz (2013-2014) - Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program at Loma Linda University
• Helen Dinh (2016-2018; MARC U*STAR scholar) - Nurse in Orange County and pursuing Doctorate of Nursing Practice
• Abraham Flores (2017-2019) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Jeannette Gonzalez (2013-2016; HSI-STEM student) - Pharmacy school at Western University of Health Sciences
• Catherine Lee (2019-2020) - Pharmacy school at University of Southern California
• Christian Loo (2016-2019; BUILD Associate, MARC U*STAR scholar) - PhD student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics program at
the University of Pennsylvania
• Genessis Mercado (2013-2015) - Completed BS degree in Biochemistry - working Southern California
• Nicholas Nieto (2015-2017; HSI-STEM student and BUILD Scholar) - PhD student in Biochemistry program at Iowa State University
• Anna Nguyen (2015-2016) - Graduated with BS Biochemistry degree - working Southern California
• Noelle Alexa Novales (2016-2019; BUILD Associate, RISE Fellow) - PhD student in the Biochemistry program at UCLA
• Tracy Osaji (2015-2016) - Pharmacy school at University of Southern California
• Bianca Pingul (2017-2019; RISE Fellow) - PhD student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics program at
the University of Pennsylvania
• Naomie Ranatunge (2016-2017) - Medical school at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
• Jennifer Ramirez (2015-2018 UROP, BUILD, MARC U*STAR scholar) - PhD student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics program at
the University of Pennsylvania
• Ashley Torres-Castro (2014-2016; HSI-STEM student) - Completed BS degree in Biochemistry
• Kevin Whitney (2016-2017) - Realtor in Orange County
• Martin Yau (2017-2019) - Scientist in the biotech industry in Northern California
• Uenah Yun (2019-2020) - Graduated with a BS Health Sciences degree
Postbaccalurate Students
• Vannalyn Abille (2013-2014) - Graduate Student at the University of Georgia
• Kristine de Leon (2013-2014) - Graduate Student at The Ohio State University
• Sheila Panez (2016-2017) - Graduate Student at UC Irvine
Patrick Allen Kenny Calderon
Andrew Buckley Aaron Chavarria
Karen Chan Jordan Cook
Jonathan Godinez Suchuna Gurung
Cullen Lewis Jonathan Gutierrez
Josh Mercado Michael Lam
Laura Shin Jubilee Munozvilla
Ashley Yip Nicole Paz-Bracamonte
Hannah Ramirez
Merin Rixen
Amanda Sibayan
Isabelle Yardumian
Lab Alumni & Post-Graduation Position
Graduate Students
• Nathan Alade [2012-2015 (undergraduate); 2015-2017 (graduate)] - PhD student at the University of Washington, Department of
Pharmaceutics
• Tim Chang (2016-2018) - Research scientist at Zymergen
• Weilee Chen (2012-2015) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Anh Colquhoun (2016-2018) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Alex Colla (2012-2015) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Marvin Huynhle (2012-2014) - Graduated with MS in Biology from the CSULB Biology Dept.
• Chris Khoury (2014-2017) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Julie Heejin Park (2016-2020) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Phillippe Ly (2017-2020) - PhD student at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Department of Biochemistry
• Lee Macklin (2017-2020) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Nessa Seangmany (2015-2016) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Elise van Fossen (2012-2015) - PhD student at Oregon State University, Department of Biochemistry
Undergraduate Students
• Adan Arizmendi (2018-2020; BUILD scholar) - Graduated with BS Microbiology degree
• Elvis Artega (2012-2014; HSI-STEM student) - UCLA medical school
• Karlo Aritga (2015-2017; HSI-STEM student) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Bess Bischoco (2013-2015; President's Scholar) - Medical school at Western University of Health Sciences
• Ana Chan (2015-2016) - Graduated with BS Biochemistry degree - working Southern California
• Noel Chau (2015-2019) - PhD student at Michigan State University in Chemistry
• Caly Chu (2018-2019) - Graduated with BS Biochemistry degree - working Southern California
• Aziel Coronel (2015-2017) - Graduated with BS Biochemistry degree - working Southern California
• Nixon Corpuz (2013-2014) - Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program at Loma Linda University
• Helen Dinh (2016-2018; MARC U*STAR scholar) - Nurse in Orange County and pursuing Doctorate of Nursing Practice
• Abraham Flores (2017-2019) - Scientist in the biotech industry
• Jeannette Gonzalez (2013-2016; HSI-STEM student) - Pharmacy school at Western University of Health Sciences
• Catherine Lee (2019-2020) - Pharmacy school at University of Southern California
• Christian Loo (2016-2019; BUILD Associate, MARC U*STAR scholar) - PhD student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics program at
the University of Pennsylvania
• Genessis Mercado (2013-2015) - Completed BS degree in Biochemistry - working Southern California
• Nicholas Nieto (2015-2017; HSI-STEM student and BUILD Scholar) - PhD student in Biochemistry program at Iowa State University
• Anna Nguyen (2015-2016) - Graduated with BS Biochemistry degree - working Southern California
• Noelle Alexa Novales (2016-2019; BUILD Associate, RISE Fellow) - PhD student in the Biochemistry program at UCLA
• Tracy Osaji (2015-2016) - Pharmacy school at University of Southern California
• Bianca Pingul (2017-2019; RISE Fellow) - PhD student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics program at
the University of Pennsylvania
• Naomie Ranatunge (2016-2017) - Medical school at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
• Jennifer Ramirez (2015-2018 UROP, BUILD, MARC U*STAR scholar) - PhD student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics program at
the University of Pennsylvania
• Ashley Torres-Castro (2014-2016; HSI-STEM student) - Completed BS degree in Biochemistry
• Kevin Whitney (2016-2017) - Realtor in Orange County
• Martin Yau (2017-2019) - Scientist in the biotech industry in Northern California
• Uenah Yun (2019-2020) - Graduated with a BS Health Sciences degree
Postbaccalurate Students
• Vannalyn Abille (2013-2014) - Graduate Student at the University of Georgia
• Kristine de Leon (2013-2014) - Graduate Student at The Ohio State University
• Sheila Panez (2016-2017) - Graduate Student at UC Irvine