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OUR TEAM
Sarah Bernhardt, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Omar Lujano
Luis Cruz
PhD candidate
PhD candidate
Cecilia Gallo
MS student
Megan Keene
PhD student
Greg Jordan
PhD student
Sofia Howe
PhD student
Dishant Vandra
Undergraduate
Cassie Brenner
MS student
Harshada Sapre
MS student
Isabella Amador
Undergraduate
Lexi Pero
Undergraduate
Mena Shammas
Undergraduate
Madison Oogjen
Undergraduate
Emily Rodriguez
Undergraduate
Daniela Cruz
Undergraduate
House Lab Alumni
Anna Platen
Visiting MS Scholar
Ryne Holmberg, PhD
Jenny Waters, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow at Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Cassidy Lucht, MS
Sofia Valencia
Undergraduate
Carolina Navarrete
Undergraduate
Emily Rodriguez
Undergraduate
Darren Lighter, MS
Senior Research Associate
Epic Sciences
Alexa Fernandez
Postbaccalaureate
Sam Gilbert, MS, MPH
Lab Manager, Research Specialist
Steffy Mathew
QC Analyst, Cepheid
Mia Hedrick
Evan Kordovi
Katelyn Shelby
Emily Kogan
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Research Associate, Biolegend
PhD student, UC Santa Cruz
Undergraduate
Natalie Moghadam
Emily Mu, MS
Now Research Associate II, Genentech
Denay Stevenson, MS
Now Associate Scientist, Vividion Therapeutics
Ixchel Urbano
Research Assistant, Calibr
Jacqueline Lara, MS
Now Research Associate II at
City of Hope
Morgan Johnson
Now Research Associate at UCSD
Savanna Cashell
Christine Wang
Now in PA school
Now Clinical Research Coordinator at UCSF
Julia Florenzano
Now in Nursing School
Logan Alexander
Now in Medical School
Sam Green
Postbaccalaureate Intern
Omid Patrus
Now in Podiatric Medical School
Alex Horkowitz, MS
Now a PhD student at GWU
Kimiya Banai
Valeria Ochoa Tinoco
Now undergraduate at USC
Now a Community Educator
Zinia Sarwar
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Now contract researcher at Leidos
TEAM ACHIEVEMENTS
Sofia Howe
SACNAS National Diversity in Stem Conference 2024
Best Graduate Poster Presentation in Life Sciences
Sofia Howe
President's Award
Poster Presentation, SDSU Student Symposium 2023
Omar Lujano
Dean's Award
Poster Presentation, SDSU Student Symposium, 2023
Mena Shammas
Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Poster Presentation, SDSU Student Symposium 2023
Megan Keene
Dean's Award
Poster Presentation, SDSU Student Symposium, 2023
Steffy Mathew
Summer 2022
Summer Undergraduate Research Award
Omar Lujano
SACNAS National Diversity in Stem Conference 2022
Best Graduate Oral Presentation in Cancer Biology
Omar Lujano
CSU-ICM 2022
Best Graduate Oral Presentation
Luis Cruz
CSU-ICM 2022
Best Graduate Poster Presentation
Mikella Robinson
CSU-ICM 2022
Best Postdoctoral Oral Presentation
Luis Cruz
Fall 2022
CIRM Predoctoral Fellowship
Luis Cruz
Fall 2022
Prebys Biomedical Research Endowed Scholarship
Omar Lujano
Fall 2022
Prebys Biomedical Research Endowed Scholarship
Luis Cruz
Fall 2021
Prebys Biomedical Research Endowed Scholarship
Omar Lujano
Fall 2021
Rees-Stealy Research Foundation Fellowship
Ixchel Urbano
Summer 2021
Summer Undergraduate Research Award
Jenny Waters
Spring 2021
President's Award
SDSU Student Research Symposium
Jenny Waters
Spring 2020
ThermoFisher Cancer Research Foundation Oncomine Grant
Jackie Lara
Winter 2020
1st place poster presentation
CSU-ICM Virtual Conference
Jennifer Waters
Fall 2021
Awarded ARCS scholarship
Omar Lujano
Spring 2021
Awarded SDSU University Graduate Fellowship!
Jenny Waters
Spring 2021
Rees-Stealy Research Foundation Fellowship
Jackie Lara
Spring 2020
Frontiers in Stem Cells and Cancer
Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta GA
Valeria Ochoa
Spring 2019
Dean's Award
SDSU Student Research Symposium
Valeria Ochoa and Kimiya Banai
Summer 2019
Summer Undergraduate Research Award
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