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OUR TEAM

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Mikella Robinson, PhD

Research Specialist

Sarah Bernhardt, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar

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Omar Lujano

Luis Cruz

PhD candidate

PhD candidate

Cecilia Gallo

MS student

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Megan Keene

PhD student

Greg Jordan

PhD student

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Sofia Howe

PhD student

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Dishant Vandra

Undergraduate

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Cassie Brenner

MS student

Harshada Sapre

MS student

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Isabella Amador

Undergraduate

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Lexi Pero

Undergraduate

Mena Shammas

Undergraduate

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Madison Oogjen

Undergraduate

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Emily Rodriguez

Undergraduate

Daniela Cruz

Undergraduate

House Lab Alumni

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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

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Darren Lighter, MS

Senior Research Associate

Epic Sciences

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Alexa Fernandez

Postbaccalaureate

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Sam Gilbert, MS, MPH

Lab Manager, Research Specialist

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Steffy Mathew

QC Analyst, Cepheid

Mia Hedrick

Evan Kordovi

Katelyn Shelby

Emily Kogan

Undergraduate

Undergraduate

Research Associate, Biolegend

PhD student, UC Santa Cruz

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Undergraduate

Natalie Moghadam

Emily Mu, MS

Now Research Associate II, Genentech

Denay Stevenson, MS

Now Associate Scientist, Vividion Therapeutics

Ixchel Urbano

Research Assistant, Calibr

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Jacqueline Lara, MS

Now Research Associate II at

City of Hope

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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

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Logan Alexander

Now in Medical School

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Sam Green

Postbaccalaureate Intern

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Omid Patrus

Now in Podiatric Medical School

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Alex Horkowitz, MS

Now a PhD student at GWU

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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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