Members

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Dr. Aparna Subramaniam, PhD (Project Scientist) (04/2012-12/2013) (email:apsprasad@gmail.com)

Eric Chung (Student/Research Associate) (01/2011-08/2012) (email: ericchungw@gmail.com)

Dr. Vidhya Kanagavel, MBBS (Postdoctoral Fellow) (01/2013- 06/2014) (email: vidhyavaithi@yahoo.com)

Dr. Songyang Ren, MD. PhD. (02/2012-12/2014) (Project Scientist) (email: songyangren@yahoo.com).

Dr. Weidong Xiong, MD. (08/2012-06/2015) (Project Scientist) (email: Weidong.Xiong@cshs.org).

Dr. Joseph Ignatius Irudhayam, PhD. (Postdoctoral Fellow) (08/2012-2016) (email: josephmicrobiology@gmail.com).

Deisy Contreras, PhD (URM) (2012-2017) (Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow) (email: DAContreras@mednet.ucla.edu).

Laura Martinez, PhD (URM) (Postdoctoral Fellow) (07/2016-10/2018) (email: LauraMartinez@mednet.ucla.edu)

Joseph Ignatius Irudayam PhD, (Project Scientist) (06/2021-06/2022) (email: joseph.gcdaman@gmail.com)

Swati Dubey PhD, (Postdoctoral Fellow) (02/2022-02/2023) (email: SDubey@mednet.ucla.edu)

Nate Price, (SRA1) (01/2013-2023) (email: nateprice@g.ucla.edu)

Subbu Balakrishnan, (Postdoctoral Fellow) (11/2022-2023) (email: SBalakrishnan@mednet.ucla.edu)

Sankara Naynar Palani (Postdoctoral Fellow) (03/2023-2024) (email: SPalani@mednet.ucla.edu)

Maria Daskou (06/2023-2024) (Postdoctoral Fellow) (email: MDaskou@mednet.ucla.edu)

Nicholas Ten (Yale University, BS) (2013 summer). (email: nicholas.ten@yale.edu)

Vivek Pandrangi (Washington University, BS) (2012 and 2013, summer). (email:vivekp2332@gmail.com))

Justine Ko (UCLA, BS) (08/2011-08/2013) (email: Justinejko@gmail.com)

Esther Ra (URM) (UCLA, BS) (11/2012-08/2013) (email: eraa93@gmail.com)

Stacy Hu (UCLA, BS) (01/2011-08/2012) (email: stacyninahu@gmail.com)

Karen Cheng (UCLA, BS) (06/2012-12/2012) (email: karen.y.cheng@ucla.edu)

Tifres Kraft (Santa Monica Community College, BS) (08/2012-06/2014) (tiferes.kraft@gmail.com)

Jane Kane (UCLA, BS) (11/2012-2016) (email: janejkang@ucla.edu)

Jason Nefalar (UCLA, BS) (01/2015-2016) (email: jnefalar1337@gmail.com)

Masumi Padhye (UCLA, BS) (11/2015-2017) (email: masumip@g.ucla.edu)

Sara Beshara (UCLA, BS) (11/2017-08/2019) (email: sarabeshara@hotmail.com)

Zeina Haidar (UCLA, BS) (11/2017-03/2018) (email: zhaidar@ucla.edu)

Rishikesh Kayathi (UCLA, BS) (01/2018-03/2018) (email: rishi721@ucla.edu)

Sophia Paiola (URM) (UCLA, BS) (11/2018-2021) (email: sophiap@g.ucla.edu)

Priya Gyani (URM) (UCLA, BS) (11/2018-2021) (email: gyanipriya17@gmail.com)

Christina Chang (UCLA, BS) (07/2021-2022) (email: cmchang62@g.ucla.edu).

Nate Price (UCLA, BS) (07/2021-2023) (email: nateprice@g.ucla.edu).

Amirhossein Fanaei (URM) (UCLA, BS) (10/2021-2022) (email: afanaei@g.ucla.edu)

Sebastian Castillo (UCLA, BS) (11/2019-2022) (email: sebastiancast26@gmail.com)

Ephrem Gerald (UCLA, BS) (09/2023-2024) (email: ephremryan@gmail.com)

Akshaya Jayakarunakaran (UCLA, BS) (09/2023-2024) (email: akshayajaya19@gmail.com)

Aayushi Shah (URM) (UCLA, BS) (07/2022-2023) (email: aayushis@g.ucla.edu).

Ramya Paravastu (UCLA, BS) (07/2022-2024) (email: rparavastu@g.ucla.edu).

Lilly Fuller (UCLA, BS) (10/2023-2025) (email: lillybean701@gmail.com)