Former Lab Members
Name |
Position |
Research Project |
Current Position |
| Brenda Abarca, M.D. | Undergraduate Researcher | Cell culture | Psychiatry Resident at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center |
| Ryan Saleh Atlasi, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Characterization of anti-SOD1 antibodies | Dental Student, University of Pennsylvania Dental School |
| Aida Attar, Ph.D. | Graduate Student | Investigation of molecular tweezers in vivo | Senior Manager, New Product Commercialization, Neurocrine Biosciences, San Diego |
| Reena Bakshi, M.D. | Undergraduate Researcher | Investigation of molecular tweezers in vitro | General Surgery Resident at Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY |
| Shweta Balakrishnan, M.P.H. | Undergraduate Researcher | Characterization of anti-oligomer antibodies | Director of Operations, CVS Health |
| Karl Biggs, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher, Lab Assistant | Structure-activity studies of α-synuclein, development of novel assays for phosphorykated α-synuclein | Graduate student at Dartmouth University |
| Jackie (Bucher) Brogan, M.D. | Undergraduate Researcher | Characterization of anti-Aβ aptamers | Dermatologist, Coronado, CA |
| Elaine Ann Cara, M.M.P. | Undergraduate Researcher | Cell culture | |
| Wai-Ting (Coco) Chan |
Visiting Undergraduate Researcher from Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentistry Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, United Kingdom |
Pharmacology of molecular tweezers | Fitness Trainer, LIGHTS//OUT Boxing Club, Hong Kong |
| Sueksitt (Prem) Chantanapumma | Undergraduate Researcher | Structural studies of α-synuclein and its interaction with molecular tweezers | |
| David Cho | Undergraduate Researcher | Investigation of C-terminal fragments of Aβ42 in vitro |
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| Christian Corrales, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Studies of SOD1 activity and self-assembly | MSTP (MD/PhD) student, UCLA |
| Jing Di, M.D., Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Investigation of the effect of molecular tweezers on tau in vitro and in vivo |
Senior Research Scientist, Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington |
| Suman Dutta, Ph.D. | Assistant Project Scientist | Biomarkers in CNS-originating exosomes |
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| Andrew Fithian, B.S. | Research Associate | Methionine-sulfoxide in familial Alzheimer's disease | Research Associate at Prometheus Laboratories |
| Christine Fontanilla, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Investigation of molecular tweezers in an ALS mouse model | |
| Jane Hayes, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Biochemical analysis molecular tweezers in vivo | Operations Manager, Rose Rocket, Toronto |
| Ian Hurst, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Effect of assembly inhibitors on Aβ aggregation in the presence of Zn2+ | Law student, University of Virginia |
| Ella Ishaaya, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Transthyretin Oligomerization | Medical Student, Drexel University Medical School |
| Juka Kim, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Development of an inhibitor screening method using PICUP | Medical Student, UCLA |
| Adira Kruayatidee, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Development of an inhibitor screening method using PICUP | |
| Pei-Yi Kuo, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Investigation of C-terminal fragments of Aβ42 in cell culture | |
| Otmane Lahgui, MBA, M.S. | Research Associate | Brain biomarkers measurement in serum and plasma | |
| KaiChyuan Lei | Undergraduate Researcher | Characterization of molecular tweezers biological activity | Board certified dentist in Periodontology and Implant Dentistry, Los Angeles |
| Huiyuan Li, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Synthesis and characterization of Aβ42 C-terminal fragments in vitro and in cell culture | Research Scientist III, Nitto Denko Avecia Inc., Milford, MA |
| Tina Li, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Development of methods for immunoprecipitation of specific CNS exosome groups | |
| Xingyi Li, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Analysis of oxidative stress in human brain | |
| Zizheng Li, M.S. | Visiting Graduate Researcher | Investigation of molecular tweezers and their interaction with tau | Research Associate, UC San Francisco |
| Jessica Liu, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Investigation of molecular tweezers in cell culture | |
| Tanya Liu, B.A., M.S. | Research Associate | Investigation of molecular tweezers in vivo | Director - US Value & Access - Dupixent, Sanofi Genzyme |
| Devin Loewenstein, M.D. | Undergraduate Researcher | Characterization of anti-Aβ aptamers | Cardiology Fellow, Loyola University Medical Center, Chicago |
| Dahabada Lopes, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow, Assistant Researcher | Investigation of molecular tweezers in vitro and in cell culture | |
| Katherine Maina, B.A. | Lab Assistant | Biomarkers in CNS-originating exosomes | Project Manager, Massachusetts General Hospital |
| Panchanan Maiti, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Structure–activity studies of Aβ | Research Scientist, Ascension St. Mary's, Saginaw, Michigan |
| Ravinder Malik, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Drug and biomarker development for ALS | Postdoctoral fellow, Rochelle Crosbie's lab, UCLA |
| Ghattas Malki, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Immunohistochemical analysis of molecular tweezers in a mouse model of tauopathy | Medical student, UC San Diego |
| Ashley Mason, B.S. | Research Associate | Inhibition and enhancement of Aβ toxicity | Graduate student, University of Virginia |
| Roy McReynolds III, B.S. | Graduate Student | The role of astrocytes in early-stage Alzheimer's disease | Graduate student, Hinman Lab, UCLA |
| Helen (Lin Hui) Meng. B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Immunohistochemistry in ALS and tauopathy mouse models | Medical Student, Touro University California |
| Kirsten (McDaniel) Nau, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Investigation of molecular tweezers in vitro | IRB Reliance & hSCRO Senior Analyst, UC Irvine |
| Shivina Mittal, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher, Research Associate | Investigation of molecular tweezers in cell culture | Product Manager, Practice Fusion, San Francisco |
| Bernhard Monien, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Synthesis and characterization of Aβ42 C-terminal fragments in vitro | Senior Scientist, Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Dept. of Food Safety, Berlin, Germany |
| Kazuma Murakami, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Generation and characterization of anti-Aβ aptamers | Associate Professor, Kyoto University |
| Gayatri Nair, M.S. | Research Associate | Investigation of molecular tweezers in cell culture | Staff Research Associate, UCLA |
| Maggie (Amelia) Navarro | Undergraduate Researcher | Aggregation of α-synuclein variants | |
| Mona Nejad, DDS | Undergraduate Researcher | Behavioral analysis of a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease | Dentist, Torrance, CA |
| Angela Nguyen | Undergraduate Researcher | Mehionine oxidation in Alzheimer's disease | Medical Assistant at Presidio Dermatology, San Francisco, CA |
| Jennifer Portillo, B.S. | Lab Assistant | Tau postrtranlational modification and self-assembly | Graduate Student, Washington University, St. Louis |
| Farid Rahimi, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Generation and characterization of anti-Aβ aptamers | Divisional Senior Technical Officer, Biomedical Science and Biochemistry, Australian National University, Canberra |
| Brian Safaie, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Analysis of α-synuclein oligomers in vitro | Science teacher, Pueblo Academy, Pueblo, CO |
| Nihal Satyadev, B.A., M.P.H. | Undergraduate Researcher | Investigation of molecular tweezers in an ALS mouse model | CEO and co-founder, The Youth Movement Against Alzheimer's; medical student, University of Medicine and Health Sciences |
| Niki Sepanj, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | ALS and ataxia research | Interior Design Specialist, Modsy; Founder and CEO, Blow Balloons |
| Sneha Shaha, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Characterization of Aβ42 C-terminal fragments in cell culture | Research Assistant at UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute UCLA |
| Hedieh Shahpasand-Kroner, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Investigation of posttranslational modifications and oligomerization of tau | Postdoctoral fellow, UCLA |
| Akila Shanmugam, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Characterization of molecular tweezers in vitro | Chemistry teacher, Lovejoy High School, Lucas, TX |
| Sharmistha Sinha, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Characterization of molecular tweezers in vitro and in cell culture | Associate Professor, Head of Chemical Biology Unity, Institute of Nano Science & Technology, Mohali, India |
| Jamie (Summers) Sprague, B.S., J.D. | Undergraduate Researcher | Characterization of anti-Aβ aptamers | Associate at Latham & Watkins |
| Sally Tu, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Studies of the effect of molecular tweezers in a mouse model of tauopathy | Medical Assistant, UCLA |
| Jessica Vo, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Cell culture | |
| Keith Wong, M.D., M.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Characterization of anti-oligomer antibodies | Family Physician, Harbor City, CA |
| Austin Wang, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Effect of molecular tweezers on tau oligomers in a tauopathy mouse model | |
| Robert Yuan, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Effect of molecular tweezers on α-synuclein in a mouse model of MSA | Medical student, University of Massachusetts, Worcester |
| Yareeve Zemel, B.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Characterization of Aβ42 C-terminal fragments in cell culture | Software Engineer, NovaSignal, Los Angeles |