Former Lab Members
Name |
Position |
Research Project |
Current Position |
| Brenda Abarca, B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Cell culture | Medical Student at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA |
| Ryan Saleh Atlasi, B.Sc. | 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 | Business Development and Program Management at HealthBegins |
| 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 | Manager at PwC |
| Jackie Bucher, M.D. | Undergraduate Researcher | Characterization of anti-Aβ aptamers | Dermatologist, San Antonio |
| Elaine Ann Cara, B.Sc. | 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 | Customer Relations, LSR Services Ltd. Hong Kong |
| David Cho | Undergraduate Researcher | Investigation of C-terminal fragments of Aβ42 in vitro |
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| Christian Corrales, B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Studies of SOD1 activity and self-assembly | MSTP student, UCLA |
| Jing Di, M.D., Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Investigation of the effect of molecular tweezers on tau in vitro and in vivo |
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| Andrew Fithian, B.Sc. | 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.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Biochemical analysis molecular tweezers in vivo | Director of Operations, Project Manager at Hack Reactor, San Francisco |
| Ian Hurst, B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Effect of assembly inhibitors on Aβ aggregation in the presence of Zn2+ | |
| Ella Ishaaya, B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Transthyretin Oligomerization | Medical Student, Drexel University Medical School |
| Juka Kim, B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Development of an inhibitor screening method using PICUP | Medical Student, UCLA |
| Pei-Yi Kuo, B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Investigation of C-terminal fragments of Aβ42 in cell culture | |
| KaiChyuan Lei, B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Behavioral analysis of a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease | |
| Huiyuan Li, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Synthesis and characterization of Aβ42 C-terminal fragments in vitro and in cell culture | Analytical R&D Scientist, Mylan |
| Tina Li, B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Development of methods for immunoprecipitation of specific CNS exosome groups | |
| Xingyi Li, B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Analysis of oxidative stress in human brain | |
| Zizheng Li, M.Sc. | Visiting Graduate Researcher | Investigation of molecular tweezers and their interaction with tau | Research Associate, UC San Francisco |
| Jessica Liu, B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Investigation of molecular tweezers in cell culture | |
| Tanya Liu, B.A., M.S. | Research Associate | Investigation of molecular tweezers in vivo | Manager at Simon-Kucher & Partners |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Panchanan Maiti, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Structure–activity studies of Aβ | Neuroscientist, Ascension Health, Saginaw, Michigan |
| Helen (Lin Hui) Meng. B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Immunohistochemistry in ALS and tauopathy mouse models | Medical Student, Touro University California |
| Kirsten (McDaniel) Nau, B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Investigation of molecular tweezers in vitro | Single IRB (Reliance) & human Stem Cell Research Oversight |
| Shivina Mittal, B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher, Research Associate | Investigation of molecular tweezers in cell culture | Technical Program 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.Sc. | Research Associate | Investigation of molecular tweezers in cell culture | Research Associate, UCLA |
| Mona Nejad, DDS | Undergraduate Researcher | Behavioral analysis of a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease | Dentist, Seattle Special Care Dentistry |
| Farid Rahimi, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Generation and characterization of anti-Aβ aptamers | Divisional Senior Technical Officer, Biomedical Science and Biochemistry, Australian National University |
| Brian Safaie, B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Analysis of α-synuclein oligomers in vitro | Research Scientist, Woodland Hills, CA |
| Nihal Satyadev | Undergraduate Researcher | Investigation of molecular tweezers in an ALS mouse model | CEO and co-founder, The Youth Movement Against Alzheimer's |
| Niki Sepanj, B.sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | ALS and ataxia research | Associate Interior Designer, Lisa Price Designs |
| Sneha Shaha, B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Characterization of Aβ42 C-terminal fragments in cell culture | Research Assistant at UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute UCLA |
| Akila Shanmugam, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Characterization of molecular tweezers in vitro | Chemistry teacher at Lovejoy High School in Lucas, TX |
| Sharmistha Sinha, Ph.D. | Postdoctoral Fellow | Characterization of molecular tweezers in vitro and in cell culture | Assistant Professor, Institute of Nano Science & Technology, Mohali, India |
| Jamie (Summers) Sprague, B.Sc., J.D. | Undergraduate Researcher | Characterization of anti-Aβ aptamers | Associate at Latham & Watkins |
| Jessica Vo, B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Cell culture | |
| Keith Wong, M.D., M.S. | Undergraduate Researcher | Characterization of anti-oligomer antibodies | Resident at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center |
| Austin Wang, B.Sc | Undergraduate Researcher | Effect of molecular tweezers on tau oligomers in a tauopathy mouse model | |
| Robert Yuan, B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Effect of molecular tweezers on α-synuclein in a mouse model of MSA | |
| Yareeve Zemel, B.Sc. | Undergraduate Researcher | Characterization of Aβ42 C-terminal fragments in cell culture | Systems/Systems Engineer at Owl biomedical |