Principal Investigator

Professor Jerry Yang
Graduate Students
5th year Graduate Students
Alice Luong
Mark Rubinshtein
4th year Graduate Students
Christina Capule
Lila Habib
Mike Macrae
3rd year Graduate Students
Yuchen Cao
Postdoctoral Scholars
Dr. Xiaobei Zhao
Visiting Scholars
Jun Miyamoto
Undergraduates
Jennie Yanyan Ma
Lab Alumni
Former Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Petra Inbar, Ph.D. (currently at Roche)
Dr. Enrico Bellomo, Ph.D. (currently at Abraxis Biosciences)
Former Doctoral Students
Dr. Steven Blake, Ph.D., 2008 (currently a postdoc with Joseph DeSimone at UNC-Chapel Hill)
Dr. Mahealani R. Bautista, Ph.D., 2009
Former Masters Students
Margaret Tang, M.S. 2005 (currently at Amylin Pharmaceuticals)
Valentina Matlachova, B.S. 2005, M.S. 2006 (currently a Ph.D. student at Caltech)
Katie Li, B.S. 2006, M.S. 2007 (currently a Pharm.D. student at Mass. College of Pharmacy)
Seong Deok Kong, M.S. 2007 (currently a doctoral student in Mat. Sci. at UCSD)
Former Undergraduate Students
Matthew Rotz, B.S. 2005 (currently a chemistry Ph.D. student at Northwestern)
Michael Harris, B.S. 2005 (currently a Law student at Wash. U., St. Louis)
Narae Park, B.S. 2005 (currently a doctoral student at Caltech)
Valentina Matlachova, B.S. 2005, M.S. 2006 (currently a chemistry Ph.D. student at Caltech)
Katie Li, B.S. 2006, M.S. 2007 (currently a Pharm.D. student at Mass. College of Pharmacy)
Kristin Lee, UCSD biology major
Michael Kim, UCSD bioengineering major
Stacy Takayama, B.S. 2006 (currently a Pharm D. student at Calif. Northstate Coll. Pharm.)
Catherine Hong, B.S. 2007 (currently a Pharm.D. student at UCSD)
Namtran Nguyen, B.S. 2007 (currently a Pharm D. student at Calif. Northstate Coll. Pharm.)
Brian Lu, UCSD biology major
Michelle Lee, B.S. 2008 (currently a researcher at Cedar Sinai Medical Center)
Tawny Issarapanichkit, B.S. 2008
Kara Velez, UCSD senior biochemistry major
Former High School Students
Ronald Biggs, graduate of Hightechhigh International (currently a sophomore at UCSD)
Justin Ripley, currently a senior at Hightechhigh International
Former Interns and Visiting Scholars
Lisha Lin, M.S. Eastern Kentucky University (currently a Ph.D. student at ASU)
Vansantha Neerudu, M.S. Osmania University
Pierrick Borgna, Baccalaureate from Universite de Toulon et du Var, Marseille, France
Audrey Rochoux, Baccalaureate from Ecole Generaliste d’Ingenieurs de Marseille, France
Rina Fong, B.S. UCSD, 2006
Barbara Breitenbücher, Diploma student from U. Würzburg, Germany
Eva Siedler, Diploma student from U. Würzburg, Germany
Roland Tran, M.S., University of California, Irvine