Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows, Scholars, and Researchers
Rajan Arora, Visiting Associate Researcher, 9/2016-6/2017. Internal Medicine Resident, Riverside Community Hospital/UCR.
Zied Gaieb, Assistant Project Scientist, 10/2016-1/2017. Subsequently Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego (with Profs. Rommie Amaro and Michael Gilson).
Ron Gorham, Postdoctoral Fellow, 9/2013-1/2015. Best Tech Talk award at the 12th Annual CePCeB Symposium, 12/12/2015, UCR. Reviewer's Choice Award for poster presentation at the 2014 Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, October 22-25, San Antonio, TX. Currently, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center, Utrecht (with Prof. Suzan Rooijakkers). 2/1/2015-, Marie Curie Fellow, 2015-2017.
Phanourios Tamamis, Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow from the Department of Physics of University of Cyprus, 2/2011-4/2011. Subsequently at University of Cyprus and at Princeton University. Currently, Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University.
Jayalakshmi Sridhar, Visiting Assistant Researcher, 2/2006-6/2007. Currently Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry, Xavier University, LA.
Buddhadeb Mallik, Postgraduate Researcher and Staff Research Associate, 9/2002-9/2006. Subsequently at the Proteomics Facility of Keck Graduate Institute (KGI), Claremont Colleges Consortium, CA, and NIH.
Graduate Students
Rohith R Mohan, Bioengineering, 12/15/2013-10/15/2018. PhD 2018. Thesis title: Mapping the Druggability of Complement C3 and its Derivatives, and Inhibitor Design. 1st place Best Oral Presentation Award, at the 15th UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, UC-Irvine, 06/18-20/2014. Finalist for the NVIDIA GPU Award for Best GPU Poster at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Denver, CO, 3/22-26/2015. SDSC-UC Graduate Student Summer Fellowship Award, San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California, San Diego, 6-8/2015. Attended the "Macromolecular Simulation Software Workshop" hosted by CECAM in Jülich, Germany, 10/12-19/2015 (trip/participation funded by NSF). Intern in IT, Research & Development, Biogen Inc, Cambridge, MA, 6-9/2017. 2017-2018 Bioengineering Best Teaching Assistant Award by UCR's Graduate Division. Subsequently, with Dassault Systèmes BIOVIA, San Diego.
Reed ES Harrison, Bioengineering, 12/15/2013-9/16/2018. PhD 2018. Thesis title: Multi-Scale Design of Surveillance and Regulation Within the Complement System. IGERT Video Bioinformatics Fellow, 10/1/2014-6/30/2016. 2016 Whitaker International Program Summer grant, Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), Madrid, Spain. UCR Graduate Research Mentorship Program (GRMP) Fellowship, 2016-2017 (one quarter). 2016-2017 Bioengineering Best Teaching Assistant Award by UCR's Graduate Division. University of California President’s Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2017-2018. Subsequently, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego (with Prof. Peter Wang).
Zied Gaieb, Bioengineering, 10/21/2011-8/30/2016. PhD 2016. Thesis Title: Molecular Switches Coordinate Dynamically Coupled Allosteric Networks in Protein Complexes. Third place Best Poster Award, NCBR (National Biomedical Computation Resource) Summer Institute, University of California, San Diego, 7/30-8/3/2012. UCR Graduate Research Mentorship Program (GRMP) Fellowship, fall 2014. Finalist for the NVIDIA GPU Award for Best GPU Poster at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, Denver, CO, 2015. Subsequently Assistant Project Scientist, UCR (with Prof. Dimitrios Morikis); currently, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Research in Biological Systems, University of California, San Diego (with Profs. Rommie Amaro and Michael Gilson).
Ronald D Gorham Jr, Bioengineering, 1/30/2009-8/30/2013. PhD 2013. Thesis title: Mechanistic Exploration of Complement System Interactions and Design of Complement-Targeted Therapeutics. Whitaker International Fellow, University Medical Center – Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2011-2012. UCR Graduate Research Mentorship Program (GRMP) Fellowship, 2010. 1st place award for outstanding poster presentation at the 11th UC Systemwide Bioengineering Symposium, UC-Davis, 2010. OCEC (Orange County Engineering Council) Outstanding Engineering Student Award, 2011. Best Bioengineering Teaching Assistant Award, 2010-2011. NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes, 2011 Fellowship, National Taiwan University. Utrecht University – University of California Short Stay Fellowship, Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center – Utrecht, 2012. UCR Dissertation Year Fellowship Award (DYFA), 2012-2013. Subsequently, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Bioengineering, UCR (with Prof. Dimitrios Morikis); currently, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center, Utrecht (with Prof. Suzan Rooijakkers).
Chris A Kieslich, Bioengineering, 10/1/2007-8/30/2012. PhD 2012. Fellow, 2010-2012. NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes Fellowship, Osaka University, Japan, 2009. NSF Central Europe Summer Research Institute Fellowship, University of Warsaw, Poland, 2010. OCEC (Orange County Engineering Council) Outstanding Engineering Student Award, 2012. Best Bioengineering Teaching Assistant Award, 2007-2008. Second Place at TechHorizons Poster Competition, 2009. Best Participant Poster, NBCR (National Biomedical Computation Resource) Summer Institute 2011, University of California, San Diego. Subsequently Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University (with Prof. Chris Floudas), and Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University (with Prof. Chris Floudas). Currently, Research Faculty, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech. TRDRP.
Aliana López de Victoria, Bioengineering, 10/1/2007-6/30/2012. PhD 2012. GAANN Fellow, 2009-2010; UCR Graduate Research Mentorship Program (GRMP) Fellowship, 2010-2011. UCR Dissertation Year Fellowship Award (DYFA), 2011-2012. Subsequently, Postdoctoral Fellow at UCR Medical School (with Prof. David Lo), and Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida (with Prof. Eda Koculi).
Huseyin Hakkoymaz, Computer Science & Engineering, 1/2008-8/2010. PhD 2010. Subsequently software engineer at Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), Redlands, CA.
Li Zhang, Chemistry, 5/2004-7/2007. PhD 2007. Subsequently at Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO), Jersey City, NJ; obtained M.S. in Mathematical Finance from Rutgers University, New Brunswick (2009-2011). Currently, Actuary at China Property & Casualty Reinsurance Company Ltd.
Anthony Lira, Bioengineering, 4/2015-6/2015. MS 2015. Subsequently at Microvention.
Carl Chen, Bioengineering, 10/2012-6/2013. MS 2013. Subsequently, Lab Assistant at BioMoDeL, UCR.
Debbie Hlava, Bioengineering, 11/2011-9/2012. MS 2012. Subsequently at Abbott Vascular, Temecula, CA.
Jianfeng Yang, Computer Science & Engineering, 3/2007-12/2007. MS 2007. Subsequently at Brion Technologies, Santa Clara, CA; currently Software Engineer at Google.
Salwa Said, Bioengineering, 10-12/2012.
Atlal El-Assaad, Computer Science and Engineering, 1/1/2010-6/10/2011. Subsequently, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Noriko Sausman, Bioengineering, 7/1/2009-6/30/2011. NSF Graduate Fellowship. Subsequently, graduate student in Bioengineering at UCR.
Paul Nguyen, Bioengineering, 9/2008-2/2010.
Radoslaw Drozd, Visiting Summer Graduate Student from the Enzymology Unit, Department of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Animal Science, Agricultural University, Szczecin, Poland, 6/2006-9/2006.
Wei Yu, Computer Science & Engineering, 10/2005-3/2006.
Lab Assistants
Carl Chen, 7/2013-4/2014. MS Bioengineering, 2013, UCR; BS Bioengineering, 2012, UCSD. Subsequently at a virology lab at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, USC Keck School of Medicine, and graduate program in Mechanical Engineering, UCR.
Manasa Lanka, 1/2014-3/2014. MS Bioengineering, 2014, UCR. Subsequently Research Assistant at Moores Cancer Center, UCSD.
Vasilios Morikis, 7/2012-12/2012. BS Chemical Engineering, 2012, UCSD. Subsequently pursuing graduate studies in Biomedical Engineering, UC-Davis.
José Gomez, 8/2011-5/2012. BS Bioengineering, 2011, UCR. Subsequently pursuing graduate studies in Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, Canada.
Gabrielle Goodman, 1/2009-12/2009. BS Bioengineering, 2010, UCR. NSF Graduate Fellowship. Subsequently graduate student in bioengineering, UCR.
Undergraduate Students
Sharon Gupta, Bioengineering major, UCR, 4/2017-6/2018, BS 2018.
Vivian Luong, Bioengineering major, UCR, 4/2017-6/2018, BS 2018. Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy, City of Hope, summer 2017.
Carlos Silva, Bioengineering major, UCLA, 6/2015-8/2015.
Sanychen Muk, Bioengineering major, UCR, 6/2014-6/2015. BS 2015.
Belinda Le, Bioengineering major, UCR, 11/2013-6/2014. BS 2014. Subsequently, graduate student in electrical engineering, UCR.
Robin Riehn, Bioengineering major, UCR, 10/2013-3/2014.
Balmeet Singh, Bioengineering major, UCR, 10/2013-12/2013.
Ilya Lederman, Bioengineering major, UCR, 2/2013-6/2014. BS 2014. 2013-2014 Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Fellow.
Michael Haduong, Bioengineering major, UCR, 2/2013-3/2014. BS 2014.
Nehemiah Zewde, Bioengineering major, UCR, 12/2012-6/2014. BS 2014. HSI-STEM Undergraduate Research Program Award. Subsequently, graduate student in bioengineering, UCR.
Basil Baddour, Bioengineering major, UCR, 1/2012-6/2014, BS 2014.
Paul Solleveld, Bioengineering major, UCR, 7/1/2011-6/2014.
Wilson Rodriguez, Bioengineering major, UCR, 4/2011-6/2013. BS 2013. CCRAA-STEM Pathway Program Award for undergraduate research, summer-fall 2011. Hispanic Serving Institute Undergraduate Research Program Award, fall 2012. Subsequently at LabAnswer, Orlando FL; subsequently at BioNano Genomics, San Diego, CA.
Henry Plascencia, Bioengineering major, UCR, 1/2011-6/2012. BS 2012. CCRAA-STEM Pathway Program Award for undergraduate research, summer-fall 2011.
David Shin, Harvard University, summer 2011.
Tarakarama Musunuri, Bioengineering major, UCR, 6/2011-12/2011.
Kanksha Peddi, Bioengineering major, UCR, 6/2011-12/2011.
José Gomez, Bioengineering major, UCR, 10/2009-6/2011. BS 2011. Subsequently volunteer Technical Assistant at BioMoDeL. Subsequently, graduate student at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Victoria, Canada.
Aaron Nichols, Bioengineering major, UCR, 9/2009-6/2011. BS 2011. Medical Scholars Program, UCR. CCRAA-STEM Pathway Program Award for undergraduate research. Amgen Scholars Program internship, UCSF, summer 2010. Subsequently MS in Bioengineering, UCR, 2012.
Francesco Cecotti, UCR Bioengineering international exchange student from University of Padova, Italy, 10/2010-3/2011. Subsequently returned to Italy to finish his degree at University of Padova.
Sharon Wu, University of California, Berkeley, Summer 2009. Subsequently, pharmacy student, UCSD.
Marisse Foronda, Bioengineering major, UCR, 2/2009-6/2010. BS 2010. CCRAA-STEM Pathway Program for undergraduate research. Subsequently at Abbott Vascular, Temecula, CA.
Mohammedzuned Desai, Bioengineering major, UCR, 9/2008-6/2010. BS 2010. Medical Scholars Program. Subsequently at MS program in Bioengineering at UCR.
Andrew Feier, Biology and Economics major, UCR, 9/2008-12/2008. Subsequently pursuing graduate studies in Biotechnology at School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania.
Chelsea Vandegrift, Chemistry major, University of Dallas undergraduate student, Summer 2008; also UCR BRITE Bioengineering Summer Program, supported by NSF REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates), Summer 2009.
Ioannis Mountziaris, Molecular Biology major, Princeton University undergraduate student, UCR BRITE Bioengineering Summer Program, supported by NSF REU, summer 2008. After graduation attending graduate school in Chemical Biology at UC-Berkeley.
Nic Novak, Neuroscience major, Oberlin College University undergraduate student, UCR BRITE Bioengineering Summer Program, supported by NSF REU, summer 2008. After graduation attending graduate school in Neurosciences at UCLA.
Paul Nguyen, Bioengineering major, UCR, 3/2008-06/2008. BS 2008. Subsequently attending graduate school in Bioengineering degree at UCR.
Gabrielle Goodman, Bioengineering major, UCR, 1/2008-8/2008. BS 2008. Subsequently technical assistant at BioMoDeL, UCR. NSF Graduate Fellowship. Currently attending graduate school in Bioengineering at UCR.
Homero Vazquez, Bioengineering and Biology major, UCR, 12/2007-6/2009. BS 2009. UCR Medical Scholars Program. Subsequently HHMI EXPOR (Exceptional Research Opportunities Program) summer internship at UCSD, 2009, and Pre-graduate Assistant, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCSD 2009-2010. Currently Lab Member at Division of Infectious Disease, UCSD.
Laura Hockaday, Bioengineering major, UCR, 10/2007-06/2008. BS 2008. Subsequently attending graduate school in Biomedical Engineering at Cornell University. NSF Graduate Fellowship.
Megan Chawner, Biochemistry major, Lafayette College undergraduate student, UCR BRITE Bioengineering Summer Program, supported by NSF REU, Summer 2007.
Alexander Cheung, Bioengineering major, UCR, 10/2005-6/2009. BS 2009. Medical Scholars Program. Marlan and Rosemary Bourns Award, 2009. University of California, San Francisco HHMI Summer Research Training Program, 2008. Subsequently attending graduate school in Engineering and Applied Science at Harvard University.
Nicholas Huynh, Biochemistry and Economics major, UCR, 1/2004-6/2006. BS 2006. UCR Regents Scholar; Rosemary S.J. Schraer Award for academic excellence, leadership, and community service, 2006. Subsequently obtained MD degree from University of Pittsburgh Medical School. Subsequently doing residency in internal medicine at University of Southern California.
High School Students
Adam Lawrence, Webb High School, Claremont, CA, 6/2013-8/2013.
Maanasi Kademani, Martin Luther King High School, Riverside, CA, 6/2017-4/2018.