Principal Investigator
Mathew Blurton-Jones, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, UCI ADRC iPSC Core
Director, UCI SCRC CRISPR Core
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
University of California, Irvine
3014 Sue and Bill Gross Hall
845 Health Sciences Road, Irvine, CA 92697
Tel: (949) 824-5243 | Email: mblurton@uci.edu
Senior Scientist
Hayk Davtyan, Ph.D.
Associate Research Professor
iPSC Core Investigator
Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders
2027 Sue and Bill Gross Hall
845 Health Sciences Road, Irvine, CA 92697
Tel: (949) 824-2448 | Email: hdavtyan@uci.edu
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Jonathan Hasselmann, PhD
jhasselm@uci.edu
Ghazaleh Escandari-Sedighi, PhD
ghazalee@uci.edu
Jean Paul Chadarevian, PhD
jchadare@uci.edu
PhD Students
Zahara Mary Kelly Keulen, MS
Ph.D. Candidate
zkeulen@uci.edu
Sepideh Kiani Shabestari, MS
Ph.D. Candidate
skianish@uci.edu
Alina Lahian, BA
1st Year Graduate Student
alahian@uci.edu
Specialists
Christina Tu, MS
Stem Cell Specialist
Director of Stem Cell Techniques Courses
htu@hs.uci.edu
Tau En Lim, MS
Assistant Specialist
telim@uci.edu
Technicians
Joia Kai Capocchi
Staff Research Associate
jcapocch@uci.edu
Kimya Manssour
Laboratory Technician
kimiyam1@uci.edu
Undergraduate Students
Lauren Le – Third Year, UCI
Jasmine Nguyen – Third Year, UCI
Michael Mgerian – Second Year, UCI
Madison Sutherland – Second Year, UCI
Alan Mai – Second Year, UCI
Lab Alumni
Andy Agazaryan | Meharry Medical College
Jacqueline Caesar | Industry
Natalie Goldberg, Ph.D. | University of California, San Diego
Maria Torres, Ph.D. | Industry
Samuel Marsh, Ph.D. | Harvard University
Wesley Chen, Ph.D. | University of Southern California, Gould School of Law
Edsel Abud, MD, Ph.D. | Scripps Clinic – Scripps Green Hospital
Emma Danhash, BS | Washington University in St. Louis
Christel Claes, Ph.D. | Industry
Amanda McQuade, Ph.D. | University of California, San Francisco
Morgan Coburn, Ph.D. | University of Virginia
Alberto Granzotto, Ph.D. | Italy
Jessica Sanchez, Ph.D. | Industry
Jaclyn Beck, Ph.D. | Industry
Adrian Escobar, B.S. | University of California, Los Angeles