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Panda
Lab Mascot
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Mulatwa T. Haile, BS
Ph.D. candidate
- UC-President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellowship Program Honorable Mention (UC-PPPFP) (03/2023)
- UCI Associated Graduated Students Fall Conference Stipend (01/2023)
- Gordon Research Conference Best Poster Award (2022)
- Gordon Research Conference Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship (04/2022)
- UCI Anatomy and Neurobiology Graduate Student Day Best Presentation Award (12/2020 and 2021)
- NIH T32 Epilepsy Research Training Program (10/2020-10/2022)
- UCI Newkirk Center for Science and Society Community Based Research Fellowship (2020-2021)
- UCI Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation Fellow (07/2020-09/2020)
mthaile@uci.edu
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Gregory De Carvalho, BA
Graduate Student
- Faculty Mentor Program (FMP) fellowship (10/2023)
- Summer Institute Program Mentor – Mentored India Turner (Summer 2023)
- Honorable Mention – National Science Foundation (NSF), Graduate Research Fellowship Program (2022)
- Progress in Neuroscience (PiN) A&N seminar series – Organizing committee (2022 – 2023)
- DECADE representative (2022 – present)
gdecarva@uci.edu
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Marianna Movsisyan
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UCI BIO199 Undergraduate Research Program
UROP Scholar (2023)
Excellence In Research Awardee (2023)
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Rekik G Fikre
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UCI BIO199 Undergraduate Research Program
Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Award (2023)
rfikre@uci.edu
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Sophia Zago
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UCI BIO199 Undergraduate Research Program
Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Award (2023)
szago@uci.edu
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Makua Nweke
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UCI BIO199 Undergraduate Research Program
Broadening Research Achievement in Neurosciences (BRAiN) – MSP
mnweke@uci.edu
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Ryan Huynh
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UCI BIO199 Undergraduate Research Program
huynhrb@uci.edu
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Abbygale Gagaza
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UCI BIO199 Undergraduate Research Program
agagaza@uci.edu
Lab Alumni
Ocean Liauw, (06/2023 – 08/2023)
Summer Lab Volunteer
University High School
Jacob Lynn, (06/2023 – 08/2023)
Summer Lab Volunteer
Sage Hill High School
India Turner, (2023)
UCI Summer Institute of Neuroscience
UC-HBCU Summer Scholar
Cristabel Portillo, BS (2022-2023)
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UCI BIO199 Undergraduate Research Program
UROP Scholar – Chancellor’s Award (2023)
Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Award
ABRCMS Best Poster Presentation for Developmental Genetics
Jin Cheepluesak, BS (2022-2023)
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UCI BIO199 Undergraduate Research Program
UROP Scholar – Chancellor’s Award (2023)
Excellence In Research Award (2023)
Lauren Li, BS (2022-2023)
UCI BIO199 Undergraduate Research Program
King’s College Masters of Public Health Program Student
Rebekka Twine, (2022)
UCI Summer Institute of Neuroscience
UC-HBCU Summer Scholar
UC Davis Ph.D. Program
Elizabeth Ponce, BS (2021-2022)
UCI BIO199 Undergraduate Research Program
UROP Scholar
Emily Nguyen, BS (2021-2022)
UCI BIO199 Undergraduate Research Program
UROP Scholar
Niv Krendel-Lynn, BA (2021-2022)
Jr. Research Specialist
Steven Vu, (2021)
UCI BIO199 Undergraduate Research Program
Stephanie Ingram, BS (2020-2021)
UCI BIO199 Undergraduate Research Program
UROP Scholar
Katherine Lubinski, BS (2019)
UCI Summer Research Internship Program (Northwestern University)
Camile Morfin, BS (2019-2020)
UCI BIO199 Undergraduate Research Program
UROP Scholar
Christopher Najera, BS (2020)
UCI BIO199 Undergraduate Research Program
UROP Scholar
Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Award
Yanran Shao, BS (2019-2020)
UCI BIO199 Undergraduate Research Program
Gregory de Carvalho, BA (2019-2021)
Jr. Research Specialist
UCI Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Timothy K. Shimizu, BS (2018-2021)
UCI BIO199 Undergraduate Research Program
UROP Scholar
SURP Scholar
Laurence J. Mehlman Memorial Scholarship Award
Howard A. Schneiderman Fellowship Award
Current Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) student
Rishi Solanki (2018-2019)
UCI Research Internship Program (Irvine Valley Community College)