Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Research in the Kuriyan Lab
Undergraduate students who are interested in carrying out research in areas such as biochemistry, molecular biology, structural biology, enzymology, computational modeling of protein structure, protein-drug interactions and related topics are invited to apply in the Spring for research positions in the Summer, or during the Summer and Fall for Fall and Spring semester opportunities, respectively.
Undergraduate Students
Amanda Dai
Major: Biochemistry
Supervisors: Arathi Nair and Yongjian Huang
Thu Nguyen
Majors: Chemistry / Medicine, Health & Society (MHS), expected graduation May 2025
Supervisors: Deepti Karandur and Siddharth Nimkar
Om Patel
Major: Molecular and Cell Biology
Supervisor: Serena Muratcioğlu
Eason Yung
Major: Biochemistry
Supervisor: Chien-Lun Hung
Former Undergraduate Students
Ingrid Altunin
Jan 2022- Dec 2022
Supervisor: Dr. Oshri Afazar
Jordan Anaya
June 2007 – May 2009
Supervisors: Dr. Meindert Lamers and Joel Guenther
Diane Aum
Spring 2012 – Winter 2012
Supervisor: Dr. Jonathan Winger
Dinara Azimova
Fall 2012 – Summer 2013
Supervisor: Dr. Nick Endres
Jean Badroos
Summer 2016 – Summer 2019
Supervisor: Helen Hobbs
Lauren Barclay
Fall 2007 – May 2009
Supervisors: Dr. Marsha Nidanie Henderson and Luke Chao
Abiram Bala
Summer 2009 – Spring 2011
Supervisor: Dr. Brian Kelch
Levi L. Blazer
May 2004 – August 2004
Supervisor: Randall McNally
John Campo
Spring 2010 – Spring 2011
Supervisor: Dr. Tiago Barros
Melody Cao
Summer 2015
Supervisor: Ethan McSpadden
Yan Che
Summer 2011 – Spring 2014
Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Iwig
Xin Chen
May 2011 – August 2011
Supervisor: Dr. Margaret Stratton
Chris Chi
Fall 2015 – Spring 2019
Supervisors: Ethan McSpadden and Dr. Deepti Karandur
Yonghe Chong
Fall 2007
Supervisor: Dr. Marsha Nidanie Henderson
Erica Chou
September 2002 – May 2006
Supervisor: Michelle Pirruccello
Tiffany Chou
Febuary 2007 – May 2008
Supervisor: Dr. Markus Seeliger
Jonathan Chun
Fall 2010 – Summer 2011
Supervisor: Dr. Johnathan Winger
Steven Chung
Supervisor: Dr. Gregory Bowman
Brian Corwin
May 2001 – August 2001
Supervisor: André Hoelz
Aubrianna Decker
Jan 2016 – May 2018
Supervisors: Laura Nocka and
Dr. Jeanine Amacher
Tricia Deng
Fall 2008 – Summer 2011
Supervisor: Dr. Sonja Lorenz
Andy Ding
June 2015 – May 2016
Supervisor: Pradeep Bandaru
Jenny Dominguez
September 2004 – May 2006
Office Assistant
Anna Elleman
September 2012 – May 2015
Supervisor: Dr Margaret Stratton
Ian Fallahee
September 2014 – May 2016
Supervisor: Dr. Neel Shah
Daisy Fischer
May 2001 – August 2001
May 2002 – August 2002
Supervisor: Marsha Henderson
Beate Fehlhaber
Rebekah Flowers
Summer 2008
Supervisor: Dr. Marsha Nidanie Henderson and Jodi Gureasko
Dina Fomina
June 2004 – May 2006
Supervisor: Dr. Markus Seeliger
Filipp Frank
May 2006 – August 2006
Supervisor: Dr. Markus Seeliger
Eric Fujimura
Spring 2013 – Spring 2014
Supervisor: Dr. Julie Zorn
Weitong Gao
Summer 2018
Supervisor: Helen Hobbs
Sam Ghaffari-Kashani
May 2021 – May 2022
Supervisor: Dr. Kendra Marcus
Angelica Gonzalez Sanchez
Summer 2014 and Summer 2015
Supervisor: Dr. Qi Wang
Michael Hahn
June 2004 – May 2006
Supervisor: Dr. Steven Soisson
Usman Hameedi
Summer 2011
Supervisor: Dr. Qi Wang
Marie Harton
Summer 2009
Supervisor: Luke Chao
Cameron Hu
Jan 2017 – May 2018
Supervisors: Dr. Sean Peterson
and Dr. Julyana Acevedos
Benjamin Huang
May 2003 – August 2004
Supervisor: Dr. Markus Seeliger
Crystal Huang
August 2014 – May 2016
Supervisors: Dr. Julie Zorn and
Dr. Jeanine Amacher
Allison Johnson
Summer 2010
Supervisor: Dr. Qingrong Yan
Rohan Jonnalagadda
Fall 2012 – Spring 2014
Supervisor: Mark Herzik
Mazzin Kamel
Mar 2021 – Dec 2022
Supervisor: Dr. Subu Subramanian
Jennifer Kho
August 2002 – May 2004
Supervisor: Dr. Marsha Nidanie Henderson
Yaser Khokar
Summer 2018
Supervisor: Laura Nocka
Chris Koehler
September 2005 – December 2005
Supervisor: Tanya Freedman
Rebecca Lalani
May 2005 – August 2005
Lab Assistant
Catherine Le
May 2003 – August 2003
Supervisor: Nahed Shahabi
Bianca Lee
Spring 2008 – Spring 2009
Supervisor: Dr. Jonathan Winger
David Lee
Jan 2019 – April 2020
Supervisor: Francisco Hidalgo
Carey Li
Han Li
September 2014 – May 2016
Supervisors: Dr. Qi Wang and
Laura Nocka
Henry Ye Li
Fall 2007 – Spring 2010
Supervisor: Dr. Brian Kelch
Kevin Lin
Spring 2011
Supervisor: Patrick Visperas
Sophia Liao
May 2003 – May 2004
Supervisor: Aubrey Cano
Andrew Low
Sept 2016 – May 2017
Supervisor: Dr. Deepti Karandur
Hannah Lu
Sept 2020 – May 2021
Supervisor: Dr. Subu Subramanian
Luna Luo
Sept 2019 – May 2022
Supervisor: Dr. Kendra Marcus
Sarah Marshall
Zé Martinho
Summer 2016
Supervisor: Dr. Moitrayee Bhattacharyya
Manali Mehta
Spring 2007 – Spring 2008
Supervisor: Sebastian Deindl
Melissa Meloy
Summer 2010
Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Iwig
Li-Zhi Mi
Kate Miller
Feb 2020 – May 2021
Supervisor: Dr. Deepti Karandur
Amanda Minnich
January 2006 – May 2006
Supervisor: Dr. Marsha Nidanie Henderson
Amar Mirza
Summer 2010
Supervisor: Dr. Natalia Jura
Umar Momen
Summer 2018
Supervisor: Franciso Hidalgo
Sarah Mulchand
August 2016 – May 2018
Supervisors: Dr. Jeanine Amacher, Dr. Deepti Karandur and Dr. Christine Gee
Kyle Newman
Apr 2020 – May 2022
Supervisors: Josh Cofsky and Dr. Tim Eisen
Priya Nyayapati
July 2016 – May 2018
Supervisor: Dr. Moitrayee Bhattacharyya
Agatha Offorjebe
May 2006 – August 2006
Supervisors: Tanya Freedman and Olga Kuchment
Matthew Orellana
Summer 2018
Supervisors: Dr. Subu Subramanian
Nishant Pappireddi
Jan 2014 – May 2016
Supervisor: Dr. Moitrayee Bhattacharyya
Miti Parikh
Sept 2019 – May 2022
Supervisor: Dr. Chun-Wei Lin
Anton Peterlin
June 2007 – August 2007
Supervisors: Dr. Marsha Nidanie Henderson and Dr. Jonathan Winger
Arjun Prabhakar
Fall 2011 – Summer 2013
Supervisor: Dr. Tiago Barros
Baiyu Qiu
Spring 2018 – Spring 2019
Supervisor: Dr. Moitrayee Bhattacharyya
Jared Ravetch
May 2002 – August 2002
Supervisor: Dr. Steven Kazmirski
Peter Ren
June 2018 – April 2020
Supervisors: Dr Subu Subramanian, Dr Deepti Karandur and Dr Christine Gee
Clarise Rivera
Feb 2022 – Dec 2022 and Summer 2023
Supervisors: Joseph Paul, Kent Gorday and Dr Serena Muratcioglu
Marco Rivero
Spring 2016 – Spring 2019
Supervisors: Helen Hobbs, Dr Jeanine Amacher, Dr Yongjian Huang and Dr Chun-Wei Lin
Mahashweta Roshni Ray
May 2003 – May 2004
Supervisor: Dr. Patricia Pellicena
Brian Ronquillo
May 2002 – August 2002
Supervisor: Dr. Matthew Young
Tomer Rotstein
September 2015 – May 2016
Supervisor: Dr. Deepti Karandur
Tomoaki Sasaki
Spring 2010 – Spring 2011
Supervisor: Kate Engel
Carmen Schwechheimer
January 2006 – June 2007
Supervisor: Dr. Jonathan Winger
Steven Seyedin
Summer 2007 – Spring 2008
Supervisor: Kyle Simonetta
Lochan Shah
September 2014 – May 2016
Supervisor: Dr. Jeanine Amacher
Eshita Sharma
Fall 2018
Supervisor: Francisco Hidalgo
Christine Shieh
Fall 2011 – Summer 2013
Supervisor: Dr. Erika Kovacs
Eugene Shin
September 2002 – May 2004
Odilia Sianto
Feb 2022 – Dec 2022
Adam Stein
Summer 2018
Supervisor: Dr. Deepti Karandur
Jessica Stewart
Summer 2018
Supervisor: Joseph Paul
Emily Sumpena
Feb 2020 – May 2022
Supervisor: Dr. Serena Muratcioğlu and Joseph Paul
Jayasree Sundaram
Spring 2008 – Dec 2009
Supervisor: Dr. Markus Seeliger
Rou-Jia Sung
September 2002 – May 2006
Supervisor: Oren Rosenberg
Chaz Sykes
Feb 2018 – Dec 2019
Supervisors: Dr. Deepti Karandur and Dr. Christine Gee
Alyssa Tao
Spring 2012 – Spring 2014
Supervisor: Dr. Qingrong Yan and Patrick Visperas
Jackie Tam
Fall 2011 – Summer 2013
Supervisor: Aaron Cantor
Aaron Tang
August 2014 – May 2016
Supervisor: Yongjian Huang
Nia Teerikorpi
Spring 2012 – Summer 2013
Supervisor: Dr. Qi Wang
Sage Templeton
Feb 2020 – May 2021
Supervisor: Francisco Hidalgo
Shreeya Thussu
Jan 2021 – May 2021
Supervisors: Dr. Serena Muratcioglu and Joseph Paul
Julie Tran
September 2002 – May 2003
Miles Tuncel
Feb 2018 – Dec 2020
Supervisors: Dr. Moitrayee Bhattacharyya and Dr. Serena Muratcioğlu
Michelle Verghese
Jan 2018 – April 2020
Supervisors: Laura Nocka and Dr .Neel Shah
Luigi Viggiano
October 2021 – May 2022
Supervisor: Dr. Timothy Eisen
Carine Waase
Joanne Wang
Feb 2020 – Dec 2020
Supervisor: Francisco Hidalgo
Lily Wang
Spring 2010
Supervisor: Dr. Rahul Das
Stacey White
Kathryn Wong
September 2013 – May 2017
Supervisors: Dr. Nick Enderes, Dr. Erica Kovacs, Dr. Julie Zorn, Dr. Yashushi Kondo
Mimi Shicong Xie
Fall 2007 – Spring 2010
Supervisor: Dr. Nick Endres
Amanda Xu
Jan 2018 – Dec 2020
Supervisor: Dr. Yasushi Kondo
Amy Yang
Feb 2019 – April 2020
Supervisor: Helen Hobbs
Diana Yee
September 2004 – May 2005
Laboratory Assistant
Jane Zegarra
Jan 2022 – May 2022
Supervisors: Dr. Serena Muratcioğlu, Kent Gorday and Joseph Paul
Jingli Zhang
June 2004 – May 2006
Supervisor: Dr. Xuewu Zhang
Weilin Zhang
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
Supervisor: Dr. Subu Subramanian
Yuxi Zhang
August 2018 – Jan 2019
Supervisor: Dr. Yongjian Huang
Lisa Zheng
Feb 2021 – May 2022
Supervisor: Kent Gorday
Jenny Zhou
Fall 2007 – Spring 2008
Supervisor: Dr. Natalia Jura
Ellen Zuo
Fall 2007 – Spring 2008
Supervisor: Dr. Serena Muratcioğlu