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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