Lab members




Scott Atwood, PhD

Professor
satwood@uci.edu








Nicholas Bradbury, MS

Graduate Student (co-mentor with Xing Dai, PhD)
bradburn@uci.edu
NIAMS T32 Award







Lulu Lai, MS

Graduate Student
llai7@uci.edu
CMCF Fellow
CIRM Scholar






Gavin Long, MS

Graduate Student
grlong@uci.edu
CMCF Fellow
GAANN Fellow
NIAMS T32 Award







Arinnae Kurdian

Graduate Student
akurdian@uci.edu









Chloe Doan

Undergraduate Student
cqdoan@uci.edu









Katie Doan

Undergraduate Student
kdoan5@uci.edu









Ryenn Fillinger

Undergraduate Student
rfilling@uci.edu









Elif Murat

Undergraduate Student
murate@uci.edu



Scott received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from University of Oregon where he studied how cell polarity influenced cell fate in fly neural stem cells. He continued his training at Stanford University where he investigated basal cell carcinoma and the evolution of drug resistance. He is currently exploring cell fate decisions in skin stem cells and cancer.
Publications






Nick received his B.S. in Microbiology from University of California, Davis and his Master's in Biotechnology from University of California, Irvine. He is currently defining the immune regulation of psoriasis.
Publications







Lulu received her B.S. in Biochemistry and Statistics from Baylor University and her Master's from Washington University in St. Louis in Biostatistics. She is currently defining the initial immune response in basal cell carcinoma.
Publications







Gavin received his B.S. and Master's in Cellular and Molecular Biology from California State University - Northridge. He is currently exploring the role of melanocytes in tumor progression.
Publications







Arinnae received her B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from California State University - Northridge and her Master's from University of California, Irvine. She is currently exploring basal stem cell heterogeneity using human skin equivalent organoids.
Publications







Jonah Reyes

Undergraduate Student
jonahr1@uci.edu









Anna Sedrak

Undergraduate Student
asedrak@uci.edu









Niyathi Suriya

Undergraduate Student
nsuriya@uci.edu











Carlos Tobar

Undergraduate Student
tobarca@uci.edu


Alumni

Postdoctoral Research Scholars
Michael Drummond, PhD; Publications; Research & Development Scientist, Zymo Research
Venus Sosa Iglesias, PhD; Publications; CMCF Fellow; Behavioral Health, BrightSpring Health Services
Yunlong Jia, PhD; Publications; Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Centre de Recherches en Cancérologie de Toulouse

Graduate Students
Kerrigan Blake, PhD; NIBIB T32 Award; Computational Biologist, Genentech
Rachel Chow, PhD; Publications; Scientist, TRex Bio
Emmanuel Dollinger, PhD; Publications; CMCF Fellow, NIBIB & NIGMS T32 Awards; Postdoctoral Research Scholar, UC Irvine
Tuyen Nguyen, PhD; Publications; GAANN Fellow, NSF GRFP Award, Susan V. Bryant Graduate Fellowship Award, Allergan Foundation Graduate Award; Assistant Professor, East Los Angeles College
Adam Stabell, PhD; Publications; GAANN Fellow, CMCF Fellow, NIAMS T32 Award, ACSB Travel Award, Brian G. Atwood '74 and Lynne H. Edminster Graduate Studies Endowment Award; Scientist, Genentech
Eric Tarapore, PhD; Publications; GAANN Fellow, ASCB Travel Award, DCB Research Excellence Award; Scientific Support Specialist, Perkin Elmer
Kirsten Wong, PhD; Publications; CMCF Fellow, NCI T32 Award; Senior Scientist, Merck

Master's Students
Arinnae Kurdian, MS; UC Irvine Cellular and Molecular Biosciences Graduate Student
Nicholas Bradbury, MS; UC Irvine Cellular and Molecular Biosciences Graduate Student
Chan Hong, MS; Publications; Research Associate, Zymo Research
Garima Naswa, MS; Business Technology Consultant, Deloitte
Paige Radtke, JD, MS; University of Colorado Law School Graduate
Lilian Wang, MS; Business Technology Analyst, Deloitte

Undergraduate Students
Baina Barouni; Publications; UROP Fellow
Tejasvi Bhyravabhotla, UROP Fellow
Daniel Cedeno; Publications; MBRS-IMSD and MARC Scholar
Peggy Chen; UROP Fellow
Shaun Cruz; Publications
Haley De Ocampo
Alyssa Deyoung
Manjot Dhaliwal
Alexa Dizon
Daniel Giap
Jasmine Harris
Ivan He, UROP Fellow
"Albert" Ung Seop Jeon; Publications; UROP Fellow and Excellence in Research
Vama Jhumkhawala; UROP Fellow
Gurleen Kaur; Publications
Kendall Kearns, UROP Fellow
Hongson Lau
Grace Lee; Publications; UROP Fellow and Excellence in Research
Michelle Lee, UROP Fellow
Taylor Levee; Publications; SURP Fellow
Jerald Lim, SURP and UROP Fellow
Jovine Lim
Lani Lum
Daniel Luy
Nooria Mazdeyasnan
Katherine Mojica UROP Fellow
Andrew Nasr, UROP Fellow and Excellence in Research
Quoc-Huy Nguyen, SURP and UROP Fellow
Sandrine Nguyen; Publications
Rubina Rafi, Excellence in Research
Nikita Rao; UROP Fellow and Excellence in Research
Ravi Shah
Kristeen Shamas
Stella Shamas, SURP and UROP Fellow
Kevin Tan; Publications; SURP and UROP Fellow and Excellence in Research
Ledia Tarabey, SURP and UROP Fellow and Excellence in Research
Bao Ton That; Publications; UROP Fellow and Excellence in Research
Lia Thompson
Yvonne Tran, UROP Fellow and Excellence in Research
Ariana Valencia
Ishini Wickramatunga
Fiona Yao, UROP Fellow
David Young
Tanin Zadeh; UROP Fellow and Excellence in Research
Allan Zevelev