Colleen McHugh
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Postdoc California Institute of Technology
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
B.A. Hood College

Nhu Trang
Doctoral Student, Biochemistry
B.S. University of California San Diego
Project: Non-coding RNA modulation of ribosome functions and cell growth

Adarsh Balaji
Doctoral Student, Chemical Biology
B.S. University of California Los Angeles
Project: Alternative splicing and gene expression regulation by non-coding RNAs

Simone Hall
Doctoral Student, Biochemistry
B.A. Colorado College
Project: Non-coding RNA regulation of gene expression through epigenetic modifications

Jonathan Zhu
BS/MS Student, Bioinformatics
Coadvisor: Dr. Jens Lykke-Andersen
Project: Cancer cell growth control by novel non-coding RNAs

Lauren Ellis
Masters Student, Biochemistry
Project: Alternative splicing and gene expression regulation by non-coding RNAs

Tyler Horvath
Undergraduate Student, Biochemistry

Nichelle Camden
Masters Student, Biochemistry
ACS Bridge Program

Wei-Han Vita Chou
Undergraduate Student, Molecular & Cell Biology

LAB ALUMNI

2023
Tong Su - Doctoral Student, Biochemistry -> Postdoctoral Researcher with Kay Lab at Stanford Medicine
Aileen Button - Doctoral Student, Biochemistry -> Postdoctoral Researcher with Schwartz Lab at CU Anshutz Medical Campus
Raul Johnson - Undergraduate, Biochemistry -> Analytical Chemist at Arcturus Therapeutics
Darin Cheung - Undergraduate, Molecular and Cell Biology -> Lab Assistant at Neurocrine Biosciences
Khoa Dang Tran - Undergraduate, Biochemistry
Bobby Lingbo Kong - Undergraduate, Biochemistry -> Research Associate at Function Oncology

2022
Ethan Ashley - Undergraduate, Bioengineering -> Lab Tech at Salk Institute
Andrea Santiago Jacinto - ENLACE student
Diego Pichardo Rojas - ENLACE student, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
Jeffrey Chu - Undergraduate, Data Science
Cecilia Hurlbert - Undergraduate, General Biology
Shubham Kaushal - Undergraduate, Data Science
Jonathan Nguyen - Undergraduate, Human Biology

2021
Calvin Huang - Undergraduate, Pharmaceutical Chemistry -> Associate Researcher at Ascella Biosystems
Evan Price - Undergraduate, Data Science -> Software Development Engineer at Amazon
Tomoka Ozaki - Undergraduate, Cognitive Science - Principal Member, Neurodegenerative Disease Awareness Association
Jonathan Huang - Undergraduate, Human Biology
Alina Luk - Undergraduate, Pharmaceutical Chemistry -> Graduate Student in Pharmacology at UC San Francisco
Nada Boutros - Research Associate, Undergraduate, Biochemistry -> Research Associate at Telesis Bio
Ellen Lavorando - Research Associate, Undergraduate, Biochemistry -> Graduate Student in Biochemistry at Penn State

2020
Mariam El-Karim - STARS Student
Emily Lara - Undergraduate, Biochemistry -> Scientist at Illumina

2019
Megan Bacabac - STARS Student -> Graduate Student in Cellular and Molecular Biology at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Moises Espinoza - STARS Student
Kenny Ngo - Undergraduate, Pharmaceutical Chemistry -> Graduate Student in Pharmacology at UC San Diego