Stephanie Correa, PhD, she/her, Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology PhD in Neurobiology & Behavior with Elizabeth Adkins-Regan and Patricia Johnson, Cornell University; Postdoc w/ Holly Ingraham, UCSF, stephaniecorrea [at] ucla [dot] edu	Ed van Veen, Ph.D., he/him, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology PhD, Molecular Biology, MIT; vanveen [at] ucla [dot] edu
Alexandra Cara, Ph.D., she/her, Postdoctoral Scholar, 2022 Iris Cantor Women’s Health Center Young Investigator Award PhD in Molecular & Integrative Physiology with Dr. Carol Elias, University of Michigan	Laura Cortés, Ph.D., she/her, Postdoctoral Scholar, NIH Blueprint D-SPAN Award (F99/K00), LIFT-UP Pilot Award, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program Award, 2023 Iris Cantor Women’s Health Center Young Investigator Award PhD in Neuroscience with Dr. Nancy Forger at Georgia State University
Krisha Aghi, PhD, she/her, Postdoctoral Scholar, IRACDA Fellowship. PhD in Neuroscience with Dr. Ehud Isacoff, UC Berkeley	Norma Sandoval, she/her, MCIP PhD candidate, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, Graduate Council Diversity Fellowship, Graduate Division Dean’s Scholar Award BS, Physiological Science, UCLA
Paul Vander, he/him, MCIP PhD candidate, American Heart Association Pre-Doctoral Fellowship (2023-2025) BS, Biology, University of Michigan	Rachel Scott, she/her, MCIP PhD candidate, Cota Robles Fellowship (2020-2021 & 2023-2024), NIH-NIA Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (2021-2023) BS, Physiological Science & BA Ethomusicology, UCLA
Maria Fernanda Martignago Cassol, she/her, Laboratory Assistant, Postgraduate Researcher Physiological Science major, class of 2023, Jeannette Duval Scholarship, 2023 Dean’s Science Prize	Hannah Azadi, she/her, MS student, Van Veen Lab Physiological Science Major, class of 2023
Nathan Robbins, he/him, MS student, Van Veen Lab Physiological Sciences Major, Class of 2023	Kelsey Perlman, she/her, Undergraduate Researcher Psychobiology major, class of 2024
Sakina Rashid, she/her, Undergraduate Researcher Neuroscience Major, Global Health Minor, Class of 2024, Scheibel Scholar (Life Science Dean’s Award for Neuroscience Research)	Mia Hansen, she/her,  Undergraduate Researcher Physiological Science major, class of 2025
Megan Singer, she/her, Undergraduate Researcher Physiological Science Major, Class of 2024	Alauki Patel, she/her, Undergraduate Researcher Physiological Science Major, Class of 2024
	Alexandra Ahlschlager, she/her, Undergraduate Researcher, Physiological Science major, Class of 2024

 

Former Postdoc and Graduate Students

Maggie Gonzales, MA student in Psychological Science at California State University, San Bernardino, Summer 2023.

Weronika Budek, IBP MS Student in van Veen Lab (2022-2023), now PhD student at Columbia University.

Amanda Misquez, IBP MS Student co-advised with Ed van Veen (2021-2023), Undergraduate Researcher in Correa Lab (2020-2021), IBP Fellowship 2023, 2023 Distinguished TA Award. Now instructor at Mount St Mary’s University.

Shomik Ati, he/him, IBP MS student (2020-2023), BS, Psychology, University of Texas Austin, Integrative Biology and Physiology Non-Resident Tuition Fellowship (2020-2021), IBP Fellowship (2022). Now lab manager at Duke University.

Megan Massa, PhD, Neuroscience IDP Student (2017-2022), CUTF Fellow, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2021 K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award, UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship, SBN New Investigator Award, CTSI Core Voucher Award, Sex Differences in Metabolic Syndrome SCORE Pilot & Feasibility Grant, now Visiting Assistant Professor at Haverford College.

Elizabeth Dilday, M.D., Research Fellow, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility practice

Zhi Zhang, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow (2017-2021), AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship, Iris Cantor Women’s Health Center Young Investigator Award, now Young Associate Investigator, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai.

Laura Kammel, Ph.D., MCIP PhD student (2017-2019), Postdoctoral Scholar (2019), NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship, Dissertation Year Fellowship, Hyde Fellowship, Brain Research Institute Research Grant. Now Postdoctoral Fellow in the Single Cell Dynamics Group (PI Joseph Rodriguez, PhD) at NIEHS.

John DiVittorio, IBP MS student (2018-2020), 2020 Distinguished TA award, now Technical Applications Specialist at Chai bio.

Jae Park, M.S., IBP MS student (2017- 2019), Dean’s Tuition Fellowships (2017, 2018), now Staff Research Associate in Andrea Hevener’s lab in the David Geffen School of Medicine.

Former Undergraduates

Erica Chavez, Undergradaute at Northwestern University, Bioscience Scholars Summer Program, Summer 2023.

Jackie Gallardo-Beltrán, she/they, Undergraduate Researcher in van Veen Lab, Psychology major, Biomedical Research minor, class of 2023, 2023 Dean’s Science Prize, now PhD student at UCSD.

Adriana Vree, she/her, Undergraduate Researcher, Physiological Science major, class of 2023.

Samiha Molla, she/her/hers, Undergraduate Researcher, Physiological Science Major, Spanish Minor, Class of 2023

Emnete Abraham, class of 2023, Health Science Major, Biology and Chemistry double minor, Howard University. Summer 2022 BRI UC-HBCU Pathways Program

Alejandra Barón, Physiological Science major, class of 2022, Dean’s Science Prize

Sahara Ali, Psychobiology major, class of 2022, Regents Scholar, CARES Scholar, CARES Fellow. NIH Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award

Alexia Joseph, Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology major, class of 2021, MCDB Highest Departmental Honors, MCDB Senior Research Award, Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, 2021 Chancellor’s Service Award. Now medical student at Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida

Nilla Sivakumar, Neuroscience major, class of 2020, Summer 2019 Scheibel Neuroscience Scholar, 2020 Science Dean’s Prize winner, Regents Scholar. Now PhD student at UCSF.

Bethlehem Tesfaye, Physiological Science major, class of 2019, Post-graduate Researcher (2019-2020), 2019 IBP poster award. Now medical student at UC Irvine.

Nathan Sanchez, Neuroscience major, class of 2020. Now medical student at UCSF.

Kathleen Leon, summer 2019, SPUR-LABS program. Now PhD student at UC Irvine.

Alexa-Rae Wheeler, summer 2019, Neuroscience Scholars Program. Now PhD student at UT Austin.

Jose Mendez Avila, Psychobiology major, class of 2020, Dean’s Award for Life Science Research 2018-2019.

Carolina de la Cruz, Biology Major, class of 2019, CAMP Scholar.

Noah Kauss, Psychology major, class of 2019.

Chiara Rebagliati, Physiological Science major, class of 2019. Now MS student in Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics at the University of Padua.

Trpti Sanghvi, Neuroscience major, class of 2019.

Patricia Bunda, MCDB major (Highest Departmental Honors), class of 2018, 2018 Bruin Day Ambassador, 2018 Dean’s Prize Winner. Now MSTP student at Yale.

Audrey Magsig, Computational and Systems Biology major, class of 2020, now PhD student at UCSF.

Patrick Chin, Physiological Science major, 2016-2018, now MD student at DGSOM.

Selena Gonzalez, Neuroscience major, 2016-2017, CARES Scholar, 2017 Dean’s Science Prize, now PhD student at UC San Diego.

Former Staff

Mai Tran, Laboratory Assistant (2016), now PhD student at Scripps Institute

Michelle Reid, Laboratory Assistant (2016-2017), now PhD student at UC Berkeley