Our Lab, Winter 2023!
Lauren Dedow, Senior Research Associate and Lab Manager.
Email: ldedow (at) ucla.edu
Lauren completed her PhD at UC Riverside, on RNA biology. She has joined the lab to help keep us on track and bring her molecular biology expertise to our aid!
Jessica Carstens-Kass, PhD Candidate in IMMP
Email: jcarstenskass (at) ucla.edu (she/her)
Jess received her BSc from the University of Montreal in Microbiology. She is currently pursuing her PhD, working on understanding the relationship between kelp and their microbiomes. Jess is also a passionate mentor and teacher. She is currently also the co-lead for our virtual Kelp Kulture seminar series.
Hugh Knopp, PhD Student in BSMB
…..stay tuned!
Kate Alley, MS student in MCDB
….stay tuned!
Siobhan A. Braybrook, PI.
Email: siobhanb (at) ucla.edu
As the PI (Principal Investigator) in our lab, it is my greatest joy and privilege to be along for the scientific journeys of the folks in our lab. Scientifically, I am deeply interested in how organisms grow when they have cell walls and asking how our science can be used to improve our world.
Past Members
Emoni Cook, MS
Emoni completed her MSc here at UCLA in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior where she worked to understand antimicrobial resistance. With us she worked to understand the interaction between algal cell walls and their microbiomes.
She is now a Professor at Antelope Valley College!
Lital Davidi, Post-Doctoral Researcher
Lital is an expert in algal biochemistry, from brown to red to green. She examined stress tolerance mechanisms in algae, with a focus on intertidal macroalgae and green algae (desmids).
Lital has her lab at Eastern Boston University! Check it out here.
Steven Beuder, Post-doctoral Researcher
Steven has extensive experience studying tip-growth and cell walls in plant pollen tubes. He worked on understanding convergent processes in Macrocystis pyrifera (giant kelp) as part of the Kelp Magic! team.
Steven now works in industry, leveraging his scientific background to make the world a safer and healthier place.
Further Past Members
Tia Barfield Griffin, MCDB Major
Serena Ta, MCDB Major
Manya Kimbadi, MCDB Major
Rick Robin, MCDB Major
Manuel Mora, Graduate Student
Emily Oren, MCDB Major
Chloe Rome, MCDB Major
Tim Sisneros, EEB Major
Pablo Martinez, PostDoc & HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow
Chris Caro, Graduate Student
Marina Linardic, Postdoc
Skye Grimm, Lab Assistant
Triet Ngo, Biology major
Shiva Bayatmalayeri, MCDB major
Ashley Royce, Biochem major and Biomedical minor
Firas Bou Daher, Postdoc
J Louis Kaplan, PhD Student
Yuanjie (JJ) Chen, PhD Student
Katie Leap and Devin Gibbs, UCLA Rotating graduate students
Marina Linardić, PhD Student
Roza Vőfély, Graduate Student
Thomas Torode, Post-doctoral Researcher
Adi Naamati, Research Assitant
Shen Bayon de Noyer, Research Assistant
Marco Aita, Post-doctoral researcher
Emily Marr, Undergraduate, Plant Sciences Part II Project.
Summer interns 2015: Jack Clough and Molly Murton (King’s College)
Joanna Wolstenholme, Undergraduate, Plant Sciences Part II Project.
Simon Butterworth, Undergraduate Researcher. Nat Sci.
Amy Roberts, Undergraduate Researcher, UROP Summer Project
Amish Gir, Undergraduate Researcher. Plant Sciences Part II Project.
Ashley Manton, Undergraduate Researcher, UROP Summer Project.
Alexis Peaucelle, Visiting Scientists via AgreenSkills.
Lihua Han, Senior lab technician
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