Lab Members

Pavak K Shah, PhD
Associate Professor
Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences
Brain Research Institute
Molecular Biology Institute
pavak (at) ucla.edu
TLSB 5000C

Graduate Students:

Ryan Johnson
PhD Molecular Biology, CDB

Neil Peinado
PhD Molecular Biology, IMMP

Clover Stubbert
PhD Molecular Biology, CDB

Marvin Onwukwe
PhD BMSB, Co-Mentored by Danielle Schmitt

Undergraduate Students:

Reza Hemmati
Undergraduate Researcher
CaSB, Biomedical Research Minor

Lab Alumni

Sofia Foondos, Undergraduate Researcher and Technician
Currently: University of Arizona College of Medicine

Gunalan Natesan, CaSB Undergraduate and Bioinformatics MS
Currently:  PhD Yale Computational and Systems Biology

Matthew Waliman, MS Electrical and Computer Engineering
Currently: Bobyard Inc.

Aihui Wang, BMSB Rotation Student

Yesica Mercado-Ayon, CDB Rotation Student
Currently:  Samantha Butler Lab, UCLA

Emily Peluso, IMMP Rotation Student
Currently: Tom Vallim Lab, UCLA

Jessenya Mil, CDB Rotation Student
Currently: Aparna Badhuri Lab, UCLA

Claudia Nguyen, NSIDP Rotation Student
Currently: Aparna Badhuri Lab, UCLA

Damia Gonzalez Akimori, CDB Rotation Student
Currently: Elissa Hallem Lab, UCLA

Leopoldo Bello-Luna, Lab Manager
Currently: MD Medical College of Wisconsin

Dimitri Speron, MCDB Undergraduate
Currently: MD Feinburg School of Medicine- Northwestern University

Noelle Wheeler, CASB Undergradute
Currently: MS Computational Biology at Weill Cornell Medicine

Bernice Thambiraja, MCDB Undergraduate

Shiqin Tan, CASB Undergraduate
Currently: MS Biomedical Imaging at Weill Cornell Medicine

Farhan Muhammad, Biophysics Undergraduate
Currently: MD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Julianna Filice, Biology Undergraduate

Vinita Saxena, MCDB Undergraduate
Currently: MPH Emory University

Rohit Ghosh, CASB Undergraduate
Currently: Postbac with Steven Reilly, Yale Genetics

Christopher Avalos, Lab Assistant
Currently: PhD Harvard BBS

Julia Miller, NSIDP Rotation Student
Currently: Orkun Akin Lab, UCLA