{"id":76,"date":"2024-04-05T14:44:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T21:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/?page_id=76"},"modified":"2025-07-14T17:14:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T00:14:16","slug":"team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/team\/","title":{"rendered":"Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-1742c-0a55e8bae0d6f4101b195afa8edead0b av_one_half  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-bq7d4-38a32c836bf15146c879175f17303111\">\n.avia-image-container.av-bq7d4-38a32c836bf15146c879175f17303111 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-bq7d4-38a32c836bf15146c879175f17303111 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-bq7d4-38a32c836bf15146c879175f17303111 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-110 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-110 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/04\/Shahan_headshot-246x300.jpg\" alt='' title='Shahan_headshot'  height=\"300\" width=\"246\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/04\/Shahan_headshot-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/04\/Shahan_headshot-843x1030.jpg 843w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/04\/Shahan_headshot-768x938.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/04\/Shahan_headshot-1257x1536.jpg 1257w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/04\/Shahan_headshot-1677x2048.jpg 1677w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/04\/Shahan_headshot-1228x1500.jpg 1228w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/04\/Shahan_headshot-577x705.jpg 577w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1441g-81a9e09bb589ac88d74ae71c62d0d66c av_one_half  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-aeg5g-07fbfcdbc9deaf8b9d59fabd0f0ce810 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><strong>Rachel Shahan\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">rshahan[at]ucla.edu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Dr. Rachel Shahan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology at UCLA. Prior to coming to UCLA in March 2024, she was a Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University in the lab of the late Philip Benfey. Rachel received her PhD from the University of Maryland where she conducted her thesis research in the lab of Zhongchi Liu as a USDA NIFA Pre-doctoral fellow. Rachel received her B.S. in Biology from Virginia Tech and originally hails from the rural Eastern Shore of Maryland. As a first-generation scientist, she is passionate about training the next generation of scientists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='hr av-3tojg-2dd9c4d55418b376004971fd38d87e0b hr-default  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_half '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<div  class='flex_column av-9enq4-49d357f762aaa5edec0ee22092a2bd3e av_one_half  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-8ukqc-55167bb6581e4b5aa2797f6c972092ed\">\n.avia-image-container.av-8ukqc-55167bb6581e4b5aa2797f6c972092ed img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-8ukqc-55167bb6581e4b5aa2797f6c972092ed .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-8ukqc-55167bb6581e4b5aa2797f6c972092ed av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-6  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-352 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-352 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/05\/Min3-286x300.jpg\" alt='' title='Min3'  height=\"300\" width=\"286\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/05\/Min3-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/05\/Min3-768x806.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/05\/Min3-672x705.jpg 672w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/05\/Min3.jpg 815w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-7vmec-dd7ef25cc9385bf0870dc1f5acad68de av_one_half  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-7adco-396886163a469edf613a35547d42cc9d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\"><strong>Min Chen<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">minchen7[at]ucla.edu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 14pt\">Min is our laboratory manager. Originally from Beijing, China, she moved to Los Angeles in 2007 with her family. She has a bachelor&#8217;s degree in Microbiology and a master&#8217;s degree in Computer Science. Before joining the Shahan Lab, she worked in the Goldberg Lab focusing on comprehensive genomic profiling during seed development. She has two boys and likes to spend her free time volunteering, practicing yoga, cooking and camping.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='hr av-bwj4-e5aa63c1f69b0f7f189e2fed727aff4b hr-default  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_half '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-6745o-29695c6ecb4b92b53c24cce8f9a21491 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5k5jc-3301946b66d5825f407a4400ca646cd8\">\n.avia-image-container.av-5k5jc-3301946b66d5825f407a4400ca646cd8 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-5k5jc-3301946b66d5825f407a4400ca646cd8 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-5k5jc-3301946b66d5825f407a4400ca646cd8 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-11  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-596 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-596 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Jean-Ae-lab_edit-300x298.jpg\" alt='' title='Jean Ae lab_edit'  height=\"298\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Jean-Ae-lab_edit-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Jean-Ae-lab_edit-1030x1022.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Jean-Ae-lab_edit-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Jean-Ae-lab_edit-768x762.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Jean-Ae-lab_edit-1536x1524.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Jean-Ae-lab_edit-2048x2032.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Jean-Ae-lab_edit-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Jean-Ae-lab_edit-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Jean-Ae-lab_edit-1500x1488.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Jean-Ae-lab_edit-705x699.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-i0lc-204234187e9fa2fb71f158e895cec929 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-m2uo46qf-ca5a99413369dde4038b401cd90cd41e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>Ruth Jean Ae Kim<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">rjkim032[at]ucla.edu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Jean Ae is a postdoctoral scholar working on root developmental timing. She recently graduated with a PhD in Plant Biology from UC Riverside. Her graduate work in Meng Chen\u2019s lab focused on the function of a biomolecular condensate in light and temperature signaling in plants. She is excited to apply her experience to discover how environmental signals inform root development over time. Outside of the lab she enjoys tennis, watching k-dramas, going on food adventures, and outings with her english cream golden retriever.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='hr av-2mflg-b0589a576b921c79873ce1948bbb9763 hr-default  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_half '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-gbhc-c74150e60e5c85dbd5535b86d0af3a86 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m2uo9n37-20a17b226e2f6ea40e4620261baa4bfb\">\n.avia-image-container.av-m2uo9n37-20a17b226e2f6ea40e4620261baa4bfb img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-m2uo9n37-20a17b226e2f6ea40e4620261baa4bfb .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-m2uo9n37-20a17b226e2f6ea40e4620261baa4bfb av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-16  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-488 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-488 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/SPardi_Headshot-300x200.jpg\" alt='' title='SPardi_Headshot'  height=\"200\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/SPardi_Headshot-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/SPardi_Headshot-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/SPardi_Headshot-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/SPardi_Headshot-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/SPardi_Headshot-2048x1367.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/SPardi_Headshot-1500x1001.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/SPardi_Headshot-705x471.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-ew0k-cdfd9e815e7038fdab257b15c667d6ba av_one_half  avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-m2uo4gan-e19bf248a575fca23f1f8bd162befa20 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Sarah Pardi<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">spardi24[at]ucla.edu<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 14pt\">Sarah received her PhD at Washington University in St. Louis in the Nusinow lab at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center where she studied disordered proteins and phase separation during red-light photoperception in Arabidopsis. Sarah is now a Postdoctoral researcher in the Shahan lab studying cell identity decisions and maintenance in the Arabidopsis root. Outside of the lab, she enjoys playing tennis and spending time with friends and family. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='hr av-2aka4-db4f4b905edb2785eab05e87c5ff3ae3 hr-default  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_half '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-3dxso-49f60b0060f77738f71823d21f685dcb av_one_half  avia-builder-el-20  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2tt6k-46f0dc7aec8a297b23de8a97d74d341c\">\n.avia-image-container.av-2tt6k-46f0dc7aec8a297b23de8a97d74d341c img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-2tt6k-46f0dc7aec8a297b23de8a97d74d341c .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-2tt6k-46f0dc7aec8a297b23de8a97d74d341c av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-21  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-570 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-570 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/headshot_Saahithi-200x300.jpg\" alt='' title='headshot_Saahithi'  height=\"300\" width=\"200\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/headshot_Saahithi-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/headshot_Saahithi-687x1030.jpg 687w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/headshot_Saahithi-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/headshot_Saahithi-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/headshot_Saahithi-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/headshot_Saahithi-1000x1500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/headshot_Saahithi-470x705.jpg 470w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/headshot_Saahithi-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-24ezg-139cb75f7cb5d2a87244f9faa5090b53 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-22  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-m2usd9hi-4a8e5b1e3c85a21f10181ea20215d375 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>Saahithi Kari<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Saahithi is a 4th year Computational and Systems Biology major, concentrating in Bioinformatics. She is interested in using data visualization tools to study plant cell development. In her free time, she enjoys reading, spending time outdoors, and exploring the Los\u00a0Angeles area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='hr av-1g0qs-26c909bf2ffed55ad446b33bd9acdeb6 hr-default  avia-builder-el-24  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_half '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1iqtc-986da802e65de9fbdd1986a8ff88f899 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-25  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m2unwwm9-4e4f20b068e8fdfb06a38eeb7b992283\">\n.avia-image-container.av-m2unwwm9-4e4f20b068e8fdfb06a38eeb7b992283 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-m2unwwm9-4e4f20b068e8fdfb06a38eeb7b992283 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-m2unwwm9-4e4f20b068e8fdfb06a38eeb7b992283 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-26  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-486 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-486 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Michael_Lee_headshot-1-207x300.png\" alt='' title='Michael_Lee_headshot'  height=\"300\" width=\"207\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Michael_Lee_headshot-1-207x300.png 207w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Michael_Lee_headshot-1-710x1030.png 710w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Michael_Lee_headshot-1-768x1115.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Michael_Lee_headshot-1-1058x1536.png 1058w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Michael_Lee_headshot-1-1033x1500.png 1033w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Michael_Lee_headshot-1-486x705.png 486w, https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/mcdb-shahan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/325\/2024\/10\/Michael_Lee_headshot-1.png 1127w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-14wqs-064a5e74362e4691bac2c57cffd13792 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-27  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-m2unxuac-f3ebefb4172f44a7d0807198c454e9a9 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Michael Lee<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 14pt;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif\">Michael joined the Shahan Lab in the Fall of 2024 and is currently a third-year undergraduate student at UCLA majoring in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology. 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