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Crystal D. Rogers, PhD
(Principal Investigator) NSF CAREER Awardee (2022-2026) PhD, Georgetown University (2009) UCLA Class of 2001 |
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Graduate Researchers
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Tess Leathers
(PhD Candidate, BMCDB) Emmy Werner and Stanley Jacobsen Fellowship (2026-) NSF GRFP Awardee (2023-2026) NIH MCB T32 Fellow (2021-2023) University of Virginia Class of 2020 |
Camilo Echeverria
(PhD Candidate, BMCDB) UC President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellowship (2026-2027) NSF GRFP Awardee (2023-2026) NIH IMSD T32 Fellow (2021-2022) CSUN Class of 2018 |
Heddy Menendez
(PhD Candidate, BMCDB) NSF GRFP Awardee (2024-2027) Dean’s Distinguished Fellowship (2021-2022) UC Santa Cruz Class of 2020 |
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Joanne Mendez
(PhD Candidate, BMCDB) Schwall Fellowship in Medical Research (2022-2024) San Jose State University Class of 2022 |
Emma (MJ) Marshall
(DVM/PhD Candidate, MCIP) MSTP T32 Fellow (2026-2027) eMCDB T32 Fellow (2024-2026 ) AVMA/AVMF 2nd Opportunity Research Scholar (2023) UC Davis STAR Fellow (2022) UC Davis Class of 2020 |
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Raneesh Ramarapu
(DVM/PhD Candidate, GGIP) MSTP T32 Fellow (2026-2027) Vision T32 Fellow (2024-2026) UC Davis STAR Fellow (2022) UCLA Class of 2021 |
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Undergraduate Researchers
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William Stoehr
(Undergraduate Researcher) UC Davis Class of 2026 |
Mia Miesen
(Undergraduate Researcher) UC Davis Class of 2026 |
Tisha Patel
(Undergraduate Researcher) UC Davis Class of 2027 |
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Lorenzo Perez Hernandez
(Undergraduate Researcher) UC Davis Class of 2027 |
Allyson Pham
(Undergraduate Researcher) UC Davis Class of 2027 |
Veda Jadaprolu
(Undergraduate Researcher) UC Davis Class of 2028 |
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Fiona Vong
(Undergraduate Researcher) |
Kriti Podduturu
(Undergraduate Researcher) |
Helena Laird
(Undergraduate Researcher) MARC Scholar |
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Noah Vazquez
(Undergraduate Researcher) |
Summer Researchers
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Or Taylor
(UC Davis DVM Student) UC Davis STAR Fellow (2026) The George Washington University Class of 2020 |
Ashley Youm
(Undergraduate Researcher) NSF FACES Scholar (2026) UC Davis Class of 2026 |
Arwen Cudiamat
(Undergraduate Researcher) NSF FACES Scholar (2026) UC Davis Class of 2026 |
“Science is more than a body of knowledge. It is a way of thinking"
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
2026 Rogers Lab
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2025 Rogers Lab
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2024 Rogers Lab
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2021 Rogers Lab
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2019 Rogers Lab
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2017 Rogers Lab
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2016 Rogers Lab
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Oh! The places you'll go!
Lab Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
Brigette Monroy, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow)
NSF PRFB Awardee (2021)
PhD, UC Davis BMCDB (2019) CBS Dean's Mentorship Award (2019) NSF GRFP Awardee (2014-2017) NIH IMSD (2013-2014) B.S. San Francisco State University (2013) |
Graduate scholars
Lisa Sorrells, MS
(MS awarded '19) Clinical Trial Specialist at DOCS Global (2019- )
Bennett-Bickford Biology Scholarship Awardee (2018) Leslie Family Award Awardee (2017) |
Subrajaa Manohar, MS
(MS awarded '20) Quality Specialist, Thermo Fisher (2022- ) CSUN BS (Class of 2018) |
Alexis Camacho-Avila, MS
(MS awarded '21) Kite Pharma (2021- ) CSUN BS (Class of 2019) SDB Choose Development Fellow (2017-2018) Sprague Foundation Scholar (2018-2019) Gorchynski, M.D. Center for Cancer and Developmental Biology Graduating Senior Award (2019) |
Summer Scholars
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Griselda Rodriguez
(UC Davis DVM Student) UC Davis STAR Fellow (2025) B.S., Cal Poly (2022) |
Juliann (Juju) Hallum
(UC Davis DVM Student) UC Davis STAR Fellow (2023) B.S., Stanford (2022) |
Jessica Pacheco
(Undergraduate Student) UCSF Graduate Program (2023- ) B.S., CSUN (2022) UC Davis FACES Fellow (2022) |
Hannah Herron
(Undergraduate Student) Austin College Class of 2025 UC Davis FACES Fellow (2022-2023) SDB Choose Development Fellow (2022-2023) |
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Nancy Diaz
(Undergraduate Student) Cal State LA Class of 2024 City of Hope Graduate Program (2024- ) UC Davis FACES Fellow (2023) Cal State LA RISE (2022-2023) |
Post baccalaureate scholars
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Johnny Vertiz
(Junior Specialist) UC Irvine Graduate Program (2023- ) NSF GRFP Awardee (2024-2027) UC Davis PREP (2022-2023) CSUN Class of 2022 |
Carly Adamson, MS
(Junior Specialist) Baylor College of Medicine Graduate Program (2022-2026) UC Davis Class of 2021 |
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Undergraduate scholars
Emily Avetisyan
(Undergraduate Researcher) Stanford University (2026- ) UC Davis (Class of 2026) |
Catherine Pham
(Undergraduate Researcher) UC Davis Class of 2026 |
Noor Amro
(Undergraduate Researcher) NIH Postbac Program (2026- ) UC Davis Class of 2026 |
Guillermo Vargas Luna
(Undergraduate Researcher) UC Davis Class of 2026 |
Emily Avetisyan
(Undergraduate Researcher) UC Davis Class of 2025 |
Cierra Shelton
(Undergraduate Researcher) UC Davis Class of 2025 |
Jason Ni
(Undergraduate Researcher) B.S., Biotechnology UC Davis Class of 2025 |
Ana Gonzalez
(Undergraduate Researcher) Royal Veterinary College (2024-) UC Davis Class of 2024 |
Rachael Atkins
(Student Assistant) B.S., Animal Science, UC Davis (Class of 2024) |
Kathryn Sandberg
(Student Assistant) UC Davis Class of 2024 |
Kordi Kokott
(Undergraduate Researcher) UC Davis Graduate Program (2025-) UC Davis Class of 2024 |
Briani Zhang
(Undergraduate Student) UC Davis Class of 2023 |
Stephanie Jimenez
(Undergraduate Student) UCLA PhD Program (2022- ) UC Davis class of '22 |
Siri Nalluri
(Undergraduate Student) UC Davis Class of 2022 |
Christian Guerzon
UC Davis SVM (2023- ) San Francisco State MS Program (2021- 2023) UC Davis class of '21 |
Ashley Perez
B.S., CSUN (2021) |
Nikolas Morrison-Welch
UNC PhD Program (2021- ) CSUN Class of 2021 |
Jose Chacon
UC San Diego PhD Program (2021- ) B.S., CSUN (2021) NSF GRFP (2022-2024) Amgen Scholar (2019) BUILD PODER (2018-2021) |
Jocelyn Alfaro
CSUN Class of 2020 RISE Fellow (2018-2019) |
Malavika Sugumar
Georgetown University PhD Program (2021- ) CSUN Class of 2021 |
Sasha Machulsky
CSUN Class of 2020 |
Daisy Nicolas
CSUN Class of 2019 |
Mary Pilapil
CSUN Class of 2019 |
Aria Javidan, MPH
George Washington University School of Public Health CSUN Class of 2018 |
Kate Perera
CSUN Class of 2018 |
Brandon Harding
UC Davis School of Nursing (2021- ) CSUN Class of 2018 |
Natalie Hyde
CSUN Class of 2018 |
Diana Ramirez
BUILD PODER Fellow (ELAC) Choose Development! Fellow 2018-2019 @ SFSU with Carmen Domingo, PhD transfer to UC Berkeley 2019 |
Alberto Camacho
University of Ottawa Graduate School, Stanford Lab (2019- ) CSUN Class of 2017 |
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