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Crystal D. Rogers, PhD
(Principal Investigator)
NSF CAREER Awardee (2022-2026)
PhD, Georgetown University (2009)
BS, UCLA (2001)

Graduate Researchers
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Tess Leathers
(PhD Candidate, BMCDB)

NSF GRFP Awardee (2023-2026)
NIH MCB T32 Fellow (2021-2023)

BS, University of Virginia (2020)

Julia Godinez
(PhD Candidate, BMCDB)

B.S., UC Davis (2022)
Raneesh Ramarapu
(DVM/PhD Candidate, GGIP)

Vision T32 Fellow (2024- )
UC Davis STAR Fellow (2022)
B.S., UCLA (2021)

Christian Torres
(PREP Scholar)
B.S., Northeastern Illinois University
CU Anschutz Graduate Program (2025- )

William Stoehr
(Undergraduate Researcher)
B.S., Statistics and Microbiology, UC Davis (Class of 2026)
Catherine Pham
(Undergraduate Researcher)
B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
UC Davis (Class of 2026)

Jason Ni
(Undergraduate Researcher)
B.S., Biotechnology
UC Davis (Class of 2025)

Camilo Echeverria
(PhD Candidate, BMCDB)

NSF GRFP Awardee (2022-2025)
NIH IMSD T32 Fellow (2021-2022)

B.S., CSUN (2018)
Joanne Mendez
(PhD Candidate, BMCDB)
Schwall Fellowship in Medical Research (2022-2024)
B.S., SJSU (2022)

Postbaccalaureate Researchers

Clare Otto
(Post baccalaureate Scholar)
B.S., UC Davis, 2023

Undergraduate Researchers

Cierra Shelton
(Undergraduate Researcher)
B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UC Davis (Class of 2025)
Emily Avetisyan
(Undergraduate Researcher)
B.S., Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, UC Davis (Class of 2025)
Tisha Patel
(Undergraduate Researcher)
B.S., Molecular and Medical Microbiology
UC Davis (Class of 2027)

Heddy Menendez
(PhD Candidate, BMCDB)

NSF GRFP Awardee (2024-2027)
Dean’s Distinguished Fellowship (2021-2022)
B.S., UC Santa Cruz (2020)
Emma (MJ) Marshall
(DVM/PhD Candidate, MCIP)

eMCDB T32 Fellow (2024- )
AVMA/AVMF 2nd Opportunity Research Scholar (2023)
UC Davis STAR Fellow (2022)
B.S., UC Davis (2020)

#ChonkTheAxolotl
The amazing and anomalous axolotl as a research model
Mia Miesen
(Undergraduate Researcher)
B.S., Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, UC Davis (Class of 2026)
Guillermo Vargas Luna
(Undergraduate Researcher)
B.S., Microbiology, UC Davis (Class of 2026)
Arwen Cudiamat
(Undergraduate Researcher)
B.S., Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
UC Davis (Class of 2026)
Visiting Summer Researchers
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)

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)

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)


“Science is more than a body of knowledge. It is a way of thinking"
- Carl Sagan

2025 Rogers Lab
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2023 Rogers Lab
2021 Rogers Lab

2019 Rogers Lab
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2017 Rogers Lab
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2016 Rogers Lab
Oh! The places you'll go!

Lab Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

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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 students

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Lisa Sorrells, MS
(MS awarded '19)

Clinical Trial Specialist at DOCS Global (2019- )
Bennett-Bickford Biology Scholarship Awardee (2018)
Leslie Family Award Awardee (2017)

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Subrajaa Manohar, MS
(MS awarded '20)
Quality Specialist, Thermo Fisher (2022- )
CSUN BS (Class of 2018)

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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)


Post baccalaureate students

Maxim Kawashima
(Junior Specialist)
B.S., UC Davis (2022)
Application Specialist, Anatomage, Inc.

Johnny Vertiz
(Junior Specialist)
UC Irvine Graduate Program (2023- )
NSF GRFP Awardee (2024-2027)

UC Davis PREP (2022-2023)
B.S., CSUN (2022)

Carly Adamson
(Junior Specialist)

Baylor College of Medicine Graduate Program (2022-)
B.S., UC Davis (2021)
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Connor Christensen
(Junior Specialist)
UC Riverside Graduate Program (2021-)
UC Davis PREP (2020-2021)
B.S., St. Mary's College (2020)

Undergraduate students

Kathryn Sandberg
(Student Assistant)
Junior Specialist UC Davis COVSL (2024- )
B.S., Animal Biology, UC Davis
(Class of 2024)

Rachael Atkins
(Student Assistant)
B.S., Animal Science, UC Davis
(Class of 2024)

Kordi Kokott
(Undergraduate Researcher)
Junior Specialist, Brady Lab (2024-)
Genetics and Genomics
B.S., UC Davis 2024


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Malavika Sugumar
Georgetown University PhD Program (2021- )
B.S., CSUN (2021)
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Ashley Perez
B.S., CSUN (2021)

Ana Gonzalez
(Undergraduate Researcher)
Royal Veterinary College (2024-)
Animal Biology
B.S., UC Davis 2024
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Stephanie Jimenez
(Undergraduate Student)

UCLA PhD Program (2022- )
BS, UC Davis class of '22

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Jocelyn Alfaro
B.S., CSUN (2020)
RISE Fellow (2018-2019)

Briani Zhang
(Undergraduate Student)
UC Davis Class of 2023

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Christian Guerzon
UC Davis SVM (2023- )
San Francisco State MS Program (2021- 2023)

BS, UC Davis class of '21

Nikolas Morrison-Welch
UNC PhD Program (2021- )
B.S., CSUN (2021)
BUILD PODER (2018-2021)
UC Davis LEADS (2020)


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Jose Chacon
UC San Diego PhD Program (2021- )
B.S., CSUN (2021)
NSF GRFP (2022-2024)
Amgen Scholar (2019)
BUILD PODER (2018-2021)


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 Sasha Machulsky
B.S., CSUN (2020)
UC Davis LEADS (2020)
BUILD PODER (2018-2020)

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Aria Javidan, MPH
B.S., CSUN (2018)
George Washington University School of Public Health
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Alberto Camacho
University of Ottawa Graduate School, Stanford Lab (2019- )
B.S., CSUN (2017)
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Kate Perera
B.S., CSUN (2018)


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Diana Ramirez
BUILD PODER Fellow (ELAC)
Choose Development! Fellow 2018-2019 @ SFSU with Carmen Domingo, PhD
transfer to UC Berkeley 2019

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Daisy Nicolas
B.S., CSUN (2019)

Mary Pilapil
B.S., CSUN (2019)

Research Technician, Dr. Jacob Fleischmann Lab, UCLA/VA
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Brandon Harding
UC Davis School of Nursing (2021- )
B.S., CSUN (2018)
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Natalie Hyde
B.S., CSUN (2018)
Julie Gorchynski MD Center for Cancer and Developmental Biology Undergraduate Research Award (2018)
 
Siri Nalluri
(Undergraduate Student)
UC Davis Class of 2022

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