Crystal D. Rogers, PhD
(Principal Investigator)
NSF CAREER Awardee (2022-2026)
PhD, Georgetown University (2009)
BS, UCLA (2001)
Current Lab Members
Tess Leathers
(PhD Candidate, BMCDB)
NSF GRFP Awardee (2023-2026)
NIH MCB T32 Fellow (2021-2023)
BS, University of Virginia (2020)
Julia Godinez
(PhD Student, BMCDB)
B.S., UC Davis (2021)
Kathryn Sandberg
(Undergrad. Student Assistant)
B.S., UC Davis (2024)
Camilo Echeverria
(PhD Candidate, BMCDB)
NSF GRFP Awardee (2022-2025)
NIH IMSD T32 Fellow (2021-2022)
B.S., CSUN (2018)
Joanne Mendez
(PhD Student, BMCDB)
Schwall Fellowship in Medical Research (2022-2024)
B.S., SJSU (2022)
#ChonkTheAxolotl
Twitter: @ChonkTheAxolotl
The amazing and anomalous axolotl as a research model
Heddy Menendez
(PhD Candidate, BMCDB)
NSF GRFP Awardee (2024-2027)
Dean’s Distinguished Fellowship (2021-2022)
B.S., UC Santa Cruz (2020)
Visiting Summer Researchers
Emma (MJ) Marshall
(UC Davis DVM/PhD Student, MCIP)
AVMA/AVMF 2nd Opportunity Research Scholar (2023)
UC Davis STAR Fellow (2022)
B.S., UC Davis (2021)
Nancy Diaz
(Undergraduate Student)
Cal State LA Class of 2024
UC Davis FACES Fellow (2023)
Cal State LA RISE (2022-2023)
Juliann (Juju) Hallum
(UC Davis DVM Student)
UC Davis STAR Fellow (2023)
B.S., Stanford (2022)
Raneesh Ramarapu
(UC Davis DVM/PhD Student, GGIP)
UC Davis STAR Fellow (2022)
B.S., UCLA (2021)
Hannah Herron
(Undergraduate Student)
Austin College Class of 2025
UC Davis FACES Fellow (2022-2023)
SDB Choose Development Fellow (2022-2023)
Jessica Pacheco
(Undergraduate Student)
UCSF Graduate Program (2023- )
B.S., CSUN (2022)
UC Davis FACES Fellow (2022)
“Science is more than a body of knowledge. It is a way of thinking"
- Carl Sagan

2023 Rogers Lab
2022 Rogers Lab
2019 Rogers Lab
2016 Rogers Lab
2021 Rogers Lab
2017 Rogers Lab
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 students

Colton Baumler
(Graduate Student, BMCDB)
CBS Dean's Mentorship Award (2021-2022)
NSF GRFP Awardee (2021-2024)
UC Davis PREP (2019-2020)
BS, BA, Concordia St. Paul University (2018)
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)

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

Undergraduate students

Briani Zhang
(Undergraduate Student)
UC Davis Class of 2023
Stephanie Jimenez
(Undergraduate Student)
UCLA PhD Program (2022- )
BS, UC Davis class of '22

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

Christian Guerzon
San Francisco State MS Program (2021- 2023)
BS, UC Davis class of '21

Ashley Perez
B.S., CSUN (2021)
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)
Malavika Sugumar
Georgetown University PhD Program (2021- )
B.S., CSUN (2021)
Jocelyn Alfaro
B.S., CSUN (2020)
RISE Fellow (2018-2019)
Aria Javidan, MPH
B.S., CSUN (2018)
George Washington University School of Public Health
Alberto Camacho
University of Ottawa Graduate School, Stanford Lab (2019- )
B.S., CSUN (2017)
Kate Perera
B.S., CSUN (2018)


Diana Ramirez
BUILD PODER Fellow (ELAC)
Choose Development! Fellow 2018-2019 @ SFSU with Carmen Domingo, PhD
transfer to UC Berkeley 2019
Daisy Nicolas
B.S., CSUN (2019)
Mary Pilapil
B.S., CSUN (2019)
Research Technician, Dr. Jacob Fleischmann Lab, UCLA/VA
Brandon Harding
UC Davis School of Nursing (2021- )
B.S., CSUN (2018)
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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