Faculty

Justin B. Siegel, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine
• Faculty Director of the Innovation Institute for Food and Health

• jbsiegel@ucdavis.edu

Staff Scientist

Ryan Caster, M.S.

• Lab Manager

• rwcaster@ucdavis.edu

Veronica L. Keys

• Executive Assistant

• vlkeys@ucdavis.edu

Michelle Louie

• Staff Research Associate

• mvlouie@ucdavis.edu

Ashley Vater, M.S.

• Instructional Designer

• awvater@ucdavis.edu

Postdoctoral Researcher

Augustine Arredondo, Ph.D.

• Postdoc

• xearredondo@ucdavis.edu

Youtian Cui, Ph.D., M.S.

• Postdoc

• ytcui@ucdavis.edu

Robby Divine, Ph.D.

• Postdoc

• rddivine@ucdavis.edu

Graduate Student Researcher

Ian C Anderson

• Ph.D Student

• icanderson@ucdavis.edu

Mateo M. Cepeda

• Ph.D Student

• mmcepeda@ucdavis.edu

Trevor Gannalo

• Ph.D Student

• tgannalo@ucdavis.edu

Sarah Holmes, B.S.

• Graduate Student Researcher

• sholmes@ucdavis.edu

Alex Kehl, B.S.

• PhD Candidate

• akehl@ucdavis.edu

Emma Luu

• Ph.D. Candidate

• emluu@ucdavis.edu

Akanksha Majumdar

• Ph.D. Candidate

• akmaj@ucdavis.edu

Tram Nguyen, B.S.

• Ph.D. Candidate

• kelnguyen@ucdavis.edu

Duy Bao Pham

• Ph.D. Student

• duypham@ucdavis.edu

Mary A. Riley, B.S.

• Ph.D Candidate

• myriley@ucdavis.edu

Bryan Arthur Skorka

• Ph.D. Student

• baskorka@ucdavis.edu

Ian Torrence

• Ph.D. Candidate

• istorrence@ucdavis.edu

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Sydney Becker

• Undergraduate Researcher, Student Lab Assistant

• ssbecker@ucdavis.edu

Sophie Broad

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• smbroad@ucdavis.edu

Nikolas Chupkin

• Undergraduate Researcher

• nchupkin@ucdavis.edu

Sebastian Criego

• Undergraduate Researcher

• scriego@ucdavis.edu

Shreyasi Das

• Undergraduate Student Researcher
• Student Lab Assistant

• shdas@ucdavis.edu

Kristen Dong

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• kxdong@ucdavis.edu

Aaleesha Doshi

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• aaldoshi@ucdavis.edu

Namrata Elamaran

• Undergraduate Researcher

• nelamaran@ucdavis.edu

Ixchel B. Gonzalez

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• ibgonzalez@ucdavis.edu

Izzy Gonzalez

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• iagonzalez@ucdavis.edu

Aidan Hagerty

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• aahagerty@ucdavis.edu

Claire Huntington

• Undergraduate Researcher, Student Lab Assistant

• cshuntington@ucdavis.edu

Sahasra Kasturi

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• skasturi@ucdavis.edu

Junghun Kim

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• jugkim@ucdavis.edu

Dominique Lashley

• Undergraduate Researcher

• dvlashley@ucadavis.edu

Jennifer Lee

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• jpzlee@ucdavis.edu

Jeremy Leung

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• Jeung@ucdavis.edu

Qilin Li

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• qilli@ucdavis.edu

Yuan Ma

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• yyzma@ucdavis.edu

Hiral Mehta

• Undergraduate Researcher

• hamehta@ucdavis.edu

Kuhu Mukherjee

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• khmukherjee@ucdavis.edu

Grace Muma

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• gemuma@ucdavis.edu

Hideaki Park

• Undergraduate Researcher

• hdpark@ucdavis.edu

Drishti Patel

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• dripatel@ucdavis.edu

Akash Sethi

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• avsethi@ucdavis.edu

Roni Shechtman

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• rshechtman@ucdavis.edu

Chiran Akkshay Shunmugam

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• cshunmugam@ucdavis.edu

Isabel Siapno

• Undergraduate Student Researcher, Student Lab Assistant

• kasiapno@ucdavis.edu

Tyler Sousa

• Undergraduate Researcher

• tsousa@ucdavis.edu

Breanna Tiu

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• btiu@ucdavis.edu

Grace Yang

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• gtayang@ucdavis.edu

Anthony Yi

• Undergraduate Researcher

• yhyi@ucdavis.edu

Austin Elliot Yu

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• aueyu@ucdavis.edu

Brendan Yu

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• byyu@ucdavis.edu

Dimitrios Zannis

• Undergraduate Researcher

• dazannis@ucdavis.edu

Alumni

Sambid Adhikari, B.S. M.S.

• Graduate Student Researcher

• samadhikari@ucdavis.edu

Lauren Anderson

• Undergraduate Researcher

• lauanderson@ucdavis.edu

Eric Andre

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• elandre@ucdavis.edu

Spriha B.S. Awale

• Undergraduate Researcher

• sawale@ucdavis.edu

Daria Beniakoff

• Undergraduate Researcher

• dbeniakoff@ucdavis.edu

Samuel Chen, B.S.

• Undergraduate Researcher

• smlchen@ucdavis.edu

Simon Kit Sang Chu, M.S.

• Ph.D. Candidate

• kschu@ucdavis.edu

Morgan Connolly, B.S.

• Ph.D. Candidate

• mpconnolly@ucdavis.edu

Stephanie C. Contreras, Ph.D.

• Postdoctoral Researcher

• sccontreras@ucdavis.edu

Tim Coulther, Ph.D.

• Postdoctoral Researcher

• tacoulther@ucdavis.edu

Andrew Del Real

• Undergraduate Researcher

• amdelreal@ucdavis.edu

Pamela Denish, B.S. Ph.D.

• Ph.D. Candidate

• prdenish@ucdavis.edu

Lila Dobroff, B.S.

• Undergraduate Researcher

• lmdobroff@ucdavis.edu

Jason S. Fell, Ph.D.

• Postdoctoral Researcher

• jsfell@ucdavis.edu

Lolita Ghadimian, B.S.

• Undergraduate Researcher

• lghadimian@ucdavis.edu

Milca Girmai, B.S.

• Undergraduate Researcher

• magirmai@ucdavis.edu

Peishan Huang, B.S.

• Ph.D Candidate

• peihuang@ucdavis.edu

Xiaoqing Huang, M.S.

• Masters Student

• xqhuang@ucdavis.edu

Amal Karesh, B.S.

• Postbac Researcher

• akaresh@ucdavis.edu

Alina Kim

• Undergraduate Researcher

• alakim@ucdavis.edu

Alvin Kim, B.S.

• Undergraduate Researcher

• alhkim@ucdavis.edu

Daniel Kim, B.S.

• Undergraduate Researcher

• dsekim@ucdavis.edu

Lizzie Knoll

• Undergraduate Researcher

• eaknoll@ucdavis.edu

Steven Dalton Kulak, B.S.

• Undergraduate Researcher

• sdkulak@ucdavis.edu

Shawn Ray M. Leano

• Undergraduate Researcher

• smleano@ucdavis.edu

Amir Lechner, M.S.

• Ph.D. Student

• ablechner@ucdavis.edu

Jose Miguel Limcaoco, B.S.

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• jilimcaoco@ucdavis.edu

Andres Lira

• Undergraduate Researcher

• aalira@ucdavis.edu

Cody Liu

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• codliu@ucdavis.edu

Jennie Luong

• Undergraduate Researcher

• jalluong@ucdavis.edu

Bryan Alexis Magana, B.S.

• Undergraduate Researcher

• brymagana@ucdavis.edu

Harleen Maitla, B.S.

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• hmaitla@ucdavis.edu

Wai Shun Mak, Ph.D.

• Postdoctoral Researcher

• wmak@ucdavis.edu

Emma Monge, B.S.

• Undergraduate Researcher, Student Lab Assistant

• elmonge@ucdavis.edu

Marcus Vincent Moreno, Ph.D.

• Postdoctoral Researcher

• mvmoreno@ucdavis.edu

Anisha Narsam

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• anarsam@ucdavis.edu

Amanda Nguyen

• Undergraduate Researcher

• ahhng@ucdavis.edu

Henrique Noro Frizzo, B.S.

• Undergraduate Researcher

• hnorofrizzo@ucdavis.edu

Teresa de Jesus Ortega, M.S.

• Ph.D Student

• tdortega@ucdavis.edu

Udayaditya Palety

• Undergraduate Researcher

• upalety@ucdavis.edu

Andrew Plummer

• Undergraduate Student Researcher, Student Lab Assistant

• agplummer@ucdavis.edu

Catherine Rodriguez, B.S.

• Undergraduate Researcher, Student Lab Assistant

• cnvrodriguez@ucdavis.edu

Jada Santos

• Undergraduate Researcher

• jssantos@ucdavis.edu

Nicholas Nguyen Sarmiento

• Undergraduate Researcher

• nnsarmiento@ucdavis.edu

Alex Schaffer, B.S. M.S.

• Ph.D. Student

• aschaffer@ucdavis.edu

Nathaniel K. Schoppa, B.S.

• Undergraduate Researcher, Student Lab Assistant

• nkschoppa@ucdavis.edu

Dr. Hannah S. Shafaat, PhD

• Associate Professor at Ohio State University

• shafaat.1@osu.edu

Shivani Sheth

• Undergraduate Researcher

• shivoko2000@gmail.com

Riley Shute, B.S.

• Undergraduate Researcher

• rcshute@ucdavis.edu

Matthew Sy, B.S.

• Undergraduate Researcher

• mttsy@ucdavis.edu

Thomas To

• Undergraduate Researcher

• mrto@ucdavis.edu

Ritwik Varma

• Undergraduate Researcher

• itvarma@ucdavis.edu

Alexa Sofia VelezFonseca

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• asvelezfonseca@ucdavis.edu

Xiaofu Wei, B.S.

• Undergraduate Researcher

• xflwei@ucdavis.edu

Caroline Yeow

• Undergraduate Student Researcher

• cgyeow@ucdavis.edu

Yesmine Zahra, B.S.

• Undergraduate Researcher

• ynzahra@ucdavis.edu

Tiffany Y. Zhang, B.S. Ph.D.

• Ph.D. Candidate

• yuezh@ucdavis.edu