Graduate Students

Nastaran Abbasizadeh

Graduate Student in the Spencer Lab

nabbasizadeh@ucmerced.edu

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Mohammad Abdulqader

Graduate Student, Muñoz Lab

mabdulqader@ucmerced.edu

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Pratik Adhikari

Graduate Student in the Wolf Lab

padhikari@ucmerced.edu

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Jourjina Alkhouri

Graduate Student in the Barlow Lab

jalkhouri@ucmerced.edu

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Julia Alvarez

Graduate Student in the Jensen Lab

jhampton3@ucmerced.edu

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Noelle Anderson

Graduate Student in the Roy Lab

nanderson8@ucmerced.edu

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Jonathan Anzules

Graduate Student in the Hoyer & Sindi labs

janzules@ucmerced.edu

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April Apostol

Graduate Student

aapostol@ucmerced.edu

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Beryl Arinda

Graduate Student in the Grasis and Oviedo Labs

barinda@ucmerced.edu

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Shkula Babi

Graduate Student in the Grasis and Bennett Labs

sbabi@ucmerced.edu

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Priyanka Bapat

Graduate Student in the Nobile Lab

pbapat@ucmerced.edu

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Irina Barros

Graduate Student in the Yeakel Lab

ibarros@ucmerced.edu

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Jean Bazan Williamson

Graduate Student

jbazanwilliamson@ucmerced.edu

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Maedeh Bazmi

Graduate Student in the Escobar Lab

mbazmi@ucmerced.edu

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Robert Boria

Graduate Student in the Blois Lab

rboria@ucmerced.edu

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Amin Boroomand

Graduate Student in the Smaldino Lab

aboroomand@ucmerced.edu

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Bradley Bowser

Graduate Student

bbowser@ucmerced.edu

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Kinsey Brock

Graduate Student in the Blois Lab

kbrock@ucmerced.edu

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Christian Burns

Graduate Student in the Spencer Lab

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Eva Cai

Graduate Student in the Ge Lab

ecai@ucmerced.edu

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Bailey Carlson

Graduate Student in the Dawson Lab

bcarlson4@ucmerced.edu

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Hsiao-Ming Chang

Graduate Student

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Daravuth Cheam

Graduate Student in the Nishiguci Lab

dcheam@ucmerced.edu

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Betsabel Chicana Romero

Graduate Student in the Manilay Lab

bchicanaromero@ucmerced.edu

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Candace Cole

Graduate Student in the Barlow Lab

ccole5@ucmerced.edu

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Andrea Collins-Hed

Graduate Student in the Ardell Lab

acollins-hed@ucmerced.edu

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Manuel Cornejo

mcornejo3@ucmerced.edu

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Karen Cornejo

Graduate Student

kcornejo2@ucmerced.edu

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Jarrod Cortez

Graduate Student

jcortez32@ucmerced.edu

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Oscar Davalos

Graduate Student in the Hoyer Lab

odavalos2@ucmerced.edu

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Danaan DeNeve Weeks

Graduate Student in the Blois Lab

ddeneveweeks@ucmerced.edu

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Pedro Diaz-Parga

Graduate Student in the de Alba Bastarrechea

pdiaz-parga@ucmerced.edu

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Anh Diep

Graduate Student in the Hoyer Lab

adiep4@ucmerced.edu

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Ying Dong

Graduate Student

ydong11@ucmerced.edu

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Cristine Donham

Graduate Student in the Manilay Lab

cdonham@ucmerced.edu

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Janna Emery

Graduate Student

jemery@ucmerced.edu

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Craig Ennis

Graduate Student in the Nobile Lab

cennis@ucmerced.edu

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Samuel Fellows

Graduate Student in the Edwards Lab

sfellows@ucmerced.edu

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Sona Garsevanyan

Graduate Student in the Barlow Lab

sgarsevanyan@ucmerced.edu

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Jose Godoy

Graduate Student in the Ortiz Lab

jgodoy4@ucmerced.edu

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Perla Gonzalez Moreno

Graduate Student

pgonzalezmoreno@ucmerced.edu

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Deepika Gunasekaran

Graduate Student in the Nobile and Ardell Labs

dgunasekaran@ucmerced.edu

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Yiping Guo

Graduate Student in the Li Lab

yguo8@ucmerced.edu

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Frank Gutierrez

Graduate Student

fgutierrez27@ucmerced.edu

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Brenda Gutierrez Brizuela

Graduate Student in the Saha Lab

bgutierrezbrizuel@ucmerced.edu

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Fatemeh Hadi Nezhad

Graduate Student in the Ardell Lab

fhadinezhad@ucmerced.edu

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Leesa Hagerman

Graduate Student

lhagerman@ucmerced.edu

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Ronald Hall

Graduate Student in the Dumont Lab

rhall8@ucmerced.edu

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Karly Higgins

Graduate Student in the Dawson Lab

khiggins@ucmerced.edu

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Harrison Ho

Graduate Student

hho38@ucmerced.edu

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Nicholas Hum

Graduate Student in the Loots Lab

nhum@ucmerced.edu

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Yacoub Innabi

Graduate Student

yinnabi@ucmerced.edu

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Peter Thomas Karabinis

Graduate Student in the Oviedo Lab

pkarabinis@ucmerced.edu

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Mo Kaze

Graduate Student in the Sistrom Lab

mkaze@ucmerced.edu

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Patrick Koenig

Graduate Student

pkoenig2@ucmerced.edu

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Angel Kongsomboonvech

Graduate Student in the Jensen Lab

akongsomboonvech@ucmerced.edu

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Clement Laksana

Graduate Student in the Hernday Lab

claksana@ucmerced.edu

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Anthony Lange

Graduate Student in the Wolf Lab

alange3@ucmerced.edu

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Caleb Larnerd

Graduate Student

clarnerd@ucmerced.edu

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Shari Larsen

Graduate Student in the Sistrom Lab

slarsen5@ucmerced.edu

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Graham Larue

Graduate Student

glarue@ucmerced.edu

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Clarence Le

Graduate Student in the Colvin Lab

cle29@ucmerced.edu

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Ching Lee

Graduate Student

clee289@ucmerced.edu

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Melanie LeGro

Graduate Student in the Oviedo Lab

mlegro@ucmerced.edu

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Nicole Leon

Graduate Student

nleon32@ucmerced.edu

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Ruihao Li

Graduate Student in the Hernday Lab

rli46@ucmerced.edu

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Gloria Denise Ligunas

Graduate Student in the Ni Lab

gligunas@ucmerced.edu

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Lesly Lopez

Graduate Student in the McTavish Lab

llopez84@ucmerced.edu

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Eli Isael Maciel

Graduate Student in the Oviedo Lab

emaciel@ucmerced.edu

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Reo Maynard

Graduate Student in the Bennett Lab

rmaynard@ucmerced.edu

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Jillian McCool

Graduate Student

jmccool@ucmerced.edu

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Dora Mendez

Graduate Student in the Ortiz Lab

dmendez23@ucmerced.edu

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Maria Mendoza

Graduate Student in the McCloskey Lab

mmendoza65@ucmerced.edu

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Nadia Delgadillo Miranda

Graduate Student

nmiranda8@ucmerced.edu

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Cesar Morfin

Graduate Student

cmorfin@ucmerced.edu

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Pegah Mosharaf Ghahfarokhy

Graduate Student in the Nobile Lab

pmosharafghahfarok@ucmerced.edu

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Genevieve Mullins

Graduate Student in the Hoyer Lab

gmullins@ucmerced.edu

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Beryl Ngabirano Arinda

Graduate Student

barinda@ucmerced.edu

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Namkha Nguyen

Graduate Student in the Hernday Lab

nnguyen224@ucmerced.edu

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Keedrian Olmstead

Graduate Student

kolmstead@ucmerced.edu

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Donnoban Orozco

Graduate Student in the Wolf Lab

dorozco7@ucmerced.edu

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Kelly Otsuka

Graduate Student

kotsuka@ucmerced.edu

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Been interested in marine biology ever since I started scuba diving at the age of 9. Worked in many different fields as a lab assistant/technician such as genomics/transcriptomics, neuroscience, environmental science, phylogeny, and ecology evolution. Have a variety of skills such as RStudio coding, medical laboratory technician, animal husbandry, and field work experience.

Lisa Paggeot

Graduate Student

lpaggeot@ucmerced.edu

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Akshay Paropkari

Graduate Student in the Nobile & Sindi labs

aparopkari@ucmerced.edu

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Pedro Perez

Graduate Student in the Nishiguchi Lab

pedropereferre@gmail.com

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Austin Perry

Graduate Student in the Nobile Lab

aperry5@ucmerced.edu

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Brian Pipes

Graduate Student

bpipes@ucmerced.edu

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Mohammad Qasim

Graduate Student in the Hernday Lab

mqasim2@ucmerced.edu

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Sarina Qin

Graduate Student

sqin@ucmerced.edu

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Morgan Quail

Graduate Student in the Hernday Lab

mquail2@ucmerced.edu

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Jade Quail

Graduate Student in the Cleary Lab

jquail@ucmerced.edu

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Taran Rallings

Graduate Student in the Yeakel Lab

trallings@ucmerced.edu

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Diana Rodriguez

Graduate Student in the Nobile Lab

drodriguez25@ucmerced.edu

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Salvador Rojas

Graduate Student in the Oviedo Lab

srojas5@ucmerced.edu

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Bianca Salazar

Graduate Student

bsalazar7@ucmerced.edu

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Jessica Saldierna Guzman

Graduate Student in the Hart Lab

jsaldiernaguzman@ucmerced.edu

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Andrea Salinas

Graduate Student

asalinas22@ucmerced.edu

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Josephine Sami

Graduate Student in the Cleary Lab

jsami@ucmerced.edu

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Bailey-J Sanchez

Graduate Student in the Ortiz Lab

bsanchez59@ucmerced.edu

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Taylor-J Sanchez

Graduate Student

Tsanchez4@ucmerced.edu

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Alexandra Saxberg

Graduate Student

asaxberg@ucmerced.edu

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Thaddeus Seher

Graduate Student in the Nobile & Sindi labs

tseher@ucmerced.edu

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Negar Seyedhassantehrani

Graduate Student in the Spencer Lab

negartehrani@ucmerced.edu

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Jacqueline Shay

Graduate Student in the Frank & Sexton labs

jshay@ucmerced.edu

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Swadha Singh

ssingh235@ucmerced.edu

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Swadha Singh

Graduate Student in the Roy Lab

ssingh235@ucmerced.edu

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Scott Souza

Graduate Student in the Jensen Lab

ssouza5@ucmerced.edu

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Lauren Stark

Graduate Student in the Dawson Lab

ledwards3@ucmerced.edu

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Heather Stever

Graduate Student in the Bennett Lab

hstever@ucmerced.edu

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Megha Suswaram

Graduate Student in the Yeakel Lab

msuswaram@ucmerced.edu

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Tyrome Sweet

Graduate Student in the Sistrom & Sindi Labs

tsweet@ucmerced.edu

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Susana Tejeda-Garibay

Graduate Student in the Bhappu Lab

stejeda-garibay@ucmerced.edu

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Jasper Toscani Field

Graduate Student in the McTavish Lab

jtoscanifield@ucmerced.edu

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Christine Troy

Graduate Student

ctroy2@ucmerced.edu

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Ashley Valle Arevalo

Graduate Student in the Nobile Lab

avallearevalo@ucmerced.edu

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Laura Van Vranken

Graduate Student in the Blois Lab

lvanvranken@ucmerced.edu

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Ambarish Varadan

Graduate Student in the Blois Lab

avaradan@ucmerced.edu

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Sonia Vargas

Graduate Student in the Bemen Lab

svargas28@ucmerced.edu

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Yumary Vasquez

Graduate Student in the Gordon & Bemen labs

yvasquez8@ucmerced.edu

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Carlos Vazquez

Graduate Student in the Chin Lab

cvazquez3@ucmerced.edu

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Sammy Villa

Graduate Student in the Wolf Lab

svilla8@ucmerced.edu

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Christi Waer

Graduate Student in the Hoyer Lab

cwaer@ucmerced.edu

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Brian Wang

Graduate Student in the Wolf Lab

bwang33@ucmerced.edu

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Reina Warnert

Graduate Student

rwarnert@ucmerced.edu

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Brooke Weinstein

Graduate Student

bweinstein2@ucmerced.edu

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Jessica Wilson

Graduate Student in the Ortiz Lab

jwilson56@ucmerced.edu

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Rhondene Wint

Graduate Student in the Cleary Lab

rwint@ucmerced.edu

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Dean Wu

Graduate Student in the Moran Lab

dwu38@ucmerced.edu

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Quantitative and Systems Biology male graduate student

Nattanon Wutthituntisil

Graduate Student in the Dawson Lab

nwutthituntisil@ucmerced.edu

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Songtao Ye

Graduate Student

sye28@ucmerced.edu

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Feng Yu

Graduate Student in the Sukenik Lab

fyu9@ucmerced.edu

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Jingyi Zhang

Graduate Student in the Ge Lab

jzhang244@ucmerced.edu

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