Dequina Nicholas

Principal Investigator

Rubina Kapadia

Lab Manager

Julio Ayala

Graduate Student

Zena Del Mundo

Graduate Student

Miranda Lopez

Graduate Student, co-mentored Jang Lab

Naveena Ujagar

Graduate Student

Kiara Wiggins

Graduate Student

Gabriela de Robles

Graduate Student, co-mentored Seldin Lab

Isaac Aviles

Honor's Student

Clarissa Chao

Undergraduate Student

Jamie-Jean De La Torre

Honorary Lab member (Tinoco Lab)

Alexius Dingle

Visiting Scientist

Kiara Dumas

Undergraduate Student

Siaje Gideon

Graduate Student

Tvisha Gujjarlapudi

Undergraduate Student, co-mentored Seldin Lab

Nicole Hopkins

Undergraduate Student

Rey Hoshi

Undergraduate Student

Marie Li

UC Leads Undergraduate Researcher, co-mentored Seldin Lab

Marlyd Mejia

Postdoctoral Fellow

Sacred Moseley

Undergraduate Student

Christy Nguyen

Graduate Student, co-mentored Seldin Lab

Izzy Sigel

Undergraduate Student

Vulena Xiong

Undergraduate Student

Summer and Rotation Students

NameProgram
Chantal De La CruzMSP Bridges 2022 Summer
Lauren GaoYSFP 2023 Summer
Josue GonzalezMSP Bridges 2022 Summer
Carrie JacksonMSP Bridges 2023 Summer
Priscilla Rose LopezMSP Bridges 2022 Summer
Nandini Naidu2024 Summer intern
Kien Pham2024 Summer intern
Angie RiveraMSP Bridges 2023 Summer
Kartik ShrivastavaYSFP 2023 Summer
Shamini Stillwell2024 Summer intern

Lab Alumni

NameYearCurrent Position
Christopher Castro-Garcia
Gabriela Sanchez2025Assistant Professor, West Virgina University
Chloe Lee2023Quality Engineer at Kite Pharma
Pauniz Shebakesaz2023Medical Device Sales Associate-Enovis, Skeletal Dynamics, Fusion Orthopedics
Subanedhi Sridevi2023Associate Business Analyst, Zifo RnD Solutions
Stefan AndradeUndergraduate Researcher, Goldstein Lab
Jocelyn Ha2025Graduate Student, UCLA
Uyen-Vy Le2024UCI Medical Student (class of 2030)
Jonathan Ross
Davina Trinh2025Physician Assistant Program
Sizhe Wang
Antonia Zhang2027
Haley Aichlmayr2026MS in Forensic Grad Student, UC Berkeley
John Arriola2025
Jacob Bustamante
Hannah Choi2024
Josh Kim2025Lab Technician
Natalie Loarca2026
Thu Nguyen2022Graduate Student, Case Western
Rosalyn Pham2025
Rissa Piland2025
Angelina Saba2025
Trupti Sriram2023George Washington University
Anjali Varma2025Lab Technician, Skowronska-Krawczyk Lab, UCI