PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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MATT DAUGHERTY
Associate Professor

mddaugherty@ucsd.edu

Office: NSB 5326
Phone: 858.534.1292

PhD STUDENTS

LENNICE CASTRO

B.S.: University of California, Los Angeles

6th year Biological Sciences PhD Candidate
lkcastro@ucsd.edu

NASEM Ford & HHMI Gilliam Pre-doctoral Fellow

Office: NSB 5316

SHIVANI KHOSLA

B.A.: University of California, Berkeley

5th year Biological Sciences PhD student
skhosla@ucsd.edu

Shurl & Kay Curci Foundation Scholar

Office: NSB 5316

ISABEL MEJIA

B.S.: University of California, San Diego

4th year Biological Sciences PhD student
ismejia@ucsd.edu

Shurl & Kay Curci Foundation Scholar & NSF GRFP Fellow

Office: NSB 5316

CLARA YOUNG

D.V.M: Iowa State University

3rd year Biomedical Sciences PhD Student c9young@health.ucsd.edu

Office: NSB 5316

MASTER’S STUDENTS

JESSICA LE

Biological Sciences Master’s Student lil044@ucsd.edu



UNDERGRAD STUDENTS

LEILANI RIVERA

4th year Microbiology Major
Warren College

AARYA VISHNU

4th year Bioinformatics Major
Eighth College

HALEY NGUYEN

2nd year Molecular and Cell Biology Major
Seventh College

ROSHA NIKOOMARAM

3rd year MicrobiologyMajor
Seventh College

ALEX SANCHEZ

2nd year Human Biology Major
Eighth College

GURSHAAN BAJWA

2nd year Human Biology Major
Eighth College

LAB ALUMNI

Abdirihman Hashi (Undergrad researcher, B.S. 2017) - Technician, Quidel Corporation 

Preethi Balagani (Undergrad researcher, B.S. 2018) - Medical student, California Northstate University College of Medicine

Roxanne Archer (Undergrad/Master’s researcher, B.S. 2017, M.S. 2018) - Masters in Public Health (MPH) student, UCLA

Cade Oost (Undergrad researcher, B.S. 2018) - Optometry student, Southern California College of Optometry

Elena Estrada (Undergrad/Master’s researcher, B.S. 2018, M.S. 2019) - Marketing Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Derek Hollingsworth (Undergrad/Master’s researcher, B.S. 2018, M.S. 2019) - Lab technician, Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University

Candace Todd (Lab manager 2016-2019) - Research Operations Specialist, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation

Agustina D’Urso (Postdoc 2017-2019) - Scientist, 858 Therapeutics

Ian Robbins (Undergrad/Master’s researcher, B.S. 2019, M.S. 2020) - Research technician, University of Arizona

Xaver Audhya (Undergrad/Master’s researcher, B.S. 2019, M.S. 2020) - Medical student, Boston University

Chinmay Kalluraya (Undergrad researcher, B.S. 2020) - PhD student, MIT

Jaxon Wagner (Undergrad/Master’s researcher, B.S. 2019, M.S. 2020) - Medical student, Miami University

Bryant Cao (Undergrad/Master’s researcher, B.S. 2020, M.S. 2021) - Clinical bioinformatician, Rady Children’s Hospital

Viviana Dominguez (Undergrad researcher, B.S. 2021) - PREP Scholar, Boston University

Miles Corley (Undergrad researcher, B.S. 2022) - PhD student, University of Washington

Rimjhim Agarwal (Student Research Associate 2021-2022) - PhD student, UC San Diego

Christopher Beierschmitt (PhD Student 2018-2022) - Senior Scientist - Assay Research

Brian Tsu (PhD Student 2016-2021, Post Doc 2021-2022) - Bioinformatics Scientist, Vir Biotech

Bindhu Hosuru (Undergrad/Master’s researcher 2020-2023)

Andy Ryan (PhD Student 2016-2023)

Katelyn Nguyen (Undergrad/Master’s researcher 2019-2023) - Post-bac Scholar, NIH

Austin Guo (Undergrad researcher, BS. 2024)

Xavier Glaude (Undergrad/Master’s researcher, B.S. 2023, M.S. 2024)

Kolya Isterabadi (Undergrad researcher/SRA , B.S. 2023)

Charlie Rezanka (Undergrad/Master’s researcher, B.S. 2024, M.S. 2025)

Liz Fay (Postdoc 2020-2025) - Faculty, University of Minnesota

Rose Cascio (Undergrad researcher, B.S. 2025) - Medical student, Loyola University Chicago

Swara Kulkarni (Undergrad researcher)

Sofia Delgado-Rodriguez (SRA) - PhD student, UC Berkeley

Juan Galarza (Undergrad researcher, B.S. 2025)

Dustin Glasner (Postdoc/Staff scientist 2020-2025)

Jordan Prych (Undergrad/Master’s researcher) - Research Intern, Costar Therapeutics