Principal Investigator
Christian Metallo
Professor
Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory
Adjunct Professor, UC San Diego Bioengineering
B.S. University of Pennsylvania, Chemical Engineering
Lab Manager
Mo Ruchhoeft
Lab Manager
M.S. UC San Diego, Neuroscience
B.A. Wellesley College, Biology
Research Scientists
Aurelie Laguerre
Staff Scientist
B.Sc. University of Dijon, Chemistry
Ramya Kuna
Research Scientist
M.S. University of Hyderabad, Molecular Biology
B.Sc. University of Andhra, Biochemistry
Shrikaar Kambhampati
Research Scientist
M.Sc. Trent University, Biochemistry
B.SC. Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Agriculture
Postdoctoral Fellows
Allison Louie
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Neuroscience
M.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Nutritional Sciences
B.S. UC Los Angeles, Neuroscience
Casie Kubota
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Cellular and Molecular Biology
B.S. University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Biochemistry
Emeline Joulia
Postdoctoral Fellow
M.S. Paul Sabatier University, Cellular and Molecular Biology
B.Sc. Paul Sabatier University, Cellular Biology
Emily Fennell
Postdoctoral Fellow
B.S.PH. University of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Nutrition
B.A. University of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chemistry
Mack Reynolds
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. University of Michigan, Immunology
B.S. UC Davis, Biochemistry
Matt Kolar
Postdoctoral Fellow
M.D. UC San Diego, Dermatology
Ph.D. UC San Diego/Salk Institute, Biomedical Sciences
B.S. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chemistry
Michael Mah
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Drug Discovery Biology
B.BiomedSc. (Hons). Monash University, Pharmacology
Sam Kerk
Postdoctoral Fellow
B.S. Calvin College, Biochemistry
Graduate Students
Anna Trimble
Graduate Student
B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Biology and Chemical Engineering
Becky Chinn
Graduate Student
B.S. Northeastern University, Chemical Engineering
Karl Wessendorf-Rodriguez
Graduate Student
B.S. Stanford University, Chemical Engineering
Research Associates
Undergraduate Students
Alumni
Nate Vacanti, PhD
Assistant Professor
College of Human Ecology
Division of Nutritional Sciences
Cornell University
Seth Parker, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of British Colombia
Chris Ahn, MS
UC San Diego Bioengineering Department
Hui Zhang, PhD
Zhongshan School of Medicine
Sun Yat-sen University
Thekla Cordes, PhD
Assistant Professor
Institute for Biochemistry, Biotechnology, and Bioinformatics
Braunschweig Technical University
Le You, PhD
San Diego, CA
Mehmet Badur, PhD
San Diego, CA
Thangaselvam (Selvam) Muthusamy, PhD
Carlsbad, CA
Martina Wallace, PhD
Lecturer/Assistant Professor School of Agriculture and Food Science University College Dublin
Avi Kumar, PhD
Cambridge, MA
Courtney Green, PhD
San Diego, CA
Grace McGregor, PhD
San Diego, CA
Michal Handzlik, PhD
San Diego, CA
Esther Lim, PhD
Oceanside, CA
Sanika Khare, PhD
San Diego, CA
CARLOS PONDEVIDA
University of Pennsylvania
Predoctoral Candidate Philadelphia, PA
Patrick Tseng
Predoctoral Candidate
San Diego, CA