People

Current Members

Peipei Ping, PhD, FAHA, FISHR
Professor of Physiology & Medicine
pping38@g.ucla.edu

Destiny Gilliland
Traning Program Coordinator
destinycg@g.ucla.edu

Alexander Pelletier, MS
PhD Candidate
arpelletier@g.ucla.edu

Dibakar Sigdel, PhD
AI/ML Consultant @ Truveta sigdeldkr@gmail.com

Joseph G. Ramirez
Undergraduate/Data Science Intern joseramirez7567@g.ucla.edu

Ding 'Dean' Wang, PhD
Project Scientist/Program Manager
dingwang@g.ucla.edu

Namuna Panday, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
pandaynmn@gmail.com

Yu Yan
PhD Candidate
yuyan666@g.ucla.edu

Bilal Mirza, Ph.D.
AI/ML Consultant @ Johnson&Johnson
bilal8518@gmail.com

Katie Downs
Undergraduate/Data Science Intern kdowns999@g.ucla.edu

Jack Rincon
Project Manager
jmrincon@g.ucla.edu

Simha Sankar, MS
Senior Computer Programmer
simha.sankar17@gmail.com

Irsyad Adam
PhD Student
irsyadadam@g.ucla.edu

Grace Choi
Undergraduate/Data Science Intern choi.gracej@gmail.com

Former Members

Postdoctoral Researchers	Graduate Researchers (PhD)	Graduate Researcher (MS)
Dibakar, Sigdel, PhD Ander G. Garlid, PhD Bilal Mirza, PhD Jie Wang, PhD X'avia Chan, Ph.D. Christopher Lotz, MD Sarah Scruggs, PhD Christopher P. Baines, PhD Tae-Young Kim, PhD Haomin Li, PhD Osamu Tsukamoto, MD, PhD Philip Doran, PhD Oliver Drews, PhD Yueju Wang, PhD Xiaohai Li, PhD Beniam Berhane, PhD Paresh L. Gadhavi, PhD Myong-chul Koag, Ph.D. Daniel Li, Ph.D Xin Wu, MD Richard Li, PhD Frank Liao, M.D, PhD Ming Lu, MD, PhD Xin (Joe) Qiao, M.D., MS Qining Qin, M.D., Ph.D. Changxu Song, Ph.D.	Jennifer Polson, PhD Ivette M. Zelaya, PhD Chelsea Ju, PhD (w/ Wei Wang) Howard Choi, PhD Elaheh Karbassi, PhD (Rotating) Edward Lau, PhD Rachna Ujwal, PhD Glen Young, PhD Nobel Zong, PhD Jun Zhang, PhD Jason M Pass, PhD Zarema (Balafanova) Gunnels, Ph.D	Kevin Sheu, BS (CS) Earl Escueta, BS (CS) Hannah Chou, BS (CS) Gabe Barnard, BS Amanda J Lin, BS Jason Tabaraki, MS Joshua Pritchett, MS Will Foster, BS Mabel (Lingxuan) Chen, BS Christina Kim, MSc Graduate Student
Project Scientists/Junior Faculty	Administrative Specialists	Visiting Scholars
Dominic Ng, PhD David Liem, MD, PhD John Harry Caufield, PhD Maggie Lam, PhD Edward Lau, PhD Nobel (Chenggong) Zong, PhD Ning Deng, PhD Aldrin Gomes, PhD Thomas Vondriska, Ph.D. Manuel Mayr, MD, PhD Guang-Wu Wang, MD, PhD	Vincent Kyi, BS (PM) Jessica Lee, BS (Lab Assistant) Clement B. Feyt, MPH (PM) Colleen Bersano, MS (Secretary) Brian Bleakley, BS (PM) Ernest Cardwell, BS (RM) Caitie M Black, BS Kevin Scruggs, BA Kimberly Bunje Administrative Specialist	Travis Cao, MD John Yijiang Zhou, MD Hongxiu Yu, PhD Caiyun Fang, PhD Haojie Lu, Ph.D. Xinan Cao Wenhai Wang, M.D. Hua Li, M.D., Ph.D. Jeong In Yang, M.D., Ph.D. Yu Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. Visiting Scholar
Computer Science Programmers	Undergraduate Researchers	Data Science Summer Interns
Joon-sub Chung, BS Computer Programmer Tevfik Dincer Computer Programmer Chenguang Liu, BS Computer Programmer James Johnson Work Study Student Ara Kardashian Work Study Student Brian Cavers, BA Administrative Specialist Chinwe Mbisike Lab Intern David Meng, BS Computer Programmer	Yuchuan Yang David Minasyan Kushagra Rastogi Hirsh Bhatt Ryan Alveraz-Cohen Calvin Schaffer Daniel Collin Work Study Student Steven Le, M.D. Medical Student Ouli Wang Senior Research Associate Shaoshan Wang, M.D. Medical Student Joanne Xiu, Ph.D. Research Associate Armen Yerevanian Lab Assistant Melissa Chan Lab Assistant Anna Zolyan Research Associate Sharon Xiao Summer Intern Yuting Zheng Senior Research Associate Su Zhang, MS Graduate Student Glen Young, Ph.D. Graduate Student Roger Zhao Work Study Student Michael Zhang Work Study Student Jasmine Choi, BA Administrative Specialist Claire Tang Summer Intern Julia Li Work Study Student Jenny Kim Work Study Student Ave Strauss Medical Student Jiyoung Kim Work Study Student Jun Hyung Sin Summer Intern Allen Kim, BS Research Associate Xiangbo Liang, BS COPaKB Specialist Ariel Silverman-Chen Summer Intern Vanitra Richardson, MS Rotating Graduate Student	Derrick Huang Lab Assistant Julia Li Work Study Student Cindy Montes Work Study Student Dawn Pantaleon Research Assistant Fay Saephan Work Study Student Jeff M. Stidman, M.D. Internal Medicine Resident Paochi Liao, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar Eric Tam Work Study Student Linda Tsai, BS Work Study Student Anna Casalme Lab Assistant Hongxiu Yu, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Jared Powers, BS Research Associate Mingyi Zhao Work Study Student Royce Chen Summer Intern Natalie Hernandez Summer Intern Tandi Ge Summer Medical Intern Jung Hyung Sin Summer Intern Vivek Iyer Summer Intern Aaron Huang Summer Intern Anna Fong Summer Intern Akshay Pendyal Medical Student Ravina Verma Summer Intern Tina Huang Summer Intern David Meyer Work Study Student Brandon Milan Lab Assistant Rozan Sotoodeh Summer Intern Iris Cong Lab Assistant