Jennie Ahn

JENNIE AHN, Senior, Biological Sciences, 2019

Research Program: IIFH
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Neelima Sinha, Plant Biology
Research Title: Improving the Fruit Quality in Tomato
Hometown: Daegu, South Korea
Three words to describe me: organized, hardworking, and passionate

What are your future plans and/or goals?

I want to work in biotechnology field to solve problems related to agriculture and human health. I hope to join researchers who conduct research to mitigate hunger and malnutrition that people face around the world.

Christine Book

CHRISTINE BOOK, Senior, Chemical Engineering, 2019

Research Program: IIFH
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Xi Chen, Chemistry
Research Title: Fortifying Infantile Health: Optimizing Fucosyltansferase Expression
Hometown: Bay Point, CA
Three words to describe me: fortunate, wanderlust, scatterbrained

What are your future plans and/or goals?

I'm hoping to enroll in graduate school and move onto computational biology while staying within the realm of glycobiology and natural products.

Winnie Chen

WINNIE CHEN, Junior, Chemistry, 2019

Research Program: IIFH
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Carlito Lebrilla, Chemistry
Research Title: Glycosidic Linkage Composition of Non-Edible Plants/Carbohydrate Characterization of Medicinal Herbs
Hometown: Guangzhou, China
Three words to describe me: passionate, curious, optimistic

What are your future plans and/or goals?

I would like to continue my research and expand the database.

Medalist Joleen Cheah Stretches Cells and Her Capabilities

The Winner of the  Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research in June 2019 and the Hanson Family Undergraduate Research Publication Award in 2018, among many other accolades, Joleen Cheah began working in the Yamada lab as a Freshman and is moving on to Stanford University for her PhD.  Learn more about her journey and her passion for mechanobiology in this article posted by Greg Watry:  

Introduction To Research is Open to Any Major!

So, you are at a UC.  Have you ever wondered what it means to be at a research university?  Do you know how the UC environment offers advantages to help you reach your career goals?  Do you want to know more about how to do research with a faculty mentor?  You need to take this class!  BIM 88V!
This class will:

Arturo Leon Sandoval

Arturo Leon Sandoval Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 2018

 

Graduate School: University of Connecticut
Focus of Study: Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Grad School Program: Organic Chemistry PhD Program
Hometown:  Woodland, CA
Where are you now?  I currently live in Mansfield area in Connecticut
Three words to describe me: Hard-Working, Down-to-Earth, Quick Learner