Current members:
Upasna Sharma, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
upsharma@ucsc.edu
Andrew Holmes, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
holmes@soe.ucsc.edu
Alka Gupta, Ph.D.
Postdoc, CIRM Fellow
agupt112@ucsc.edu
Phoebe Kwee
Master’s student
pkwee@ucsc.edu
Chris A Roberds
CIRM BRIDGES Fellow
Erik Dodge
Undergraduate Student
etdodge@ucsc.edu
Jacob Abraham
Undergraduate Student
jabraha4@ucsc.edu
Past members:
Anjali Sharma, Postdoc
Julian Swartz, Assistant Specialist
Hannah Wang, Undergraduate Student
Lucas Nguyen, Undergraduate Student
Joshua Shaffer, Graduate Student
Simeiyun (May) Liu, Graduate Student
Mia Cylinder, Rotation Student
Ron Barulich, Junior Specialist
Srikar Bevara, Undergraduate Student
Steven Liang, Rotation Student
Angela Deguzman, Rotation Student
Jennifer Gonzales, ACCESS Program Scholar
Edgardo Linares, Assistant Specialist
Angelina Prakash, Undergraduate Student
Hawas Kaderi, Undergraduate Student
Erick Quintana Vazquez, Rotation Student,
Michael Sharma, Rotation Student
Raana Mogharrab, Rotation Student
Alexander Neubauer, Undergraduate Student
Alessandra Rodriguez, Rotation student
Arisbeth Jaramillo, Undergraduate Student
Sydney Fregoso, Undergraduate Student
Nigina Khamidova, Undergraduate Student
Elvira Antonia Contreras, NIH-PREP Scholar
Ava Burr, Undergraduate Student
Geetika Kharkwal, Associate Specialist
Urvi Vyas, Undergraduate student
Brandon Chew, Undergraduate student
Tiffany Thisner, Rotation Student
Sarah Lanning, Rotation Student
Andrew Olander, Rotation Student
Diana Escalona, Rotation Student
Catherine Palmer, Rotation Student
We are hiring!
Postdocs – We are looking for enthusiastic and talented postdocs. If you’re interested, please email Upasna Sharma your CV, a statement of research interests, and contact information for three references.
Research Associates – We are looking for motivated research associates to join our team. If you’re interested, please email Upasna Sharma your CV and contact information for three references or directly apply here.
Graduate Students – We welcome rotation students within UCSC; email Upasna Sharma if interested. Prospective graduate students should apply to a bio-related program through UCSC here.