people

Ameya Kirtane

Assistant Professor

Spends time on: writing grants, watching cricket

Favorite research paper: On Oreology, the fracture and flow of milk's favorite cookie; Induction of pluripotent stem cells from mouse embryonic and adult fibroblast cultures by defined factors

Famous person to have coffee/dinner with: David Attenborough, Rahul Dravid

Favorite bumper sticker: 0.0

Chi-Wei Huang

Graduate student

Spends time on: Planting, taking pictures on a polaroid camera and cooking 

Spirit animal: Sea otter

Favorite research paper: B-lactamase responsive hydrogel drug delivery platform for bacterial triggered cargo release

Famous person to have coffee/dinner with: Edwin H. Land

Most overpriced lab equipment: Confocal microscope

Hasan Majdi

Volunteer

Spends time on: Playing volleyball, enjoying nature, and working in scientific labs 

Spirit animal: Ant

Favorite research paper: Magnesium silicide nanoparticles as a deoxygenation agent for cancer starvation therapy

Famous person to have coffee/dinner with: James Watson, Ali Daei

Most overpriced lab equipment: Centrifuge

The craziest thing a reviewer said to you: This is not possible!

Indiana Hauter

Graduate student

Spends time on: Watching Baseball, Cooking and Going to the Gym

Spirit animal: bear

Favorite research paper: Characterization of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Escherichia coli Isolates in Search of Alternative Strains for Efficient Bacterial Interference against Uropathogens

Famous person to have coffee/dinner with: Adam Savage, Bob Odenkirk

Katherine Nguyen

Graduate student 

Spends time on: Running and gym, chilling at parks and lakes, hanging out with friends

Spirit animal: cat

Favorite research paper: Lipid-Nanoparticle-Based Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Genome-Editing Components

Famous person to have coffee/dinner with: Taylor Swift, David McMillan

Most overpriced lab equipment: RT PCR machine

Miller Pan

Undergraduate student

Spends time on: Reading, Game moddling, Jogging 

Spirit animal: Owl

Favorite research paper: Boredom Begets Boredom: An Experience Sampling Study on the Impact of Teacher Boredom on Student Boredom and Motivation; Spontaneous cross-species imitation in interactions between chimpanzees and zoo visitors

Famous person to have coffee/dinner with: Isaac Asimov

Nilesh Ambhore

Researcher 5

Spends time on: Outdoor visits, hiking, watching and playing cricket, getting together with family and friends.

Spirit animal: Eagle

Favorite research paper: Gene regulation by gonadal hormone receptors underlies brain sex differences

Famous person to have coffee/dinner with: Dr. YS Prakash

Favorite bumper sticker: Together we can do it!

Most overpriced lab equipment: Confocal microscope

Zi Yin

Graduate student

Spends time on: video games, reading

Spirit animal: parrot

Favorite research paper: Selective laser sintering 3D printing - an overview of technology and 3D printing

Most overpriced lab equipment: Styl-One Tablet Punch