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Graduate Students

Grad Students

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Pratik Adhikari

padhikari@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Fred Wolf

Emanuel Alcala

ealcala4@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Ricardo Cisneros

Katie Alegria

alegriakatie@gmail.com
Advisor: Dr. Jitske Tiemensma

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Sarah Alnahari

salnahari@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Mariaelena Gonzalez

Ana Grace Alvarado

Advisor: Dr. Colleen Naughton

Julia Alvarez

jhampton3@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Kirk Jensen

Amber Arroyo

amberarroyo25@gmail.com
Advisor: Dr. Jitske Tiemensma
Website: Lab Site

Violet Barton

Graduate Student

vbarton@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Arturo Arias
Website: Graduate Student Website

Aislinn Beam

abeam@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Deb Wiebe

Thais Benoit

Advisor: Dr. Martin Hagger

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Danielle Bermudez

dbermudez@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Arturo Arias
Website: Graduate Student Website

Lauren Brooks

lbrooks3@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Mark Sistrom

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Katie L. Butterfield

kbutterfield@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Zulema Valdez

Yajaira Ceciliano

Yajaira Ceciliano

yceciliano@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Prof. Tanya Golash-Boza

Harmanpreet Chauhan

hchauhan2@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Mariaelena Gonzalez

Betsabel Chicana

Betsabel Chicana

bchicanaromero@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Manilay

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Jay Colond

jcolond@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Charlie Eaton

Kathryn Daniels

kdaniels2@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Zulema Valdez

Oscar Davalos

odavalos2@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Katrina Hoyer

Craig Ennis

cennis@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Clarissa Nobile

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Vicky Espinoza

vespinoza2@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Joshua Viers

John Felt

jfelt2@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Jitske Tiemensma & Dr. Sarah Depaoli

Kathryn Fischer

kfischer4@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Patricia LiWang

Adam Fleenor

afleenor@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Kathleen Hull

Sara Fleszar

Sara Fleszar

Graduate Member Advisory Board

sfleszar@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Linda Cameron

Taylor Fugere

tfugere@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr Tea Lempiälä
Website: https://www.taylorfugere.com

Allison Gabouer

agabouer@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Heather Bortfield

Kathleen Gali

kgali@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Anna Song

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Kesia Garibay

kgaribay@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Denise Payan

Zahra Goliaei

Zahra Goliaei

Graduate Member Advisory Board

zgoliaei@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Mariaelena Gonzalez

Avia Gray

agray9@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Deborah Wiebe

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Carlisha Hall

Chall24@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Sidra Goldman-Mellor

Deanna Halliday

dhalliday@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Anna Song

W. Kyle Hamilton

whamilton@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Linda Cameron
Website: Kyle Hamilton

Hope Hauptman

Advisor: Dr. Colleen Naughton
Website: FEWS-US

Ali Heydari

Ali Heydari

aheydari@ucmerced.edu
Website: Ali Heydari website

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Bianca Hinojosa

bhinojosa3@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Howell

Jacky Hua

Jacqueline Hua

jhua7@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Howell

Angela Johnson

ajohnson98@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Howell

Alireza Karimaghaloo

akarimaghaloo@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Min Hwan Lee

Jaskanwaljeet Kaur

jkaur28@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Profesor Ramesh Balasubramaniam

Jazmine Kenny UC Merced Public Health Grad Student

Jazmine Kenny

jkenny3@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Nancy Burke

Kavita Kumar

kkumar@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Changqing Li

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Andrea Lopez

alopez288@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Nancy Burke

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Gracy Mantoan

gmantoan@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Paul Brown

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Valerie Martinez

vmartinez44@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Sandie Ha

Kaylyn McAnally

kmcanally@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Martin Hagger

Lauren McKinley

lmckinley@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Martin Hagger

William Meese

wmeese@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Professor Jennifer Howell

Daniel Mello

dmello2@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Deborah Wiebe

Nadia Miranda

nmiranda8@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Professor Katrina Hoyer

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Catherine Mohn

cmohn@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Sidra Goldman-Mellor

Susette Moyers

smoyers@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Martin Hagger
Website: Lab Site

Dalena Ngo

dgno32@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Nigel Hatton

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Jacques-Ezechiel Nguessan

jnguessan@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Sachin Goyal

Adriana Nunez

anunez52@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Paul Brown

Frank Ortiz

Francisco Ortiz

fortiz7@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Karina Diaz-Rios

Vicente Ramirez

vramirez4@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Professor Stephen Wooding
Website: https://github.com/vramirez4/, https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=T_Y0Ki8AAAAJ

Maria Ramirez Loyola

mramirezloyola@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Deborah Wiebe

Ignacio Romero

iromero7@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Changqing Li

Josephine Sami

jsami@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Mike Cleary

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Kimberly Sanchez

ksanchez24@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Denise Payan

Karla Seijas

Karla Seijas

kseijas@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Professor Robin DeLugan

Beatriz Sosa-Prado

Beatriz Sosa-Prado

bsosa-prado@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Jan Wallander

Theresa Spezzano

tspezzano@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Paul Brown

Susana Tejeda-Garibay

stejada-garibay@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Professor Katrina Hoyer

Allison Temourian

atemourian@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Anna Song

Ryan Torres

rtorres28@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Andrea Joyce
Website: Student Website

Shih-Ming Tsai

stsai6@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Wei-Chun Chin

Kimberly Valle

kvalle2@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Ricardo Cisneros

Amy Vasconcellos

avasconcellos@ucm.edu

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Jessica Wilson

jwilson56@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Rudy Ortiz

Tashelle Wright UC Merced Grad Student

Tashelle Wright

twright8@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Nancy Burke

Qingqing Xu

Graduate Member Advisory Board

qxu6@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. LeRoy Westerling

Shun Ting Yung

syung@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Alexandra Main

Gilda Zarate-Gonzalez

gzarate-gonzalez@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Paul Brown

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Alejandro Zermeno

azermeno2@ucmerced.edu
Advisor: Dr. Paul Almeida