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Current Lab Members
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LAURA COCAS, PHD

Principal Investigator
Santa Clara University

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TRISTAN LAND

Neuroscience '27
Santa Clara University

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ZANDER RAFALOVICH

Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Psychology '26
Santa Clara University

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REGINA LARA

Biochemistry '27
Santa Clara University

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AMELIA HUTCHIN

Neuroscience and Psychology '27
Santa Clara University

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MEGAN BALDEMOR

Neuroscience '26
Santa Clara University

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SAHEJ SIDHU

Biology '27
Santa Clara University

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CAITLYN ROCK

Biology and Neuroscience '26
Santa Clara University

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MARIYAM LOKHANDWALA

Neuroscience '26
Santa Clara University

Lab Alumni

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AUNDREA COONEY

Neuroscience '25
Santa Clara University

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KYLIE FOUTCH

Neuroscience '24

Graduate Student, OHSU

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CHRISTOPHER ARELLANO REYES

Biology '23

Clinical Research Coordinator, UCSF

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DANIELA MOURA, PHD

Postdoctoral Fellow

UCSF

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COLE BENDER

Biology '25
Santa Clara University

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COLLIN LICHARZ

Biology & Neuroscience '25
Santa Clara University

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ISAAC TOSCANO

Neuroscience '23

Fellow, U Chicago

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IRIS TILTON

Neuroscience '23

Research Assistant, UCSF

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RAGHAV GUPTA

Medical Student

Tulane University

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CHLOE FRANZIA

BIOLOGY '23

Medical Assistant

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ROBBY BROCK

Medical Student

University of Nebraska

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​MARY FRANCIS GARCIA

Medical Student

Touro University

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EMMA BRENNAN

 Research Assistant

Washington University

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DAVID TRAVER

Research Associate 

Neurona

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TALIA MENEZES 

Clinical Research Coordinator

Stanford University

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ATEHSA SAHAGUN

Graduate Student 

UC Berkeley Neuroscience

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MAGNUS SANDBERG, PHD

Scientist II

Zai Lab

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ETHAN KAUFMAN

Bioengineering '21

Santa Clara University

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ANMOL JANDAUR

Medical Assistant

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ALEKHYA PARVATHANENI 

Medical Student

University of Washington St. Louis

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KAREN KIKUTA

Medical Student

UCLA

Additional Alumni

CSULA:

Aigbe Woghiren

Isabelle Rivera

Jessy Martinez

Priscilla Figueroa

Alexandra Saxberg

Jeanine Ruiz

Jessie Martinez Castillo

Jessalynne LaBelle 

Aura Gutierrez

UCSF:

Ivan Zamora Diaz
Jason Doll
Pranav Ambadi
Leyu Chiu
Stephen Stapleton
Jaqueline Browning
Vivian Lu
Konstantine Sudakov

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