Eric J. Deeds PhD Harvard University
- Positions: Professor UCLA Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
Vice Chair for Mathematics Education, UCLA Life Sciences Core Education Department - Affiliations: UCLA Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences; Bioinformatics PhD program; Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology PhD program; Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology PhD Program; UCLA Molecular Biology Institute
- Training: PhD with Eugene Shakhnovich at Harvard University, postdoc with Walter Fontana at Harvard Medical School.
- Current CV
- Awards and Honors: UCLA Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award (2023); New and Notable Symposium, 62nd Annual Biophysical Society Meeting (2018); Graduate Teaching Award, University of Kansas (2013)
- Hometown: Cleveland, OH
- Talent: Cooking
- Contact: deeds|ucla|edu
POSTDOCS
Breanne Sparta | PhD UC Davis
Project: Understanding the structure of scRNA-seq data
Hometown: Bridgewater, New Jersey
Talent: ceramics
Contact: BSparta|ucla|edu
Leo Lagunes | PhD UC Irvine
Project: Assembly of the bacterial proteasome using modeling and experiments
Hometown: Orange, CA
Talent: watercolor painting, cross-stitching
Contact: LLagunes|ucla|edu
Lingyun (Ivy) Xiong | DPhil Oxford University
Project: Modeling macrophage responses to stimuli
Hometown: Wuhan, China
Talent: trekking, photography
Contact: ivyxiong|ucla|edu
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Tim Hamilton | B.S. UCLA Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
PhD Candidate in Bioinformatics
Project: Geometry Informed Analysis of high-dimensional data
Hometown: Los Altos, CA
Talent: Guitar, Live Music Production
Contact: timothyhamilton|g|ucla|edu
Hannah Tamura | B.S. UCLA Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
PhD Candidate in Bioinformatics
Project: Dynamics of large gene regulatory networks
Hometown: Los Gatos, CA
Talent: baking, crocheting, gaming
Contact: hfaris777|g|ucla|edu
Geovanna Ordoñez | B.S. UCLA Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
PhD Candidate in Structural Biology
Project: Proteasome self-assembly dynamics
Hometown: South Central LA, CA
Talent: Crocheting & Cooking
Contact: geovannaordonez9|gmail|com
Nicole Zagon | B.S. UCLA Biochemistry
PhD Candidate in Structural Biology
Project: Structural basis of bacterial proteasome assembly intermediates, molecular crowding of bacterial proteasome assembly
Hometown: Hochiminh, Vietnam
Talent:brewing the perfect cup of coffee or cooking up a storm
Contact: nyzagon|chem|ucla|edu
MASTERS STUDENTS
Melanie Tu | B.S. UCLA
MS Candidate in Bioinformatics
Project: Structure of scRNA-seq data
Hometown: Irvine
Talent: Piano, writing
Contact: mtu2|g|ucla|edu
RESEARCH STAFF AND UNDERGRADUATES
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER
Juan Vergara Najar
Computational and Systems Biology Major
Project: Clustering in scRNA-seq
Hometown: Mira Loma, CA
Talent: Guitar and tennis
Contact: j.vergaranajar|gmail|com
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER
Elena Dry
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology Major
Project: Quantifying gene expression and association
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Talent: Calligraphy and swimming
Contact: elena.dry84|gmail|com
SUMMER STUDENTS
More to come this Summer!
LAB ALUMNI
PhD Students
Serena Hughes, PhD, UCLA, Bioinformatics. Now working in industry.
Pushpa Itagi, PhD, University of Kansas, Computational Biology. Now postdoc with Drs. Gavin Ha and Andrew Hsieh at the Fred Hutch Research Center in Seattle
Anupama Kante, PhD, University of Kansas, Molecular Biosciences. Now an Associate Scientist at Avid Biosciences
Shamus Cooley, PhD, UCLA, Bioinformatics. Now a Computational Biologist at Base 5 Genomics.
Maulik Nariya, PhD, University of Kansas, Physics. Now a postdoc at IGBMC, Strasbourg, France.
Koan Briggs, PhD, University of Kansas, Physics. Now Senior Data Scientist, Main Street Data.
Ryan Suderman, PhD, University of Kansas, Computational Biology. Now a Mathematical Modeler at Immunetrics.
Michael Rowland, PhD, University of Kansas, Computational Biology. Now Chief of the Environmental Engineering Branch at the Army Corps of Engineers ERDC.
Masters Students
Nina Gilshteyn. Currently applying for research positions.
Gunalan Natesan. Now a PhD candidate at Yale.
Abhishek Mallela. Received a PhD from UC Davis, now a postdoc at LANL
Elizabeth Grotemeyer. Received a PhD from the University of Kansas.
Zaikun Xu. Now Senior Computer Vision Engineer at Astrivis, Zurich.
Johnny Israeli. Received a PhD from Stanford University. Now Head of Drug Discovery at NVIDIA.
Staff Researchers
Mayank Ghogale. BS from Boston University, now working as a Research Scientist at Harvard.
Undergraduate Students
Kharim Ghabra, now a Masters student at UCSD, studying Bioengineering with Medical Specialization
Diego Garcia, BIG Summer Student
Susanna Givan, undergraduate researcher
Paige Martin-Holder, undergraduate researcher
Alex DiBiasi, BIG Summer Student, now PhD Candidate at the joint CMU/Pitt PhD program in Computational Biology
Meliss Aros, BIG Summer Student
Sarah Nichols, undergraduate researcher
Anna Spiro. BIG Summer Student, now PhD Candidate at Berkeley
Sandy Kim, BIG Summer Student, now PhD Candidate at UCLA
Mark Xiang, BIG Summer Student, now PhD Candidate at UCLA
Jill Vesta, undergraduate researcher and IMSD student
Sierra Seacat, undergraduate researcher
Adebayo Braimah, undergraduate researcher
Addison Shauer, undergraduate researcher
Joseph Greenbaum, undergraduate researcher, co-author on a published paper
Kerrigan Blake, undergraduate researcher, received a PhD from UC Irvine, now a Scientist in Computational Biology at Cellarity
Adam Smith, undergraduate researcher, co-author on a published paper
Brian Harrison, undergraduate researcher, co-author on a published paper