Pasion Lab Members

Spring 2018: Jessica Chan, Jiayu Luo, Ntsaum Vang, Justine Ramos

Summer 2015: Justine Ramos, Nghiep Ly, Nainoa Richardson, Sally Pasion

Spring 2012:  Gemma Girona, Xavier Lopez, Anna Marie Tuazon, Nainoa Richardson, Ngoc Hoang, Shani Chapman, Gabriel Getchell

Previous Lab Members:

Vanessa Aguilera  (B.S. SF State, M.S. SF State, MBA Babson Graduate School, Semler Scientific)

Masae Ahmann (SF State graduate student)

Mattelin Bautista (Bridges Summer Student)

Dennis Bua (M.S. SF State, Ph.D. and postdoc Stanford, Bio-protocol, Stanford University School of Medicine)

Berenice Cabrera (B.S. and MS, SF State; currently Biology Instructor at Foothill College)

Janis Cabuhat (B.S. SF State, currently at Genentech)

Joni Castro (SF State graduate student)

Jessica Chan (B.S. SF State; currently graduate student at USF, Research Associate PrognomiQ Inc.)

Shani Chapman (M.S. SF State)

Johnny Chavez (M.S. SF State)

Laura Cochrane (Research Technician, SF State graduate student)

Sheire Coleman (B.S. SF State, Educator)

Noel Cruz-Pacheco (M.S. SF State, currently Research Associate at UCSF)

Amy Dhirapong (graduate student, Ph.D. UC Davis, Genentech Senior QC Associate)

Letizia Diamante (Visiting International Scholar; MS, Univ. of Pavia; Ph.D. University of Cambridge, Science communicator and children's book writer )

Gemma Estrada Girona (M.S. SF State, Research scientist EMBL, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, MeiraGTx Senior Research Scientist)

Gabriela Flores - (B.S. SF State, DPT MGH Institute of Health Professions)

Janell Garcia (B.S. SF State)

Gabriel Getchell - (B.S. SF State, Astellas Gene Therapies)

Brenna Gibson Tirumalashetty (B.S. and M.S. SF State, Climate Corporation Software Engineer)

Kadra Gulaid (B.S. SF State, MPH UC Berkeley)

Marwa Hararah (B.S. SF State)

Mela Hardin (M.A. in Mathematics, SF State, currently Ph.D. student at Arizona State)

Ngoc Hoang (B.S. and M.S. SF State; Research Associate at UCSF)

Sally Hutchinson (B.S. SF State)

Ugochi Ikeme (B.S. SF State, California Department of Fish and Wildlife)

Himanshi Jaswal (B.S. SF State, currently Medical School student)

Ryan Kendle (graduate student, M.D.-Ph.D. Drexel University, UCLA, oncologist)

Viivi Koivu (Visiting student, BS and MS, University of Turku, Blueprint Genetics )

Lorl Lee (Project SEED intern)

Philbert Lee (high school student intern, B.S. UCSC, M.S. SF State, Ph.D. University of Chicago, Molecular Biosciences)

Lisa Liang (Project SEED intern, B.S. Environmental Toxicology, UC Davis)

Alice Liu (high school student intern)

Anthony Xavier Lopez (B.S. SF State, M.S. SF State, currently Biology Professor at Mt San Antonio College)

Eduardo Lujan (B.S. SF State, M.S. SF State, currently Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley)

Nghiep Ly (B.S. SF State, M.S. SF State, Complete Genomics, BGI of America)

Elizabeth Mazza (B.S. SF State)

Jennifer Menjivar (B.S. SF State, MD David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Resident at UCSF )

Mehnaz Malek (graduate student, currently at Bristol Myers Squibb)

Garima Mital (M.S. SF State, currently at Genentech)

Ariff Moolla (B.A. in Mathematics, B.S. in Cell & Molecular Biology SF State,  DO Touro University, pediatrician)

Bichloan Nguyen (B.S. and M.S. SF State)

Erica Pederson  (Research Technician, Research Associate at UC Berkeley)

J. Michelle Pierce (Bridges Summer student, B.S. Arizona State, SF Department of the Environment, Bay View Hunter's Point Community Advocates)

Justine Jenny Ramos (B.S. SF State, currently Ph.D. Student, UC Berkeley)

Terry Reyes (B.S. SF State, Ph.D. Stanford University, Genencor, Impossible Foods Inc. Regulatory Affairs)

Nainoa Richardson (B.S. and M.S. SF State, Ph.D. University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis (UNS) Institute of Biology Valrose (iBV), postdoc at UCSF)

Leonel Santibañez Vargas (Bridges Summer student, B.S. UC Riverside, Antibody Solutions)

Kanika Sethi (B.S. SF State, podiatry student at Samuel Merritt University)

Iqbal Thabet (SF State graduate student)

Marakee Tilahun (B.S. SF State)

Herlinda Tin (Bridges Summer student, B.A. in Psychology, UC Riverside; M.A. Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology)

Anna Marie Tuazon (M.S. SF State, Ph.D. UC Davis; Gilead Sciences)

Cherryl Valenzuela (Bridges Summer student)

Ntsaum Steve Vang (M.S. SF State, Medical School Student)

Laura Wazna-Blank (B.S. SF State)

Ivan Zamora (SF State graduate student, Impossible Foods Inc.)

updated 6/10/2022