Lab Members

Principal Investigator

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Michael Beyeler
Assistant Professor

Postdoctoral Scholars

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Roksana Sadeghi
starting January ‘25

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ICB

Marius Schneider
Postdoctoral Researcher

Lab Manager

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PBS/PSTAT

Jiaxin Su
Student Assistant

PhD Students

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CS

Jacob Granley
PhD Candidate

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CS

Yuchen Hou
PhD Student

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PBS

Byron A. Johnson
PhD Candidate

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DYNS

Lucas Nadolskis
PhD Student

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CS

Galen Pogoncheff
PhD Student

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PBS

Hannah Stone
PhD Student

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PBS

Lily M. Turkstra
PhD Student

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CS

Apurv Varshney
PhD Student

MS Students

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CS

Sangita Kunapuli
BS/MS Student

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CS

Jing Peng
MS Student

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CS

Callie Sardina
MS Student

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CS

Alvin Wang
BS/MS Student

Undergraduate Students

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PBS/PSTAT

Raiyah Ahmed
Research Assistant

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PBS

Alyssa Alanis
Research Assistant

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CS

Kanav Arora
Research Assistant

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PBS

Hasith Basnayake
Honors Student

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PBS/PSTAT

Ruyi Cao
Research Assistant

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CS

Anissa Carter
Promise Scholar

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CS

Deniz Lapsekili
Research Assistant

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CS

Adyah Rastogi
Research Assistant

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EE

Magnolia Saur
UC LEADS Scholar

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CCS

Eirini Schoinas
Research Assistant

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CS

Eyob Teshome
Research Assistant

Alumni

PhD Students (2)

  • Justin M. Kasowski, PhD Student, DYNS (W20 – F23)
  • Aiwen Xu, PhD Student, CS (W20 – S24)

Postdoctoral Scholars (2)

  • Melani Sanchez-Garcia, Postdoctoral Scholar, CS (2022 – 2023)
  • Amirali Vahid, Postdoctoral Scholar, ICB (2022 – 2023)

Lab Managers (3)

  • Tori LeVier, Student Assistant, PBS (F23 – S24)
  • Ryan Neydavood, Junior Specialist, PBS (M21 – S22)
  • Lily M. Turkstra, Junior Specialist, PBS (F22 – M23)

Visiting Scholars (1)

  • Kha Nguyen, UC LEADS Scholar, UC San Diego (M20)

MS Students (8)

  • Kimia Afshari, Research Assistant, CS (F22 – W23)
  • Ashley Bruce, MS Student, CS (F21 – S22)
  • Umang Garg, Lab Volunteer, ECE (F23)
  • Zuying Hu, Research Assistant, CS (W20 – M20)
  • Alex Rasla, BS/MS Student, MS, CS (F21 – S22)
  • Lucas Relic, MS Student, MS, CS (W22 – S22)
  • Madori Spiker, MS Student, CS (F21 – W24)
  • Avani Tanna, Research Assistant, MS, CS (W22)

Honors Students (8)

  • Anvitha Akkaraju, Honors Student, PBS (F21 – S22)
  • Tanya Bhatia, Honors Student, PBS (F21 – S22)
  • Lauren Eckhardt, Honors Student, PBS (F22 – S23)
  • Ethan Meade, DIMAP Student, CS (W23 – S23)
  • Rachel Mochizuki, Honors Student, PBS (W21 – M21)
  • Bill Nguyen, Honors Student, PBS/MATH (S21 – S22)
  • Ivy Wang, DIMAP Student, CS (F23 – S24)
  • Nathan Wu, Research Assistant & DIMAP Student, CS (W20 – S21)

Undergraduate Students (69)
(Senior RAs ≥ 2 quarters in the lab)

  • Kartik Adimulam, Research Assistant, PBS (F23 – W24)
  • Fatima Aguilar, SEEDS Fellow, ENG/SOC (F23 – S24)
  • Anvitha Akkaraju, Research Assistant, PBS (W20 – M21)
  • Sriya Aluru, ERSP Scholar & Research Assistant, CS (F21 – S23)
  • Nick Arenberg, Research Assistant, CS (F21 – S22)
  • Tanya Bhatia, Research Assistant, PBS (W21 – M21)
  • Alec Bodolay, Research Assistant, PBS (W22 – M22)
  • Annika Brydon, Lab Volunteer, ENV (S21 – M21)
  • Cheng Han (Johnson) Chan, Research Assistant, CS (F22 – S23)
  • Alexander Chau, Research Assistant, CS (S22 – M22)
  • Juliana Chou, Lab Volunteer, PBS (M23 – S24)
  • Justin Chung, Research Assistant, CS (F22 – S23)
  • Yongtak (Dylan) Chung, Research Assistant, CS (F23 – S24)
  • Edward Ding, ERSP Scholar, CE (F23 – S24)
  • Lauren Eckhardt, Research Assistant, PBS (S21 – S22)
  • Harshita Gangaswamy, ERSP Scholar & Research Assistant, CE (F21 – S22, F23 – W24)
  • Robert Gee, Research Assistant, CS (W22 – F22)
  • Anand Giduthuri, Research Assistant, CS (S22 – M22)
  • Isabella Gonzalez, Research Assistant, PBS (F23 – S24)
  • Lixing (Leo) Guo, Research Assistant, CS (F23 – S24)
  • Elaine Ho, Research Assistant, CS (W22 – S22)
  • Isaac Hoffman, Research Assistant, CS (W23 – S24)
  • Yuchen Hou, Research Assistant, PBS (W21 – S22)
  • William Huang, Research Assistant, CS (F23 – S24)
  • Nandini Iyer, SEEDS Fellow, PSTAT/ECON (F22 – S23)
  • Rutvik Jha, Research Assistant, CE (W22 – M22)
  • Wayne D. Johnson, BRAIN Fellow, PBS (F21 – S22)
  • Mari Khachatryan, Lab Volunteer, PBS (S23 – W24)
  • Rucha Kolhatkar, Research Assistant, CE (M21 – F21)
  • Sangita Kunapuli, Research Assistant, CS (F23 – W24)
  • Tori LeVier, Research Assistant, PBS (F22 – M23)
  • Luke Li, Research Assistant, CS (F23 – S24)
  • Hongzhen (Dylan) Lin, Research Assistant, CS (W20 – S21)
  • Anderson Liu, Research Assistant & Student Assistant, CS (S22 – S23, W24 – S24)
  • Dariya (Dasha) Lobko, Lab Volunteer, PBS (M23 – S24)
  • Xiankun Lu, Research Assistant, PHYS (F22 – S24)
  • Ananth Mahes, Research Assistant, PBS (W21 – S22)
  • Nancy Mahmoud, SEEDS Fellow, PBS (F23 – S24)
  • Meghana Makineni, Lab Volunteer, PBS (S23 – M23)
  • Khalid Mihlar, Research Assistant, CE (F22 – S23)
  • Ori Mizrahi, Research Assistant, CS (M20 – F20)
  • Sahil Naik, Research Assistant, CE (F21 – M22)
  • Ryan Neydavood, Research Assistant, PBS (W20 – S21)
  • Julia Novick, Research Assistant, CCS (W23 – S23)
  • Ruben Olmos, Research Assistant, PSTAT (W21 – M21)
  • Megumi Ondo, Lab Volunteer, CS (F23 – W24)
  • Laya Pullela, Research Assistant, CCS (F22 – W24)
  • Rashi Raghulan, Research Assistant, MCDB (F19 – S20)
  • Ethan Roma, Research Assistant, PBS (F23 – W24)
  • Vanessa Salgado Zavaleta, ERSP Scholar, CS (F21 – S22)
  • Shivani Sista, ERSP Scholar & Research Assistant, CS (F21 – W24)
  • Angel Solares, Research Assistant, PBS (S21 – M21)
  • Jiaxin Su, Research Assistant, PBS/PSTAT (W23 – W24)
  • Gita Supramaniam, ERSP Scholar, CS (F21 – S22)
  • Molly Tang, Promise Scholar, BIO (W23 – S23)
  • Shuyun Tang, Research Assistant, PSTAT (W21 – M21)
  • Dharynka Tapia, SEEDS Fellow, PSTAT/ECON (F22 – S23)
  • Archita Tharanipathy, Research Assistant, MCDB (W21, F21 – F22)
  • Sukhi Toor, Lab Volunteer, PBS (M23 – S24)
  • Lexie Van Os, Research Assistant, PBS/COMM (F21 – S23)
  • Wade Varesio, Research Assistant, CS (F21 – W22)
  • Alvin Wang, ERSP Scholar, CS (F23 – S24)
  • Francie Wei, Research Assistant, CS (S21 – S22)
  • Kelly Yan, Research Assistant, CS (S21 – M21)
  • Zhongyi (Maynic) Ye, Research Assistant, CS (W21 – S21)
  • Luke Yoffe, Research Assistant, CS (W23 – S23)
  • Kyle Zhao, ERSP Scholar, CS (F23 – S24)
  • Wanqian (Daisy) Zhong, Research Assistant, CS (F23 – W24)
  • Jennifer Zhu, ERSP Scholar, CS (F23 – S24)

High School Students (11)
(most via UCSB Research Mentorship Program)

  • Emma Gao, RMP Scholar, The Harker School (M21)
  • Ethan Gao, RMP Scholar, Ojai Valley School (M20)
  • Chitsein Htun, RMP Scholar, North Hollywood High (M21)
  • Jain Yash, RMP Scholar, Moreau Catholic High (M21)
  • Surya Jasper, RMP Scholar, Saint Francis High School (M21)
  • Lisa Li, RMP Scholar, Texas Academy of Math & Science (M21)
  • Andrew Liang, RMP Scholar, RMP, The Harker School (M23)
  • Andre Mao, RMP Scholar, Homestead High (M21)
  • Versha Rohatgi, RMP Scholar, Mountain View High (M20, M21)
  • Shivani Sama, High School Researcher, Tesla STEM High School (F22 – S23)
  • Emma Shen, RMP Scholar, Del Norte High School (M23)