Lab Members of Shen Lab

Former Lab Members
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Adams, Keeley

UNLV Post Bachelor

Spring 2017 — Spring 2020

E-mail
Adeseye, Ty Adetaye

Undergraduate student

Summer 2012 — Fall 2012

Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 2015 —

 
Ahmad, Tahmina

Undergraduate student

Summer 2012

 
Akopian, Rita

Undergraduate student

Summer 2012

 
Baca, Sophia

UNLV Undergraduate

Spring 2021 - Fall 2022

E-mail
Baker, Adriana

UNLV Undergraduate

Fall 2018 — Fall 2020

E-mail
Bangalore, Kavya

UNLV Undergraduate

Fall 2023

E-mail
Banker, Leah

UNLV Undergraduate

Fall 2023 — Spring 2024

E-mail
Bataller, Santiago

Ph.D Candidate

Fall 2016 — Spring 2023

Bachelor of Science in Biology, Rizal Technological University, Philippines

E-mail
Boonjue, Rin

Undergraduate student

Spring 2017 - Spring 2018

E-mail  
Bragg, Fredrick, Jr.

UNLV Undergraduate

Fall 2019 — Spring 2021

E-mail
Butt, Iqra

Undergraduate student

Summer 2012

 
Canales, Kevin

Undergraduate student

Spring 2018 — Fall 2018

Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, UNLV

E-mail
Carter, Erica

UNLV Undergraduate

Fall 2023 — Fall 2024

E-mail
Chen, Gaelan

UNLV Undergraduate

Spring 2021 - Spring 2022

E-mail
Chen, Tiffany

UNLV Undergraduate

Spring 2019 — Spring 2020

E-mail
Cheng, Mallei

Undergraduate student

Summer 2018 — Fall 2018

E-mail
Choi, Charlotte

Spring 2012 — Spring 2013

NSF EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Ph.D, University of Michigan, 2013 —

E-mail
Chun, Brenton Undergraduate student  
Cohen, Stacy
Undergraduate student  
Conlu, Rhea

Undergraduate student

2010 — 2011

Spring 2011 NSF EPSCoR Fellowship

UNLV Honors College

Roseman University of Health Sciences, 2011 — 2015

 
Cook, Everett

Undergraduate student, 2001 — 2003

 
Day, Mark

Undergraduate student

Spring 2012

 
DeGidio, Jeremiah Fall 2013 — Summer 2014 E-mail
Delgado, Elizabeth

Undergraduate student

Fall 2015 — Summer 2017

Bachelor of Science in Biology, UNLV

Currently at University of Florida Graduate School, 2017 —

E-mail
Ding, Mingquan

Visiting scientist

2010

Bioinformatics

Beijing Forestry University

E-mail
Erdogan, Feyza

Post Bachelor

Fall 2018 — Spring 2019

E-mail
Espinueva, Ronald
Undergraduate student  
Fang, William

UNLV Postbac

Spring 2016 — Fall 2016

Bachelor of Science in Biology, Johns Hopkins University

Currently at University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine

E-mail
Feng, Zhiqi

Fall 2011 — Spring 2013

E-mail
Fu, Jian

Visiting scientist

2011

Gan, Yu

Undergraduate student

UNLV School of Dental Medicine, 2007 — 2011

 
George, Joshua

Undergraduate student

Summer 2012

 
Gevorkian, Natalie

Undergraduate student

Spring 2008

Currently at University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine

 
Ghim, Heejin Undergraduate student  
Gonzalez, Kevin

Undergraduate student

Fall 2018

 
Gu, Lingkun

Visiting Scientist/Postdoc

2007-2019

Ph.D, Shandong Agricultural University

Stress Biology/Yeast project

E-mail
Ha, Diana

Undergraduate

Fall 2011 — Spring 2012

Summer 2011 NSF EPSCoR Fellowship

E-mail
Hall, Tracy
Undergraduate student

NSF EPSCoR & NIH BRIN fellowships

 
Haneefzai, Sandy

UNLV Undergraduate

Summer 2018 — Fall 2019

E-mail
Hanrahan, Lauren
Fall 2011
 
Hanzlik, Shane

Undergraduate student

University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, 2004 — 2008

 
He, Shuhan (Ivy)

UNLV Undergraduate

Fall 2023 — Spring 2024

E-mail
Hinton, Joel

UNLV Postbac

Fall 2016 — Spring 2017

Bachelor of Science in Biology, Brigham Young University

E-mail
Homayouni, Arielle

Undergraduate student

2014 — 2015

2014 — 2015 Academic Year NSF EPSCoR

Currently at Washington University in St. Louis, 2016 —

 
Hong, Annie

Undergraduate student

Fall 2011 and Spring 2013

University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, 2013 — 2017

 
Huang, Jie

MS student

2002 — 2005

Currently at UCLA

 
Huang, Ryan

Undergraduate student

2008 — 2010

2008 Summer NIH UROP

2009 Academic Year NSF EPSCoR

Interactive Online Database Design

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2012 — 2016

 
Inzunza, Jose

Undergraduate student

Bioinformatics

Spring 2007 — Spring 2008

New York Medical College, 2008 — 2012

 
Jang, Yikwon Fall 2013 E-mail
Jiang, Xianghui

Visiting Professor

2017

 
Jiang, Yue

Visiting graduate student

2004

West Virginia University

 
Kabbani, Tamara

UNLV Undergraduate

Fall 2021 — Spring 2022

E-mail
Kaur, Karanjo

Fall 2011

E-mail
Korczynski, Michael

Undergraduate student

Summer 2012 — Fall 2012

 
Lam, Norris

Undergraduate student

2010 — 2013

ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

2009 Summer NIH INBRE

2010 Academic Year NSF EPSCoR

E-mail
Lamug, Rachelle

UNLV Undergraduate

Summer 2016 — Fall 2017

E-mail
Liu, Yue
Undergraduate student  
Lopez, Jennifer

Undergraduate student

Summer 2014 — Spring 2015

Currently at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, 2015 —

E-mail
Lopez, Natalia Spring 2013 — Present E-mail
Ma, Jinbiao

Visiting Professor

Ph.D, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science

E-mail
Ma, Kaiwang

Research scholar

Ph.D, Chongqing University

Biomedical Engineering

E-mail
Mahalath, Shantel

UNLV Undergraduate

Spring 2019 — Spring 2020

E-mail
Majid, Azeem

UNLV Undergraduate

Spring 2022

Currently at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine

E-mail
Mangio, Adrian

UNLV Undergraduate

Spring 2017 — Spring 2018

Currently at University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, 2018 — 2022

E-mail
Mishra, Alisha Fall 2011 — Spring 2012 E-mail
Montalbo, Jeniffer Undergraduate student  
Murad, Gabrielle

UNLV Undergraduate

Spring 2020 — Spring 2021

E-mail
Ogawa, Roy

Professor, Ph.D, Computer Science

Eternal Member of Shen Lab

Sadly passed away on 09/07/2021

Ogburn, Timothy

Undergraduate Student

Fall 2017 - Fall 2018

 
Onattu, Jeffy

Undergraduate student

2010

 
Panza, Ernesto

UNLV Undergraduate

Spring 2019 — Spring 2020

E-mail
Park, So Lee

Undergraduate student

2011

Currently at Kansas State College of Veterinary Medicine, 2013 —

E-mail
Patel, Tanvi

Undergraduate student

Spring 2008

 
Pinto, David Summer 2013 — Spring 2014 E-mail
Raza, Sabeeka

UNLV Undergraduate

Spring 2023 — Fall 2023

E-mail
Rheault, Shana Visiting graduate student

University of Nevada, Reno

 
Ringler, Patricia

Ph.D student

2009 — 2015

NIH BRIN Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Fall 2003 and Spring 2004

E-mail

Roach, Joe

MAS student

2002

 
Ruas, Paul

Bioinformaticist

2002 — 2004

Java Programming and Interactive Web Design

Relational Database Construction

Interactive Webpage Development

 
Seto, Wendy

Undergraduate student

Spring 2007 — Spring 2008 

NSF EPSCoR Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Summer 2007

University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, 2009 — 2013

 
Shin, Margaret

Ph.D student

2007 — 2013

Seed Germination

Tarar, Afar

Undergraduate student

Spring 2012 — Summer 2012

 
Tchakarski, Polet

Undergraduate student

Bioinformaticist

 
Thompson, Erin

Undergraduate

Spring 2023

E-mail
Townsend, Jared

Visiting undergraduate student

University of Nevada, Reno

BRIN fellowship

 
Tran, Nghia

Undergraduate student

Summer 2009 — Fall 2009

 
Truong, Huy MS student
 
Tufano, Tara

Visitng undergraduate student

Summer 2014

George Washington University

E-mail
Tukay, Jumelle

UNLV Undergraduate

Spring 2020 — Spring 2020

E-mail
Uyeda, Rolan Undergraduate student
Velasco, Mark

Undergraduate student

2009

 
Vigil, Anna

UNLV Undergraduate

Fall 2018 — Fall 2019

E-mail
Villacastin, Anne Jinky

Ph.D Candidate

Spring 2016 — Summer 2022

Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, University of the Philippines, Manila

E-mail
Walker, Fatimah

Undergraduate

Spring 2023 — Fall 2023

E-mail
Watanabe, Kenneth

Ph.D in Bioinformatics, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Master of Science in Computer Science, Cornell University

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Cornell University

E-mail

Weiss, Laura


Undergraduate student  

Whetstone, Heather

Ph.D Student

Fall 2022 — Spring 2023

Bachelor of Science in Biology, University of Nevada, Reno

E-mail

Wilson, Jared


Ph.D Candidate

Masters in Kinesiology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

 
Wu, Zhiming

Visiting professor

Spring 2017 — Fall 2017

Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering

E-mail
Xie, Zhen

Ph.D student

2001 — 2006

Awards/Fellowship: UNLV Graduate Travel Fund, 2002

Outstanding Graduate

First UNLV graduate accepted by Harvard University Graduate School

Postdoc at Harvard Universityand MIT

Currently a full professor at Tsinghua University in China

Contact information

Xu, Hengjian

Research scholar

Ph.D, Shandong Agricultural University

Plant Genomics and Evolution

E-mail
Yap, Christina

Undergraduate student

2009 — 2010

2009 Academic Year NSF EPSCoR

Zhang, Angi Liyuan

Ph.D and Postdoc

2006

Stress Biology

Co-Mentor: Dr. Stan Smith.

E-mail

Zhang, Zhonglin

Postdoc

2001 — 2004

Awards/Fellowships: ASPB 2002 Travel Fund, NSF ACES Postdoctoral Fellowship

Co-Mentor: Dr. Roy Ogawa

Currently at Duke University

Contact information
Zhen, Yu

Graduate student

UNLV

2013 — 2014

Zou, Xiaolu

Ph.D student

2002 — 2007

Awards/Fellowships: NSF IAAS Graduate Fellowship 2002 — 2004

Co-Mentor: Dr. Dawn Neuman