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GOPINATH LAB
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
DR. ARVIND GOPINATH
Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of California, Merced
SE2-384
Graduate groups:
Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Quantitative Systems Biology
Ph.D Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
B.Tech Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
GRADUATE STUDENTS
ARIELL SMITH
BS UC Merced, 2020
Program: Material and Biomaterial Science and Engineering (MBSE)
UC Merced UC LEADS Scholar 2018-2020
Program: Bioengineering
RICHA THAKUR
MS NIMIMS, Mumbai India 2022
A native of Bhopal (M.P), Richa hails from India. Richa's research interests include the dynamics and mechanics of bacterial motility in substrates of varying mechanical properties.
JOSHUA TAMAYO
BS UC Merced, 2019
Program: Bioengineering
CREST Scholar 2017-2018, 2018-2019 (NSF-CREST Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines)
ALUMNI
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
JUNYI YANG, (2019-2021)
BS. Mechanical Engineering UC Merced, 2020
Currently graduate student in Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley
DENIZ AKPINAROGLU (2018-2021)
Major: Bioengineering
CREST Scholar 2018-2020 (NSF-CREST CCBM)
Currently graduate student in Bioengineering UC Berkeley / UCSF.
CHRISTIAN ULLOA (2020-2021)
Major: Bioengineering
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YEKATERINA (KATE) ZHEZHERYA
Major: Bioengineering
CREST SCHOLAR 2019-2020
NSF-CREST CCBM SCHOLARSHIP
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ALEXA CAPULE
Major: Pharmaceutical Studies
CCBM - CSIP Summer student 2018
CINDY WONG
September 2017 - July 2018
Undergraduate researcher
Major: Mechanical Engineering
KURTIS BRENT (co-advised with Dr. Subramaniam)
Major: Bioengineering
CREST Scholar 2018-2019 (NSF-CREST CCBM)
VISITING STUDENTS
SONIA SHAH
June 2019 - August 2019
CCBM C-SIP Summer Intern
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