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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
Project: Biomechanics of Fungal Biofilms
GROUP ALUMNI


JUNYI YANG, (2019-2021)
BS. Mechanical Engineering UC Merced, 2020
Dr. JOSHUA TAMAYO
BS UC Merced, 2019
PhD UC Merced 2024
CREST Scholar 2017-2018, 2018-2019 (NSF-CREST Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines)

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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