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| Nik Brown | Pep Charusanti | Pamela Douglas | Marisa Eisenberg |
| Simon Galbraith | Sharon Hori | Robyn Javier | Daniel Li |
| Jason Lee | Kai-Jye Lou | Daniel Song | |
| Levan Atanelov | Fiona Chandra | Greg Ferl | Tova Fuller |
| Brian Gurbaxani | Charles Harless | Jane Lin | Yuliya Mulina |
| Jenna Rickus | Solomon Russell | Karin Sinavsky | James Skrinska |
| Pep Charusanti pep[AT]chem.ucla.edu |
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Pep is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemistry,
working on math models of drug effects in chronic myeloid leukemia.
His goal is to understand how drug resistance emerges in this disease
and affects dynamics and both the cellular and molecular level. Outside
of research you can find him hiking wherever there's a nice trail (or
no trail at all sometimes), going back and forth, back and forth, back
and forth between the two walls of the campus swimming pool, or his
favorite, traveling abroad and speaking different languages. One of
these days people will call him professor Pep, but for now a simple
"Yo man, how's it going?" will get his attention.
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| Pamela Douglas pamelita[AT]ucla.edu |
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Pamela is a second-year Neuroengineering student. Her
interests focus on modeling manganese toxicity and understanding the
Parkinsonian symptoms associated with it. Outside of biomedical engineering,
Pamela enjoys running, baking, playing guitar, dodgeball, and art.
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Marisa is a second-year graduate student in the Biomedical
Engineering Interdepartmental Program, working on a math model of
the hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid regulatory system, with a focus
on the pituitary. She received a B.S. in Cybernetics at UCLA in 2003.
When not lost in the winding labyrinth that is the lab, she also plays
keyboards with her rock band, Radar Radar, or spends time upstairs watching the universe
go by with the UCLA telescopes. Marisa's other interests include but
are not limited to: video games :), sketching/art/graphic design,
kung-fu, music (jazz, rock, and lots of other random stuff), philosophical
and otherwise interesting discussions, reading, sci-fi, sushi, star
trek and her two cute pet rats, 12 and 21.
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Check out Simon's website: http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~sgalbrai. |
| Sharon Hori seiko24[AT]ucla.edu |
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Sharon is a Ph.D. student who graduated from UCLA with
B.S. degrees in Cybernetics and Applied Math, and an M.S. degree in Biomedical
Engineering. She's developed a mathematical model of insulin receptor
trafficking to elucidate the role of receptor endocytosis and recycling
in the development of insulin resistance and Type II diabetes. Currently,
she's developing a model of drug efflux across the blood-brain barrier
to assist in the development of codrugs for various brain diseases. Outside
the lab, Sharon tutors calculus and plays the piano, but not at the same
time, of course. She can also bake 30-minute brownies in only 20 minutes!
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| Daniel Li daniell[AT]ucla.edu |
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Daniel is a first-year Ph.D. student in the Dept. of Computer Science. He got his B.S. from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver in 2005. He is currently working in the PIEallaMODE group, taking courses for WQE exams and trying to gain more background in biomodeling and biomedicine. He likes to play soccer and table tennis. However, he loves tennis the most because he met someone special while playing it ... |
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Daniel is currently a Ph.D. student in the Dept. of Computer
Science. He is studying the effect of Pegasys Peginterferon a-2a (PegIFN)
and ribavirin treatment on heptatitis C viral kinetics in infected patients.
Currently he is collaborating with Dr. Vincent Agnello from Lahey Clinic
(MA), who is performing extensive studies of HCV infection in chimpanzees.
In his spare time, he enjoys playing the violin and watching sporting
events. He is also an active member of his local church.
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RETURN TO TOP Tova Fuller Tova graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in Cybernetics (Spring 2002) and
an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering (Summer 2004). Her Masters thesis
focused on mathematical modeling and simulation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-thyroid
axis to address thyroid hormone treatment bioavailability measures in
humans. Tova entered the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at
UCLA in Fall 2004. Brian Gurbaxani Brian received his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology at UCLA. He is now
a senior scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
in Atlanta, GA, in the Viral Exanthems and Herpes Virus Branch.
He is active in writing data mining algorithms for large datasets
related to human papiloma virus (HPV), cervical cancer, and chronic
fatigue syndrome (CFS). He is interested in datamining, visualization,
and modeling techniques for high dimensional biological datasets. Brian is also an adjunct assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Tech, where he supervises graduate students doing research for the CDC as part of their thesis, mostly in the area of signal processing and algorithm development for ‘omics technologies. Jane Lin Yuliya Mulina Jenna Rickus Solomon Russell Karin Sinavsky
Undergraduates
Robyn Javier
neurobyn[AT]ucla.edu
Robyn is a third-year Cybernetics major, with an emphasis
in neurosystems. She hopes to take part in an upcoming project involving
math modeling of neurofibromatosis. You can usually find her in the lab,
either working, or jamming with the other department Jazz musicians.
Jason Lee
jasontlee[AT]ucla.edu
Jason is pursuing a B.S.
degree in Electrical Engineering (with a Biomedical Engineering option).
He began in the lab as a work study student in Spring 2003, maintaining
this website and the network of computers in the lab. At one point or
another he supposedly was modeling the kinetics of Angiostatin with
the goal of understanding its low efficacy in human in antiangiogenesis
cancer therapy. Currently, Jason is working on VISION-BIOMODBASE, an
on-line interactive project for mathematical models. Jason spends infinitely
many hours as an avid badminton player (playing competitively since
1997) and was President of UCLA
Badminton during its revamping era from 2003-05; he currently serves
as its Executive Advisor. Watch his team battle for the Southern California
Collegiate Badminton League championship and at Collegiate Nationals,
and bring (more) fame to UCLA!
Kai-Jye Lou
tiamat06[AT]ucla.edu
Kai-Jye is a
fourth-year cybernetics major pursuing the neurosystems concentration.
He is currently working on a project pertaining to identifiability analysis
in linear systems. Someday, he hopes to work on projects that lead to
the development of neuroprostheses that restore motor or sensory functionality
in injured patients, but he will be perfectly happy working to develop
more comprehensive neural network models. For the little free time that
he has, most of it is squandered at the racquetball courts or in producing
original creations (and disasters) in the kitchen.
Recent Alumni
Levan Atanelov
levani[AT]ucla.edu
Levan graduated from UCLA with a B.S. in Cybernetics,
and has since published a cancer paper, taught as a professor of chemistry
at a community college and interviewed for medical schools. He is currently
in his second year studying at Yeshiva University in New York.
Fiona Chandra
se_lain[AT]eudoramail.com
Fiona graduated from the UCLA Cybernetics IDP in Fall
2005. She is currently running around interviewing for graduate school
and working in multiple labs. She recently got the chance to catch
up on her reading hobby on the plane.
Greg Ferl
gzferl[AT]ucla.edu
Greg received his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in
2005. His dissertation includes a description of mathematical models
used to describe and predict the biodistribution of anti-CEA monoclonal
antibodies as well as a section on microarray data analysis. He is currently
working as a post-doc in the Dept of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
at UCLA, where his research focuses on mathematical modeling of cancer
treatment using PET and microPET data.
http://www.crump.ucla.edu/public/somi/gferl.html
dctova[AT]hotmail.com
buw8[AT]cdc.gov
Charles Harless
charles[AT]harless.net
Charles left UCLA at the end
of 2005 to explore and pursue opportunities outside of academia/research.
Prior to this, he worked as a Programmer Analyst in the Division of
General Internal Medicine in the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine.
He finished a MS in Computer Science in Spring 2005. In Dec 2005, he
was offered a chance he could not pass up. He has left academics and
even healthcare and is working for the Walt Disney Internet Group as
a Software Engineer. Having been a Disney fan his whole life, he is
having fun in his cool new digs. He specifically is part of the Walt
Disney Parks and Resorts Online which provides the online websites for
the Disney themeparks such as Disneyland, Walt Disney World, etc. Plus,
his work is only 5 minutes from where he lives which makes the commute
enjoyable for LA! He tries to return to UCLA when possible and is always
interested in hearing from fellow Biocybers.
janemlin[AT]bu.edu
Jane graduated from UCLA in 2003 as a Departmental
Scholar in Biomedical Engineering, with a B.S. in Cybernetics (and
concentration in Bioinformatics) and an M.S. in Biomedical Engineering.
She is currently a Ph.D. student in the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
at Boston University, researching the effects of transcriptional
regulation on predicting phenotype from genotype, using the bidirectional
promoter as a model system. When Jane is not breaking her back solving
differential equations, she can be found rock climbing, playing
the guitar, or watching obscure independent movies.
ymulina[AT]hotmail.com
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rickus[AT]ecn.purdue.edu
Jenna Rickus finished her Ph.D. in Neuroscience
and Neuroengineering in 2003. She is now an assistant professor
in Agricultural and Biological Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
at Purdue University. Her research interests include the dynamics
of structured protein networks, how temporal patterns of neurotransmitter
production and release contribute to neurological disorders, modeling
biomolecular function for biosensor design, and creating continuous
biosensors for taking time-resolved measurements of biological
signals. Her free time is spent hanging out with her son, George.
You can visit her lab at http://pasture.ecn.purdue.edu/~rickus/.
solomon[AT]cs.ucla.edu
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karin[AT]celemir.net
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James Skrinska
james[AT]networkapplications.net
James recently finished his Masters thesis and resides
now in north San Diego. His current work involves the integration of
compartmental analysis with the abstract measurements collected through
web activity. In the short, he is looking to drive business sales through
identifying well defined customer profiles which can be used for target
marketing campaigns and impulse shopping. When he isn't rigidly exhausting
his left brain, he gives the righty a chance. He is currently building
a collection of art pieces (watercolor, oil, charcoal, pastel) for a
showing, and is always working to improve on classical piano and popular
guitar. And if he isn't doing any of the above, he is most likely surfing
(with lots sunscreen nowadays) or training for some triathalon.