
We are a small team of graduate and undergraduate students. We work to respect individual needs, styles, and career goals and mentor accordingly.

Katie Wilkinson
Professor of Biological Sciences
Principal Investigator
Email: katherine.wilkinson@sjsu.edu
Masters Students
- Cammy Chun
- Jaspinder Grewal
- Serena Ortiz
- Hoang-Vi Vu
Undergraduates
- Tim Andrade
- Pooja Asuri
- Aneisa Berrado
- Mayra Cardenas
- Ome Garcia
- Aliyah Gonzalez
- Giselle Martinez
- Mehek Parghi
- Priti Patel
- Adwait Pathak
- Martina Reyes
- Marcy Samadi
- Carissa Seaman
- Sherry Tsai
- Sonika Saraiya
- Erika Snyder
- Denise Virgen
Alumni
2022-2023 Graduates (Fall & Spring)
- Alexus Jackson (BS)
- Maya Vallinayagam (BS)
- Teodomiro Gomez (MS)
2021-2022 Graduates (Fall & Spring)
- Serena Ortiz (BS)
- David Martinez Mejia (BS)
- Remie Mandawe (MS)
- Danitza Cheline (BS)
2020-2021 Graduates (Fall & Spring)
- Miguel Macias (BS)
- Alexandra Salazar (BS)
- Seema Saleem (BS)
- Sai Byri (BS)
- Alondra Suarez (BS)
- Alyssa Occiano (BS)
2019-2020 Graduates
Apoorva Karekal (MS Biological Sciences), Phd student, University of Oregon
Enoch Kim (MS Biological Sciences), MD student, NSU Dr.Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine
Steven Valdespino (BS, Biochemistry), Genentech
Sarah Chu (BS, Microbiology)
Romelia deVera (BS, Microbiology)
Nikola Klier (BS, Molecular Biology)
Solomon Morales (BA Biological Sciences)
Tyler Nguyen (BS, Biochemistry)
Amin Parvizi (BS, Systems Physiology)
2018-2019 Graduates
Cebrina Bustos (MS Biological Sciences), Pulse Biosciences
Mulatwa Haile (BS Systems Physiology), PhD student, UC Irvine
Sam Hui (BS Systems Physiology with Honors)
Maximilian Khan (Transferred to Santa Clara University)
Sameer Masri (BS Psychology)
Jenny Nguyen (BS Systems Physiology), Postbac Program UC Irvine
Juan Reyna (BS Systems Physiology), Reagent Chemist at Cepheid
Phylicia Sanchez (BS Systems Physiology)
Camilla Espindola Villarino (BA Biology), EMT
Natanya Villegas (BS Microbiology), PhD student, University of Oregon
Zahra Raza (transferred to UC Davis)
2017-2018 Graduates
Arthur Harnisch (MS Biological Sciences)
Gerard Nguyen (MS Biological Sciences)
Stephanie Behnke, (BS Psychology), Pediatric Behavior Therapist
Milind Damani (BS Systems Physiology), Masters of Healthcare Admisistration Program Cornell University
Meera Gandhi (BS Forensic Science)
Megason Hill (BS Biochemistry), Medical Assistant at a Vascular Clinic
Puneet Sanghera (BS Systems Physiology), MS Stem Cell Program San Francisco State
2016-2017 Graduates
Kim Than (MS Biological Sciences), Single Cell Technology
Lubayna Elahi (MS Biological Sciences & SCILL Program), PhD student, UCLA
Adam Abtahie (BS Systems Physiology), QC Analyst at Atreca, Inc
Morgan Chang (BS Computer Science), DO Student at ATSU-SOMA
Anthony Kwon (BS Kinesiology & MS Biological Sciences), MD student, University of Hawaii
Shea Putnam (MS Biological Sciences), AstraZeneca
Alejandro Lopez (BS Psychology), PhD student, Emory University
Shreejit Padmanabhan (BS Biomedical Engineering), Quality Engineer at Duke Empirical
2015-2016 Graduates
Krystle Shamai (MS Biological Sciences)
Adam Cai (BS, Biochemistry), Tax Accountant at BennetShayCPAs
Connor Criddle (BS, Biochemistry), Implementation Consultant at Benchling
Alex Pham, (BS, Kinesiology), EMT
Samson Tang (BS, Biochemistry), PharmD Candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Dasha Zaytseva, Genentech
2014-2015 Graduates
Anusha Allawala (BS, Biomedical Engineering), PhD student at Brown University
Nina Bubalo (BS, Psychology), Dentist (USC Dental School)
Remie Mandawe (BS, Systems Physiology), Bristol Myers Squibb
Peter Nguyen (BS, Systems Physiology)
2013-2014 Graduates
Joy Franco (BS, Mechanical Engineering), PhD student at Stanford University
Summer RUMBA Alumni
Kaylah Brown
Alyssa Fuentez
Génesis López
Hector Delgado
Kassina Kim-Hayes
Gavilan College Summer Internship Alumni
Serena Ortiz
Tarianna Perez
“Working together is the best part of being on our team. Go Wilkinson lab!”
David Martinez