Luallen Lab Feb 2026
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Luallen Lab (most of us) - Dec. 2023
Dalaena Rivera, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow
Dalaena got her BS from the University of Arizona and her PhD from SDSU
Wade Ingersoll
PhD student
Wade has a BS in Biology from Humboldt State University. He is studying microbiome bacteria transmission of adherence.
Truc Nguyen
Research Assistant
Truc is a recent graduate of SDSU with a BS in Biology
Alfredo Maldonado Garduno
Undergraduate Student
Alfredo is a senior at SDSU majoring in Biology
Eric Osecheck
Undergraduate student
Eric is a third year at SDSU majoring in Foods and Nutrition
Candyd Lace Velasquez
PhD Student
Candyd got her BS from SDSU. She is a second year student studying natural host defense against intracellular bacteria and natural viral infection.
Serena Meadows-Graves
Lab Manager / Research Assistant
Serena received her BS from SDSU in Biology
Breana Reyes
Undergraduate student
Breana is a senior at SDSU and majoring in Biology
Nicole Yarovoy
Undergraduate student
Nicole is a 3rd year majoring in Biology at SDSU
Brenton Walkup
Undergraduate student
Brenton is a third year at SDSU majoring in Biology and minoring in Chemistry
Ila Peeler
PhD student
Ila has a BS in Cell and Molecular Biology from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and an MS from SDSU.
Cayla Cruse
MS Student
Cayla received her BS in Biology from UC Riverside. She is studying microbiome binding to mucin in the glycocalyx.
Ariadna Gomez
Undergraduate student
Ari is a 2nd year majoring in Biology at SDSU
Catherine Reyes
Undergraduate student
Catherine is a 1st year transfer student majoring in Biology at SDSU
Luallen Lab Alumni
Former Undergraduates
Anupama Singh, PhD
Kinjaal Nagindas - Research Assoc. at Genentech
Anissa Valdivia
Makaela Levine - Research Technician at UCSD
Vivian Nguyen - Undergraduate at UC Berkeley
Tuan Tran, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Pennsylvania
Emily Morgan - Preparing for Medical School
Samuel Moore - Research Tech at Diazyme Laboratories
Alexander Varga - Undergrad at SDSU
Niklas Perslow - PhD student at Tufts
Dylan Matloub - Research Assistant at SDSU
Sandra Lee - Preparing for Medical School
Francis Sarmiento - Undergrad at SDSU
Priya Gupta, PhD
Aaliyah Ringor - MS student at UC Santa Cruz
Nathan Habte - Preparing for Grad School
Milan Abdalla - Undergrad at SDSU
Jace Buxbaum - Medical School
Amanda Haio - Preparing for PA School
Aysha Walker - Undergrad Researcher at SDSU
Meenakshi Nair
Kayla Poirier - MS Student at SDSU
Cecilia Gallo - MS student at SDSU
Venus Ghani - Preparing for PA School
Yesenia Rodriguez Reyes