Luallen Lab Feb 2026
Luallen Lab (most of us) - Halloween 2024
Luallen Lab (most of us) - Dec. 2023
Dalaena Rivera, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dalaena got her BS from the University of Arizona and her PhD 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
Alfredo Maldonado Garduno
Undergraduate Student
Alfredo is a senior at SDSU majoring in Biology
Sherlyn Santoyo Berumen
Undergraduate student
Sherlyn is a junior majoring in Biology
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.
Truc Nguyen
MS student
Truc has a BS in Biology with a concentration Microbiology from SDSU
Brenton Walkup
Undergraduate student
Brenton is a third year at SDSU majoring in Biology and minoring in Chemistry
Jackeline Du
Undergraduate student
Jackeline is a freshmen majoring in Biology
Wade Ingersoll
PhD student
Wade has a BS in Biology from Humboldt State University. He is studying microbiome bacteria transmission of adherence.
Ritika Janapati
MS student
Ritika has a BS from Colorado State University in Biomedical Sciences with a concentration in Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Eric Osecheck
Undergraduate student
Eric is a third year at SDSU majoring in Foods and Nutrition
Aalok Gokarn
Undergraduate Student
Aalok is a senior majoring in Biology
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
Ila Peeler
Niklas Perslow - PhD student at Tufts
Dylan Matloub - Research Assistant at SDSU
Sandra Lee - Preparing for Medical School
Francis Sarmiento - Undergrad at SDSU
Serena Meadows-Graves - MS student at the University of Bonn, Germany
Priya Gupta, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Southern Denmark, Odense
Aaliyah Ringor - MS student at UC Santa Cruz
Nathan Habte - Preparing for Grad School
Milan Abdalla - Undergrad at SDSU
Breana Reyes - MS student at SDSU
Jace Buxbaum - Medical School
Amanda Haio - Preparing for PA School
Aysha Walker - Undergrad Researcher at SDSU
Meenakshi Nair
Nicole Yarovoy - MS student at San Jose State
Kayla Poirier - MS Student at SDSU
Cecilia Gallo - MS student at SDSU
Venus Ghani - Preparing for PA School
Yesenia Rodriguez Reyes
Catherine Reyes