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\n Carolyn M. Phillips\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Associate Professor of Biological Sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n

PhD – University of California, Berkeley (2007)<\/em><\/p>\n

BS – University of California, Davis (2001)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Dylan Wallis\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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NIH T32 Chemistry-Biology Interface trainee (2020-2022)<\/p>\n

USC DIA Fellowship (2019-current)<\/p>\n

BS – Temple University (2017)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Jenny Zhao\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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BS – University of California, Los Angeles (2017)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Shihui Chen\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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USC Endowed Fellowship (2024-2025)<\/p>\n

USC Gold Fellowship (2023)<\/p>\n

BS –\u00a0Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2020)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Sanjana Rajeev\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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USC WiSE Top-off Fellowship (2021-2023)<\/p>\n

MS – University of Texas, Dallas (2018)<\/em><\/p>\n

BE – BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore (2016)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Khlifa Alnaim\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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MS –\u00a0King Abdullah\u2019s University of Science and Technology<\/em>\u00a0(2022)<\/em><\/p>\n

BS – Boston University (2020)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Mar\u00eda Bustos\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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NIH\/NICHD F31 Fellowship (2025-2029)<\/p>\n

USC WiSE Top-off Fellowship (2023-2025)<\/p>\n

MS – University of Iceland (2022)<\/em><\/p>\n

BS – University of Iceland (2020)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Danny Styrpejko\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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MS – California State University, Fullerton<\/em>\u00a0(2022)<\/em><\/p>\n

BS – University of California, San Diego (2019)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n

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\n Emily Shin\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
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\n Fergus Phillips\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n
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\n Alicia Rogers (postdoctoral fellow – 2018-2021)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Current position – Assistant Professor at the University of Texas, Arlington (The Rogers Lab<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Kevin Manage (graduate student – 2016-2021)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Current position \u2013 Medical Science Liason at Natera<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Dieu An Nguyen (graduate student – 2016-2021)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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Current position \u2013 post-doc with Andrea Cochran at Genentech<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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\n Celja Uebel (graduate student – 2017-2021)\n <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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