Faculty
Albert Siryaporn
Associate Professor 
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and Physics and Astronomy 
University of California, Irvine 
asirya@uci.edu
Ali Mortazavi, MD
Professor
Developmental and Cell Biology
School of Biological Sciences, UCI
ali.mortazavi@uci.edu
Anand Ganesan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Dermatology
Biological Chemistry
School of Medicine, UCI
aganesan@uci.edu
Ashley Elsensohn
Assistant Professor 
Dermatology
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Human Anatomy 
Loma Linda University Health
AElsensohn@llu.edu
Anthony Durkin, PhD
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
School of Engineering, UCI
adurkin@uci.edu
Bernard Choi, PhD
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
School of Engineering, UCI
choib@uci.edu
Cheng-Ming Chuong, MD, PhD
Professor
Pathology
University of Southern California
cmchuong@usc.edu
Christopher C. W. Hughes, PhD
Chancellor Professor of Law
Dept. Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
University of California, Irvine
cchughes@uci.edu
Dae Seok Eom, PhD
Assistant Professor
Developmental & Cell Biology
University of California, Irvine
dseom@uci.edu
Daniele Piomelli, PhD
Distinguished Professor
Anatomy & Neurobiology
School of Medicine, UCI
piomelli@uci.edu
Dara Sorkin
Associate Professor 
General Internal Medicine 
University of California, Irvine 
dsorkin@hs.uci.edu
Enrico Gratton, PhD
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
School of Engineering, UCI
egratton@uci.edu
Evgeny Kvon
Assistant Professor 
Developmental and Cell Biology 
University of California, Irvine 
ekvon@uci.edu
Francesco Marangoni, MS, PhD
Assistant Professor
Physiology & Biophysics
School of Medicine, UCI
f.marangoni@uci.edu
George Sen
Associate Professor 
Dermatology and Molecular Medicine 
University of California, San Diego 
gsen@health.ucsd.edu
James Jester
Professor
Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering 
University of California, Irvine 
jjester@uci.edu 
Jered Haun
Associate Professor 
Biomedical Engineering 
University of California, Irvine 
jered.haun@uci.edu
John Lowengrub, PhD
Chancellor's Professor
Mathematics
University of California, Irvine
jlowengr@uci.edu
Jonathan Zippin
Associate Professor 
Dermatology and Pharmacology 
Weill Cornell Medical College 
jhzippin@med.cornell.edu
Kalpna Gupta
Professor In Residence 
Hematology/Oncology 
University of California, Irvine 
kalpnag@uci.edu
Lauren Albrecht
Professor
Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Professor of Developmental and Cell Biology
University of California, Irvine
lvalbrec@uci.edu
Ling Gao, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Dermatology
School of Medicine, UCI
School of Medical Science, University of Arkansas (2010-2017)
Lorenzo Scipioni
Associate Specialist 
Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Irvine 
scipioni.lorenzo@gmail.com
Maksim Plikus, PhD
Professor
Developmental and Cell Biology
School of Biological Sciences, UCI
plikus@uci.edu
Manuela Martins-Green, PhD
Professor
Cell Biology
University of California, Riverside
manuela.martins@ucr.edu
Maria Kasper
Associate Professor 
Cell and Molecular Biology 
Karolinska Institutet 
maria.kasper@ki.se
Medha Pathak
Assistant Professor 
Physiology & Biophysics 
University of California, Irvine 
medhap@uci.edu
Michelle Digman, PhD
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering
School of Engineering, UCI
mdigman@uci.edu
Mihaela Balu, PhD
Associate Researcher
Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic
University of California, Irvine
mbalu@uci.edu
Natasha Mesinkovska, MD
Associate Clinical Professor
Dermatology
University of California, Irvine
nmesinko@uci.edu
Nir Drayman
Assistant Professor 
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
University of California, Irvine 
nirdra@uci.edu
Padhraic Smyth, PhD
Chancellor's Professor
Statistics
School of Information and Computer Sciences, UCI
smyth@uci.edu
Phillip Scumpia
Associate Professor 
Dermatology 
University of California, Los Angeles 
pscumpia@mednet.ucla.edu
Pooja Flora
Molecular Cell & Systems Bio Dept
University of California, Riverside
Pooja.flora1@ucr.edu
Prue Talbot
Professor 
Statistics
Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology 
University of California, Riverside 
prue.talbot@ucr.edu
Remi Buisson
Assistant Professor 
Department of Biological Chemistry
University of California, Irvine. 
rbuisson@uci.edu
Ricardo Mallarino
Assistant Professor 
Molecular Biology and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 
Princeton University 
rmallarino@princeton.edu
Roberto Tinoco
Assistant Professor 
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry 
University of California, Irvine 
rtinoco@uci.edu
Ronke Olabisi
Associate Professor 
Biomedical Engineering 
University of California, Irvine 
rolabisi@exchange.uci.edu
Ryan Driskell
Assistant Professor 
School of Molecular Biosciences 
Washington State University 
ryan.driskell@wsu.edu
Sergei Grando, MD, PhD
Professor
Dermatology
Biological Chemistry
School of Medicine, UCI
sgrando@uci.edu
Stanley Ng
Assistant Professor 
Biological Chemistry
University of California, Irvine 
stanlewn@uci.edu
Stuart Nelson, MD, PhD
Professor
Surgery and Biomedical Engineering 
University of California, Irvine
jsnelson@uci.edu
Thomas Milner
Professor 
Biomedical Engineering and Surgery 
University of California, Irvine 
milnert@uci.edu
Vasan Venugopalan, PhD
Professor
Chemical & Biomodular Engineering
School of Engineering, UCI
vvenugop@uci.edu
William Lowry
Professor
Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology 
University of California, Los Angeles 
blowry@ucla.edu
Xiaoyu Shi
Assistant Professor 
Developmental and Cell Biology, Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering
University of California, Irvine 
xiaoyu.shi@uci.edu
Ying Huang
Associate Professor 
Pharmaceutical Sciences 
Western University of Health Sciences 
yhuang@westernu.edu
Yoonjin Won
Associate Professor 
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 
University of California, Irvine 
won@uci.edu
Zhongping Chen, PhD
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
School of Medicine, UCI
z2chen@uci.edu









































































