Teitell Lab
[CURRENT MEMBERS] FORMER MEMBERS

Michael A Teitell MD PhD
Principal Investigator
mteitell@mednet.ucla.edu

B.S. - UC Los Angeles, 1985, Biochemistry
M.S. - UC Los Angeles, 1985, Biochemistry
Ph.D. - UC Los Angeles, 1991, Immunology
M.D. - UC Los Angeles, 1993, Medicine

Kiyoko Setoguchi-Miyata, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
KMiyata@mednet.ucla.edu

B.S.- Molecular Biology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 2001

M.S.- Molecular Biology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 2003

Ph.D.- Molecular Biology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 2007

Post-Doc- Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, 2008

Post-Doc- Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 2009

Thomas Zangle, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
tzangle@mednet.ucla.edu
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B.A.- Engineering Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 2005

M.S.- Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2007

Ph.D.- Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 2009

Jessica Fowler, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
jfowler@mednet.ucla.edu

B.S.- Anthropology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, 2004

M.S.- Laboratory Investigation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2006

Ph.D.- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program and Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2010

Ting-Hsiang Wu, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
tsw2008@ucla.edu

B.A.- Physics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 2004

B.S. - Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 2004

M.S.- Electrical Engineering, UC Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2006

Ph.D.- Electrical Engineering, UC Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2010

Mahta Nili, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
MNili@mednet.ucla.edu

B.S.- Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1996

Ph.D.- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 2011

   

Nicole Walsh
Grad Student - Cellular and Molecular Pathology PhD Program
ncwalsh@ucla.edu

B.A. - Mt. Holyoke, 2004, Biological Sciences

Jennifer Chun
Grad Student - Biomedical Engineering Interdepartmental PhD Program
jen.chun@hotmail.com

B.S. - UCSD, 2009

 

Eriko Shimada
Grad Student - Molecular Biology Interdepartmental PhD Program
ecshimada@ucla.edu

B.S.- UCSD, 2008, Biochemistry/Chemistry

M.S.- UCSD, 2009, Chemistry

Olivia Schontzler
Grad Student - Cellular and Molecular Pathology PhD Program
olivtree@ucla.edu

B.A. - UC Berkeley, 2007, Molecular and Cellular Biology

 

Christine Van Horn
Grad Student - Molecular Biology Interdepartmental PhD Program
cmvanhorn@ucla.edu

B.A. - UC Berkeley, 2008, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Tara TeSlaa
Grad Student - First Year ACCESS Student
Tteslaa@ucla.edu

B.S. - St. Peter's College, 2007, Biochemistry, Math, Biotechnology

M.S. - UC Los Angeles, 2008, Biomedical Engineering

Jason Hong
Grad Student - First Year ACCESS Student
j.s.hong@ucla.edu

B.S. - UC Los Angeles, 2004, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Lydia Zheng
M.S. Student - Biomedical Engineering
lxzheng@ucla.edu

B.S. - UC Los Angeles, 2011
Bioengineering

Enrico Sagullo
Staff Research Associate I
ESagullo@mednet.ucla.edu

B.S.- UC Riverside, 2010, Bioengineering

eve Evelina Ter-Avetisyan
Administrative Assistant
ETerAvetisyan@mednet.ucla.edu

B.S.- UC Los Angeles, 2008, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics
Christopher Pang-Gonzalez
Laboratory Manager
Staff Research Associate I
CPGonzalez@mednet.ucla.edu

B.S. - UC Riverside, 2010, Cell Biology/Neuroscience
   

Esther Nübel (Nuebel), PhD.
Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow
nuebel@chem.ucla.edu

B.S. - Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany, Science of Nutrition, 2000

M.S. - Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany, Science of Nutrition, 2003

Ph.D. - Biochemistry, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Molecular Bioenergetics Group Frankfurt, Germany, 2010

Post-Doc - Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Molecular Bionergetics Group Frankfurt, Germany 2010

Sarah Imam
CSUN-UCLA CIRM Bridges Scholar
sarah.s.imam@gmail.com

B.A. - University of Southern California, International Relations, 2008

Mark Lin
Undergraduate Student Intern
mlin33@ucla.edu

B.S. - UC Los Angeles, 2012 (expected)
Bioengineering

Julia Arzeno
Undergraduate Student Intern
jarzeno@gmail.com

B.S. - UC Los Angeles, 2012 (expected)
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

 

Mariam Bonyadi
Undergraduate Student Intern
mbonyadi@ucla.edu

B.S.- UC Los Angeles, 2013 (expected) Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics

Katie Shepherd
Undergraduate Student Intern
kmshepherd@ucla.edu

B.S. - UC Los Angeles, 2015 (expected)
Neuroscience

Vu Nguyen
Undergraduate Student Intern
motivution@ucla.edu

B.S. - UC Los Angeles, 2015 (expected) Undeclared Life Sciences