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STAFF
Geoff Cook Connor WolfUndergraduates – 750+ so far
Some recent undergraduate researchers
Aguilera, Renato | 2009-10 |
Alfago, Evelyn – SBCC | 2009-11 |
Andersen, Jesse | 2010-11 |
Anderson, Marissa – Pasadena CC | F2008 |
Argyres, Scott | F09 |
Barton-Grimley, Rory – SBCC | S11-present |
Beers, Mark – DP High School | Sum 2011 |
Belway, Zachary – San Marcos High | 2007 |
Bible, Johanna | 2012 |
Bishop, Brian – ME | F09-S10 |
Bouhrik, Faik | 2012 |
Brockman, Benjamin | 2007 |
Brouwer, Andrew | S2011-present |
Brunner, Nathan | 2007 |
Brunner-Taulbee, Nathaniel | W10 |
Bublitz, Jesse | 2012 |
Camacho-Clark, Robert – CCS | S2011-present |
Campbell, Peter | S2008 |
Carroll, Nicole | S2008-Sum 2009 |
Casillas, Jaci | F09 |
Castro, Veron | F08 |
Chan, William – ME | Sum 09 |
Chen, Cliff | 2011 |
Chen, Rachel – ME | 2010-11 |
Chepilev, Alex | 2012 |
Christy, Brittany – Santa Monica CC – xfer to UCSC | 2011 INSET |
Clinger, Ben | F08 |
Cockerill, Crystal– Westwood High – TexasSummer session research mentor | SUM 2011 |
Coe, Ryan | 2009-10 |
Collins, Robert | Sum 08 |
Cook, Vail – SBCC | 2009-present |
Cortez, Ken | 2008-2009 |
Crass, Jonathan | F08-10 |
Culbertson, Brett | 2008 |
Das, Ananda – CCS | S2011 |
Davies, Austin | 2008-2010 |
Davison, Elizabeth | 2011 |
De La Rocha, Xenia | Sum 07 |
Delano, Dan | F08 |
Demirdjian, Reuben | SUM 10-present |
Denny, Sean – CCS | W2010-Sum 2011 |
Diemer, Benedikt | 2007-2008 |
Divoky, Alex | SUM 2010-F10 |
Dixon, Lloyd | 2012 |
Dowlatshahi, Saba | 2012 |
Edkins, Erin | W08 |
Elleflot, Tucker | SUM 10 –F10 |
Flood, Emelie | W10-S10 |
Flores, Briana | 2008-2009 |
Foley, Tommy | SUM 2009 |
Forsythe, James – SBCC | SUM 09 |
Fulton, Benjamin | F08-S09 |
Gaines, Mitzi – SB junior high then DPHS | SUM07-08 |
Garcia, Diego | 2012 |
Generozob, Alexi | F08 |
Genjoyan, Viktor | SUM 08 |
Grabowski, Bay | 2008-2010 |
Grandsaert, Thomas – ME | 2008-09 |
Hall, Ashley | W09 |
Hammel, Ben | F08 |
Hamrick, Ben | 2012 |
Harris, Rachel | W2011 |
Hartong-Redden, Rory | S08-M08 |
Hassig, Brett – ME | 2008-2009 |
Hernandez, Marc – ME | 2009-10 |
Hicks, Raphael – SBCC | S2011 – present |
Hilton, Jason | 2012 |
Hong, Yu-Cian | W09-S09 |
Huang, Freddy – ME | 2010-11 |
Huelin Merino, Paula – CCS | W 2011 |
Hutchins, Michael | 2008-09 |
Jackson, Bernard | W07-S08 |
Janus, Kelly | S2011 – present |
Jeffries, Mark | F08-W09 |
Johnson, Kelli | F09 |
Jornales, Mary | S09 |
Kandel, Steven | F08, S09 |
Karner, Steve | 2009 |
Kloster, Frank – CCS | SUM 09 |
Koehl, Marius | S2008 |
LaCorte, Peter – ME | 2007-08 |
Larson, Gaven | S11-M11 |
Lau, Wing | W11-S11 |
Littell, Jordan | 2012 |
Luzzo, Damien | S2011-present |
Maggi, Stefano – CCS | W2011-present |
Magnani, Jonathan | 2007-2010 |
Marks, Sam | 2007 |
Marsh, Jennifer | W07-S07 |
Marsh, Moses | S08 |
Martinez, Jared | 2007 |
Martinis, Stephen – DPHS | SUM09-present |
Matthews, Christopher – Cal State SLO | SUM07-SUM08 |
Melero, Victoria | 2012 |
Migler, Joseph | SUM08 |
Miller, John (Jack) – ME | 2009-2010 |
Mitra, Pitam – CCS | S08-S2011 |
Moll, Ryan | 2007-2008 |
Moore, Casey | SUM2010 |
Motta, Caio | |
Murray, Daniel | W10 |
Mustafa, Jamal | SUM08-S09 |
Nahn, Bang | M08 |
Nakada, Yuichiro | F07 |
Naughton, Kyle | F09 |
Neep, Tom | F08-S09 |
Nicolaisen, Chris – ME | 2009-10 |
Olsson, Kevin | W10 |
Oneill, Hugh | 2012 |
Ott, Mathew | S2010 |
Paschen, Botho | 2010 |
Pearson, Spencer – CCS | S2011-present |
Perock, Blaise | S2011-present |
Ponce, Gilberto | 2007-08 |
Pope, Adrian | M08 |
Proctor, Connor – Anacapa High School | SUM2011 |
Quinlan, Mara – SBCC | F2010-present |
Redman, Andrew – ME | 2007-08 |
Regalia, Blake | F2010-present |
Rex, Jase | S2007 |
Rheuban, Trevor – SBCC | S2011-SUM2011 |
Rhodes, Tyler – ME | S2011-present |
Riley, Andrew | 2007-08 |
Riparetti, Owen | S2010 |
Robison, Preston | S2010 |
Rodriguez, Dylan – CCS | SUM2010-present |
Rollins, Nick – ME | 2008-09 |
Rowell, Griffin | 2007 |
Rubin, Avi | F2010 |
Sanpore, Reed – CCS | S2010-present |
Sauerbrun, Daniel – CS | W2010 |
Schmidt, Alex | 2012 |
Scott, Lincoln – CCS | 2007-08 |
Shelton, Elijah – Brown Univ | SUM2009 |
Sherman, Suri – DP High | F08 |
Sifuentes, Octavio | F07-08 |
Smbat, Avetyan | W08 |
Spencer, Lauren | SUM09-2010 |
Spinella, William | W11 |
Statti, Dave – ME | 2007-08 |
Steinberg, Ryan | 2007 |
Stone, Bryan – ME | 2007-08 |
Stubbs, Scott | 2009 |
Sullivan, Chris – Westmont | 2009-2010 |
Swartz, Alan | SUM2009 |
Ta, Vinh | S2011 |
Tabak, Gil – CCS | SUM2010-S2011 |
Tafel, Bradley – SBCC | SUM09-S2010 |
Tanksley, Megan | SUM2010 |
Terry, Jonnathan | 2012 |
Troeng, Olof | W2011-S2011 |
Tyrrell, Denni – ME | 2007-2008 |
Vargas, Michael – ME | 2008-09 |
Veitch, Ethan | S2011-present |
Visher, Darius | S09 |
Walsh, Daniel | 2009 |
Warren, Whitney – CCS | SUM 2010 |
Warrick, Alexandra | F07-S09 |
Wickes, Alex – CCS | SUM 2010-SUM2011 |
Wirth, Kyle – ME | 2008-09 |
Woods, Tony | 2012 |
Woolf, Alex | W08 |
Xu, Victoria | S2011-present |
Yoshimura, Bryce | 2009-2010 |
Zaba, Camille – ME | 2010-11 |
Zelman, David – ME | 2009-10 |
Zhang, Yabin | SUM 2010 |