SFSU's Science Communication
The Pandemic Academics
Meet The Team
We are students from the Biology Department at San Francisco State University.
We come together from various backgrounds to share our experiences and ideas about
science, careers in science, and being scientists.
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Gabriela Ponce
MS Candidate
Studying Insect Ecology, interested in the plant/insect interactions involved in gall (plant-tumor) induction.
Diana Chu
Motivator
Professor and Fertility Researcher.
Chinomnso Okorie
MS Candidate
Interested Translational Women's Reproductive health using community based research and Health and Equity.
How many scientists can you fit in an elevator?
Criszel Corpuz
MS Candidate
Studies the epigenetic regulation of gametes and creates short docs for the Center for Cellular Construction .
Destinee Lanns
MS Candidate
Interested in Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) in women of color.
Helen Butler
MS Candidate
Interested in studying the ecology of emerging infectious amphibian disease and the amphibian skin microbiome.
Jacob Elliott
Student
Jacob currently studies yeast metablosim via the vacuole using fluorescent microscopy. Jacob has a broad interests in the fields of biology and computer science.
Lisa Couper
MS Candidate
Studying tick-borne disease ecology with a focus on the role of the tick microbiome in Lyme disease dynamics
Mike Lindh
MS Candidate
Studies Microbiology at SFSU and focuses on Antibiotic Resistance Research
Christen Kinney
MS Candidate
Studying fertility in C. elegans
Cecelia Brown
MS Candidate
Time flies when you study flies.
Wayne Swinson
MS Candidate, SFSU
Wayne Swinson has been part of the SFSU SciComm Incubator family since the beginning. He brings humor and a unique perspective to all community and research projects. He currently studies chromosome dynamics in the model organism, C. elegans, to search for a cure to male infertility.
Carlos Gomez
MS Candidate SFSU
Carlos Gomez studies cell and molecular biology at SFSU. He is part of the CIRM Bridges program doing research on bone regeneration at UCSF
Will Chadwick
MS Candidate
Studying yeast vacuole size dynamics, interested in continuing into a career in industry.