Profiles

Vivian Ngo - Bio-X Undergraduate Fellow

2011 Undergraduate Summer Research Program Participant

Home Department: Biology and American Studies
Supported by: The Rose Hills Foundation
Mentor: Theo Palmer, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Vivian Nguyen - Bio-X Undergraduate Fellow

2025 Undergraduate Summer Research Program Participant

Home Department: undeclared
Mentors: Calvin Kuo (Medicine - Hematology) and Emma Lundberg (Bioengineering and Pathology)
Vivian Tien - Bio-X Undergraduate Fellow

2023 Undergraduate Summer Research Program Participant and 2024 Cohort Lead

Home Department: Bioengineering
Mentor: Paul Khavari (Dermatology)
Viviana Gradinaru - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2009

Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisor: Karl Deisseroth
Talk Title: Optical Deconstruction of Parkinsonian Neural Circuitry
Event: Gordon Research on Neural Circuits & Plasticity 2009
Viviana Gradinaru - Colella Family Fellow

Bio-X SIGF Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2008
Home Department: Neurosciences
Faculty Advisors: Karl Deisseroth (Bioengineering, Psychiatry) and Jaimie Henderson (Neurosurgery)
Vivianne Tawfik - Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine

Bio-X Affiliated Faculty

CAP Profile

Dr. Tawfik's overall research interest is to understand how the immune system interacts with the nervous system after injury to promote the transition from acute to chronic pain.
Vladimir Mamchik - Bio-X Undergraduate Fellow

2024 Undergraduate Summer Research Program Participant

Home Department: undeclared
Mentor: Daniel Palanker (Ophthalmology)
W. E. Moerner - Harry S. Mosher Professor and Professor of Chemistry and (by courtesy) of Applied Physics

Bio-X Affiliated Faculty

Stanford Profile

Dr. Moerner's Lab Homepage

Dr. Moerner's laboratory utilizes laser spectroscopy and microscopy of single molecules to probe biological processes, one biomolecule at a time.
Wah Chiu - Professor of Photon Science, Bioengineering, and of Microbiology & Immunology

Bio-X Affiliated Faculty, Clark Center Faculty

CAP Profile

Dr. Chiu's research is the development of methodology for electron cryo-microscopy to determine 3D structures of macromolecules, molecular machines, organelles and cells.
Wakuna Galega - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2018

Home Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Craig Criddle
Talk Title: Elucidating the Role of CO₂ in Type II Methanotrophic Growth & Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Synthesis
Event: Sustainable Packaging Symposium 2018 - Innovations in Transforming Waste to Value-Added Products