Profiles

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.
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.
Vladimir Mamchik - Bio-X Undergraduate Fellow

2024 Undergraduate Summer Research Program Participant

Home Department: undeclared
Mentor: Daniel Palanker (Ophthalmology)
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.
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)
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
Vivian Tien - Bio-X Undergraduate Fellow

2023 Undergraduate Summer Research Program Participant and 2024 Cohort Lead

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

Awarded in 2019

Home Department: Materials Science & Engineering
Faculty Advisor: Zhenan Bao
Talk Title: Electrochemical patterning of tissue-mimetic conductive hydrogels
Event: ACS Fall 2019 National Meeting & Exposition
Awarded in 2018
Talk Title: Highly Stretchable, Conductive Hydrogels with Tunable Modulus for Enhanced Compatibility with Biological Tissue
Event: 2018 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting & Exhibit