PhD Fellows

Promising PhD students nominate themselves for awards that allow them to work on projects that they have a passion for pursuing and which bridge the gap between biology and other fields. Explore our annual Fellows Symposiums and learn about the Fellowship program!

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Victor Tieu - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2020
Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisors: Lei Stanley Qi (Bioengineering and Chemical & Systems Biology) and Crystal Mackall (Pediatrics – Hematology & Oncology and Medicine – Blood & Marrow Transplantation)

Ella Thomson - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2020
Home Department: Electrical Engineering
Faculty Advisors: Ada Poon (Electrical Engineering), Justin Annes (Medicine
– Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism), and Joseph Wu
(Medicine – Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology)

Lucero Rogel-Hernandez - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2020
Home Department: Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Faculty Advisors: Miriam Goodman (Molecular & Cellular Physiology), Elizabeth Sattely (Chemical Engineering), Sue Rhee (Carnegie Institution for Science), and Andrew Fire (Pathology and Genetics)

Dania Nanes Sarfati - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2020
Home Department: Biology
Faculty Advisors: Bo Wang (Bioengineering) and Stephen Palumbi (Biology)

YoungJu Jo - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2020
Home Department: Applied Physics
Faculty Advisors: Karl Deisseroth (Bioengineering and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences), Surya Ganguli (Applied Physics), and David Sussillo (Electrical Engineering)

Yukun (Alex) Hao - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2020
Home Department: Bioengineering
Faculty Advisors: Thomas Clandinin (Neurobiology), Michael Lin (Neurobiology and Bioengineering), and Surya Ganguli (Applied Physics)

Chien-Yi Chang - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2020
Home Department: Electrical Engineering
Faculty Advisors: Fei-Fei Li (Computer Science) and Yang Hu (Ophthalmology)

Laura Amaya Hernandez - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2020
Home Department: Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Faculty Advisors: Howard Chang (Dermatology and Genetics) and Bali Pulendran (Pathology and Microbiology & Immunology)