The Team

Rémi Buisson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, UCI
2013-2018: Research Fellow at MGH Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School
2009-2012: Ph.D. degree, Laval University (Canada)
2003-2008: B.Sc. & M.Sc degrees, University Claude Bernard Lyon I ( France)
Casey Johnson, M.Sc.
Lab Manager


Elodie Bournique, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
2015-2019: Ph.D. degree, Toulouse University, France
(Jean-Sébastien Hoffmann’s lab)
2012-2015: B.Sc. & M.Sc degrees Toulouse University, France
Pedro Ortega, Ph. D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
2016-2021: Ph.D. degree, University of Seville, Spain
(Andrés Aguilera’s lab)
2011-2015: B.Sc. & M.Sc degrees, University of Seville, Spain


Sunwoo Oh
Graduate student
2019: B.Sc. University of California, Irvine
Lavanya Manjunath
Graduate student
2021: M.Sc. in Biotechnology, UCI


Ambrocio Sanchez
Graduate student
2021: B.Sc. University of California, Irvine
Gisselle Santiago
Graduate student
2023: B.Sc. University of California, San Diego


Mankirat Pandher
Master student in Biotechnology, School of Biological Science, UCI
Katrina Yan
Undergraduate student, School of Biological Science, UCI


Kim Ha
Undergraduate student, School of Biological Science, UCI
Buisson’s Lab Alumni
Brian Hanst (lab technician, 2019), now in medical school at UCI
Kevin Aguirre (undergraduate student, 2018-2020) is now in graduate school at Stanford
Shino Park (undergraduate student, 2018-2020) is now in dental school at USC
Landon Metzen, M.Sc. (Master student in Biotechnology, 2019-2020), now in a biotech company
Pégah Jalili, Ph.D (postdoctoral fellow, 2019-2020)
Travis Korenaga, M.D. (Clinical fellow, 2020-2021)
Danae Bowen (lab manager, 2018-2020), now in medical school at UC Riverside
Ian Ward (undergraduate student, 2020-2021), now at Zymo Research
Alexandrea Becker (undergraduate student, 2020-2021)
Isaiah Angel Gomez (undergraduate student, 2020-2021), now in dental school at USC
Daniel Mousa (undergraduate student, 2021-2024)
Sunwoo Oh (graduate student, 2020-2024)
Junyi Li (undergraduate student, 2022-2025), is now in graduate school at Wash U
Dana Thanh-Ngoc Duon (undergraduate student, 2023-2025)
