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

Sankhadip Bhadra, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. degree, Wright State University
(Yong-jie Xu’s lab)

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

Vyanka Mezcord
Graduate student
2023: B.Sc. University of

Marina Norfolk
Graduate student
2023: B.Sc. University of

Samanvitha Surez
Master student in Biotechnology, School of Biological Science

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

Kim Ha
Undergraduate student, School of Biological Science, UCI

Katrina Yan
Undergraduate student, School of Biological Science, UCI

Maxim Pachnev
Undergraduate student, School of Biological Science, UCI

Buisson’s Lab Alumni

Brian Hanst (lab technician, 2019) moved to medical school at UCI
Kevin Aguirre (undergraduate student, 2018-2020) moved to graduate school at Stanford
Shino Park (undergraduate student, 2018-2020) moved to dental school at USC
Landon Metzen, M.Sc. (Master’s student in Biotechnology, 2019-2020), moved to a biotech company
Pégah Jalili, Ph.D (postdoctoral fellow, 2019-2020)
Travis Korenaga, M.D. (Clinical fellow, 2020-2021), back to clinic at UCI
Danae Bowen (lab manager, 2018-2020) moved to medical school at UC Riverside
Ian Ward (undergraduate student, 2020-2021) moved to graduate school at USC
Alexandrea Becker  (undergraduate student, 2020-2022)
Isaiah Angel Gomez (undergraduate student, 2020-2022) moved to dental school at USC
Daniel Mousa (undergraduate student, 2021-2024)
Sunwoo Oh (graduate student, 2020-2024)
Junyi Li (undergraduate student, 2022-2025) moved to graduate school at Wash U
Dana Thanh-Ngoc Duong (undergraduate student, 2023-2025) moved to medical school at Wash U
Pedro Ortega, Ph.D (postdoctoral fellow, 2021-2026), moved as a postdoctoral fellow at CABIMER
Elodie Bournique, Ph.D (postdoctoral fellow, 2020-2026), moved as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toulouse