People

Marissa Lopez

Undergraduate researcher [Senior]

Marissa joined the Jensen lab through UC Merced's UROC SURI program in 2025. She is busy working on vaccines for T. gondii.  

Sahil Malhi

22' - 24' Undergaduate researcher, applying to medical school

Sahil brought his enthusiasm to research the GPI anchor of Toxoplasma gondii, and in doing so became an expert in the topic. He is applying to medical school and wish him the very best in his future...

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Ferdinand Njume

20'-23', University of Liverpool, Postdoctoral Scholar

Ferdinand Njume former postdoctoral scholar in the Jensen lab. He performed his Ph.D. work at the University of Belgium where he researched surface proteins of the filarial nematode, Onchocerca...

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Jasmine Possada

'20-'22, UC Irvine Graduate School

Jasmine Possada was a former undergraduate researcher and UC LEADs scholar, who went on to work with us as a mentored Senior Research Associate-1. Jasmine researched the GPI anchor of T. gondii and...

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Felipe Rodriguez

'17-'20 undergraduate researcher and lab technician, UC Davis Graduate Postdoc

Felipe was a UC Leads scholar, former undergraduate researcher in my lab and went on to work in my lab for an additional year as a mentored research associate (via an NIH supplemental request to...

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Juan Sanchez-Arcila

Postdoctoral Scholar / Project Scientist

Graduated with his doctoral degree from FIOCRUZ, Rio De Janeiro. Juan has a wealth of experience in the immunology of human infectious diseases, and is interested in finding a vaccine for parasites...

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Jamilla Situ

Ph.D. Graduate Student [2nd year]

Graduate student, Jamilla Situ, is very excited to begin researching Toxoplasma and host immune responses required to control it. She is also working on nanoparticles that may someday elicit...

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Scott Souza

Ph.D. '16-'21 Research Analysist, Becton and Dickinson

Graduated from California State University Channel Islands, and then obtained a Ph.D. in my lab.  Scott investigated how B cells mediate protective immunity to T. gondii, and determined that B-1 cells...

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Rachel Szymanski

'21-'23 Undergaduate researcher, Research Associate I, Metagenomi

With ambitions to enter industry, Rachel probed the humoral response to GPI anchored proteins on the parasite.