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B.S., 2013 - Biological Sciences - University of California, Merced A.S., 2011 - Chemistry - Merced College

B.S. Nanoengineering, University of California, San Diego

I am a fourth-year doctoral student working in the SHARPP Lab at the University of California, Merced. I graduated with a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan. My research interests involve understanding the interplay of biological...

I am a 5th year PhD student in the Health Psychology program. I received my BA in psychology with honors from Cal Poly Humboldt University in 2019. My research focuses on extending traditional social cognition models to include dispositional traits associated with a variety of health behaviors (e.g...

Irene Yen is the principal investigator and director of the HOPe Lab. She received her B.A. from Stanford University and her MPH and PhD from UC Berkeley. She is a social epidemiologist, a public health professor at the University of California Merced and a Robert Wood Johnson Interdisciplinary...

Rafael Lomeli is a 2025 graduate of UC Merced, earning a bachelor's degree in Public Health with a minor in Psychology. Originally from Tracy, California, he enjoys listening to music, playing guitar and piano, and exercising or watching movies in his free time. Rafael plans to pursue a Master of...

Maria obtained her B.A. in Psychology at UC Riverside in 2016, her M.A. in Psychological Sciences at UC Merced in 2018, and her Ph.D. in Psychological Sciences at UC Merced. Maria’s research interests include the resilience process of stress, emotion regulation, coping, and health during the high...

Research interests: high-speed volumetric microscopy