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Research Assistant Alum Kimberly Montanez graduated from UC Merced in May 2024 with a bachelor's degree in public health. She was a Student Researcher at Dr. Yen’s Housing, Opportunity and Place (HOPe) Lab in the Department of Public Health. She is now participating in a year-long internship with...

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement: In our lab, we believe in ' humanship', where we support, uplift, and promote each other irrespective of one's age, gender, color, race, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnicity, or any other criteria that tends to divide us. We are equitably...

Present Graduate Students: Jacques-Ezechiel N'Guessan (Fall 2019 - Present) Email Muhammad Hassaan Ahmed (Fall 2021 - Present) Email Present Undergraduate Student Researchers: Mohammad Syed (UC Merced) Email Pushan Pravin Patel (IIT Gandhinagar) Email

Cell fate decisions, and the subsequent maintenance of unique cellular identities, represent essential processes in the development of multicellular organisms. Similar cell fate decisions play critical roles in the adaptation of unicellular microbes to distinct environmental niches, including during...

July Update: The McCloskey Lab has been awarded a grant from the Cancer Reserach Coordinating Committee (CRCC) to build an "Integrated Model of Cancer, Vasculature, and Immune System". April Update: Jessalyn Arteta recently presented her research at the NSF-CREST funded end-of-year CCBM symposium...

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As the state of California leads the nation in the adoption of solar energy and seeks to decarbonize its grid by 2045, a key question is "What role(s) will long-duration storage play and what price will be needed for a technology to compete with the other options?" Answering that question requires...

If you are interested in joining the UC Merced Department of Public Health and/or working with me as a PhD student, please reach out and check out the Department's website for prospective students. Current PhD Students: Valerie Martinez (2019-) Valerie Martinez joined the doctoral program in the UC...