The Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation is pleased to introduce the 2022 Curci Ph.D. Scholars. The Curci Foundation worked with the University of California Berkeley, the University of California San Diego, the University of California San Francisco, the University of Colorado Boulder, the University of Utah, and the University of Washington, each of which selected incoming Ph.D. students in Life Sciences to receive funding to assist with tuition and living expenses.
University of California Berkeley

Antony Lurie
Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: Canada

Brigette Manohar
Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: Trinidad & Tobago

Ola Mostafa
Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: Egypt

Lara Vetter
Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: United States

Zhiwei Xue
Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: China

Zehan Zhou
Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: Canada
University of California San Diego
Devanshi Agarwal
Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: India

Toheeb Balogun
Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: Nigeria

Diana Ofelia Lopez Cantu
Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: Mexico

Isabel Mejia
Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: United States
Sneha Patel
Home country: United States
Zijing Tan
Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: China
University of California San Francisco

Amélie Marie Lucie Delcourt
Department: Tetrad
Home country: United States

Ricardo Espinosa Lima
Department: Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Home country: Mexico

Yang-Sun Hwang
Department: Neuroscience
Home country: South Korea

Gabriella (Gabi) Maldonado
Department: Tetrad
Home country: United States

Tuan Thinh (Caleb) Tong
Department: Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
Home country: Vietnam

Xinlan Wen
Department: Neuroscience
Home country: China
University of Colorado Boulder

Sophie Breunig
Department: Psychology and Neuroscience
Home country: Germany

Chang (Angie) Liu
Department: Biochemistry
Home country: China

Joshiah Peters
Department: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Home country: Nigeria

Emily Prevost
Department: Psychology and Neuroscience
Home country: United States

Hope Townsend
Department: Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology
Home country: United States

Emily Yeo
University of Utah

Aakriti Bhandari
Department: Neuroscience
Home country: Nepal

Jiyeon Hyun
Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: Republic of Korea

Warittakorn Kategeaw
Department: Pharmacotherapy
Home country: Thailand

Shannuo Li
Department: Molecular Pharmaceutics
Home country: China

Farhan Muhib
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Home country: Bangladesh

Becca Schnabel
Department: Neuroscience
Home country: United States

Madelyn Stout
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Home country: United States
University of Washington
Sahar Attar
Department: Genome Sciences
Home county: Iran

Hung Chen
Department: Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Home country: Taiwan

Risako Gen
Department: Biochemistry
Home county: Japan

Marta Trzeciak
Department: Pharmacology
Home county: Poland

Gabriela Verdezoto
Department: Immunology
Home country: Ecuador
Abe Wu
Department: Bioengineering
Home country: Taiwan