The Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation is pleased to introduce the 2024 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

Dev Desai

Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: India

Maria Fernanda Henao Echeverri

Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
Home country: Columbia

University of California San Diego

Sydney Ackermann

Department: Ecology, Behavior & Evolution
Home country: Canada

Sanchaya Sharma

Department: Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution
Home country: India

Lisa Tatsumi

Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: Japan

Juan Manuel Tzompantzi De Ita

Department: Biological Sciences
Home country: Mexico

Runqi Zhang

Department: Neurobiology
Home country: China

University of California San Francisco

Yulia Gutierrez

Department: Biophysics
Home country: United States

Elizabeth Hardy

Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
Home country: United States

Wen-Chun Lee

Department: Neuroscience
Home country: Taiwan

Amanda Lipford

Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics
Home country: United States

University of Colorado Boulder

Christina Alamana

Department: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Home country: Greece

Kati Baeuerle

Department: Biochemistry
Home country: Germany

Tolulope Ajanaku

Department: Integrative Physiology
Home country: Nigeria

Daniel Nwankwo

Department: Biochemistry
Home country: Nigeria

Daisy Powers

Department: Psychology and Neuroscience
Home country: United States

Jing Qian

Department: Integrative Physiology
Home country: China

University of Utah

Osedipo Adegbeyeni

Department: Biology
Home country: Nigeria

Molly Czachor

Department: Biomedical Engineering
Home country: United States

Angel Lerma

Department: Molecular Pharmaceutics
Home country: Mexico

Minh Nguyen

Department: Chemistry
Home country: Vietnam

Charlotte Pohl

Department: Biological Chemistry
Home country: United States

Jessica van Onselen

Department: Population Health Sciences
Home country: South Africa

University of Washington

Rama Dajani

Department: Immunology
Home country: Syria

Mengru Li

Department: Pharmacology
Home county: China

Aya Miyaki

Department: Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Home county: Japan

Fadwa Shagroun

Department: Bioengineering
Home country: Libya

Prerana Shrestha

Department: Pathobiology
Home country: Nepal

Rui Xu

Department: Biochemistry
Home county: China