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

Mohammad Fazli

Department: Molecular and Cell Biology

Kensington Hartman

Department: Molecular and Cell Biology

Maria Fernanda Henao Echeverri

Department: Molecular and Cell Biology

Jin Hee Yoo

Department: Molecular and Cell Biology

University of California San Diego

Sydney Ackermann

Department: Ecology, Behavior & Evolution

Sanchaya Sharma

Department: Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution

Lisa Tatsumi

Department: Biological Sciences

Juan Manuel Tzompantzi De Ita

Department: Biological Sciences

Runqi Zhang

Department: Neurobiology

University of California San Francisco

Yulia Gutierrez

Department: Biophysics

Elizabeth Hardy

Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics

Wen-Chun Lee

Department: Neuroscience

Amanda Lipford

Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics

University of Colorado Boulder

Christina Alamana

Department: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Kati Baeuerle

Department: Biochemistry

Tolulope Ajanaku

Department: Integrative Physiology

Daniel Nwankwo

Department: Biochemistry

Daisy Powers

Department: Psychology and Neuroscience

Jing Qian

Department: Integrative Physiology

University of Utah

Osedipo Adegbeyeni

Department: Biology

Molly Czachor

Department: Biomedical Engineering

Angel Lerma

Department: Molecular Pharmaceutics

Minh Nguyen

Department: Chemistry

Charlotte Pohl

Department: Biological Chemistry

Jessica van Onselen

Department: Population Health Sciences

University of Washington

Rama Dajani

Department: Immunology

Mengru Li

Department: Pharmacology

Aya Miyaki

Department: Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

Fadwa Shagroun

Department: Bioengineering

Prerana Shrestha

Department: Pathobiology

Rui Xu

Department: Biochemistry