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