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

Ziting Chen
Department: Integrative Biology
Stefan Hajduk
Department: Neuroscience
Wonseop Lim

Department: Integrative Biology

Lapon Visitvoranat

Department: Molecular and Cell Biology

Xiaoying Xiao

Department: Molecular and Cell Biology

University of California San Diego

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Selma Cifric

Department: Biological Sciences

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Mario Alberto Gutiérrez Rodríguez

Department: Biological Sciences

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Minjun Kang

Department: Biological Sciences

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Li Ling

Department: Biological Sciences

Dev Nelson

Department: Ecology, Behavior, & Evolution

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Meha Thakur

Department: Biological Sciences

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Kelly Vanden

Department: Biological Sciences

University of California San Francisco

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Elionel Botello-Cornejo

Department: Tetrad

Jocelyn Chavez Rios

Department: Biophysics

Sirawit Lertwiriyapiti

Department: Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Anush Margaryan

Department: Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Vianna Quach

Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics

Zimo Zhang

Department: Biomedical Sciences

University of Colorado Boulder

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Spandan Basu

Department: Biochemistry

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Destiny Deschenes

Department: Integrative Physiology

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Zixu Gong

Department: Psychology and Neuroscience

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Nguyen 'Jenny' Nguyen

Department: Biochemistry

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Jingyi Wang

Department: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

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Yuchen (Dave) Wang

Department: Biochemistry

University of Utah

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Uziel Gonzalez

Department: Chemistry

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Jiaheng Huang

Department: Pathology

Kaitlyn Kuchinka

Department: Biomedical Engineering

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Sannidhi Poojary

Department: Biological Chemistry

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Gerome Romero

Department: Bioscience

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Yingduo Yang

Department: Molecular Pharmaceutics

University of Washington

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Xi He

Department: Biochemistry

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Carrie Lin

Department: Bioengineering

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Eleni Phung

Department: Immunology

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Kristi Shaka

Department: Bioengineering

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Tanaya Sheth

Department: Global Health