Jacob J. Schmidt, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineering

5121G Engineering V
310-825-4451
310-794-5956 (Fax)
schmidt@seas.ucla.edu

Education:
B.S., University of Minnesota, 1991
M.S., University of Minnesota, 1996
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1999




Viksita Vijayvergiya

Postdoctoral Fellow
viksitav@yahoo.com

Research Interests:
Cell Membrane / Ion channel studies

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Bin Lu

Graduate Student Researcher, PhD Candidate
bin.lu@ucla.edu

Research Interests:
Artificial lipid bilayer platform development
Cell Membrane / Ion channel studies

Educational Background:
B.S. Wuhan University
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Leyla Esfandiari

Graduate Student Researcher, PhD Candidate
lesfandiari@ucla.edu

Research Interests:
Nanopore technologies for sequence specific detection of nucleic acids

Educational Background:
B.S. California State University, Long Beach
M.S. University of California, Irvine

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Tyler Smith

Graduate Student Researcher, Masters Thesis Student
tylersmith.ucla@gmail.com

Research Interests:
Artificial lipid bilayer platform development
Cell Membrane / Ion channel studies

Educational Background:
B.S. California Polytechnic, San Louis Obispo

Shiv Acharya

Graduate Student Researcher, PhD Candidate
shiv.acharya.9@gmail.com

Research Interests:
Artificial lipid bilayer platform development
Cell Membrane / Ion channel studies

Educational Background:
B.S. University of California, Los Angeles
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Jonathan Chai

Graduate Student Researcher, Masters Thesis
jonathanchai@ucla.edu

Research Interests:
Nanopore technologies for sequence specific detection of nucleic acids

Educational Background:
B.S. Harvey Mudd College, 2013
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Gayane Kocharyan

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Research Interests:
Nanopore technologies for sequence specific detection of nucleic acids
Artificial Lipid Bilayer Platform Development

Educational Background:
B.S. Bioengineering, UCLA, 2013

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Michael Lorenzini

Undergraduate Student Researcher
mlorenzini24@gmail.com

Research Interests:
Nanopore technologies for sequence specific detection of nucleic acids

Educational Background:
B.S. Bioengineering, UCLA, 2013