PEOPLE

Principal Investigator

Graduate Researcher

MARIA ALCARAZ

Target grad date: December 2023 (MS)

Project: Comparative transcriptomics of Aquilegia nectaries

Future plans: to pursue a PhD degree or industry career in plant biology

Undergraduate Researchers

CARLOS CAMPA-NAVARRO

Target grad date: December 2022

Project: genetic differentiation between A. brevistyla and A. canadensis

Future plans: medical school

ABDULLA ABU SALAH

Target grad date: December 2021

Project: genetic differentiation between A. brevistyla and A. canadensis

Future plans: figure out how to cultivate desert truffles (Terfeziaceae)

BRIANA PARKER

Target grad date:

Project: nectar variation in wild populations of A. formosa and A. pubescens

Future plans: pursue an MS or career aimed at helping improve quality of life in her community through SCIENCE!

CHLOE BALZER

Target grad date: May 2023

Project: Creating Shiny apps to plot gene expression from transcriptomics datasets

Future plans: pursue an MS in Biology

FORMER MENTEE WALL OF FAME

DANIEL LEHNERT (UCSB '14) - High School Teacher

DEVON BIRDSEYE (UCSB '14) - PhD Student, Briggs Lab UCSD

ALEX PRIMO (UCSB '18) - PhD Student, Osenberg Lab, UGA

JASEN LIU (UCSB '19) - PhD Student, Ramirez Lab, UCD

JORGE JACINTO (UCSB '19) - UCSD PhD Student Fall 2022

JESUS LANDIN (CSUS '20) - High School Science Teacher

* Are you a former mentee that would like to be included in the wall of fame? Send me an email and let me know what you’re up to!

Interested in Joining the Ballerini Lab?

Contact Dr. Ballerini about the possibility of conducting undergraduate research or applying for the MS graduate program at Sacramento State

CONTACT INFO

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

SACRAMENTO STATE UNIVERSITY

6000 J ST

SACRAMENTO, CA 95819

OFFICE: TSC 4015

EMAIL: BALLERINI@CSUS.EDU