Lab Members
Paul A. Sigala, Ph.D
Associate Professor
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Aldo Garcia-Guerrero, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Radoslaw Omelianczyk, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Sigala and Leffler Labs -

Kade Loveridge
MD/Ph.D. Student
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Erica Hastings
Postdoctoral Fellow
Sigala and Leffler Labs
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Shai-anne Nalder
Graduate Student
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Jessica Pita-Aquino
Graduate Student
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Otessa Olsen
Graduate Student
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Marcos Chavez-Miranda
Undergraduate Researcher
Former Members of the Sigala Lab
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Natalia Matias-Padilla
IM-Prep Postbac Student
(2024-2025)PhD student, University of Utah
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Amanda Mixon, PhD
PhD Student
(2017-2024)Postdoctoral Fellow, Bonkowsky Lab, University of Utah
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Tanya Espino-Sanchez, PhD
Graduate Student
(2018-2024) -

Sage Geher
Research Specialist
(2019-2022)MD student, University of Utah
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Megan Okada, PhD
PhD Student
Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award
(2016-2022)Postdoctoral Fellow
(2022-2023)MPH student, University of Utah
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Jaime Sepulveda, MS
MS Student & Research Assistant
(2018-2022)MD Student, University of Miami
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Seyi Falekun, PhD
PhD Student
(2017-2022)Clinical Chemistry Fellow, ARUP
Lab Director, Rocky Mountain Labs
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Shai-anne Nalder
NARI Intern & Research Technician
(2017-2019)NSF GRFP Awardee,
PhD student, University of Utah -

Jan Warncke, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
(2019-2020)Clinical Trial Coordinator, Inselspital Bern
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Ping Guo
Lab Technician
(2019-2020)PhD student, University of Utah
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Rebecca Marvin, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
(2016-2018)Research Associate, Flow Cytometry Core, University of Utah
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Celine Slam
GSRM intern
(2019-2021)Fulbright Scholar, Cameroon
Research Associate, Pfizer
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Raissa Kora Kodia-Batamio
GSRM Intern
(2022-2023)Medical Scribe, MedStar OBGYN
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Dylan Bia
NARI Intern
(2022)Undergraduate, Arizona State University
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Rafael Donvarganes
GSRM Intern
(2024)Undergraduate, Boston University
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Precious Harrison
NARI Intern
(2023)Undergraduate, University of Utah
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Kyra Ong
GSRM intern
(2025)Undergraduate, Bates College
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Alejandro Pereira
GSRM intern
(2021)NSF GRFP Awardee
PhD student, University of Georgia -

Sierra Montoya
NARI Intern
(2024)Undergraduate, University of Utah
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Justin Peng
High school summer student
(2019)