Lab Members

Lab Members

Judith Carroll

Principal Investigator

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Heather Vargas

Lab Manager

Maziyah Mayet

Research Associate

Undergraduate Students

Elenna Fathi

Class of: 2025
Major: Human Biology and Society B.S.
Area of interest: Behavioral epigenetics and physiology
Hobbies: I love skiing and golfing!

Ashley Fakolujo

Class of: 2025
Major: Human Biology and Society B.S.
Area of Interest: Women's Health, Minority
Health/Underserved Communities with a focus on Black communities
Hobbies: Pottery, Music, Fitness, and Digital Media!

Gianna Greco

Class of: 2025
Major: Psychobiology
Area of Interest: I’m interested in the role of lifestyle factors, including physical activity, sleep, and stress, in the biological aging process.
Hobbies: swimming, hiking, reading, spending time with friends, travelling

Kaylee Huynh

Class of: 2027
Major: Psychobiology
Area of Interest: Psycho-oncology
Hobbies: Swimming, cafe hopping, escape rooms, blind box hunting!

Yejin Lee

Class of: 2026
Major: Biochemistry
Minor: Gerontology
Area of Interest: Brain-Gut Axis, Microbiota, Nutrition, Healthy Aging
Hobbies: Taekwondo, Crochet, Hiking, Piano, Matcha cafe hunting

Emily Ocampo

Class of: 2027
Major: Physiological Sciences
Minor: Global Health
Area of Interest: Dermatology, Looking at the effects of slower stress recovery on biological aging under certain stressors such as breast cancer or skin cancer
Hobbies: Traveling, hanging out with friends, trying new foods, hiking

Tyler Tautai

Class of: 2026
Major: Psychobiology
Area of Interest: Medicine, neuroscience, biomedical research
Hobbies: Surfing, basketball

Tiffany Thai

Class of: 2026
Major: Biochemistry
Area of Interest: Sleep, Aging, Genetics, and Cancer
Hobbies: Crocheting, Reading Books, and Watching movies!

Flora Zik

Class of: 2027
Major: Cognitive Science
Area of Interest: Investigating how childhood life stressors affect the epigenetic clock
Hobbies: Running, going to the beach, and volunteering

Undergraduate Student Lab Alumni

Nayra Gharpetian
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Minoo Bastani
Nicole Critzer

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