Wenjing Yang is a Ph.D. candidate in Animal Biology who studies animal genetics and genomics. Using computational and statistical approaches, she investigates how genetic variation and gene regulation contribute to complex traits in chickens.

Vibha Govind Hegde is a third-year M.S. student in Computer Science who conducts research in human-computer interaction and human-AI interaction with Professor Hao-Chuan Wang. She studies how AI can support learning, collaboration, and human decision-making.

Varun Gore is a Ph.D. candidate in Chemical Engineering whose research focuses on bioprocess engineering and biomanufacturing for cultivated foods and alternative proteins. He combines experiments, process development, and techno-economic analysis to identify scalable and economically viable approaches to sustainable food production.

Stelios Kosmidis, Ph.D., is an MBA candidate at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management with more than 15 years of experience in neuroscience, rare disease, and biotechnology. In Nobel laureate Eric Kandel's laboratory at Columbia University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, he studied age-related memory loss and developed Fast 3D Clear, a tissue-clearing method now used by laboratories worldwide.

Shruti Shah is an M.S. student in Biomedical Engineering who is interested in using computation and technology to improve early detection, treatment, and understanding of biological systems. She plans to research ways to optimize a Medtronic device for Parkinson's disease so that care can be more individualized, comfortable, and less dependent on clinicians.

Rosemary Blersch, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral scholar in Bio-Behavioral Complexity at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. A quantitative behavioral ecologist, she studies questions at the intersection of health, social behavior, and the environment using network-based approaches to bio-behavioral complexity and animal welfare.

Parth Bandivadekar is a Ph.D. candidate in Chemical Engineering in the Ahn Lab at UC Davis. He combines molecular simulations, protein design, and machine learning to study how protein motion affects function and to identify promising mutations for experimental testing, making enzyme engineering more efficient and predictive.

Oluwatosin Adebanjo is a Ph.D. candidate in the Plant Biology Graduate Group. His research combines the study of evolutionary relationships within a group of plants with an investigation of the mechanisms that determine seed number in that group.

Muhammad Adnan Aslam is a Ph.D. candidate in Epidemiology at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and a veterinarian by training. His research focuses on the epidemiology, surveillance, and control of transboundary animal diseases, particularly foot-and-mouth disease.

Meena Pandey is a Ph.D. student in Horticulture and Agronomy who works with California orchard growers to address sustainability challenges in agricultural systems. Her research interests include life cycle assessment, geospatial analysis, circular economy approaches, decarbonization strategies, biogeochemical modeling, and sustainable food systems.