Pekkurnaz Laboratory
The Mitochondria and Neurometabolism Lab
Gülçin Pekkurnaz
Haoming Wang
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Ph.D. University of California, San Diego
M.S. University of California San Diego
B.S. University of California San Diego
Zach Whiddon
Post-Doctoral Fellow
P.h.D. University of Louisville
B.S. Eastern Michigan University
Principle Investigator
Postdoc Harvard Medical School, Neurobiology
Ph.D. National Institutes of Health Graduate Program with Ankara University
Ahmed Abushawish
Ph.D. Candidate
B.S. University of California San Diego
Natasha Carlson
Ph.D. Candidate
B.S. California State University, Northridge
Amanda Martin
Lab Manager/Research Assistant
B.S. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Alexa Novales
P.h.D. University of California Los Angeles
B.S. California State University Long Beach
Undergraduate Researchers
Ilayda Karsidag
Undergraduate Student
BS/MS Candidate
Camilla Kim
Undergraduate Student
Molecular and Cellular Biology Class of 2026
Julia Zhao
Undergraduate Student
Molecular and Cellular Biology Class of 2027
Song Nguyen
Undergraduate Student
Neurobiology class of 2027