Principal Investigator
EDUCATION
2003-2009 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics University of Illinois, Chicago Chicago, IL, USA |
2001-2003 | Bachelor of Science, Biology (Genetics) University of Kansas Lawrence, KS, USA |
1998-2001 | Bachelor of Science, Ecology and Protection of the Environment Technical University Varna, Bulgaria |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2023- Present | Associate Professor (with tenure) Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology Department of Urology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
2022 | Associate Professor (with tenure) Department of Radiology Stanford University Palo Alto, CA, USA |
2015-2022 | Assistant Professor (tenure-line) Department of Radiology Stanford University Palo Alto, CA, USA |
2009-2015 | Postdoctoral Fellowship, Cancer and Stem Cell Biology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA |
HONORS AND AWARDS
2024-2026 | Prostate Cancer Research Program Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award US Department of Defense |
2023-2025 | Lung Cancer Research Program Idea Development Award US Department of Defense |
2023-2024 | Prostate Cancer Development Research Program Award University of California, Los Angeles, Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) |
2020-2025 | NIH/NCI R37 MERIT Award National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute |
2020 | 2020 Society of Basic Urologic Research Young Investigator Award |
2018-2020 | Idea Development Award US Department of Defense, Prostate Cancer Research Program |
2016-2018 | Stanford University School of Medicine McCormick and Gabilan Faculty Award |
2014-2019 | K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute |
2014-2017 | 2014 Stewart Rahr Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award Prostate Cancer Foundation |
2014 | Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research University of California, Los Angeles, CA |
2014 | 2014 Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology Retreat Award University of California, Los Angeles |
2012-2014 | Postdoctoral Fellowship US Department of Defense, Prostate Cancer Research Program |
2010-2012 | Postdoctoral Fellowship California Institute for Regenerative Medicine |
2008 |
SIGMA Xi Student Research Forum Award for Graduate and Professional Students 2008
University of Illinois, Chicago |
2007 |
SIGMA Xi Student Research Forum Award for Graduate and Professional Students 2007
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL |
2003 | Sally K. Frost Mason and Kenneth A. Mason Outstanding Senior Division of Biological Sciences at the University of Kansas |
2003 | Sally Frost Mason Outstanding Woman Student in Biological Sciences University of Kansas, Lawrence |
PUBLICATIONS
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/tanya.stoyanova.1/bibliography/48320774/public/
Staff
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2024- |
Senior Animal Techinician, Dr. Tanya Stoyanova
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
2014- |
Animal Technician, Dr. Owen N. Witte
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, USA
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2009-2014 | Researcher Bio-reliance Rockville, Maryland, USA |
2004-2009 |
Researcher
National Institute of Health
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Postdoctoral Fellows
EDUCATION
2014-2022 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biomedical Sciences Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
2012-2013 | Master of Science Department of Cellular & Molecular Biology Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
2007-2011 | Bachelor of Science Department of Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental University of Washington Seattle, Washington, USA |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2023 | Postdoctoral Scholar, Dr. Tanya Stoyanova’s lab Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California |
2022 | Postdoctoral Scholar, Dr. Tanya Stoyanova’s lab Department of Radiology Stanford University Palo Alto, California, USA |
2020 | Lab Consultant Axosim New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
2017 | Genetic Tutor New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
2012-2013 | STAIR Tutor New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
2011-2012 | Lab Animal Technician Infectious Disease Research Institute Seattle, Washington, USA |
2010-2011 | Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Department of Biology University of Washington Seattle, Washington, USA |
HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 | Second Place Poster Presentation at UCLA Molecular and Medical Pharmacology Retreat “Utilizing High-Throughput Screening of Small Compounds to Develop Inhibitors for Aggressive Prostate Cancer” |
2023-2025 | Early Investigator Research Award “Developing new therapeutic strategies to target Trop2 in aggressive prostate cancer” Prostate Cancer Research Program US Department of Defense |
2019 | Graduate Student Travel Award Selected to present a poster at Cell Symposia: Hallmarks of Cancer. Biomedical Sciences Student Association |
2019 | Award for Cancer Research sponsored by the Tulane Cancer Center |
2019 | Best Poster Presentation in the category of Cancer Research “Identification of SIK1 as a potential therapeutic target for Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor”, Health Sciences Research Days |
2017 | Career Development Committee Travel Award Biomedical Sciences Program 2017 |
2017 | 2017 AAAS Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) Conference Selected to participate Washington D.C., USA |
PUBLICATIONS
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/alifiani.hartono.1/bibliography/public/
EDUCATION
2012-2015 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Surgery Peking University, Beijing China |
2008-2010 | Master of Medicine Southeast University, Nanjing, China |
2003-2008 | Bachelor of Science (MD), Clinical Medicine Southeast University, Nanjing, China |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2023 | Postdoctoral Scholar, Dr. Tanya Stoyanova’s lab Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, US |
2023 | Associate Professor of Medicine, General Surgery Department of Hepatobiliary Center The first Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University Nanjing, China |
2019-2023 | Associate Cheif Physician, General Surgery Department of Hepatobiliary Center The first Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University Nanjing, China |
2017-2019 | Attending Physician, General Surgery Department of General Surgery Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine of Nanjing Medical University Nanjing, China |
2015-2016 | Chief Resident, General Surgery Department of General Surgery The first Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University Nanjing, China |
2010-2012 | Resident, General Surgery Department of Surgery Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Nanjing University, Nanjing, China |
HONORS AND AWARDS
2020 | Scientific Research Foundation
No.2020M681670, Ministry of Education of China
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2020 | Jiangsu Sustentation Foundation for Youths No.2020Z0107, Department of Human Resource and Social Security of Jiangsu Province |
2019 | YNo. 2020Z199, Department of Human Resource and Social Security of Jiangsu Province No. 81902485, National NSF of China |
2019 | Foundation for Young Researcher Program
JX1021121201915, Nanjing Medical University |
2014-2015 | First Prize Scholarship Peking University, Beijing |
2013-2014
2012-2013 |
The Second Prize Scholarship Peking University, Beijing |
2009
2007 |
“Zhang Guiping Scholarship” Award Southeast University, Beijing |
2008
2004 |
The National Scholarship The Ministry of Education of China |
2006 | “Honored student of Southeast University” award Southeast University, Nanjing, China |
2005 | “Jiangsu Province Government Scholarship” award Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education |
PUBLICATIONS
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/shiqin.liu.1/bibliography/public/
EDUCATION
2018-2023 | Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Veterinary Medicine Seoul National University, South Korea |
2014-2018 | Bachelor of Science, Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology Tech University of Korea, South Korea |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2024-Present | Research Assistant, Dr. Tanya Stoyanova’s lab Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
2019-2021 | Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Department of Veterinary Medicine Seoul National University Seoul, South Korea |
HONORS AND AWARDS
2022 | Best Poster Presentation AwardT Education, Research & Development Day of the College of Veterinary Medicine 2022 Seoul, South Korea |
2020 | Lecture and Research Scholarship College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University Seoul, South Korea |
2018-2022 | Brain Korea 21 Scholarship National Research Foundation of Korea |
Publications
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/%3F%3F%3F.-.66/bibliography/public/
EDUCATION
2021-2024 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Cell Biology ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China |
2019-2021 | Master, Cell Biology ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China |
2018-2018 | Exchange, Pharmacy
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland |
2015-2019 | Bachelor of Science, Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy
China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2024 | Postdoctoral Scholar, Dr. Tanya Stoyanova’s lab Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, US |
2022-2023 | Undergraduate Teaching Assistant School of Life Science and TechnologyShanghaiTech UniversityShanghai, China |
HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 | National Scholarship
School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University |
2022 | Outstanding Graduate Student School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University |
2022 | Academic Scholarship School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University |
2022 | Excellent Teaching Assistant
School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University |
2021 | Outstanding Graduate Student School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University |
2021 | Best Poster Prize
School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University |
2019 | Elite Program Honor Student Status School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University |
2018 | Elite Program Encouragment Scholarship School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University |
2017 | Elite Program Encouragment Scholarship School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University |
2016 | Second-Class Scholarship
School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University |
PUBLICATIONS
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1Z5Z_ddgqeW5zi/collections/64673226/public/
Students
EDUCATION
2021-2025 (expected) |
B.S., Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2023- Present |
Undergraduate Researcher, Dr. Tanya Stoyanova
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
2022- Present |
Undergraduate Researcher,
University of California, Los Angeles, Squirrel Team University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
2019- 2021 |
President
LHS Calculus Club Legend High School Parker, Colorado, USA |
2020-2021 |
Volunteer
Sky Ridge Medical Center Lone Tree, Colorado, USA |
HONORS AND AWARDS
2021-2022 |
Legend High School Deans Honors List
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EDUCATION
2022-2026 (expected) |
B.S., Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2023- Present |
Undergraduate Researcher, Dr. Tanya Stoyanova
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
2023- Present |
Clinical Trials & Real-World Data Analyst
Neureka Sleep
Alameda, CA
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2022-Present |
Competitive Team Member
CruX, University of California Log Angeles Los Angeles, CA
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2020-2022 |
Volunteer
George Mark Children’s House
San Leandro, CA
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EDUCATION
2022-2026 (expected) |
B.S., Biochemistry
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2023- Present |
Undergraduate Researcher, Dr. Tanya Stoyanova
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
2023 |
Research Assistant, Dr.Zhu Xueliang
Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Shanghai, China |
2021 |
Research Assistant, Dr. Zhuke
Department of Plant Physiology and Ecology Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS)
Shanghai, China |
2020
2019 |
Research Assistant, Dr. Wuyu
Zhejiang Geneception Biotechnology Co., Ltd.,
Shanghai, China |
2020-Present |
Volunteer
Red Cross
Macau, China |
2017-2018 |
Volunteer
ChangZheng Hospital
Shanghai, China |
HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 | Hosmer Stone Award
University of California Los Angeles, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry |
EDUCATION
2023-2027 (expected) |
B.S., Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2024- Present |
Undergraduate Researcher, Dr. Tanya Stoyanova
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
2022 | Student Researcher Dr. Natasha Kirienko, BioScience CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research Pioneer Academics Pennsylvania, USA |
2021- 2022 |
Research Assistant,
HCG Cancer Hospital Bangalore, India |
2021-2022 | Writer and Editor Beyond Lavender Bruises, Scienceholic and Genztalkschnge |
2019- 2021 | Research Assistant Dr. Jhyostha Rao iCreast Stem Cell Services Limited Bangalore, India |
2020-2022 | Medical Database Manager The Uncut Team Chandigarh, India |
2020-2022 | Volunteer Karunashraya (Cancer hospice) |
HONORS AND AWARDS
2022 | Best Project in Innovations in Science & Technology Track I Yale Young Global Scholars Program |
EDUCATION
2023-2027 (expected) |
B.S., Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
2022-2023 |
San Diego Miramar Community College
San Diego, California, USA |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2024 |
Undergraduate Researcher, Dr. Tanya Stoyanova
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
2023-2023 | Laboratory Assistant UC San Diego Research Methodology Training Laboratory (RMTL) Academy University of California, San Diego San Diego, California |
2021- 2023 |
Secretary & Treasurer, Tutor
Scripps Ranch High School Peer Tutoring San Diego, California
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2022-2023 |
Co-Founder
Thurgood Marshall Middle School CyberPatriots
San Diego, California
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HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 | Semi-finalist USUSABO |
2022 | Gold Medal British Biology Olympiad |
2022 | All Service Champion CyberPatriot XIV National |
EDUCATION
2023-2027 (expected) |
B.S., Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2024- |
Undergraduate Researcher, Dr. Tanya Stoyanova
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
2024- |
Care Extender
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, California, USA |
2024- |
Legislative Ambassador
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Los Angeles, California, USA |
2023- | Member PhD and Undergraduate Life Scientists in Academic Research Club Los Angeles, California, USA |
2021- 2023 |
Intern
Community Health Medicine Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA
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HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 | President’s Volunteer Service Award |
2022 | Girl Scouts Bronze and Silver Awards |
EDUCATION
2024-2028 (expected) |
B.S., Bioengineering
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2024- Present |
Undergraduate Researcher, Dr. Tanya Stoyanova
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
2024 |
Student Researcher, Dr. Shujie Yang
Department of Cancer Pathology
Stanford University
Stanford, California, USA |
2023 |
Student Researcher, Dr. Shujie Yang
Department of Cancer Pathology
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, USA |
2022-2023 |
Student Researcher, Dr. Jeanine Genkinger
Department of Epidemiology
Columbia University
New York, New York, USA |
2020- 2024 | Volunteer Akshaya Patra Foundation |
2020-2024 | Volunteer American Cancer Society |
HONORS AND AWARDS
2024 | Samueli Foundation Engineering Undergraduate Centennial Scholarship
University of California Los Angeles, Samueli School of Engineering |
2024 | Finalist, Columbia University Model Entrepreneurship Competition
Columbia University, Columbia Business School |
2024 | Innovation Excellence Award
Stanford University, Department of Bioengineering |
2022, 2023 | Gold Presidential Volunteer Service Award |
EDUCATION
2023-2027 (expected) | B.S., Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2024- Present |
Undergraduate Researcher, Dr. Tanya Stoyanova
Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA |
2024-Present |
Medical Assistant and Scribe
Rhonda Rand MD, Inc
Los Angeles, California, USA |
2022-Present |
Research Assistant, Dr. Avnesh Thakor
Department of Interventional Radiology
Stanford University
Stanford, California, USA |
2023-Present | Volunteer UCLA Pages for Pediatrics |
2022-Present | Volunteer Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation |
2017-2020 | Volunteer Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation |
HONORS AND AWARDS
2023 | National Merit Finalist |