Professor of Biology, UCSD

Amy Pasquinelli received her B.A from Bucknell University with a Major in Biology and Minors in English and Chemistry. She earned a Ph.D. in Biomolecular Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellow in the Genetics Department at Harvard Medical School.  Since joining the UCSD faculty in 2003, she has been named a Keck Distinguished Young Scholar in Medical Research, a Searle Scholar, a V Foundation for Cancer Research Scholar, an Emerald Foundation Scholar, a Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator, and a Breakthroughs in Gerontology Awardee.

AE Pasquinelli CV

Lab Manager, UCSD

Ian earned his B.S. in Neuroscience & Animal Physiology and his PhD in Biology from the University of California San Diego. He has served as the Pasquinelli Lab Manager since 2012 and studies how components of the miRNA pathway influence aging and health. Ian also devotes time to promoting sustainability initiatives on campus by co-leading the Scientific & Sustainability Steering Team for the UCSD Thermo Fisher Partnership program and has been representing the interests of UCSD biologists at monthly campus wide Green Labs Team meetings since 2016. In his free time, Ian field collects mineral specimens and has contributed to several articles in the fields of geology and gemology.

PhD Candidate, UCSD

Corrina joined the lab in Spring 2018 after receiving a B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology with a minor in Dance and Performance Studies from UC Berkeley. She is a member of the UCSD Genetics Training Program and is interested in the role of miRNAs and Argonaute proteins in aging and tissue-specific gene regulation. Outside of lab, she loves to salsa dance, paint, and take her dog to the beach.

Post Doctoral Fellow

Erin received her B.S. from the University of Maryland with a major in Biological Sciences and a minor in French and her PhD in Molecular Biology at UCSD. Continuing her thesis work in the Pasquinelli Lab, Erin studies post-transcriptional gene regulation in aging C. elegans. Her work combines molecular biology and computational methods.

Staff Research Associate, UCSD

Osvaldo joined the lab in Summer 2024. He earned his B.S. from the University of Arizona with a major in Molecular and Cellular Biology and a minor in Mathematics and his M.S. from the University of Southern California in Biology of Aging. He is interested in RNA modifications and their roles in development and aging. Osvaldo enjoys hanging out with his cats, folding origami and playing guitar.

Staff Research Associate, UCSD

Emelliah joined the lab in Summer 2024. She earned her B.S. from UC Berkeley with a major in Molecular and Cellular Biology and an emphasis on Immunology and Molecular Medicine. She is broadly interested in better understanding gene expression and how changing levels of expression affect organismal health. Outside of lab, Emelliah enjoys spending time with friends and family, being outdoors, and listening to music!

John Bracht, PhD
Associate Professor, American University

Shaun Hunter, PhD
Biotech Product Development Leader, Illumina

Katlin Massirer, PhD
Principal Investigator, CBMEG-UNICAMP, Brazil

Zoya Kai, PhD
Lecturer, UC San Marcos

Vanessa Mondol, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow

Sarah Azoubel Lima, PhD
Science Communications, Brazil

James Broughton, PhD
Research Lead, Mammoth Biosciences

Will Schreiner, PhD
Scientist, Illumina Biotech

Delaney Pagliuso, PhD
Genetics Education and Engagement Fellow with the American Society of Human Genetics

Angela Nicholson, PhD
Scientist, Illumina Biotech

Laura Chipman, PhD
Industry Post Doctoral Fellow, Pfizer

Priscilla Van Wynsberghe, PhD
Associate Professor, Colgate U

Dimitrios Zisoulis, PhD
Vice President of Genome Engineering, Mammoth Biosciences

Katya Melnik-Martinez, PhD
Assistant Professor, Universidad Central del Caribe

Antti Aalto, PhD
Sr. Scientist, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland

Jerry Chen, PhD
Bioinformatics Scientist, Encoded Genomics, Inc.

Jacob Garrigues, PhD
Bioinformatician, LA County Dept of Public Health