Visiting Scholar Undergraduate Summer Research Program

Source: https://calnerds.berkeley.edu/programs/visiting Parent: https://calnerds.berkeley.edu/

Visiting Scholar Undergraduate Summer Research program

This program provides limited opportunities for Cal NERDS scholars to do research off-campus and also to have a few non-UC Berkeley visiting undergraduates get involved with STEM summer research at our campus.

2024 Visiting Scholar, Baldemar, at UC Berkeley’s Summer Poster Showcase

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2024 Visiting Scholar, Jack, at UC Berkeley’s Summer Poster Showcase

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Gabriella & Brianna’ UC San Francisco’s Project, Research Poster Showcase 2022

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Kein’s Project, Research Poster Showcase 2022

Athena’s Research Project, Research Poster Showcase 2022

2019 Visiting Summer Scholars

2018 Visiting research scholars

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2024 Visiting Summer Research Scholars

• Tim Duong, Chemistry, UC Los Angeles\
• Diego Guzman, Information Sciences, UC Irvine
• Mabel Espinoza, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Merced\
• Jack Lichterman, Physics, UC Los Angeles\
• Baldemar Motomochi Cedillo, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Biochemistry, UC Merced

2023 Visiting Summer Research Scholars

• Bezawhit Danna, Biochemistry, UC Los Angeles
• Edgar Vidal, UC Berkeley (going to Toulouse, France)
• Gabrielle Stewart, UC Berkeley (going to Toulouse, France)
• Kevin Alfaro, Astrophysics, UC Los Angeles
• Mel Jones, Chemistry & Biochemistry, UC Santa Cruz
• Miriam Contrerras Castillo, Bioengineering, UC Riverside
• Trey Dold, Civil Engineering, UC Santa Barbara

\ *2022 Visiting Summer Research Scholars*

• Ana Teresa Mendoza, Chemistry, UC Irvine
• Athena Leisching, Cognitive Science, UC San Diego
• Brianna Johnston, Molecular & Cellular Biology, UC Berkeley (went to UC San Francisco)
• Gabriela Castellanos, Molecular & Cellular Biology, UC Berkeley (went to UC San Francisco)
• Kein Le, Physics, UC Santa Barbara
• Ukamaka Ezimora, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced

2021 Visiting Summer Research Scholars Virtual Research Projects

• Chris La, Chemistry, UC Irvine
• Francisco Galang, Chemical Engineering, UC Los Angeles
• Garrett Kukier, Theoretical/Computational Chemistry, UC Los Angeles
• Samantha Negrette, Biomedical Engineering, UC Irvine

2020 Visiting Summer Research Scholars Virtual Research Projects

• Alexander Del Torro, Cognitive Science, UC Merced
• Luke Elissary, Chemistry, UC Los Angeles
• Victoria Lerda, Chemistry, UC Merced
• Charu Garapaty, Earth Science, UC Santa Barbara

2019 Visiting Summer Research Scholars

• Shaneen Britton Acevedo, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UC Santa Cruz
• Eimy Castellanos, Biochemistry, UC Santa Cruz
• Karen Cornejo, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, UC Davis
• Anthony Garcia, Chemistry, UC Merced
• David Ifediba, Psychology, UC Riverside
• Saul Pachecho, UC Berkeley (went to UC San Francisco)

2018 Visiting Research Scholars

• Hanh Nguyen, Biochemistry/Chemistry, UC San Diego
• Daniel Chu, Chemical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara
• Anoop Praturu, Astrophysics, UC Santa Barbara
• Scarlett Yu, Physics, UC Los Angeles
• Jenny Lyn Arabit, Chemical Engineering, UC Davis
• Joshua Castro, Physics, UC San Diego

2017 Visiting Research Scholars

• Liya Oster, Biophysics, from UCLA
• Christine Rahal, Chemistry, from UCSD
• Carlos Osuna, Nano-Engineering, from UCSD
• Bonnie Lam, Engineering, from UCLA
• Melvin Abzun, Engineering, from UCSC
• Francisco Ojeda, Engineering, from UC Berkeley going to SoCal

**SUMMER 2025 PROGRAM DATES (8 weeks): June 8th to August 2nd, 2025**

For UC LEADS undergraduate Scholars Interested in coming to UC Berkeley to do research in STEM - please consider the following:

• Typically five visiting UC LEADS scholars come each summer to UC Berkeley, our on-line form has been sent to each UC LEADS campus in October 2025.
• You may need to re-arrange your finals to be taken before you come to UC Berkeley
• UC LEADS Scholars must be sponsored by your home UC LEADS campus and meet their eligibility requirements (including GPA requirements).
• Must be a registered as a student at one of the eight UC campuses (other than UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco) and be continuing on in the fall after this summer experience
• Must be willing to live in UC Berkeley dorms/campus housing during summer program
• Should strive for an overall 3.0 UC GPA
• Note: additional paperwork and information may be required
• Please text or e-mail Diana Lizarraga at # 510.778.5165 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)/*','a','/','<',' 117',' 100',' 101',' 46',' 121',' 101',' 108',' 101',' 107',' 114',' 101',' 98',' 64',' 115',' 100',' 114',' 101',' 110','>','\"',' 117',' 100',' 101',' 46',' 121',' 101',' 108',' 101',' 107',' 114',' 101',' 98',' 64',' 115',' 100',' 114',' 101',' 110',':','o','t','l','i','a','m','\"','=','f','e','r','h','a ','<'],i = l.length,j = el.length;while (--i >= 0)out += unescape(l[i].replace(/^\s\s\*/, '&#'));while (--j >= 0)if (el[j].getAttribute('data-eeEncEmail\_nClbpFPFgo'))el[j].innerHTML = out;/\*]]>*/ if you are interested in getting more information about this upcoming summer

For undergraduate students from other non-UC Berkeley campuses (that are not UC LEADS Scholars) - please consider the following:

• Students are part of our eight week summer research program, dates are not negotiable (no early arrivals or late departures)
• We do not have funding to pay for stipends, housing, transportation, or parking for the summer. We suggest you look for sponsorship/s.
• Visiting undergraduate scholars are typically juniors and may be part of another program.
• Please text or e-mail Diana Lizarraga at # 510.778.5165 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)/*','a','/','<',' 117',' 100',' 101',' 46',' 121',' 101',' 108',' 101',' 107',' 114',' 101',' 98',' 64',' 115',' 100',' 114',' 101',' 110','>','\"',' 117',' 100',' 101',' 46',' 121',' 101',' 108',' 101',' 107',' 114',' 101',' 98',' 64',' 115',' 100',' 114',' 101',' 110',':','o','t','l','i','a','m','\"','=','f','e','r','h','a ','<'],i = l.length,j = el.length;while (--i >= 0)out += unescape(l[i].replace(/^\s\s\*/, '&#'));while (--j >= 0)if (el[j].getAttribute('data-eeEncEmail\_nClbpFPFgo'))el[j].innerHTML = out;/\*]]>*/ if you are interested in getting more information about this upcoming summer

For UC Berkeley STEM students - please consider the following:

Note: In the past NERDS have spent the summer at University of Chicago, University of Southern California, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, Stanford, UCSF, UCD, UCI, UCM, UCSD, UCLA, UCR, UCSD, UCSC, and international projects in Israel, Switzerland (CERN), France, and England.

• Where is it you would like to go off campus?
• It is suggested that you identify two faculty on a particular campus that you are interested in working with
• Please consider looking into the Student Opportunity Funds for additional funding for travel
• Please text or e-mail Diana Lizarraga at # 510.778.5165 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)/*','a','/','<',' 117',' 100',' 101',' 46',' 121',' 101',' 108',' 101',' 107',' 114',' 101',' 98',' 64',' 115',' 100',' 114',' 101',' 110','>','\"',' 117',' 100',' 101',' 46',' 121',' 101',' 108',' 101',' 107',' 114',' 101',' 98',' 64',' 115',' 100',' 114',' 101',' 110',':','o','t','l','i','a','m','\"','=','f','e','r','h','a ','<'],i = l.length,j = el.length;while (--i >= 0)out += unescape(l[i].replace(/^\s\s\*/, '&#'));while (--j >= 0)if (el[j].getAttribute('data-eeEncEmail\_nClbpFPFgo'))el[j].innerHTML = out;/\*]]>*/ if you are interested in getting more information about this upcoming summer
• Also, please consider looking at research.berkeley.edu for various opportunities in research