Profiles

Lorene Nelson - Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Population Health

Bio-X Affiliated Faculty

Stanford Profile

Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences Homepage

Dr. Nelson's research program is focused on the epidemiology and complex etiology of neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and multiple sclerosis.
Lorena Orozco - Bio-X Undergraduate Fellow

2020 Undergraduate Summer Research Program Participant and 2021 Cohort Lead

Home Department: Human Biology
Mentor: Brian Kobilka, Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Lorelay Michelle Mendoza Grijalva - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2022

Home Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Faculty Advisor: William Tarpeh
Talk Title: Diurnal variation of SARS-CoV-2 RNA and physicochemical parameters in wastewater influent from a large sewer shed at low COVID-19 incidence
Event: Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Research and Education Conference
Loran Baxter Mercado - Bio-X Undergraduate Fellow

2025 Undergraduate Summer Research Program Participant

Home Department: Symbolic Systems
Mentor: Jaimie Henderson (Neurosurgery)
Longzhi Tan - Assistant Professor of Neurobiology

Bio-X Affiliated Faculty

Stanford Profile

Dr. Tan's Lab Homepage

Dr. Longzhi Tan's research lab studies the single-cell 3D genome architectural basis of neurodevelopment and aging by developing the next generation of in vivo multi-omic assays and algorithms, and applying them to the human and mouse cerebellum.
Logan Wang - Bio-X Undergraduate Fellow

2026 Undergraduate Summer Research Program Participant

Home Department: Undeclared
Mentor: Ehsan Adeli (Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences)
Logan Grosenick - Bio-X Travel Awardee

Awarded in 2011

Home Department: Neurosciences and Bioengineering
Faculty Advisor: Karl Deisseroth
Talk Title: Towards online feedback control of neural systems with optogenetics
Event: Cosyne 2011 - Logan's talk was later cited in a research paper.
Lloyd Minor - The Carl & Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the School of Medicine, Vice President for Medical Affairs, Stanford University, Professor of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery and Professor of Neurobiology and of Bioengineering (by courtesy)

Executive Committee Member

Stanford Profile

School of Medicine Profile of the Dean

Dr. Minor is an expert in balance and inner-ear disorders; he has published over 140 articles and chapters and founded a lab focused on vestibular research.
Liz Tsai - Bio-X Undergraduate Fellow

2026 Undergraduate Summer Research Program Participant

Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Mentor: Carolyn Bertozzi (Chemistry)
Liyue Shen - Bio-X Bowes Fellow

Bio-X Graduate Student Fellow

Awarded in 2019
Home Department: Electrical Engineering
Faculty Advisors: John Pauly (Electrical Engineering) and Lei Xing (Radiation Oncology - Radiation Physics)