Alumni at UC campuses

Alumni of BioGAP and its sister programs -- EEGAP, MCGAP, PABGAP, CCBGAP, and ASBIGAP -- have entered doctoral programs at UC Davis and other campuses in the University of California system. Their accomplishments make us proud and we look forward to following their careers.

Alana Chaney

  • MS Fort Valley State University, 2021 (PABGAP)
  • PhD, Nutrition, UC Davis, 2026
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service
  • International Board Certified Lactation Consultant

Sierra Reese

  • Howard University, 2021 (UCDGAP)
  • MS, Animal Behavior, UC Davis, 2023

Ke'La Kimble

  • Xavier University, 2019 (CCBGAP)
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellow
  • Sloan Scholar
  • PhD, Chemistry, UCSD (2024)
  • Postdoctoral researcher, UCSD
  • Air Pollution Specialist, California Air Resources Board

Kevin Wickham

  • Howard University, 2019 (EEGAP)
  • PhD candidate, Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Rasheed Sule

  • University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 2017 (MCBGAP)
  • PhD, Biochemistry, Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology, UC Davis, 2023
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Marlynn Rollins

  • Howard University, 2019 (EEGAP)
  • MS, Ecology, UC Davis, 2023
UC Davis Sustainable Oceans NSF Research Training Program, trainee

Sheriff-Seedy Phaal

  • MS Fort Valley State University, 2020 (PABGAP)
  • MS, Horticulture and Agronomy, UC Davis

Fred Nelson

  • Howard University, 2017 (EEGAP)
  • PhD candidate, Ecology, UC Davis
NSF Graduate Research Fellow; Vice President, Cal-Neva American Fisheries Society Sacramento-Davis Subunit; research mentor of a UC Davis McNair Scholar and HBCU GAP scholar

Esereoghene Mowoe

  • University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 2018 (MCBGAP)
  • MS, Molecular, Cell, and Integrative Physiology, UC Davis, 2020
Process Development Research Associate, Eurofins, Lancaster Laboratories, PA

Chelsea Kelland

  • Xavier University of Louisiana, 2018 (MCBGAP)
  • PhD, Immunology, UC Davis, 2024
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Davis
  • Assistant Professor, Wiley College
UC Davis IMSD Fellow, 2018 Finalist, UC Davis GradSlam, 2021 Professors for the Future, 2023-2024 Smith+Partners Urban Research Lab, Founding Research Fellow