AI Systems and Education (ASE) Group Members

Aizen Baidya

Aizen Baidya

Computer Science and Engineering

Prerana Somarapu

Prerana Somarapu

Computer Science and Engineering

Nelida Salgado

Nelida Salgado

Computer Science and Engineering

Harshini Nujella

Harshini Nujella

Computer Science and Engineering

Axel Muniz Tello

Axel Muniz Tello

Applied Mathematics

Julio Salgado

Julio Salgado

Computer Science and Engineering



Past students

Undergraduate Students, UC Merced

Summer 2025

Name Year / Program Project Next Position
Alex Frias AY 2023-25, research staff LLM-based autograder, AI safety Graduate Student at USC
Akhil Datla Summer 2025 AI safety Undergraduate at UCSC
Emmanuel Velasco Summer 2025 AI safety Undergraduate at UC Merced
Adriana Martinez Diaz Summer 2025 (CORE) Bio modeling Undergraduate at UC Merced
Sinthya Duran Summer 2025 (CORE) Bio modeling Undergraduate at UC Merced
Pamela Aguilar Summer 2025 (CORE) Bio modeling Undergraduate at UC Merced
Jacob Wyman Summer 2025 Anti-lock braking Undergraduate at UC Merced
Prathik Pai Summer 2025 Contracts for biological models Undergraduate at UC Merced
Emmanuel Velasco Summer 2025 AI safety Undergraduate at UC Merced
Toby Jacob Summer 2025 AI safety Transfer: UCSD CSE
Carlos Lazcano Mejia Summer 2025 AI safety Undergraduate at UC Merced
Saaketh Raghava Summer 2024, Fall 2024 AI hallucinations Transfer: UCSD CSE
Shrivaikunth Krishnakumar Fall 2024 / AY researcher Autograder Graduate Student, SJSU
Jasper Morgal Fall 2024 / AY researcher AV research -
Max Fu Spring 2024 Autograder UC Merced UG
Aksheen Rathod Spring 2024 Autograder UC Merced UG
Collin Chuang Summer 2024 Autograder UC Irvine Grad
Syaun Wallace CV PATH Summer 2024 Cell-free web app Bakersfield College UG
Anirudh Kaushal CV PATH Summer 2024 Autograder Prompts Bakersfield College UG
Areesha Imtiaz CV PATH Summer 2024 Autonomous Vehicles Simulation CSU Bakersfield UG
Alan Barrios Cal-Bridge 2024 Autograder Cost Fresno State University UG
William Yang Summer 2024 Hallucination analysis High School
Mohit Ramesh Kumar Summer 2024 Autograder High School

Undergraduate Students, Caltech

Name Year Project Next Position
Makena Rodriguez Senior Biology and Biological Engineering (2021-22) Model-guided biological circuit design. MD/PhD student, Mayo Clinic
Anthony Chiang Caltech SURF 2022 Cell-free modeling.
Robert Hansen Jagrelius Caltech SURF 2022 Metabolic modeling. Graduate student, TDU Denmark
Bridget Yang Caltech SURF 2021 Synthetic cell modeling
Pranay Satya Caltech SURF 2021 Synthetic cell modeling Graduate student, Columbia
Halle Holzbauer Caltech SURF 2021 Synthetic cell modeling
Katherine Pan Caltech SURF 2020 Synthetic cell modeling Harvard Medical School (Graduate Student)
Ankita Roychudhary Caltech SURF and Senior Thesis 2020 Metabolic modeling and model reduction Northwestern University (Graduate Student)
Liana Merk Caltech SURF 2020 Biocircuits modeling Harvard University (Graduate Student)
Nazmus Sadaat Caltech SURF 2020 Biocircuits modeling AI researcher
Agrima Deedwania Caltech SURF 2020 Biocircuits modeling DPhi, Oxford
Hope Arnett Caltech Freshman Summer Research Institute (FSRI) 2020 Biocircuits modeling Caltech Undergraduate

Undergraduate Students, Harvey Mudd College

Name Year Project Next Position
Spencer Uyematsu Senior, Pomona College (2022-23) Stem-cell differentiation modeling UC Berkeley Graduate Student
Trenton Weasley Senior, Computational Biology (2022) Stochastic cell-fate simulations Graduate student, University of Chicago


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