Meet The Team

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Meet The Team *

Dr. Clara Mantini-Briggs, Co-Director

cmantini-briggs@berkeley.edu

Professor Charles Briggs, Co-Director

clbriggs@berkeley.edu

Fall 2026 Undergraduate Research Assistants

  • Emely Severiano

  • Arely Olmedo Robles

  • Erika Lily Matson

  • Karen Alyza Baeza

  • Fabian Martinez III

  • Yarely Alvarez

  • Isabella Pankow

  • Avril Chavez

  • Syndel Yamillet Gonzalez

  • Delfina Martinez

  • Diego Salcedo

  • Alex Comparan

  • Alondra Garcia

  • Mia Casandra LaPalm

  • Sofia FatimaVasquez

  • Isabel Correa

  • Jennifer Santanero

  • Kimberly Nataly Calderon

Spring 2026 Undergraduate Research Assistants

  • Sammy Villasenor

  • Giselle Avila-Hengsathorn

  • Karen Alyza Baeza

  • Yarely Alvarez

  • Isabella Pankow

  • Gabriela Jaqueline Guzman

  • Kelly Iraheta

  • Yessenia Hernandez

  • Susana Muñoz Martinez

  • Arely Olmedo Robles

  • Erika Lily Matson

  • Fabian Martinez III

  • Emely Severiano

  • Liz Comparan

  • Dafne Eliane Faitelson

  • Maggie Watts

  • Avril Chavez

  • Aryana Valle Portela

  • Vane Dueñas

  • Bryan Avelar

Former Student Researchers

Katherin Dubon Portillo

Lucia Cavallini-Martinez

Jenny Hernandez Delgadillo

Stephanie Giron

Sol Jauregui

Diego Montesinos

Miriam Siordia

Jimena Romano Silva

Nancy Garcia

Michael Sanchez

Anai Ramos

Julian Duran

Azucena Morelos

Audrey Hébert

Nathaniel Gallardo

Ivan Lopez

Sofia Perez

Anaïs Roatta

Neyda Pacheco Lopez

Alyssa Rhiannon Macias

Dafne Faitelson

Ana Christina Kyle

Hanny Lemus Velasco

Cynthia Solorio Gaitan

Former Graduate Research Assistants 2024- 2025

  • Marcela M Mobati

    Former Graduate Student

  • Dr. Carolina Talavera

    Former Postdoctoral Fellow

Technical Team 2025 - 2026

  • Fabian Martinez III

    Undergrade Rresearch Assitant 2026

  • Kiyoshi Taylor

    Media Consultant

  • Bryan Avelar

    Undergrade Rresearch Assitant 2026