Teaching and Mentoring
Yan Zhang, MD, PhD

Teaching  and Student Advising

• 2007-2010    Lab session of VS206B: anatomy and physiology of the eye and visual system. School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley.
• 2007-2010    Discussion session of VS206C: anatomy and physiology of the eye and visual system. School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley.






• 2016    Mentor, NIH Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program
• 2015-present    Mentor, UC Berkeley Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
• 2014-present    Mentor, UC Berkeley Vision Science Graduate Program (PhD)
• 2014-present    Mentor, UC Berkeley Optometry NEI T35 Summer Research Program (OD)
• 2011-present    Mentor, UC Berkeley Undergraduate and Graduate Honors Research Programs
• 2007-present    Mentor, UC Berkeley Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP)






• Grace Chuang (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Fall 2017-present, Honors Thesis at Department of Integrative Biology [2019], accepted to Duke-NUS Medical School)
  
• Sara Azmoun (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Spring 2017-present, Joan Lam Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship from Stem Cell Center at UC Berkeley [2017], Honors Thesis at Department of Molecular and Cell Biology [2019])
  
• John Chhoa (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Spring 2017-present)
• Daniel Sun  (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Spring 2017-present, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships [2018], accepted to UCSD Pharmacy School)
• Iveth Melgarejo (NIH Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program summer student, 2016)
• Wendy Yang (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, 2016-present, Honors Thesis at Department of Molecular and Cell Biology [2017])
• Abraham Hang (URAP, 2014-present, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships [2016])
• Eileen Phan (URAP, 2014-2016, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships [2015], Honors Thesis at School of Public Health [2016])
• Maya Aslam (URAP, 2015-2017)
• Aileen Chang(OD, Volunteer, 2014-2015)
• Asmaa Elkabti (Volunteer, 2014)
• Emilia Zin (VS Graduate, 2014)
• Emily Eng (Optometry Graduate, 2014)
• Alina Pechko (Optometry graduate, 2014)
• Kevin Wang (Optometry graduate, 2013-2014)
• Suravi Raychaudhuri (URAP, 2013-2014, Undergraduate Research Fair in Department of Chemistry, Departmental Citation in Chemistry Award, accepted to UCSF medical school)
• Albert Truong (URAP, 2012-2014, accepted to Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine)
• Atrouli Chatterjee (URAP, 2013, accepted to UCLA PhD program)
• Sayeh Nojoomi (Volunteer, 2012-2013)
• Carol Ho (URAP, 2011-2013, Honors Thesis 2013, accepted to UCSF PhD program)
• Siddhant Parihar (URAP, 2011-2012)
• Young In Yun (URAP, 2010-2011)
• Nevin El-Nimri (URAP, 2007-2009, accepted to Ohio State University Optometry School and UC Berkeley Vision Science PhD Program)

       * URAP: Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program, University of California, Berkeley

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Something FUN !
Explain Your Research to Kindergarteners Project (2017)
1. How Eyes Grow? By Wendy Yang (URAP student, 2016-2017)
2. RPE in Eye Growth Regulation. By Maya Aslam (URAP student, 2015-2017)   
3. Explaining Real-Time PCR to a Child. By Sara Azmoun, Daniel Sun, and John Chhoa (URAP students, 2017-present)