Teaching and Mentoring
Yan Zhang, MD, PhD

Teaching  

• 2007-2010    Lab session of VS206B: anatomy and physiology of the eye and visual system. School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley.
• 2007-2010, 2022-Present    Discussion session of VS206C: anatomy and physiology of the eye and visual system. School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley.

Student Advising

• 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)

Student Achievements

• 34. Svetlana Nunez Flores (UC Berkeley Optometry graduate, T35 Program Trainee, 2022)
• 33. Jiyoon Chung (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Molecular and Cell Biology, Fall 2021-present)
• 32. Cynthia Shi (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Molecular and Cell Biology, Fall 2021-present)
• 31. Connor Tseng (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Molecular Environmental Biology, Fall 2021-Spring 2024, accepted to Georgetown University Medical School)
• 30. Jacob Cunningham (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Molecular and Cell Biology, Spring 2020)
• 29. Ipsha Banerjee (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Integrative Biology, Fall 2019-Spring 2020)
• 28. Victoria Fong (UC Berkeley Vision Science PhD graduate, Fall 2019)
• 27. Andrea He (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Public Health - Pre-Medical Track, Fall 2019-Summer 2020, accepted to Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, 2021)
• 26. Alexander Ly (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Molecular and Cell Biology, Spring 2019-Spring 2020)
• 25. Halee Yue (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Molecular and Cell Biology, Spring & Fall 2019)
• 24. Joshua Chin (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Molecular and Cell Biology, Spring 2019-Spring 2020, Honors Thesis [2020], accepted to UCSF Pharmacy School)
• 23. Grace Chuang (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Fall 2017-Spring 2019, Honors Thesis at Department of Integrative Biology [2019], accepted to Duke-NUS Medical School)
• 22. Sara Azmoun (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Spring 2017-Spring 2019, Joan Lam Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship from Stem Cell Center at UC Berkeley [2017], Honors Thesis at Department of Molecular and Cell Biology [2019], accepted to Tufts University School of Medicine)
• 21. John Chhoa (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Spring 2017-Spring 2019, accepted to Medical School)
• 20. Daniel Sun  (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, Spring 2017-Spring 2019, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships [2018], accepted to UCSD Pharmacy School)
• 19. Iveth Melgarejo (NIH Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program summer student, 2016)
• 18. Wendy Yang (UC Berkeley Undergraduate, 2016-present, Honors Thesis at Department of Molecular and Cell Biology [2017])
• 17. Abraham Hang (URAP, 2014-present, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships [2016], accepted to Medical School)
• 16. Eileen Phan (URAP, 2014-2016, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships [2015], Honors Thesis at School of Public Health [2016], accepted  to UC Davis Medical School)
• 15. Maya Aslam (URAP, 2015-2017)
• 14. Aileen Chang (OD, Volunteer, 2014-2015)
• 13. Asmaa Elkabti (Volunteer, 2014)
• 12. Emilia Zin (UC Berkeley Vision Science PhD Graduate, 2014)
• 11. Emily Eng (UC Berkeley Optometry graduate, T35 Program Trainee​, 2014)
• 10. Alina Pechko (UC Berkeley Optometry graduate, 2014)
• 9. Kevin Wang (UC Berkeley Optometry graduate, 2013-2014)
• 8. Suravi Raychaudhuri (URAP, 2013-2014, Undergraduate Research Fair in Department of Chemistry, Departmental Citation in Chemistry Award, accepted to UCSF Medical School)
• 7. Albert Truong (URAP, 2012-2014, accepted to Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine)
• 6. Atrouli Chatterjee (URAP, 2013, accepted to UCLA PhD program)
• 5. Sayeh Nojoomi (Volunteer, 2012-2013)
• 4. Carol Ho (URAP, 2011-2013, Honors Thesis 2013, accepted to UCSF Pharmacy School)
• 3. Siddhant Parihar (URAP, 2011-2012)
• 2. Young In Yun (URAP, 2010-2011)
• 1. 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

​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)

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