Lab Members
Masaki Uchida
Principal Investigator
Risako Fukazawa
Lab Manager
Masaki received a Ph.D. in Materials Chemistry from Kyoto University, Japan, where I studied inorganic materials for bone substitutes under the guidance of Professor Tadashi Kokubo. He then researched biomimetic synthesis of hydroxyapatite-protein composites in the laboratory of Dr. Atsuo Ito at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan. He subsequently joined the laboratory of Professor Trevor Douglas at Montana State University, where he studied the use of cage-like proteins as supramolecular templates for nanomaterials synthesis. Prior to joining California State University, Fresno in 2018, he was an Associate Scientist at Indiana University.
Paulina Medina
Undergraduate
Amber Clark
Graduate Student
Paulina Medina is a third year undergraduate Smittcamp Family Honors College Scholar at Fresno State, majoring in Biology with a minor in Spanish. She additionally is a Fresno State RISE Fellow and a member of the Biology Honors Program, participating in research-focused structure of education. Paulina joined the Uchida Lab in Fall 2021 with a desire to apply scientific coursework to hands-on research. She plans to graduate from Fresno State in Spring 2023 with ambitions to attend medical school and become a healthcare provider.
John Gutierrez
Undergraduate
I am a third-year undergraduate student here at Fresno State. I am majoring in biochemistry with plans to get into the field of forensics. This is my second semester here at Fresno State and I am looking forward to starting my research with the Uchida lab.