Undergraduate Research Student Profiles

Get inspired! Read about UC San Diego students who are participating (or have participated) in undergraduate research and are doing amazing things.
Tyler Van Noord
Tyler Van Noord was in the URS Summer Research Program through the Philip and Elizabeth Hiestand Scholarship for Engineering and SIO major from June 23 to August 29 where he researched the effects of harvesting on ecological factors in fish-bearing watersheds in the Olympic Experimental Forest of Washington State.
Meet Tyler
Aran Zakeri
Goldwater Scholarship recipient Aran Zakeri says "The fantastic community of Goldwater recipients, helped me navigate my medical school application, learn about the wide variety of research other students do, learn from medical students and scientists in their field and so many other opportunities that are unlike to find within scholarship communities."
Click below to learn about Aran’s experience!
Meet Aran
Meika Tomita
Meika Tomita was part of the Eureka! Scholars Program 2025, conducting research in a microbiome lab at UCSD, the Knight Lab. This summer she developed a faster, more cost effective DNA quantification step before next-gen sequencing.
Meet Meika
Tyler Center Student Spotlights
The mission of the Tyler Center for Global Studies is to cultivate a community of global scholars who shape the future through research, innovation, and collaboration.
Learn more about UC San Diego students who are participating (or have participated) in research at the Tyler Center Fellowship for Global Studies!
Learn more about the Tyler Center Fellows
Past Spotlights
Learn about students featured students conducting undergraduate research at UC San Diego.
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