People

Professional Researcher

Naomi Saito

Naomi Saito, MS

  • Statistical Programmer and Analyst Scientist
  • Core C
Naomi Saito is a Statistical Programmer and Analyst for the Department of Public Health Sciences. She is an expert in SAS and R for data analysis, as well as  STATA, SUDAAN, and Mplus. She is well versed in best practices for statistical programming, providing commented code, textual output, and figures for statistical analyses.
Sydney Baker

Sydney Huddleston, MS

  • Imaging Research Associate Scientist
  • Core B
Sydney Huddleston is an Imaging Research Associate at the Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging at UC Davis. She is a practiced animal technologist with a background in biomedical research, and she assists the CounterACT program with MRI and PET acquisition and analysis.
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Ali Izadi, PhD

  • Assistant Project Scientist
  • Project 3
Dr. Ali Izadi is an assistant project scientist in the Department of Neurological Surgery in the School of Medicine. His research concentrates on the functional relationship between neural oscillations and cognition in the context of preclinical models of neurological disease. The goal of his research is to develop effective deep brain stimulation paradigms that can ultimately be translated into the clinical setting.
Sung Hee Hwang

Sung Hee Hwang, PhD

  • Associate Project Scientist
  • Core A
Dr. Sung Hee Hwang is an Associate Project Scientist in the Department of Entomology and Nematology.  He is an accomplished medicinal chemist, working extensively on inhibitors of soluble epoxide hydrolase and cyclooxygenase. Dr. Hwang is interested in the development of small molecule inhibitors as single target and multi-target agents, and their pharmacological actions on neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration. 
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Christophe Morisseau, PhD

  • Research Scientist
  • Core A
Dr. Christophe Morisseau is a Research Scientist in the Department of Entomology and Nematology. He has expertise in protein purification, enzyme kinetics, enzyme inhibition, HTS assay and library screening, organic synthesis, cell and microorganism cultures, and enzymatic reactors.
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Latika Singh, PhD

  • Assistant Project Scientist
  • Core A
Dr. Latika Singh is an analytical/synthetic/medicinal chemist in the Department of Pharmacology. She is well versed in pharmacokinetics of small molecules, pesticide analysis, & LC-MS method development. Dr. Singh obtained her Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (India).