LSAMP at CSULA

Are you thinking about taking a STEM Master's degree at Cal State LA during Fall 2022? It is not too late to apply! We have extend the LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate Program Application to April 29th, 2022 AND we have taken the GRE requirement away! If the desired department deadlines have passed, please contact Dr. Katrina Yamazaki ([email protected]) . 
 
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Have you thought of what you are going to do after graduation? Are you planning to go straight into the workforce or maybe take a gap year? Do you know there are a lot of post-college options? Come join us to learn more about different paths after graduation & loan repayment options with our Student Advisory Council! All participating students get a chance to win a Cal State LA sweater and more other prizes!

Date:  Tuesday, April 12th from 4-5 pm
RSVP : https://www.calstatela.edu/lsamp/events
 
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Have you ever wondered what can you do with your STEM degree? Meet one of our panelists -Kevin Zhao this Thursday
March 24th, 2022 from 3pm - 5pm. RSVP NOW (Link in Bio!) All participating students in the LSAMP Career Panel - Academia V.S industry could get a chance to win a Cal State LA sweater and more other prizes!
 
Kevin Zhao is the Senior Global Technical Specialist with Phenomenex (A Danaher company), located in Torrance, California, USA and has 5 years of experience in biochemistry research; 4 years Protein/Cancer research with CSULA-City of Hope Cancer Collaborative and over 6 years in Phenomenex. Mr. Zhao is currently in-charging global technical support from Phenomenex headquarters, and also provided direct technical support and advising for HPLC, GC, SPE method and application development for Global customers.
 
Mr. Zhao received his B.S. in Biomedical Science at the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and earned his M.S. in Biochemistry at California State University, Los Angeles, and also earned a MBA at the University of the Incarnate Word.

Have you ever wondered what can you do with your STEM degree? Meet one of our panelists - Jessica Alvarenga  this Thursday
March 24th, 2022 from 3pm - 5pm. RSVP NOW (Link in Bio!) All participating students in the LSAMP Career Panel - Academia V.S industry could get a chance to win a Cal State LA sweater and more other prizes!
 
Jessica Alvarenga began her career at Northrop Grumman as a System Engineer supporting the Navigation and Positioning System (NAPS) division in Woodland Hills in 2017. She has served in various Agile System and Software development roles from Development Team Member to Product Owner for DO-178C/DO-331 airworthiness certification of a strap-down position, navigation and timing solution system used in manned and autonomous aviation platforms. She has also supported Model-Based System Engineering (MBSE) for requirements verification, validation, integration and test of a gimbaled navigation and inertial measurement system. Recently, Jessica was selected for the Systems Engineering Associates (SEA) rotational program class of 2023, a professional and technical leadership development program at Northrop Grumman consisting of four rotations over a period of 2 years. Her current rotation is in RF design, modeling, simulation and analysis. Jessica also serves in various roles in the Adelante Employee Resource Group (ERG).
 
Jessica received her Bachelor and Master of Science from California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) in Electrical Engineering with a focus in Control Systems, Communications and Signals. She performed research in a NASA sponsored SPACE University Research Center at CSULA and post-grad research in the area of Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) flight control.

Have you ever wondered what can you do with your STEM degree? Meet one of our panelists -Zilong Ye, Ph.D this Thursday
March 24th, 2022 from 3pm - 5pm. RSVP NOW (Link in Bio!) All participating students in the LSAMP Career Panel - Academia V.S industry could get a chance to win a Cal State LA sweater and more other prizes!
 
Zilong Ye is an Associate Professor at California State University, Los Angeles. He received his Ph.D. degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He received his B.S. from Shandong University in 2007 and his M.S. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2010. His research interests lie in software-defined networking, network virtualization, optical networking, and data center networking

Have you ever wondered what can you do with your STEM degree? Meet one of our panelists - Cynthia Martel, MD this Thursday
March 24th, 2022 from 3pm - 5pm. RSVP NOW (Link in Bio!) All participating students in the LSAMP Career Panel - Academia V.S industry could get a chance to win a Cal State LA sweater and more other prizes!
 
Cynthia Martel graduated from California State University at Los Angeles in 1990 with a B.S. degree In biology and biochemistry.  She then entered the combined M.D.-Ph.D. program at the University of Southern California, from which she graduated in 1997 with an M.D. as well as a Ph.D. in physiology.  She then completed a residency in internal medicine at LA County-USC Medical Center in 2000.  This was followed by subspecialty training in hematology and medical oncology at the U. C. Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, completed in 2003.  After working for two years in a private hematology/oncology practice in Southern California, Cynthia joined the City of Hope Medical Center at their satellite clinic in Pasadena, California, where she remained until 2011.  From 2011 to 2021, she was an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Southern California, and continued to practice hematology and medical oncology at that institution’s Pasadena satellite clinic.  She left in 2021 to start her own private medical practice in Pasadena.

LSAMP Annual Event: STEM Carrer Panel: Academia V.S Industry 
Have you ever wondered what can you do with your STEM degree? Do you want to become a professor or work for a company? What are the differences between working in an academic versus an industry STEM career field? Join us to learn more from our Cal State LA alumnus who had extensive experiences working in both academia and industry field! Come and ask questions to better prepare your future. All participating students get a chance to win a Cal State LA sweater and more other prizes!
Panelists: 
• Jessica Alvarenga (Electrical Engineering) - System Engineer, Northrop Grumman
• Cynthia Martel (Biology/Biochemistry/Physiology) - Oncologist
• ​Mohit Trikha, Ph.D (Biochemistry) -  Vice President, Head of Oncology Early Development, Bay Area Site Head
• Zilong Ye, Ph.D (Computer Science) - Associate Professor, Cal State LA 
• Kevin Zhao (Biochemistry) - Senior Global Technical Specialist, Phenomenex
Date: Thursday, March 24th, 2022 from 3pm - 5pm 
>> Zoom RSVP Link in Bio

Have you ever wondered what can you do with your STEM degree? Meet one of our panelists - Mohit Trikha this Thursday
March 24th, 2022 from 3pm - 5pm. All participating students in the LSAMP Career Panel - Academia V.S industry could get a chance to win a Cal State LA sweater and more other prizes!
 
Dr. Trikha is the vice president and head of Oncology Early Development at AbbVie and responsible for advancing the oncology pipeline from discovery through clinical proof of concept. At AbbVie, he chairs the Early Development Advisory Council and is a member of multiple cross functional committees. He is a core member of AbbVie’s Oncology Licensing Committee and has initiated multiple new external collaborations. Dr. Trikha is also the Bay Area Site Head, responsible for defining and driving the mission and vision for AbbVie in the Bay Area and our future home in South San Francisco.
Prior to AbbVie he was President and Chief Scientific Officer, Head of Triphase Accelerator, Board member of Triphase and EnCycle Therapeutics. Over his 20 years of oncology drug discovery and development experience, Dr. Trikha helped discover three now approved cancer medicines and contributed to advancing multiple oncology programs while he was at Centocor/Johnson & Johnson, Genentech and Ambit. Dr. Trikha continues to focus his science interests in advancing first or best in class drugs, cell signaling, tumor immunology, apoptosis, protein homeostasis, CMC, PKPD, and developing biomarkers for predicting clinical response and toxicity. He received his B.S. from California State University, Los Angeles, and his Ph.D. from University of Southern California and was an Assistant Professor of Research at Wayne State University prior to joining industry.

Are you interested in becoming a mentor? The 2022- 2023 LSAMP Transfer Mentor Program (STEM-focused) is a great opportunity for current Cal State LA students to build a sense of community, gain leadership and mentoring skills, and give back to the community through helping and aspiring incoming freshmen and transfer students to reach their academic potential to prepare them for a successful career in STEM. Because this academic year will begin remotely, much of the training and meetings required by the program will be remote until we are all clear to return to campus.  
Requirements:
• STEM major
• Cal State LA students/ Transfer students (As of the academic year 2022-23)
• 2.5 + GPA  
Program Expectations: 
• Attend all training and meeting 
• Establish and maintain regular contact and communication with your mentees (virtually, over a video call, Zoom, text, social media, etc.)
• Participate at an End of the Year Focus Group 
 
Benefits 
• Mentors will receive a stipend ($100) and certification from the mentoring training  
• If matched with mentees, mentors will receive an end of the year stipend ($400/ semester, $800/ academic year )  
• A great time working with a team and developing your leadership abilities 
 
Time Commitments 
• Mentors must commit to participating in LSAMP from June 2022-May 2023.  
• Mentors are required to attend training, which will take place in May 2022 
• Mentors are expected to maintain monthly communication with their mentees, via phone, email, social media, etc. 
• Mentors are expected to check in with the program director monthly and turn in any necessary assignments on time.  
If you have any questions, please contact: Lilian Leung, Director of LSAMP Transfer Mentor Program at [email protected]

Have you ever wondered what can you do with your STEM degree? Do you want to become a professor or work for a company? What are the differences between working in an academic versus an industry STEM career field? Join us to learn more from our Cal State LA alumnus who had extensive experiences working in both academia and industry field! Come and ask questions to better prepare your future. All participating students get a chance to win a Cal State LA sweater and more other prizes !
Panelists: 
• Cynthia Martel (Biology/Biochemistry/Physiology) - Physician at City of Hope Medical Group/South Pasadena Cancer Center  (2003-2021)
• ​Mohit Trikha, Ph.D (Biochemistry) -  Vice President, Head of Oncology Early Development, Bay Area Site Head
• Kevin Zhao (Biochemistry) - Senior Global Technical Specialist, Phenomenex
Date: Thursday, March 24th, 2022 from 3pm - 5pm
RSVP link In Bio: https://www.calstatela.edu/lsamp/events 
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Do you need help in CHEM 2500, 2200, 4990, CHEM 2201 LAB? If yes, you can find our facilitator - Ericka Pelaez during her office hour from Tuesday 11am - 12pm. If you cannot attend, you can also schedule a one-on-one session with him by emailing [email protected] Check out the schedule on the next slide OR link in bio!

Do you need help in CHEM 1100, 2200, BIOL 1100? If yes, you can find our facilitator - Victor Villegas during his office hour from Tuesday 1:45pm - 2:45 pm. If you cannot attend, you can also schedule a one-on-one session with him by emailing [email protected] Check out the schedule on the next slide OR link in bio!