Meet Our Team

Heidi Cook-Andersen, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Reproductive Medicine
Department of Biological Sciences
M.D., Ph.D., Yale University (2005)
hcookandersen@health.ucsd.edu

Kyu

Kyucheol Cho, Ph.D.
Assistant Project Scientist
Ph.D., UT MD Andersen Cancer Center (2010)
kyc059@health.ucsd.edu

Mashid Bazrafkan, Ph.D.
Clinical Embryologist
Ph.D., Tehran University of Medical Sciences (2017)
mbazrafkan@health.ucsd.edu

Jaroslav Slamecka, Ph.D.
Assistant Project Scientist

Ph.D., Slovak University of Agriculture (2013)
jslamecka@health.ucsd.edu

Gopalakrishnan Chandrasekaran, Ph.D.
The Lalor Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Chonnam National University Medical School (2022)
gchandrasekaran@health.ucsd.edu

Thomas JF Pranzatelli, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., NIH GPP: University of Maryland & NIDCR (2024)
tpranzatelli@health.ucsd.edu

Aileen Szczepanski, B.A.
M.D/Ph.D. Student, Biological Sciences
B.A., Carthage College (2019)
aiszczepanski@health.ucsd.edu

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Photo Slideshow

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Past Lab Members

Olcay Soyalan
Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD Fellow
Ph.D. Student, Biological Sciences (2024)
B.S., Koç University (2017)
osoyalan@ucsd.edu

Michael Choi
M.S. Student, Biological Sciences (2024)
B.S., UC San Diego (2022)
mpchoi@ucsd.edu

Katherine Lee
Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral NRSA Fellow, NICHD
M.D./Ph.D. Student, Biological Sciences (2023)
B.S., Stanford University (2013)
k7lee@ucsd.edu

Jen Jennifer Dumdie, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences (2019)
M.D./Ph.D. Student, Biomedical Sciences
jdumdie@ucsd.edu

joey_pic-1 Joseph Owen, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., University of California, Davis (2019)
jowen@health.ucsd.edu

natalie 2015.jpg Natalie Goldberg, Ph.D.
IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellow, Reproductive Medicine
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine (2016)
nsgoldberg@health.ucsd.edu