This program provides limited opportunities for Cal NERDS scholars to do research off-campus and also to have a few non-UC Berkeley visiting undergraduates get involved with STEM summer research at our campus.
2024 Visiting Summer Research Scholars
- Tim Duong, Chemistry, UC Los Angeles
- Diego Guzman, Information Sciences, UC Irvine
- Mabel Espinoza, Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Merced
- Jack Lichterman, Physics, UC Los Angeles
- Baldemar Motomochi Cedillo, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Biochemistry, UC Merced
2023 Visiting Summer Research Scholars
- Bezawhit Danna, Biochemistry, UC Los Angeles
- Edgar Vidal, UC Berkeley (going to Toulouse, France)
- Gabrielle Stewart, UC Berkeley (going to Toulouse, France)
- Kevin Alfaro, Astrophysics, UC Los Angeles
- Mel Jones, Chemistry & Biochemistry, UC Santa Cruz
- Miriam Contrerras Castillo, Bioengineering, UC Riverside
- Trey Dold, Civil Engineering, UC Santa Barbara
2022 Visiting Summer Research Scholars
- Ana Teresa Mendoza, Chemistry, UC Irvine
- Athena Leisching, Cognitive Science, UC San Diego
- Brianna Johnston, Molecular & Cellular Biology, UC Berkeley (went to UC San Francisco)
- Gabriela Castellanos, Molecular & Cellular Biology, UC Berkeley (went to UC San Francisco)
- Kein Le, Physics, UC Santa Barbara
- Ukamaka Ezimora, Mechanical Engineering, UC Merced
2021 Visiting Summer Research Scholars Virtual Research Projects
- Chris La, Chemistry, UC Irvine
- Francisco Galang, Chemical Engineering, UC Los Angeles
- Garrett Kukier, Theoretical/Computational Chemistry, UC Los Angeles
- Samantha Negrette, Biomedical Engineering, UC Irvine
2020 Visiting Summer Research Scholars Virtual Research Projects
- Alexander Del Torro, Cognitive Science, UC Merced
- Luke Elissary, Chemistry, UC Los Angeles
- Victoria Lerda, Chemistry, UC Merced
- Charu Garapaty, Earth Science, UC Santa Barbara
2019 Visiting Summer Research Scholars
- Shaneen Britton Acevedo, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UC Santa Cruz
- Eimy Castellanos, Biochemistry, UC Santa Cruz
- Karen Cornejo, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, UC Davis
- Anthony Garcia, Chemistry, UC Merced
- David Ifediba, Psychology, UC Riverside
- Saul Pachecho, UC Berkeley (went to UC San Francisco)
2018 Visiting Research Scholars
- Hanh Nguyen, Biochemistry/Chemistry, UC San Diego
- Daniel Chu, Chemical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara
- Anoop Praturu, Astrophysics, UC Santa Barbara
- Scarlett Yu, Physics, UC Los Angeles
- Jenny Lyn Arabit, Chemical Engineering, UC Davis
- Joshua Castro, Physics, UC San Diego
2017 Visiting Research Scholars
- Liya Oster, Biophysics, from UCLA
- Christine Rahal, Chemistry, from UCSD
- Carlos Osuna, Nano-Engineering, from UCSD
- Bonnie Lam, Engineering, from UCLA
- Melvin Abzun, Engineering, from UCSC
- Francisco Ojeda, Engineering, from UC Berkeley going to SoCal
**SUMMER 2025 PROGRAM DATES (8 weeks): June 8th to August 2nd, 2025**
For UC LEADS undergraduate Scholars Interested in coming to UC Berkeley to do research in STEM - please consider the following:
- Typically five visiting UC LEADS scholars come each summer to UC Berkeley, our on-line form has been sent to each UC LEADS campus in September 2024
- Students are part of our eight week summer research program
- You may need to re-arrange your finals to be taken before you come to UC Berkeley
- UC LEADS Scholars must be sponsored by your home UC LEADS campus and meet their eligibility requirements
- Must be a registered as a student at one of the eight UC campuses (other than UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco) and be continuing on in the fall after this summer experience
- Must be willing to live in UC Berkeley dorms/campus housing during summer program
- Should strive for an overall 3.0 UC GPA
- Note: additional paperwork and information may be required
- Please text or e-mail Diana Lizarraga at # 510.778.5165 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you are interested in getting more information about this upcoming summer
For undergraduate students from other non-UC Berkeley campuses (that are not UC LEADS Scholars) - please consider the following:
- Students are part of our eight week summer research program, dates are not negotiable (no early arrivals or late departures)
- We do not have funding to pay for stipends, housing, transportation, or parking for the summer. We suggest you look for sponsorship/s.
- Visiting undergraduate scholars are typically juniors and may be part of another program.
- Please text or e-mail Diana Lizarraga at # 510.778.5165 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you are interested in getting more information about this upcoming summer
For UC Berkeley STEM students - please consider the following:
Note: In the past NERDS have spent the summer at University of Chicago, University of Southern California, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, Stanford, UCSF, UCD, UCI, UCM, UCSD, UCLA, UCR, UCSD, UCSC, and international projects in Israel, Switzerland (CERN), France, and England.
- Where is it you would like to go off campus?
- It is suggested that you identify two faculty on a particular campus that you are interested in working with
- Please consider looking into the Student Opportunity Funds for additional funding for travel
- Please text or e-mail Diana Lizarraga at # 510.778.5165 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you are interested in getting more information about this upcoming summer
- Also, please consider looking at research.berkeley.edu for various opportunities in research