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Meet the 2023 YRP Team
We are a group of USC PhD students who work together to coordinate the Young Researchers Program.

Jaclyn Pittman Cetiner
Program Director
PhD Candidate in Earth Sciences
Layla Vasquez
Assistant Program Director & Student Recruitment
PhD Student in Neuroscience

Ramin Ali Marandi Ghoddousi
Student Recruitment
PhD Candidate in Neuroscience

Rebecca Stark
Treasurer
PhD Student in Neuroscience
Maya Yanez
Mentor Coordinator
PhD Candidate in Earth Sciences
Ryley Tibbetts
Seminar & Event Coordinator
PhD Candidate in Earth Sciences

Inessa Chandra
Catalina Island Field Trip Coordinator
PhD Candidate in Marine & Environmental Biology
Edie Bucar


Board Member
PhD Candidate in Biomedical and Biological Sciences

Phil Kong
Mentor Coordinator
PhD Candidate in Earth Sciences
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