Cardarelli Lab Members

Students and their research areas

BreeAnn Getman​

UCLA PhD student, planetary dunes & dune microbiomes

Pa-Shun Hawkins

UCLA PhD student,
microbial ecology & nutrient cycling of tropical soils 

Avantika Mohan

UCLA undergraduate '26,
terrestrial microbial ecology
​Now: M.S. student at University of Chicago

Ronja Soares

UCLA undergraduate, characterizing Palisades Fire soils and ashes

Annika Renganathan

UCLA undergraduate, ​machine learning of planetary surfaces

Natasha Kuhn

UCLA undergraduate,
​Mg-carbonate characterization

Forrest Swain

UCLA undergraduate '25, biogenic carbonate characterization

Safa Beg

UCLA undergraduate '25, carbonate deposit mapping

Samuel Strong

UCLA undergraduate '24, machine learning of planetary surfaces