Alumni

Emily Noelle Pasion

Undergraduate, then Jr. Specialist — in the lab through January 2025

(01/2024 - present)

Fun Fact: I played for the UCSC Women's Volleyball team!

Area of focus: zebrafish models of bacterial pathogenesis

Experience: Undergrad researcher in the Kimmey Lab 04/23 - 12/23

Bio

Emily Pasion is an undergraduate student at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is majoring in Molecular Cell Developmental Biology with hopes to work in R&D for a biotech company and attend grad school. Her interests include playing beach volleyball, listening to music, yoga, spending time with pets, going to the gym, and making matcha lattes.

Emily started in the lab when she was an undergradaute (MCD). After graduating in Dec 2023, she was hired as a Jr. Specialist!

After leaving the lab in January 2025, Emily began an MS in Genomic Data Analysis at Keck Graduate Institute.