Welcome to the Mitochondrial Metabolism and Bioenergetics Laboratory! Our group studies how energy metabolism and metabolic flexibility – the ability to switch between sugar, amino acid, and fatty acid oxidation in response to biological cues – can control cell function and fate. Ultimately, we aim to discover novel regulatory points of metabolism and develop mitochondrial proteins and pathways as therapeutic drug targets.
Research
Check out this student spotlight of Clarissa!
December, 2025
An undergraduate researcher in the lab, Clarissa, was recently highlighted with a student spotlight through the UCLA Undergraduate Research Center – Sciences! Follow this link to read her interview.
Congratulations to PhD Candidate, Alex!
November, 2025
Congratulations to 3rd-year graduate student Alex on passing her qualifying exam and advancing to candidacy! Alex will be studying the role of mitochondria in retinal pigment epithelial cells in collaboration with the Williams Lab in the UCLA Stein Eye Institute. We are very proud of Alex and excited to see all she will accomplish as a candidate in the lab!
