Prinicipal Investigators
Chi-Ah Chun
(Contact) Principal Investigator,
Professor of Psychology
Chi-Ah.Chun@csulb.edu
Simon Kim
Principal Investigator,
Administrative Core
AVP, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP)
Kim Vu
Principal Investigator,
Director, Institutional Development Core
Professor of Psychology
Panadda Marayong
Principal Investigator,
Director, Research Enrichment Core
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Jesse Dillon
Principal Investigator,
Director, Student Training Core
Professor of Biological Sciences
Jesse.Dillon@csulb.edu
Co-Directors / Associate Directors
Keisha Chin Goosby
Associate Director
Keisha.ChinGoosby@csulb.edu
Laura Kingsford
Co-Director,
Administrative & Institutional Development Cores,
Senior Director & Principal Investigator, BUILD I
Kelly Young
Co-Director,
Research Enrichment Core,
Professor of Biological Sciences
Arturo Zavala
Co-Director,
Research Enrichment Core,
Professor of Psychology
Student Training Directors / Project Leads
Young-Hee Cho
Training Director,
Year One Scholars,
Professor of Psychology
Araceli Gonzalez
Training Director,
Year Two Scholars,
Associate Professor of Psychology
Perla Ayala
Training Director,
Year Three Scholars,
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Nada Rayyes
Lead Program Evaluator,
Center for Evaluation and Educational Effectiveness (CEEE)
Laura Henriques
Pre-Professor Program (PREPP) Co-Lead
Professor of Science Education
Bradley Pan-Weisz
Project Lead, Identity Coherence
Assistant Professor of Psychology
BUILD Staff
Ashley Colbern
Program Data Research Associate
Ashley.Colbern@csulb.edu
Vanessa Diaz
BUILD - OURS Program Assistant
Vanessa.Diaz-sa2@csulb.edu
Enri'que Flores
Program Manager
Enrique.Flores@csulb.edu
Alex Garbanati
Graphics & Website Coordinator
Alex.Garbanati@csulb.edu
Rocio Mendoza
Dissemination Research Fellow
Rocio.Mendoza@csulb.edu
Marie Reed
Grant Manager & Budget Analyst
Marie.Reed@csulb.edu
Nicole Streicker
Program Coordinator
Nicole.Streicker@csulb.edu
Nancy Carrada Zuñiga
Program Data Manager
Nancy.CarradaZuniga@csulb.edu
Sergio Temores
OURS Program Assistant
Sergio.Temores-SA@csulb.edu
Cindy Su
Research Assistant
Cindy Pham
Research Assistant
Contact Us
- BUILD Center: Student Success Center (SSC)-215
- BUILD Offices Phone: (562) 985-1394
- Prospective Student Questions: BUILD.students@csulb.edu
- Faculty Mentors Questions: BUILD.mentors@csulb.edu
- Faculty Mentors Questions related to your current BUILD trainee or training activities: Jesse.Dillon@csulb.edu
- BUILD Awards Questions: BUILD.idc@csulb.edu