Paleobiology Lab Jonathan Payne

High School Teachers & Students

High School Students and Jon on fieldtrip

High School Teachers

  • Elsie Carrillo: William Sheppard Middle School, San Jose, CA (2017-2018)
  • Linda Hambrick: South San Francisco High School, S. San Francisco, CA (2015-2016)
  • Meghan Faerber: Monte Vista High School, Danville, CA (2012-2015)
  • Larry Taylor: Arapahoe Community College, Denver, CO (2014)
  • Maria Cunniffe Laws: Head-Royce School, Oakland, CA (2013)
  • Chung Khong: Yerba Buena High School, San Jose, CA (2010-2012)

High School Students

*History of Life Intern, **RISE Intern

2021

  • Adarsh Ambati
  • Atessa Anoshiravani 
  • Theo Chiang
  • Darren Chiu
  • Claire Hsu
  • Alli McCabe
  • Prem Meyyappan
  • Nicholas Mino
  • Eliana Montgomery
  • Michelle Nguyen
  • Anya Sengupta
  • Jenny Trieu Dang
  • Kelly Tung
  • Jiaming Yuan
  • Angelica Wang

2020

  • Adarsh Ambati
  • Jonathan Chen
  • Ilinca Flacau
  • Aruna Gauba
  • Jackson Gosler
  • Rishi Jain
  • Emma Klemperer
  • Kei Matsumoto
  • Hannah McGoran
  • Addy Ngo
  • Raymond Tran
  • Angelica Wang

2018

  • Christopher Noll (San Mateo High School)
  • Ashli Jain (Menlo School)
  • Sriram Sundararajan (Saint Francis High School)
  • Ameya Patkar (Lynbrook High School)
  • Stephanie Chen (Balboa High School)
  • Isabella Villante (Capuchino High School)
  • Loc Buu (Yerba Buena High School)
  • Noah Rizk (Monta Vista High School)
  • Saket Bakshi (Leigh High School)
  • Shannon Heh (Lynbrook High School)

2017

  • Adam Kazerounian (Monte Vista High School)
  • Alejandro Alcaraz Larose (Mount Pleasant High School)*
  • Amanda Doan (Yerba Buena High School)*
  • Andrew Lee (Palo Alto High School)*
  • Andrew Vo (Yerba Buena High School)*
  • Arash Shabany (Bellarmine College Prep)*
  • David Shih (The King’s Academy)*
  • Elise Withers (Los Altos High School)*
  • Lauren Tsai (Monta Vista High School)*
  • Lena Huynh (Yerba Buena High School)*
  • Noah Rizk (Monta Vista High School)*
  • Quoc Bui (Yerba Buena High School)*
  • Ryan Kim (Saratoga High School)*
  • Sai Pidathala (Prospect High School)*
  • Saket Bakshi (Leigh High School)*
  • Shannon Heh (Lynbrook High School)*
  • Staci Edwards (Eastside College Prep)*
  • Stephanie Lu (Saint Francis High School)*
  • Tallulah Pellissier Lloyd (Piedmont High School)*
  • Victor Jann (Irvington High School)*

2016

  • Enrique Baeza (Independence High School)*
  • Margot Bellon (Aragon High School)*
  • Naomi de la Torre (Arroyo High School)*
  • Amy Gao (Las Lomas High School)*
  • Catalina Geronimo (Irvington High School)*
  • Angelo Hernandez (Everest Public High School)*
  • Alexander Ivanov (Fremont High School)*
  • Huisi (Grace) Lam (Palo Alto High School)*
  • Jacqueline Le (American High School)*
  • Anthony Ngo (Yerba Buena High School)*
  • Kelvin Ngo (Yerba Buena High School)*
  • Charin Park (Saratoga High School)*
  • Sai Pidathala (Prospect High School)*
  • Benjamin Ruiz (Yerba Buena High School)*
  • William Sachson (Menlo-Atherton High School)*
  • Ben Shih (Cupertino High School)*
  • Aditya Srinath (Menlo-Atherton High School)*
  • Isabelle (Izzy) Tseng (Mission San Jose High School)*
  • Iris Wang (Henry M. Gunn High School)*
  • Miranda Simes (Menlo-Atherton High School)
  • Caroline Sobek (Menlo-Atherton High School)

2015

  • Hrithik Datta (American High School)*
  • Cindy Duong (Independence High School)*
  • Kim Duong (Yerba Buena High School)*
  • Amy Gao (Las Lomas High School)*
  • Fabiola Gutierrez (Independence High School)*
  • Connie Huynh (Yerba Buena High School)*
  • Shayna Kothari (Mission San Jose High School)*
  • Daniel Ng (Homestead High School)
  • Lauren Nolen (Palo Alto High School)*
  • Charin Park (Saratoga High School)*
  • William Sachson (Menlo-Atherton High School)*
  • Juliette Saux (Lycée Français de San Francisco)*
  • Divya Sundararajan (Saint Francis High School)*
  • Alex Tenorio (Aragon High School)*
  • Frank Wang (Los Gatos High School)*
  • Weber Wong (Irvington High School)*
  • Allison Yuan (Lynbrook High School)*
  • Hefan Zhang (Lowell High School)*
  • Bryan Zin (Lowell High School)*

2014

  • Juliette Saux (Lycee Francais de San Francisco)*
  • Lauren Nolen (Palo Alto High School)*
  • Lesley Ann Llarena (Leadership High School)*
  • Max Krawaczyk (Palo Alto High School)*
  • Melody Weber (Harker High School)*
  • Nicole Wong (Cupertino High School)*
  • Samuel Zaroff (Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory High School)*
  • Sean Decker (Sequoia High School)*
  • Sidhant Idgunji (Lynbrook High School)*
  • Tram Vo (Yerba Buena High School)*
  • Jennifer Rascon (Yerba Buena High School)*
  • Jackelyn Gonzalez (Independence High School)*
  • Divya Sundararajan (Saint Francis High School)*
  • Aditya Sriram (Irvington High School)*
  • Daniel Guo (Homestead High School)
  • Rufhiline Jesabeth Tolosa (Yerba Buena High School)*
  • Christopher Jackson (Henry M. Gunn High School)*
  • Mana Anvar (Notre Dame High School)

2013

  • Aditya Sriram (Irvington High School)*
  • Adyota Gupta (Monta Vista High School)*
  • Alondra Soto (Sequoia High School)*
  • Amogh Pathi (Evergreen Valley High School)*
  • Andrew Low (Saratoga High School)*
  • Cathy Tang (Independence High School)*
  • Claudia Torres (Arise High School)*
  • Daniel Guo (Homestead High School)*
  • Edgar Tenorio (Aragon High School)*
  • Long Nguyen (Yerba Buena High School)*
  • Mayra Pelagio (Yerba Buena High School)*
  • Mohammad Ahsan (Henry M. Gunn High School)*
  • Purnima Seshadri (Presentation High School)*
  • Rufhiline Jesabeth Tolosa (Yerba Buena High School)*
  • Sahej Randhawa (Bellarmine College Preparatory High School)*
  • Saigopini Panneerselvam (Lynbrook High School)*
  • Trisha Jani (The Harker School)*
  • Vaishali Amin (Fremont High School)*
  • Yue (Catherina) Xu (Homestead High School)*
  • Isaac Liao (Jefferson High School)
  • Mana Anvar (Notre Dame High School)

2012

  • Laura Zalles (Henry M. Gunn High School)
  • Jazmin Hernandez (Sequioa High School)**
  • Isaac Liao (Jefferson High School)**
  • Connie Lynn Ha (Independence High School)
  • Mayra Pelagio (Yerba Buena High School)
  • Ngoc Vo (Yerba Buena High School)
  • Roberto Barriga (Yerba Buena High School)
  • Shu Wang Lo (Henry M. Gunn High School)
  • Mana Anvar (Notre Dame High School)
  • Priyanka Srinivasan (Leland High School)
  • Shu Chen Lo (Henry M. Gunn High School)

2011

  • Mana Anvar (Notre Dame High School)
  • Priyanka Srinivasan (Leland High School)
  • Maya Barkey (Field School)
  • Shu Chen Lo (Henry M. Gunn High School)
  • Nicole O'Keefe (Mercy High School)
  • Dan Guo (Monte Vista High School)
  • Alvin Jin (Homestead High School)

2010

  • Jackson Campbell (Redwood High School)**
  • Adriana Garcia (Independence High School)
  • Shu Chen Lo (Henry M. Gunn High School)
  • Sarena Smith (Redwood High School)
  • Nicole O'Keefe (Mercy High School)
  • Kevin Cheung (El Camino High School)
  • Gibran Haq (Saratoga High School)
  • Dylan Foster (Palo Alto High School)
  • Devin Gomez (John F. Kennedy High School)
  • Dan Guo (Monte Vista High School)
  • Alvin Jin (Homestead High School)
  • Kirah Ingram (Palo Alto High School)

2009

  • Nicole Tachiki (Troy Tech High School)
  • Kirah Ingram (Palo Alto High School)

2008

  • Kendrick Diaz (Independence High School)

2007

  • Warren Ou (Independence High School)