Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students

Portrait of Theo Yang

Theo Yang

Graduate Student | 2021–2026
Current: PhD student, Stanford Chemical Engineering

Portrait of José Aguilar-Rodríguez

José Aguilar-Rodríguez, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow | 2018–2024
Current: Basic Life Research Scientist, Stanford Medicine

Portrait of Thomas Lozanoski

Thomas Lozanoski

Graduate Student | 2017–2023
After the lab: Founding Research Scientist, Radar Therapeutics
Current: Senior Scientist, Inceptive

Portrait of Rebecca Zabinsky

Rebecca Zabinsky, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow | 2016–2021
Current: Senior Scientist and Team Lead, EVERY

Portrait of Eddie Campbell

Eddie Campbell, PhD

Graduate Student | 2016–2021
Current: Consultant, Basel, Switzerland

Portrait of Jonathan Mares

Jonathan Mares

Graduate Student | 2013–2021
Current: Marketing Specialist, Stanford Office of Technology Licensing

Portrait of Anupam Chakravarty

Anupam Chakravarty, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow | 2014–2020
After the lab: Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Current: Staff Scientist, PacBio

Portrait of Yiwen Chen

Yiwen Chen, PhD

Graduate Student | 2015–2020
Current: Scientist and Project Leader, Dana-Farber Center for Therapeutic Discovery

Portrait of Alan Itakura

Alan Itakura, PhD

Graduate Student | 2016–2020
Current: Project Leader, DeciBio Consulting

Portrait of Zach Harvey

Zach Harvey, PhD

Graduate Student | 2015–2019
After the lab: EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow, Gregor Mendel Institute, Vienna
Current: Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, University of Oxford

Portrait of Rebecca Freilich

Rebecca Freilich, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow | 2018–2019
Current: Senior Scientist II, Terremoto Biosciences

Portrait of David Garcia

David Garcia, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow | 2013–2018
Current: Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Oregon

Portrait of Richard She

Richard She, PhD

Graduate Student | 2013–2017
After the lab: Helen Hay Whitney Fellow, Jonathan Weissman Lab, MIT
Current: Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University Singapore

Portrait of James S. Byers

James S. Byers, PhD

Graduate Student | 2013–2017
Current: Scientific Consultant and Project Manager, stealth-mode biotechnology company

Portrait of Inbal Ziv-Uziel

Inbal Ziv-Uziel, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow | 2013–2016
Current: Scientist, Technion–Sun Pharma Joint Initiative, Haifa

Portrait of Michelle Zeman

Michelle Zeman, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow | 2014–2015
Current: Associate Director, Genetic Insights, Labcorp

Visiting Scholars

Tina Smejkal
Visiting Scholar | 2019

Technical Staff

Livia Wyss, PhD
Life Sciences Research Associate | 2016–2018
After the lab: PhD student and NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Bo Wang Lab, Stanford
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, José Dinneny Lab, Stanford

Qiong Zhou, MS
Life Sciences Research Associate | 2013–2015
Current: Associate Principal Scientist, Merck, Boston

Undergraduate Researchers

Jordan Kimia
Undergraduate Researcher | 2020–2024
After the lab: MS in Biology, Stanford University

Jose Cátala-Torres, BS
Undergraduate Researcher | 2019
After the lab: PhD program in Biochemistry, Johns Hopkins University

Angela Mosebarger, MS
Undergraduate Researcher | 2019
After the lab: MS in Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas Medical Branch
Current: Associate Scientist, Carisma Therapeutics

Zaeda Blotner, BS
Undergraduate Researcher | 2018–2019
Current: Immigrant Child Health Program Administrator, Stanford Medicine

Sosie Yorki, BS
Undergraduate Researcher | 2018
After the lab: Computational Associate, Broad Institute
Current: PhD student in Computational Biology, Brown University

Arielle Buckley, MPH
Undergraduate Researcher | 2018
After the lab: MPH, University of Michigan
Current: Analyst, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Michael Arcidiacono, BS
Undergraduate Researcher | 2018
After the lab: PhD program in Molecular Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Alexis Villani
Undergraduate Researcher | 2018
After the lab: Postbaccalaureate research at the University of Pennsylvania
Current: PhD student, UCSF Tetrad Program

Sharifa Sahai, PhD
Undergraduate Researcher | 2017
After the lab: PhD in Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Sathvik Palakurty, BS
Undergraduate Researcher | 2017
After the lab: MD/PhD program, Washington University in St. Louis

Claire Gill, BS
Undergraduate Researcher | 2016
After the lab: Scientist, Novome Biotechnologies
Current: PhD student in Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley

Alex Yuan, PhD
Undergraduate Researcher | 2013–2017
After the lab: PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington/Fred Hutch
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, University College London

Shirbi Ish-Shalom, MS
Undergraduate Researcher | 2014–2015
Current: Artificial Intelligence Product Manager, Intuit

Minji Seok, MD
Undergraduate Researcher | 2014
After the lab: Chemistry, Northwestern University
Current: Resident Physician, Cedars-Sinai

Brayon Fremin, PhD
Undergraduate Researcher | 2013
After the lab: PhD in Genetics and NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Stanford University
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Tina Monzavi, BS
Undergraduate Researcher | 2016
After the lab: Project Manager, North Carolina State University
Current: PhD student in Chemistry, New York University

High School Students

Sachin Peddada, BS
High School Researcher | 2013–2015
After the lab: BS in Biology, Yale University
Current: PhD student in Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Monica Chanda, BS
High School Researcher | 2014
After the lab: Bioengineering, Purdue University
Current: PhD student in Cancer Biology, University of Michigan

James Talbot
High School Researcher | 2019–2021
After the lab: BS program, Stanford University

Audrey Chang
High School Researcher | 2019–2021
After the lab: BS in Statistics and Computer Science, Harvard University
Current: PhD student in Computer Science, Stanford University

Kiran Chakravarty
High School Researcher | 2017
After the lab: Bioengineering, UCLA

Isha Mehrotra, BS
High School Researcher | 2015–2017
After the lab: BS in Chemistry and Biology, MIT
Current: MD student, Stanford University School of Medicine