Lab Alumni

Anusha Bharadwaj | Research Scientist

MS in Molecular and Cell Biology, The University of Texas at Dallas
MSc in Biotechnology, Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore, India
BSc in Chemistry, Zoology and Biotechnology, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India

On to: PhD student at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst


Divya Channappa | Stanford ADRC Neuropathology Core Coordinator   

MS in Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
BS in Industrial Biotechnology,
Anna University, India

On to: Stanford ADRC Biomarker Core Coordinator


Ryan Corces | Postdoctoral Fellow   

PhD in Cancer Biology, Stanford University, CA, USA
BASc in Molecular Biology, Princeton University, NJ, USA

On to: Assistant Investigator at Gladstone Institutes / Assistant Professor at UC San Francisco


Mai Dao | Research Scientist

BS in Biology from San Francisco State University
BA in International Studies from University of California, Irvine

On to: Project Manager at Agilent Technologies, San Jose, CA


Rosemary Fernandez | Senior Research Scientist 

PhD in Applied Chemistry, University of Jabalpur, India
MS in Organic Chemistry, University of Jabalpur, India

On to: Senior Scientist at BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA


Edward J. Fox | Research Scientist  

PhD in Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland
BSc in Pharmacology, University College Dublin, Ireland

On to: Associate Director of Research Projects at Emory, Atlanta, GA


Chandresh Gajera | Staff Scientist   

PhD in Molecular Biology, Max-Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine and Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
MTech in Biological Science and Bio Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
BPharm from L. M. College of Pharmacy, Gujarat University, India

On to: Principal Scientist at AltPep, Seattle, WA


Anna Lena Lang | Visiting Student Researcher  

Medical Student at Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany

On to: Medical Advisor / Researcher at Data4Life, Berlin, Germany


Robert Kazimierz Lesniak | Postdoctoral Fellow   

DPhil Chemical Biology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
MSci Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

On to: Senior Research Fellow/Team Lead, University College London, UK


Katherine (Katie) L. Lucot | Postdoctoral Fellow   

PhD in Genetics, University of California, Davis, USA
MS in Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA
BS in Pre-Veterinary Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, USA

On to: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis


Dunja Mrdjen | Postdoctoral Fellow   

PhD in Immunology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
MSc in Clinical Science & Immunology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
BSc (Hons) in Medical Biochemistry, University of Cape Town, South Africa
BSc in Molecular & Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa

On to: Scientist at Retro Biosciences, Redwood City, CA


R Jeremy Nichols | Senior Research Scientist   

PhD in Microbiology and Mol Genetics from Medical College of Wisconsin
BS in Biology from Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN

On to: Senior Scientist, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis


Adam M. Wawro | Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD in Chemistry, Tohoku University, Japan
MScEng in Chemical Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

On to: Senior Clinical Data Scientist in AstraZeneca in Warsaw, Poland


Koya Yakabi | Research Scientist

BSc in Biology from Washington State University

On to: AltPep in Seattle, Washington


Thanaphong (Joe) Phongpreecha | Instructor   

PhD in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University
BEng in Chemical Engineering from Thammasat University, Thailand

On to: Co-founder/CEO of a healthtech startup in San Francisco, CA