People (Current Members)
Principal Investigator:
Xinnan Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
xinnanw@stanford.edu
Ph.D.: University of Cambridge (2007)
Postdoctoral: Harvard Medical School (2011)
Stanford School of Medicine Profile
Postdoctoral Fellow:
Sujyoti Chandra, Ph.D.
sujyotic@stanford.edu
Ph.D: Rush University, Chicago (2019)
FARA Postdoctoral Fellowship 2024-2025
2023 FARA Fellow Award
Postdoctoral Fellow:
Chulhwan Kwak, Ph.D.
ckwak27@stanford.edu
Ph.D: Ulsan National Institute Science and Technology (2021)
Postdoctoral: Seoul National University (2022)
Postdoctoral Fellow:
Sajad Bhat, Ph.D.
sajad@stanford.edu
Ph.D: University of Kashmir, India (2020)
Postdoctoral Fellow:
Furkan Oflaz, Ph.D.
oflazf@stanford.edu
Ph.D: Medical University of Graz, Austria (2024)
2024-2025 Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship
Postdoctoral Fellow:
Jiamin Qiu, Ph.D.
jmqiu@stanford.edu
Ph.D: Purdue University (2023)
Postdoctoral Fellow:
Alva Sainz, Ph.D.
asainz@stanford.edu
Ph.D: Yale University (2023)
NIH postdoctoral award (Supplement)
Graduate Student:
Katja Schach
katja.schach@student.uni-tuebingen.de
Visiting Master’s Student, University of Tübingen, Germany
Research Assistant/Lab Manager:
Aarooran Sivakumaran Durairaj
aarooran@stanford.edu
Cornell University (2019)
Lab Administrator:
Nichole Zito
nicholez@stanford.edu
B.A.: San Jose State University
Alumni
Former Postdoctoral Fellow:
Parul Katiyar
Current Position: Research Associate, University of Pittsburgh
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India (2023)
Former Postdoctoral Fellow:
Li Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Switch Therapeutics, South San Francisco, CA
Ph.D: University College London (2017)
2019 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowship
Former Postdoctoral Fellow:
Vinita Bharat, Ph.D.
Current Position: Research Development Strategist, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University
Ph.D: Georg August Universität Gottingen, Germany (2016)
International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS for Neurosciences)
Former Research Assistant:
David Nguyen
Current Position: MD student at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
B.A.: UC Berkeley (2007)
M.S.: Tulane University School of Medicine (2019)
Former Research Assistant:
Devon Conradson
Current Position: PhD student in Cell, Stem Cell, and Developmental Biology Program at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Lewis & Clark College (2019)
Former Ph.D Student:
Ashley Gonzalez
Current Position: Director of Business Development/Scientist, AcureX Therapeutic Corporation, San Carlos, CA
B.A.: California State University, San Bernardino
Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation (2015-2018)
Minority Access to Research Careers Fellowship, National Institutes of Health (2012-2014)
Former Ph.D Student:
Amanda Papakyrikos
Current Position: Scientist, Lucy Therapeutic Inc., Boston, MA
B.A.: Wellesley College
Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation (2015-2018)
Genentech Fellowship (2014-2015)
Former Postdoctoral Fellow:
Chung-Han Hsieh, Ph.D.
Current Position: Senior Scientist, CuraX Therapeutic Corporation, San Carlos, CA
Ph.D.: Chang Gung University (2010)
Former Postdoctoral Fellow:
Roeland Vanhauwaert, Ph.D.
Current Position: Scientist at Argenx, Ghent, Belgium
Ph.D: KU Leuven University, Belgium (2017)
FENS Thesis Prize 2018 Finalist
The Belgian American Educational Foundation Fellowship (2018)
Former Research Assistant:
Min Joo Kim
Current Position: Ph.D student in Biomedical Sciences at UCSF
M.S.: Stanford University
B.A.: Pomona College
Former Master's Student:
Jay Panji
Current Position: Ph.D student at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Bachelor's and Master's Dual Degree in Biological Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) (2013-2018)
NeuroBIM Masters in Neuroscience, Université de Bordeaux (August 2018- August 2020)
Former Postdoctoral Fellow
Atossa Shaltouki, Ph.D.
Current Position: Senior Scientist, NeuCyte, Inc., San Carlos, CA
Ph.D.: Cleveland State University (2009)
Former Postdoctoral Fellow
Jennifer Codding-Bui, Ph.D.
Current Position: Field Application Scientist at Pall ForteBio, Northern California / Pacific Northwest.
Former Ph.D Student:
Meredith Course
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO.
B.A.: Pomona College
Glenn/AFAR Scholarship for Research in the Biology of Aging (2016-2017)
Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation (2013-2016)
Former Research Assistant
Nick Lawson
Current Position: Community Outreach and Events Coordinator at Puzzah!, Denver
Former Postdoctoral Fellow
Pei-I Tsai
Current Position: Research Specialist, UCSF
Ph.D: National Taiwan University (2010)
Award:
Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, School of Medicine, Stanford University (2013)
Overseas Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015-2016)
Former High School Student
Natalie Westermann
Current: Boston College
Former SIMR Student
Noreen Wauford
Current Position: PhD Student in Bioengineering at MIT
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