Former Lab Members

People who have worked in the lab, and where they went next. Names link to a current lab or professional page where one is available.

  • Yijia “Michelle” Yang — Technician. Now: PhD student, EPFL, Switzerland.
  • Taylor Clarke — Technician. Now: PhD student, University of Texas at Austin.
  • Johannes Scharwies — Postdoc. Now: Scientist, Heritable Agriculture.
  • Chris Dundas — Postdoc. Now: Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, Athens.
  • Evelyn Alferez — Technician. Now: Research Associate, BigHat Biosciences.
  • Josep Vilarrasa-Blasi — Postdoc. Now: Scientist, IGZ, Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops.
  • Tamara Vellosillo — Postdoc and Lab Manager. Now: Windfall Bio.
  • Jennifer Brophy — Postdoc. Now: Assistant Professor, Stanford University.
  • Lina Duan — Graduate student and Postdoc. Now: Advanced Cell Diagnostics.
  • Kiril Kniazev — Technician. Now: Biotech.
  • Alexandra “Jazz” Dickinson — Postdoc. Now: Assistant Professor, UC San Diego.
  • Katie Magallon — Technician. Now: Scientist, Illumina.
  • Cesar Cuevas-Velazquez — Postdoc. Now: Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
  • Jackie Osaki — Stanford undergraduate. Now: Analyst, OnPrem Solution Partners.
  • Wei Feng — Postdoc. Now: Group lead, Alamar Biosciences.
  • Ankit Srinivas — Technician. Now: Cryptocurrency exec and April Fools’ Day hooligan.
  • Kacie Ring — Technician. Now: Master’s student, San Francisco State University.
  • Heike Lindner — Postdoc. Now: SNSF Starting Grant Professor, University of Bern, Switzerland.
  • Jose Sebastian — Postdoc. Now: Assistant Professor, IISER Berhampur, India, and Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellow.
  • Nell E. Robbins II — Graduate student. Now: Data analyst, Arizona State University.
  • M.C. Yee — Lab Manager. Now: Lab Manager, UC Santa Cruz.
  • Jonah Kornbluh — Technician. Now: Paramedic intern, Foothill Community College.
  • Rubén Rellán-Álvarez — Postdoc. Now: Associate Professor, North Carolina State University.
  • Charlotte Trontin — Postdoc. Now: MBA program, Collège des Ingénieurs.
  • Shahram Emami — Postdoc. Now: Visiting researcher.
  • Rui Wu — Graduate student, National University of Singapore. Now: Postdoctoral fellow, Weigel lab, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen.
  • Yun Bao — Graduate student, National University of Singapore. Now: Shanghai Center for Clinical Laboratory.
  • Yu Geng — Graduate student, National University of Singapore. Now: Postdoctoral fellow, Somerville lab, UC Berkeley.
  • Pooja Aggarwal — Postdoc, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory. Now: Consultant, Biotech Connection Singapore.
  • Penny Chan — Technician, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory. Now: Bayer Crop Science, Singapore.
  • Hanqi Tan — Technician, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory. Now: Bayer Crop Science, Singapore.
  • Choon Wei “Jeffrey” Wee — Postdoc, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory. Now: Agilent.
  • Chong Han Ng — Postdoc, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory. Now: Lecturer, Multimedia University, Melaka.