Lab Alumni

Former Graduate Students

Name
Year
Post-graduation Position
Current Position
Present Contact
Greg Hogan
2007-2014
Operations Laboratory Scientist - Counsyl
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/greg-hogan/82/654/363
Logan Andrews
2006-2012
Content Writer - Shmoop
Scientist - Achaogen
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/logan-andrews/2b/228/b59
Tara Benz-Moy
2006-2012
PhD Student - Stanford University
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/logan-andrews/2b/228/b59
Max Greenfeld
2005-2012
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/max-greenfeld/9/830/971
Helen Wiersma-Koch
2004-2013
Chemistry high school teacher-Lincoln Park Academy
Assistant Professor- Indian River State College
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/helen-wiersma-koch/21/391/a27
Paul Sigala
2002-2009
Postdoctoral Scholar
Postdoctoral Scholar - Washington University School of Medicine, Dept. of Molecular Microbiology
Washington University School of Medicine
Dept of Molecular Microbiology
Jesse Zalatan
2002-2008
Postdoctoral Fellow-
University of California, San Francisco
Assistant Professor- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington
http://depts.washington.edu/chem/people/faculty/zalatan.html
Mark Engelhardt
2002-2006
Postdoctoral Fellow, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
Partner -
Ovodenovo Scientific Consulting
http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/mark-engelhardt/26/b31/464
Yu Bai
2001-2007
Postdoc (Keck Fellow) WM Keck Center for Computational & Structural Biology
Staff Scientist in Bioinformatics,
Regeneron Pharmaceuticalsl
http://www.linkedin.com/in/yubai
Dan Kraut
2000-2006
Postdoctoral Scholar - Northwestern University
Assistant Professor - Villanova University
http://www46.homepage.villanova.edu/daniel.kraut/Home.html
Felix Mueller-Planitz
2000-2006
Postdoctoral Scholar - LMU Munich
Group Leader - University of Munich
http://www.molekularbiologie.abi.med.uni-muenchen.de/ueber_uns/mueller_planitz/index.html
Rhiju Das
2000-2005
Postdoctoral Scholar - HHMI and University of Washington
Assistant Professor - Stanford
http://daslab.stanford.edu/
Ivana Nikolic Hughes
1999-2005
Lecturer-Department of Chemistry, Columbia University
Associate Director for Frontiers of Science & Lecturer in the Discipline of Chemistry, Columbia University
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/chemistry/staff-bios/hughes/staff.html
Jihee Lee
1998-2002
Katrin Karbstein
1997-2003
Postdoctoral, UC Berkeley
Associate Professor - The Scripps Research Institute
http://www.scripps.edu/karbstein/
Laura Bartley
1996-2001
Policy Fellow - American Association
for the Advancement
of Science (AAAS) Risk
Assistant Professor - University of Oklahoma, EPSCOR
Caltech
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Matthew Peck
1995-2001
Research Scientist - University of Oklahoma
https://sites.google.com/site/mattpeckresearchscientist/
Shu-ou Shan
1994-2000
Postdoctoral Fellow-
University of California, San Francisco
Principal Investigator/Professor - Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CalTech
http://shangroup.caltech.edu/People.html
Patrick O'Brien
1994-2000
Postdoctoral Fellow-Harvard Medical School
Associate Professor - Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School
http://www.biochem.med.umich.edu/?q=pjobrien
Suzanne Admiraal
1993-1999
Research Lab Specialist - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

http://www.biochem.med.umich.edu/?q=staff

admiraal[at]umich.edu
Geeta Narlikar
1992-1998
Principal Investigator/Assistant Professor - University of California, San Francisco, Department of Biochemistry
http://biochemistry.ucsf.edu/labs/narlikar/
Deborah Wilkerson
1992-1998
Research Associate -
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Clinical Research Director -
Medtronic Spine & Biologics
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/debbie-wilkerson/9/9ba/181

Former Postdocs

Name
Year
Post-graduation Position
Current Position
Present Contact
Kristin Gleitsman
2010-2014
Scientist - Pacific Biosciences
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kristin-gleitsman/18/902/516 http://kristinrulegleitsman.com/
Sascha Baumann
2010-2012
Senior Scientist -
Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sascha_Baumann/info
RIshi Porecha
2009-2010
Contractor - Lab Support (a division of On Assignment)
Applications Specialist - Rainin Instrument LLC
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rishi-porecha/5/815/957
Jonathan Lassila
2007-2012
Eliza Ruben
2007-2012
Director - University of Oklahoma Protein Production Core Facility
eruben[at]ou.edu
Jia Sophie Liu
2006-2008
Physical Chemist -
Complete Genomics Inc.
R&D Project Manager - Complete Genomics Inc.
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jia-sophie-liu/3/a28/926
Sergey Solomatin
2005-2010
Life Sciences Research Associate - Stanford University
Senior Scientist - Maraxi
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sergey-solomatin/30/368/9aa
Bernie Sattin
2005-2007
Medical Scientific Specialist -
Schering
Medical Affairs Director -
Janssen, Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson and Johnson
http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/bernie-sattin/57/87b/932
Jason Schwans
2004-2012
Assistant Professor - Cal State Long Beach
Assistant Professor - Cal State Long Beach
http://schwanslabatcuslb.weebly.com/
Marcello Forconi
2003-2009
Research Scientist -Stanford University
Assistant Professor - Department Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Charleston
http://forconim.people.cofc.edu/
Kogan Bao
2003-2007
Joseph Tang
2003-2004
Joint Postdoctoral Fellow - Genomic Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Joint Postdoctoral Fellow - Genomic Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
http://www.clarku.edu/faculty/facultybio.cfm?id=869
Kevin Travers
2001-2005
Scientist - Pacific Biosciences
Scientist-Pacific Biosciences
Emilia Mollova
2001-2004
Principal Scientist -
US Genomics
Principal Scientist -
US Genomics
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/emilia-mollova/1a/59b/49b
André P. Gerber
2001-2004
Group Leader -
ETH Zurich
Professor of RNA Biology - Department of Microbial and Cellular Sciences
Surrey, United Kingdom
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/microbial/People/professor_andr_gerber/
Hideo Akiyama
2001-2002
Alexander Kravchuk
1999-2004
Postdoctoral Fellow -
Gryphon Therapeutics
Senior Scientist -
University of Vienna
http://at.linkedin.com/pub/alexander-kravchuk/4/a8b/97b
Yoav Arava
1999-2002
Assistant Professor - Technion, Israel Istitute of Technology
Principal Investigator/Associate Professor - Department of Biology, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
http://biweb2.bi.technion.ac.il/faculty_websites/arava/publications.html
Shenglong Wang
1997-2001
Principal Scientis t-NuGEN Technologies
Product Readiness Group Leader - BioRad Laboratories
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/shenglong-wang/5/b4a/26a
Rick Russell
1997-2002
Assistant Professor - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Texas in Austin
Associate Professor - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Texas in Austin
http://russell.cm.utexas.edu/
Jon Lorsch
1995-1999
Assistant Professor - Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director - National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
http://www.nigms.nih.gov/About/Director/Pages/default.aspx
Alessio Peracchi
1994-1997
Postdoc Fellow-Universiy of Parma
Associate Professor- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Parma
http://www.unipr.it/ugov/person/18172
Karen Maegley
1994-1996
Research Scientist -
Agouron Pharmaceuticals
Associate Research Fellow - Pfizer
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/karen-maegley/4/3a8/84
Rui Mei
1993-1996
Staff Scientist -
Affymetrix, Inc.
Vice President - Research and Development
CellMax Life
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rui-mei/3/a86/535

Visiting Researchers

Name
Year
Current Position
Present Contact
Florian Hollfelder
Professor
Cambridge University
Dept. Biochem
80 Tennis Court Rd.
GB, Cambridge CB2 1QW
United Kingdom

Tel: (011) 44-1223-66048
Philipp Korber
AG Wolfram Horz
Adolf-Butenandt-Institut
LMU Munchen
Schillerstr.44
D-80336 Munchen
Germany

Tel: (011) 49-941-943-3013
Pradip Rathod
1995-1996
Professor
University of Washington
Dept. of Chemistry 
Bagley Hall 192H
Seattle, WA 98195-1700

Tel: 206-221-6069