Alumni

  • PhD Students
    • Dr. Saaj Chattopadhyay (9/2019 – 4/2024)
      – Postdoctoral Scholar, Lisa Poulikakos Lab, UC San Diego
    • Dr. Zechariah Pfaffenberger (7/2018 – 5/2023)
      – Postdoctoral Scholar, Lydia Kisley Lab, Case Western Reserve University
    • Dr. Anna Calkins (9/2018 – 4/2023)
      – Analytical Development Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb
    • Dr. Ziyuan Chen (1/2019 – 4/2023)
      – Postdoctoral Scholar, Tjian + Darzacq Group, UC Berkeley
    • Dr. Hannah Chia (1/2017 – 6/2021)
      – Life Science Specialist, L.E.K. Consulting
    • Dr. Tiancheng Curly Zuo (9/2015 – 4/2020)
      – Strategy Team, BGI Genomics
    • Prof. Stephen Lee (7/2014 – 4/2019)
      – Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Miami
    • Dr. Josh Karslake (1/2015 – 5/2019)
      – Data Scientist, Trader Interactive
    • Dr. Benjamin Isaacoff (9/2013 – 5/2018)
      – Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Scientist at General Motors
    • Dr. Yilai Li (1/2014 – 5/2018)
      – Research Scientist, ByteDance
    • Prof. Bing Fu (1/2013 – 5/2017)
      – Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, CityU Hong Kong
    • Dr. Chanrith Siv (9/2012 – 5/2017)
      – Manager, Commercial Strategies & Operations, Ginko Bioworks
    • Dr. David Rowland (1/2012 – 12/2016)
      – Physics Lecturer, Diablo Valley College
    • Prof. Yi Liao (9/2010 – 5/2015)
      – Assistant Professor Life Sciences Division and the Li Ka Shing Institute of Synthetic Biology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
    • Dr. Jessica Donehue Flynn (7/2011 – 10/2014)
      – Scientific Reviewer, Food & Drug Administration
    • Prof. Beth Leverett Haas (1/2010 – 4/2014)
      – Assistant Professor, Utica College
  • Postdoctoral Scholars
    • Dr. Saikat Biswas (1/2021 – 3/2022)
      – Senior Scientist, PacBio
    • Dr. Aathmaja Anandhi Rangarajan (1/2019 – 12/2021)
      – Research Scientist, Waters Lab, Michigan State University
    • Dr. Laurent Geffroy (8/2018 – 6/2021)
      – Research Scientist, Institut Cochin
    • Dr. Hannah Tuson (1/2013 – 1/2017)
      – Director of Discovery, Locus Biosciences
    • Prof. Esther Wertz (1/2011 – 6/2015)
      – Associate Professor of Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    • Dr. Justin Lenhart (7/2014 – 5/2015)
      – Senior Field Application Scientist, Ultima Genomics
    • Dr. Krishanthi Karunatilaka (7/2011 – 11/2013)
      – Research Scientist, Hogle Lab, Harvard Medical School
    • Dr. Mou-Chi Cheng (postdoc 7/2010 – 2/2012)
      – Research Scientist, UM Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
  • Visiting Scholars
    • Joanna Olesiak-Bańska (3/2017 – Professor, Wrocław University of Science and Technology)
    • Maciej Lipok (3/2022 – Graduate Student, Wrocław University of Science and Technology)
  • Masters Students
  • Undergraduates
    • Kelsey Rosenthal (9/2009 – 4/2010)
      – Intel Corporation
    • John Seong Kyu Yang (6/2010 – 5/2011)
      – Kangwon University Medical School
    • Kaitlyn Hagan (9/2010 – 4/2011)
      – UM School of Education
    • Rachel Wein (9/2010 – 12/2011)
      – UM Pharmacy School
    • Austin Leske (9/2011 – 4/2012)
      – University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry
    • Christopher Hayes (REU; 7/2012 – 8/2012)
      – Stony Brook University Physics Graduate School
    • Austin Little (High school student; 7/2012 – 8/2012)
      – Georgia Institute of Technology Graduate School
    • Courtney Talicska (1/2012 – 4/2013)
      – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Chemistry Graduate School
    • Evan Anderson (9/2012 – 4/2013)
    • Rachel Choi (6/2013 – 8/2013)
    • Burke Gao (REU; 6/2013 – 8/2013)
      – Brown University Medical School
    • John Jurkas (9/2012 – 12/2013)
      – UM School of Dentistry
    • Kevin Durand (1/2013 – 4/2014)
    • Felix Tzung-Hua Hsieh (9/2013 – 12/2015)
    • Maclean Drees (1/2014 – 7/2014)
      – Gentex Corporation
    • Brandy Grove (REU; 6/2014 – 8/2014)
      – Case Western Reserve University Macromolecular Science and Engineering Graduate School
    • Christopher Dunham (9/2014 – 12/2014)
    • Sarah Hanner (9/2013 – 5/2015)
    • Jiarui Wang (3/2015 – 4/2015)
      – Stanford University Chemical Biology Graduate School
    • John Cooper (9/2014 – 5/2015)
      – University of Texas at Austin Biochemistry Graduate School
    • Michael Shen (4/2015 – 8/2015)
    • Abigail McAloon (REU; 6/2015 – 8/2015)
    • Shiva Mehta (4/2015 – 4/2016)
    • Alisa Aliaj (9/2013 – 4/2016)
      – Locus Biosciences
    • Harsimranjit Sekhon (7/2015 – 8/2016)
    • Courtney Whitcher (9/2015 – 12/2016)
      – Florida State University Biology Graduate School
    • Kevin Yoon (9/2016 – 4/2017)
    • Katie Perrotta (REU; 6/2017 – 8/2017)
      – Kite Pharma
    • Isabel Weber Cravioto (REU; 6/2019 – 8/2019)
    • Eric Donarski (9/2017 – 4/2020)
      – UVA Chemistry Graduate School
    • Brooke Rosenthal (9/2019 – 12/2020)
    • Kaitlyn Lhiva (9/2018 – 5/2020)
    • Monica Olszewski (9/2018 – 4/2021)
    • Nicole Guibord (9/2021 – 4/2022)
    • Sreya Gogineni (9/2020 – 4/2022)
    • Jewel Ashbrook (REU; 6/2022 – 8/2022)
      – UT Austin Graduate School
    • Vyom Grover (1/2022 – 8/2023)
    • Anna Shcherbakova (REU; 6/2023 – 8/2023)
    • Jiayu Cheng (6/2023 – 8/2023)
    • Milind Pulugura (9/2023 – 12/2023)
    • Anniya Maysun (9/2023 – 5/2024)
  • Rotation Students
    • Josh Jasensky, Biophysics (2010)
      – graduated from the Chen Lab
    • Janghyun Lee, Chemistry (2010)
      – graduated from the Al-Hashimi Lab
    • Maxim Burgman, Chemistry (2010)
    • Michael Bell, Bioinformatics (2010)
    • Christina Franzese, Chemistry (2010)
    • John Myers, Chemistry (2011)
      – graduated from the Chen Lab
    • Li Zi, Chemistry (2011)
      – graduated from the Matzger Lab
    • Aaron Konopko, Chemistry (2012)
    • Bruce Kraay, Chemistry (2012)
    • Yue Xie, Chemistry (2014)
    • Shannon Wetzler, Chemistry (2016)
      – graduated from the Bailey Lab
    • Nhat Le, Chemistry (2017)
      – graduated from the Hakansson Lab
    • Karen Montoya, Chemistry (2018)
      – graduated from the Walter Lab
    • Brianna Barbu, Chemistry (2018)
    • Elizabeth Strand, Chemistry (2018)
    • Rosa Romero, Biological Chemistry (2020)
      – PhD student in the Walter Lab
    • Ariana Caiati, Chemistry (2020)
    • Shelby Nicolau, Chemistry (2020)
      – PhD student in the Matzger Lab
    • Adam Decker, Biophysics (2021)
      – PhD student in the Veatch Lab
    • Cade Harkner, Chemistry (2022)
      – PhD student in the Keane Lab
    • Sara Jovanovski, Chemistry (2022)
      – PhD student in the Goodson Lab
    • Pui Ki Tsang, Chemistry (2023)
      – PhD student in the Soellner Lab
    • Hannah Morris, Chemistry (2023)
      – PhD student in the Bailey Lab
    • Bisal Halder, Chemistry (2023)
      – PhD student in the Walter Lab
    • Camila Gonzalez, Chemistry (2023)
      – PhD student in the Bailey Lab
    • Hannah Rivett, Chemistry (2024)
      – PhD student in the Wang Lab