Past Lab Members

Andrea Vincento Zingaro, Junior Specialist, 2022-2024
Present Position: PhD student, IRB Barcelona.

Gosku Sarioglu Ceyhan, Junior Specialist, 2022-2024
Present Position: PhD student, University of Colorado Denver, Colorado.

Vishvak Subramanyam, Junior Specialist, 2022-2024
Present Position: PhD student, UCSF Biomedical Informatics Program (BMI), California.

Sohit Miglani, Junior Specialist, 2020-2022
Present Position: PhD student, Princeton University, NJ

Megan Holt, Junior Specialist, 2020-2022
Present Postion: MD/PhD student, Washington University in Saint Louis, MO 

Harrison Tom, Junior Specialist, 2019-2022
Present Postion: PhD student, UT Southwestern, TX

Yichen Xu, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016-2020
Present position: Assistant Professor, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Website: https://person.zju.edu.cn/en/xuyichen#0

Timothy Kao, Junior Specialist, 2020-2021
Present position: Research Associate at Novome Biotechnologies

Lisa Fromm, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2018-2020
Present position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Heidelberg University

Jane Jayme, Staff Research Associate, 2019-2020

Martina Rama, Junior Specialist, 2019-2020
Present position: Medical student, Thomas Jefferson University, PA

Elisa Fazzari, Junior Specialist, 2018-2020
Present position: MD/PhD Student, UCLA, CA

Crystal Conn, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow 
Present position: Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 
Website: https://www.csconnlab.com/

Mary McMahon, PhD Associate Specialist
Present position: Associate Director at Revir Therapeutics 

Jacob Weiss, Summer Fellow, 2019
Present position: Undergraduate Student, Pomona College, Claremont, CA

Craig Forester, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, 2013-2019
Present position: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Website: https://www.foresterlab.com/

Emily Devericks, Junior Specialist, 2017-2019
Present position: Graduate Student, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 

Madelin (Matti) Mejia, Staff Research Associate, 2017-2019
Present position: Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Ying Wang, Specialist, 2016-2018
Present position: PhD Candidate, Nanjing University

Hyun Yong Jin, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016-2018
Present position: Senior Associate Scientist, Amgen, San Francisco, CA

Phuong Dinh, Research Technician, 2017-2018
Present position: Research Technician at UCSF

Yae Kye, Lab Manager and Specialist, 2016-2018
Present position: Graduate Student, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX

Adrian Contreras, Graduate Student (Tetrad) UCSF, 2010-2017
Present position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Celgene, San Diego, CA

Tom Cunningham, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2016
Present position: Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Website: https://med.uc.edu/depart/cancer-biology/directory/faculty-profile/Index/Pubs/cunnijn

Morgan Truitt, Graduate Student (BMS) UCSF, 2010-2015
Present position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Ronald Evans Lab of the Salk Institute, San Diego, CA

Mimi Wen, Research Technician UCSF, 2013-2015
Present position: Resident, Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN

Benjamin Tiano, Research Technician UCSF, 2014-2015
Present position: Clinical work, Los Angeles, CA

Craig Stumpf, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2015
Present position: Research Scientist II, eFFECTOR Therapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA

Jennifer Schutzman, MD Hematology and Oncology Clinical Fellow, 2008
Present position: Lead Medical Director, Genentech

Andrew Hsieh, MD Clinical Fellow UCSF, 2008-2014
Present position: Assistant Member, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center/Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Website: http://research.fhcrc.org/hsieh/en.html

Melissa Moreno, Research Technician UCSF, 2012-2014
Present position: 4D Molecular Therapeutics, Senior Research Associate, San Francisco, CA

Kimhouy Tong, Assistant UCSF, 2010-2013
Present position: Pharmacy Student, Northeastern University School of Pharmacy, Boston, MA

Cristian Bellodi, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow UCSF, 2008-2013
Present position: Assistant Professor, Lund Stem Cell Center at Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Website: http://www.med.lu.se/labmedlund/lund_stem_cell_center/research_groups/rna_biology_in_stem_cells

Michael Pourdehnad, MD Clinical Fellow UCSF, 2011-2013
Present position: Director of Translational Development, Hematology/Oncology Department, Celgene, San Francisco, CA

Merritt Edlind, Research Technician UCSF, 2010-2013
Present position: Medical Student, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Dayle Juliano, Research Technician UCSF, 2010-2012
Present position: Resident Physician, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH

Carly Christensen, Research Technician UCSF, 2009-2010
Present position: Nurse, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

Noam Kopmar, Research Technician UCSF, 2008-2010
Present position: Resident Physician, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Cole Davis, MD Urology Clinical Fellow UCSF, 2008-2009
Present position: Clinical Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Aya Pusic, Research Technician UCSF, 2007-2009
Present position: Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Maria Costa, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow UCSF, 2007-2009
Present position: Principal Scientist, Pfizer Inc. – Rinat Laboratories, San Francisco, CA

Meghan Mullen, Assistant Research Technician UCSF, 2007-2008
Present position: Registered Nurse, UCSF, San Francisco, CA

Asher Schranz, Research Technician UCSF, 2007-2008
Present position: Infectious Disease Fellow, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Ornella Zollo, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow UCSF, 2005-2007
Present position: Scientist I, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Hopewell, NJ

Guang Peng, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Fox Chase Cancer Center, 2005-2007
Present position: Assistant Professor, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Nikesha Haynes, Research Technician Fox Chase Cancer Center, 2006-2007
Present position: Clinical Project Manager, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Yves Brandenburger, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Fox Chase Cancer Center, 2004-2006
Present position: Chief Medical Doctor, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, Australia

Andrew Yoon, Research Technician Fox Chase Cancer Center, 2005-2006
Present position: Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY