Our People

Leading our research, education, entrepreneurship efforts, our faculty, staff, and trainees are propelling us to push the boundaries of synthetic biology.

Center Operations  /  Center Faculty  /  Center Researchers  /  Advisory Board

Open Positions

Center Operations

The Leadership Team

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Julius Lucks

Center Co-Director

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Danielle Tullman-Ercek

Center Co-Director

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Yael Mayer

Director of Operations and Outreach

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Center Staff

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Christine Akdeniz

Senior Education and Outreach Coordinator

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Brianna Bullock

Senior Program Coordinator

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Lauren Clark

Foundry Scientist

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Juan Villacres Perez

Lab Tech

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Rebecca Spivack

Program Assistant

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Lisa La Vallee

Marketing and Communications Coordinator

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Center Faculty

Our Core and Affiliate Faculty

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Ludmilla Aristilde

Core Faculty

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Linda Broadbelt

Core Faculty

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Jaehyuk Choi

Core Faculty

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Monica Olvera de la Cruz

Core Faculty

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Yogesh Goyal

Core Faculty

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Erica Hartmann

Affiliate Faculty

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Neha Kamat

Core Faculty

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Ashty Karim

Core Faculty

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Neil Kelleher

Core Faculty

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Shana Kelley

Core Faculty

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Sam Kriegman

Core Faculty

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Joshua Leonard

Core Faculty

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Julius Lucks

Core Faculty

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Niall Mangan

Core Faculty

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Milan Mrksich

Core Faculty

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Arthur Prindle

Core Faculty

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Jonathan Rivnay

Affiliate Faculty

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Gabriel Rocklin

Core Faculty

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Amy Rosenzweig

Core Faculty

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Krishna Shrinivas

Core Faculty

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Danielle Tullman-Ercek

Core Faculty

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Keith Tyo

Core Faculty

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Lisa Volpatti

Affiliate Faculty

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Sera Young

Core Faculty

Our External Faculty

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Neda Bagheri

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Michael Jewett

External Faculty, Stanford University

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Center Researchers

Our Postdoctoral Researchers

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Jaison Rathina Raj Arivalagan

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kelleher Lab
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Sai Praneet Batchu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Tyo Lab Broadbelt Lab
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Catherine Beaumont

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Rivnay Lab
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Nasrin Naderi Beni

Postdoctoral Fellow

Aristilde Lab
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Hilary Bethancourt

Postdoctoral Fellow

Young Lab
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Andrew Blake

Postdoctoral Fellow

Rosenzweig Lab
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Nathaniel (Nate) Campbell

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Goyal Lab
Priscila Cavassin

Priscila Cavassin

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Rivnay Lab
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Kangfu Chen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kelley Lab
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Gaurav Deshmukh

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Broadbelt Lab
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John Devany

Postdoctoral Fellow

Choi Lab
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Carina Fedosejevs

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kamat Lab
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Állan Ferrari

Research Assistant Professor

Rocklin Lab
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Cody FitzGerald

Postdoctoral Fellow

Mangan Lab
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Surath Gomis

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kelley Lab
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Sri Bala Gorugantu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Broadbelt Lab
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Sunghee Hwang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Choi Lab
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Pandeeswari Jeeva

Postdoctoral Fellow

Aristilde Lab
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Dr. Oliyad Jeilu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Hartmann Lab
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Kevin Jooss

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kelleher Lab
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Rahul Kumar

Postdoctoral Fellow

Mrksich Lab
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Nitu Kumari

Postdoctoral Fellow

Goyal Lab
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Ben Kuznets-Speck

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Goyal Lab
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Yebin Lee

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Rivnay Lab
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Ted Litberg

Postdoctoral Fellow

Rocklin Lab
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Xiaoyang Liu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Broadbelt Lab
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Dr. Leticia Lopez-Flores

Postdoctoral Fellow

Olvera de la Cruz
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Cat Majors

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Bapi Mandal

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Olivia Manley

Postdoctoral Fellow

Rosenzweig Lab
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Gianmaria Matrone

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Rivnay Lab
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Anibal Arce Medina

Postdoctoral Researcher

Lucks Lab
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Carolyn Mills

Postdoctoral Fellow

Tullman-Ercek Lab
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Dayna Patterson

Postdoctoral Fellow

Rosenzweig Lab
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Sarah Quillin

Postdoctoral Fellow

Prindle Lab
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Aswathy Raghu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Broadbelt Lab
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Vicky Santoso

Postdoctoral Fellow

Young Lab
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Alexander Shaw

Postdoctoral Fellow

Broadbelt Lab
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Dr. Ahis Shrestha

Postdoctoral Fellow

Olvera de la Cruz Lab
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Ben Des Soye

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kelleher Lab
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Pei Su

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kelleher Lab
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Abhijith Surendran

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Rivnay Lab
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Maria de Lourdes Cabezas Tapia

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jewett Lab
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Jane Thibeault

Postdoctoral Fellow

Rocklin Lab
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Neha Tyagi

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Shrinivas Lab
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Vidya Venkataramanan

Postdoctoral Fellow

Young Lab
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Sara Volz

Postdoctoral Fellow

Rocklin Lab
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Daniel Wang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kelley Lab
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Ashan Wettasinghe

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kelley Lab
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Jess Willi

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jewett Lab
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Jonathan Xia

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Dr. Jianshe Xia

Postdoctoral Fellow

Olvera de la Cruz Lab
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Dr. Yao Xiong

Postdoctoral Fellow

Olvera de la Cruz Lab
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Kefan Yang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kelley Lab
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Chansik Yoon

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Choi Lab
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Hanie Yousefi

Postdoctoral Fellow

Rocklin Lab
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Hossein Zargartalebi

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kelley Lab
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Quan Zhang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Broadbelt Lab
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Nanqing Zhou

Postdoctoral Associate

Aristilde Lab

Our Graduate Students

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Abdalla Abdrabou

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Lauren Adams

PhD Student

Kelleher Lab
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Rogelio Alvarado

PhD Student

Tullman-Ercek Lab
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Michael Anderson

PhD Student

Leonard Lab
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Chloé Archuleta

PhD Student

Lucks Lab
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Daniel de Castro Assumpção

PhD Student

Tullman-Ercek Lab
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Joey Ayala

Graduate Student

Rosenzweig Lab
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Alexandra Barajas

PhD Student

Mrksich Lab
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Jade Basinski

PhD Student

Aristilde Lab
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Quinn Beato

PhD Student

Rivnay Lab
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Alexander Best

Graduate Student

Broadbelt Lab
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Katy Bond

PhD Student

Hartmann Lab
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Geoffrey Bonnanzio

PhD Student

Broadbelt Lab Tyo Lab
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Gauri Bora

PhD Student

Leonard Lab
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Jonathan Boucher

PhD Student

Leonard Lab
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Maddie Briggs

PhD Student

Kamat Lab
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Joey Brogan

Undergraduate Student

Aristilde Lab
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Dylan Brown

PhD Student

Lucks Lab
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Ryan Bui

Undergraduate Student

Goyal Lab
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David Bushhouse

PhD Student

Lucks Lab
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Margaret Butler

PhD Student

Young Lab
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Delfin Buyco

PhD Student

Kamat Lab
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Luis Fernando Ayala Cadona

Graduate Student

Kelley Lab
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Andra Campbell

PhD Student

Rocklin Lab
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Isa Candal

Undergraduate Student

Kamat Lab
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Christina Catlett

PhD Student

Mangan Lab
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Yash Chainani

PhD Student

Broadbelt Lab Tyo Lab
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Norah Chen

Master's Student

Aristilde Lab
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Kathleen Cheng

MD PhD Student

Choi Lab
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Edric Choi

PhD Student

Lucks Lab
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Lariana Cline

PhD Student

Kamat Lab
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William Corcoran

PhD Student

Leonard Lab Rocklin Lab
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Amparo Cosio

PhD Student

Leonard Lab
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Israel DaSilva

PhD Student

Kelleher Lab
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Rachel Daso

PhD Student

Rivnay Lab
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Herma Demissie

PhD Student

Lucks Lab
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Maddie DeWinter

PhD Student

Jewett Lab
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Piriththiv Dhavarasa

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Beth DiBiase

PhD Student

Leonard Lab Kamat Lab
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Naedum Domnwachukwu

MD/PhD Student

Rivnay Lab
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Jane Donnelly

Graduate Student

Kelley Lab
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Kathleen Dreyer

PhD Student

Leonard Lab
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Bill Duong

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Daniel Duplessis

PhD Student

Rivnay Lab
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Holly Ekas

PhD Student

Jewett Lab
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Fatemeh Esmaeili

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Blake Everett

PhD Student

Prindle Lab
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Jonathon Fan

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Yilin Fang

PhD Student

Hartmann Lab
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Matthew Farnese

PhD Student

Olvera de la Cruz Lab
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Juliana Feng

MD/PhD Student

Lucks Lab
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Garth Fisher

PhD Student

Prindle Lab
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Sullivan Fitz

PhD Student

Olvera de la Cruz Lab
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Kevin Fitzgerald

PhD Student

Tyo Lab
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Connor Flynn

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Andrew Freiburger

PhD Student

Tyo Lab
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Tina Fu

PhD Student

Lucks Lab
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Mario Garcia

PhD Student

Rocklin Lab
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Armin Geraili

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Annie Gomez

PhD Student

Tullman-Ercek Lab Olvera de la Cruz Lab
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Emanuelle Grody

PhD Student

Goyal Lab
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Zhaoyi Gu

PhD Student

Mrksich Lab
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Jing Gu

Master's Student

Kriegman Lab
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Taylor Gunnels

PhD Student

Leonard Lab
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Zihan Guo

PhD Student

Kriegman Lab
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Raveena Gupta

PhD Student

Kelleher Lab
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Ethan Halingstad

PhD Student

Shrinivas Lab
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Brandon Li Hancock

PhD Student

Choi Lab
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Matthew Hayes

PhD Student

Broadbelt Lab Seitz Lab
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Laura Hertz

PhD Student

Lucks Lab
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Heather Hirsch

PhD Student

Prindle Lab
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Gloria Hu

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Vivian Hu

PhD Student

Kamat Lab
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Rosalba Huerta

PhD Student

Rivnay Lab
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Tyler Hummer

PhD Student

Kriegman Lab
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Tyler Hummer

PhD Student

Kriegman Lab
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Stefanie Huttelmaier

PhD Student

Hartmann Lab
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Scott Isaacson

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Ashley Ives

PhD Student

Kelleher Lab
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Elizabeth Johnson

PhD Student

Tullman-Ercek Lab
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Hyunkeun Joo

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Maddie Joseph

PhD Student

Dunn Lab Tullman-Ercek Lab
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Vasili Kalas

PSTP Postdoctoral Fellow

Rocklin Lab
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Soumya Kandi

PhD Student

Kelleher Lab
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Julie Kang

Master's Student

Rivnay Lab
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Pavel Katsev

Master's Student

Tyo Lab
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Mary Kelly

PhD Student

Kamat Lab
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Nolan Kennedy

PhD Student

Tullman-Ercek Lab
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Victoria Kindratenko

PhD Student

Rivnay Lab
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Victoria Kindratenko

PhD Student

Rivnay Lab
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Simon Kissel

Undergraduate Student

Hartmann Lab
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Camila Kofman

PhD Student

Jewett Lab
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Lingji Kong

Master's Student

Kriegman Lab
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Lingji Kong

Master's Student

Kriegman Lab
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Elizabeth Koselka

PhD Student

Young Lab
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Han Umana Kossio

PhD Student

Olvera de la Cruz Lab
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Shivani Kozarekar

PhD Student

Broadbelt Lab
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Grant Landwehr

PhD Student

Jewett Lab
Zachary Laswick

Zachary Laswick

PhD Student

Rivnay Lab
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Calvin Law

PhD Student

Choi Lab
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Caleb Lay

PhD Student

Jewett Lab
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Alexander Lee

PhD Student

Kelleher Lab
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Haklae Lee

PhD Student

Aristilde Lab
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Hunter Lee

Undergraduate Student

Broadbelt Lab
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Chloe Lenker

Master's Student

Rivnay Lab
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Aurelia Leona

PhD Student

Goyal Lab
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Jenni Li

PhD Student

Lucks Lab
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Yi Li

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Muhan Li

PhD Student

Kriegman Lab
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Muhan Li

PhD Student

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Shiqi Liang

PhD Student

Tullman-Ercek Lab
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Dachey Lin

Master's Student

Broadbelt Lab
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Aiden Linderman

Undergraduate Student

Kamat Lab
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Lucy Liu

PhD Student

Choi Lab
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Elaine Liu

Master's Student

Junyi Liu

Junyi Liu

PhD Student

Rivnay Lab
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Abby Lo

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Tyler Lucci

PhD Student

Lucks Lab
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Matthew Lucia

PhD Student

Tullman-Ercek Lab Kamat Lab
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Yiqi Lyu

PhD Student

Kriegman Lab
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Yara Jabbour Al Maalouf

PhD Student

Tyo Lab
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Alam Mahmud

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Aurore Niyitanga Manzi

PhD Student

Aristilde Lab
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Rawia Marafi

Master's Student

Tyo Lab
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Cydney Martell

PhD Student

Rocklin Lab
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Natalia Matiuto

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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David Matthews

PhD Student

Kriegman Lab
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Julia Mayes

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Patrick Mbullo

PhD Student

Young Lab
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Grace McLaughlin

PhD Student

Mrksich Group
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Dilara Meli

PhD Student

Rivnay Lab
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Madeline Melzer

PhD Student

Goyal Lab
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Natalia Mendonca

PhD Student

Kamat Lab
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Giovanni Michel

Master's Student

Kriegman Lab
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Marija Milisavljevic

PhD Student

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Jake Miller

PhD Student

Tullman-Ercek Lab
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Madeline Mills

PhD Student

Tullman-Ercek Lab
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Roxi Mitrut

PhD Student

Leonard Lab
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Anahid Moghadam

PhD Student

Hartmann Lab
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Anahid Amani Moghadam

PhD Student

Hartmann Lab
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Maram Naji

PhD Student

Lucks Lab
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Audrey Nashner

Graduate Student

Kelley Lab
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Tung Nguyen

PhD Student

Broadbelt Lab
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Adun Obisesan

PhD Student

Rocklin Lab
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Meagan Olsen

PhD Student

Jewett Lab
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Brandon Onusaitis

PhD Student

Olvera de la Cruz
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Caitlin Palmer

PhD Student

Rosenzweig Lab
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Brett J. Palmero

PhD Student

Tullman-Ercek Lab
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Laxman Pandey

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Stefan Pate

PhD Student

Tyo Lab Broadbelt Lab
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Pornchanan (Cherlyn) Pholraksa

Graduate Student

Goyal Lab
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Claire Phoumyvong

PhD Student

Rocklin Lab
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Nicholas Pogharian

PhD Student

Olvera de la Cruz Lab
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Tanu Priya

PhD Student

Rocklin Lab
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Weronika Ptaszek

Master's Student

Tullman-Ercek Lab
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Dingwen Qian

PhD Student

Olvera de la Cruz Lab
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Rebecca Rasmussen

PhD Candidate

Lucks Lab
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Lauren Redus

PhD Student

Leonard Lab
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Reyvin Reyes

PhD Student

Rosenzweig Lab
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Kimberly Riordan

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Hector Manuel Lopez de la Cerda Rios

PhD Student

Olvera de la Cruz Lab
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Gerri Roberts

PhD Student

Rosenzweig Lab
Sack-Tanja

Tanja Sack

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Crystal Sanchez

PhD Student

Kamat Lab
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Yannick Schreiber

PhD Student

Leonard Lab
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Antara Sen

PhD Student

Olvera de la Cruz Lab
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Tori Seto

PhD Student

Mrksich Lab
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Zachary Shaver

PhD Student

Jewett Lab Kamat Lab
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Kevin Shebek

PhD Student

Broadbelt Lab
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Bethel Shekour

PhD Student

Mrksich Lab
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Mary Skillicorn

PhD Student

Shrinivas Lab
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Isaac Smith

PhD Student

Olvera de la Cruz Lab
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Keren Sneh

PhD Student

Prindle Lab
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Zehao Song

PhD Student

Olvera de la Cruz Lab
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William Sprague

PhD Student

Broadbelt Lab
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Sraeyes Sridhar

PhD Student

Mrksich Lab
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Luke Strgar

PhD Student

Kriegman Lab
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Luke Strgar

PhD Student

Kriegman Lab
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Taojunfeng Su

PhD Student

Kelleher Lab
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Jordan Summers

PhD Student

Tullman-Ercek Lab
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Jack Sumner

PhD Student

Hartmann Lab
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Hanxiao Sun

Master's Student

Goyal Lab
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Sufyaan Syed

Undergraduate Student

Hartmann Lab
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Daniel Szames

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Kelly Teitel

Undergraduate Student

Aristilde Lab
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Christina Thaggard

PhD Student

Broadbelt Lab
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Shelby Tillema

PhD Student

Hartmann Lab
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Frank Tucci

PhD Student

Rosenzweig Lab
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Beliz Utebay

PhD Student

Rivnay Lab
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Dhanvi Vemulapalli

Master's Student

Tullman-Ercek Lab
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Citlayi Villasenor

PhD Student

Kamat Lab
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Jiaxing Wang

PhD Student

Aristilde Lab
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Maria Warns

Master's Student

Niall Lab
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Grace Watkins

PhD Student

Mrksich Group
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Elijah Watson

PhD Student

Young Lab
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Amy Weiss

PhD Student

Leonard Lab
John Williams

John Williams

PhD Student

Rivnay Lab
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Cole Wilson

PhD Student

Hartmann Lab
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Derek Wong

PhD Student

Jewett Lab
Zhenwei-Wu

Zhenwei Wu

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
Xinran Xie

Xinran Xie

PhD Student

Rivnay Lab
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Julia Yescas

PhD Student

Choi Lab
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Chen Yu

PhD Student

Kriegman Lab
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Chen Yu

PhD Student

Kriegman Lab
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Yue Zhang

Medical Student

Choi Lab
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Lily Zhang

PhD Student

Kelley Lab
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Yifan Zhang

Graduate Student

Mangan Lab
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Chenlin Zhao

PhD Student

Kelley Lab

Our Undergraduate Students

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Jessica Alcantara

Undergraduate Student

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Yazeed Alroogi

Undergraduate Student

Leonard Lab
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Ai-li Baird

Undergraduate Student

Tullman-Ercek Lab
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Natalia Barna

Undergraduate Student

Tullman-Ercek Lab
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Eleftheria Beres

Undergraduate Student

Leonard Lab
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Paul Bernhard

Undergraduate Student

Lucks Lab
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Emily Chi

Undergraduate Student

Kriegman Lab
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Gabriela Cosenza

Undergraduate Student

Leonard Lab
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Lynna Deng

Undergraduate Student

Aristilde Lab
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Regina Fernandez

Undergraduate Student

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Margaret Guilarte-Silva

UG Researcher

Broadbelt Lab
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Anika Gupta

Undergraduate Student

Jewett Lab
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Yulia Gutierrez

Undergraduate Student

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Dylan Burke Hakken

Undergraduate Student

Tyo Lab
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Iva Hammitt-Kess

Undergraduate Student

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Jack Hume

Undergraduate Student

Young Lab
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Faith Irvine

Undergraduate Student

Young Lab
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Emilie Jacobus

Undergraduate Student

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Lyra Johnson

Undergraduate Student

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Samanvi Kanugula

Undergraduate Student

Young Lab
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Rebeca Lion

Undergraduate Student

Jewett Lab
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Ridhima Manocha

Undergraduate Student

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Laiqa Mazhar

Undergraduate Student

Rosenzweig Lab
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Caleb Nunes

Undergraduate Student

Volpatti Lab
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Halle Petrie

Undergraduate Student

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Teresa Rojas Rodríquez

Undergraduate Student

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Francesca Rosen

Undergraduate Student

Young Lab
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Marcos Sanchez

Undergrad Student

Aristilde Lab
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Maggie Schneider

Undergraduate Student

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Lily Settel

Undergraduate Student

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Daniel Shamsoddini

Undergraduate Student

Kriegman Lab
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Rohan Sohini

Undergraduate Student

Goyal Lab
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Benjamin Thomae

Undergraduate Student

Young Lab
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Emma Vinokour

Undergraduate Student

Tullman-Ercek Lab
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Catherine Xu

Undergraduate Student

Young Lab

Center Lab Research Staff

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Syeda Subia Ahmed

Research Technologist

Goyal Lab
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Sharif Ahmed

Research Staff

Kelley Lab
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Keerthana Melekote Arun

Research Technologist

Goyal Lab
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Dr. Randy Atwal

Research Staff

Kelley Lab
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Caroline Bell

Research Technician

Choi Lab
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Eric Berns

Research Staff

Mrksich Lab
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Maria Cabezas

Research Staff

Kelley Lab
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Dingran Chang

Research Staff

Kelley Lab
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Jagotamoy Das

Research Staff

Kelley Lab
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Eva Durance

Research Technician

Aristilde Lab
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Amin GhavamiNejad

Research Staff

Kelley Lab
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Xudong Ji

Research Assistant Professor

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Felipe Jimenez-Angeles

Research Associate Professor

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Elizabeth Lakoma

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Choi Lab
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Katelyn Leisman

Research Staff

Mangan Lab
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Michelle Lotz

Research Technician

Rivnay Lab
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Justin Modica

Research Staff

Mrksich Lab
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Alexandra Moreno

Lab Manager

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Eli Plunkett

Research Technologist

Kamat Lab
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Dr. Weitao Shuai

Research Associate

Hartmann Lab
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Abhijith Surenderan

Research Assistant Professor

Rivnay Lab
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Ahmed Usman

Clinical Trials Research Fellow

Choi Lab
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Hansen Wang

Research Staff

Kelley Lab
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Amy Wang

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Choi Lab
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Richard Wang

Research Staff

Mrksich Lab
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Rebecca Wilson

Research Technician

Aristilde Lab
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Sophie Xiao

Research Staff

Kelley Lab

Advisory Board

Our Academic Advisory Board

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Frances Arnold

American Chemical Engineer, Nobel Laureate, and Professor at California Institute of Technology

Frances is the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). In 2018, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering the use of directed evolution to engineer enzymes.

She earned her BS in mechanical and aerospace engineering from Princeton University in 1979 and her PhD in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. There, she did her postdoctoral work in biophysical chemistry before coming to Caltech in 1986.

Arnold’s work has been recognized with many awards, including the 2011 Draper Prize and a 2013 National Medal of Technology and Innovation. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011. Arnold has the rare honor of being elected to all three National Academies in the United States — the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. In 2016 she became the first woman to win the Millennium Technology Prize, which she won for pioneering directed evolution. In 2017, Arnold was awarded the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in Convergence Research by the National Academy of Sciences, which recognizes extraordinary contributions to convergence research. In 2018 she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work in directed evolution, making her the fifth woman to receive the award in its 117 years of existence, and the first American woman.

Arnold is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Microbiology, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and an International Fellow of the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering in 2018

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James J. Collins

American Bioengineer and Termeer Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Collins is one of the founders of the field of synthetic biology, and has made multiple synthetic biology breakthroughs in biotechnology and biomedicine, including paper-based diagnostics for Zika & Ebola and programmable cells that serve as living diagnostics and living therapeutics to detect-and-treat infections, rare genetic metabolic disorders, and inflammatory bowel disease. His patented technologies have been licensed by numerous biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical devices companies. He has helped launch a number of companies, including Sample6 Technologies, Synlogic and EnBiotix.

Professor Collins has received numerous awards and honors, including a Rhodes Scholarship, a MacArthur “Genius” Award, an NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, the Lagrange Prize from the CRT Foundation in Italy, the Sanofi-Institut Pasteur Award, the BMES Robert A. Pritzker Award, the HFSP Nakasone Award, the Promega Biotechnology Research Award, and being selected for Technology Review’s inaugural TR100 – 100 young innovators who will shape the future of technology – and the Scientific American 50 – the top 50 outstanding leaders in science and technology.

Collins is also a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Institute of Physics, and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He is also an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Furthermore, he is a charter fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

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Wendell Lim

Professor and Chair of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at the University of California, San Francisco

Lim is the director of the UCSF Center for Systems & Synthetic Biology. He earned his AB in chemistry from Harvard University and his PhD in biochemistry and biophysics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is interested in the logic of cell signaling systems: understanding how the networks of signaling proteins found in eukaryotic cells have evolved to allow cells to make complex behavioral decisions.

Significantly, Lim’s research group uses synthetic biology to redesign biological systems. In particular, various methods are used to create novel or modified signaling proteins and pathways, both to systematically understand network structure/function relationships and to develop engineered research tools and novel biotechnological and therapeutic applications. He is an investigator in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and he has received the Hans Neurath Award from The Protein Society.

Learn more about Prof. Lim