Alumni

Melodie Chiu

Undergraduate Researcher

2024 - 2026

Tiffany Do

Undergraduate Researcher

2025 - 2026

Eva Nichols

Postdoctoral Fellow

(joint with Beliveau Lab (opens in new tab))

2020 - 2026

Current: Research Scientist, Seattle Children's Research Institute (opens in new tab)

Troy McDiarmid

Postdoctoral Fellow

2021 - 2026

Current: Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia (opens in new tab)

Chengxiang (CX) Qiu

Graduate Student (GS)

2019 - 2025

Current: Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College (opens in new tab)

Val Browning

Research Scientist

(joint with Beliveau Lab (opens in new tab))

2023 - 2025

Current: Graduate Student, MCB, University of Washington (opens in new tab)

Wei Yang

Graduate Student (GS)

2020 - 2025

Current: Scientist, Illumina (opens in new tab)

Embla Størdal

Visiting Fullbright Scholar

2024 - 2025

Current: Graduate Student, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (opens in new tab)

Xiaoyi Li

Postdoctoral Fellow

2022 - 2025

Current: Assistant Professor, Westlake University (opens in new tab)

Emma Kajiwara

Undergraduate Researcher

2024 - 2025

Kamen Simeonov

Postdoctoral Fellow

(joint with Lengner Lab (opens in new tab))

2022 - 2025

Current: Assistant Professor, Fred Hutch Cancer Center (opens in new tab)

Sam Regalado

MD-PhD Student (GS)

(joint with Trapnell Lab (opens in new tab))

2016 - 2024

Current: Medical Student (opens in new tab)

Jakob Wallentin

Visiting Graduate Student

Current: Graduate Student, Department of Biochemistry, Freie Universitat Berlin (opens in new tab)

Jean-Benoît Lalanne

Postdoctoral Fellow

2020 - 2024

Current: Assistant Professor, Universite de Montreal (opens in new tab)

Megan Taylor

Research Scientist

2019 - 2024

Current: Graduate Student, Department of Genome Sciences, UW (opens in new tab)

Diego Calderon

Postdoctoral Fellow

(joint with Trapnell Lab (opens in new tab))

2019 - 2024

Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, UCSF (opens in new tab)

Kina Atkin-Yamaguchi

Lab Assistant

2023 - 2024

Current: Lab Manager,Calderon Lab, UCSF (opens in new tab)

Junhong Choi

Postdoctoral Fellow

2019 - 2024

Current: Principal Investigator, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (opens in new tab)

Elizabeth (Liz) Vincent

Postdoctoral Fellow

(joint with Beier Lab (opens in new tab))

2022 - 2023

Current: Molecular Genetics Analysis Assistant, Baylor Genetics

Sanjay Srivatsan

Postdoctoral Fellow

2021 - 2023

Current: Assistant Professor, Basic Science, Fred Hutch Cancer Center (opens in new tab)

Flo Chardon

Graduate Student (GS)

2018 - 2023

Current: Scientist II, Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology (opens in new tab)

Nobuhiko (Nobu) Hamazaki

Postdoctoral Fellow

2020 - 2023

Current: Assistant Professor, OBGYN and Genome Sciences ISCRM UW (opens in new tab)

Xingfan (Fanny) Huang

Graduate Student (CSE)

2017 - 2023

Current: Computational Biologist, Calico Life Sciences (opens in new tab)

Olivia Fulton

Lab Assistant

2020 - 2023

Current: Medical Assistant, Michigan Advanced Psychiatry (opens in new tab)

Silvia Domcke

Postdoctoral Fellow

2018 - 2022

Current: Assistant Professor, University of Zurich (opens in new tab)

Wei (Will) Chen

Graduate Student (MoIES)

2016 - 2022

Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Baker Lab (opens in new tab)

Alexander Boulgakov

Postdoctoral Fellow

2020 - 2022

Current: Senior Bioinformatics Engineer, Twist Bioscience

Anna Minkina

Graduate Student (GS)

2017 - 2022

Current: Computational Biologist, Stergachis Lab (opens in new tab)

Tish Maskell

Administrative Assistant

2020 - 2022

Jacob Tome

Postdoctoral Fellow

2018 - 2021

Current: Senior Scientist, Shape Therapeutics (opens in new tab)

Jase Gehring

Postdoctoral Fellow

2020 - 2021

Current: Associate Project Scientist, UC Berkeley

Anh Leith

Research Scientist

2016 - 2020

Current: Research Scientist, Gilead Sciences, Inc (opens in new tab)

Sereno Lopez-Darwin

Undergraduate Researcher

2016 - 2020

Current: Graduate Student, Princeton University (opens in new tab)

Ruolan Qiu

Research Scientist

2008 - 2020

Junyue (Jun) Cao

Graduate Student (GS)

2015 - 2020

Current: Assistant Professor, Rockefeller University (opens in new tab)

Yi Yin

Postdoctoral Fellow

2016 - 2020

Current: Assistant Professor, Dept of Human Genetics, UCLA (opens in new tab)

Ronnie Blecher-Gonen

Postdoctoral Fellow

2018 - 2020

Current: Associate Researcher, Weizmann Institute of Science (opens in new tab)

Vikram Agarwal

Postdoctoral Fellow

2015 - 2019

Current: Head of mRNA Platform Design & Data Science, Sanofi (opens in new tab)

Molly Gasperini

Graduate Student (GS)

2015 - 2019

Current: Associate Director, Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology (opens in new tab)

Seungsoo Kim

Graduate Student (GS)

2014 - 2019

Current: Assistant Professor, UC Irvine (opens in new tab)

Andrew Hill

Graduate Student (GS)

(joint with Trapnell Lab (opens in new tab))

2015 - 2019

Current: Scientist, Infinimmune (opens in new tab)

Aaron McKenna

Graduate Student (GS)

2013 - 2019

Current: Assistant Professor, Dept of Molecular & Systems Biology, Dartmouth College (opens in new tab)

Melissa Gillies

Administrative Assistant

2016 - 2019

Bridget Kulasekara

Postdoctoral Fellow

2014 - 2019

Current: Research Scientist, University of Washington

Hannah Pliner

Graduate Student

(joint with Trapnell Lab (opens in new tab))

2015 - 2019

Current: Senior Principal Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb (opens in new tab)

Katya Wight

Undergraduate Researcher

2016 - 2019

Vijay Ramani

Graduate Student (GS)

2014 - 2018

Current: Assistant Professor, Gladstone Institutes, UCSF (opens in new tab)

Jes Alexander

Postdoctoral Fellow

2014 - 2018

Current: Assistant Professor, UCSF (opens in new tab)

Malte Spielmann

Visiting Scientist

2015 - 2018

Current: Professor and Chair of Human Genetics, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Darren Cusanovich

Postdoctoral Fellow

2014 - 2018

Current: Assistant Professor, University of Arizona (opens in new tab)

Jason Klein

MD-PhD Student (GS)

2014 - 2018

Current: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz (opens in new tab)

Greg Findlay

MD-PhD Student (GS)

2014 - 2018

Current: Group Leader, The Francis Crick Institute- London (opens in new tab)

Melissa Zhang

Undergraduate Researcher

2016 - 2017

Current: Operational Analyst, Delos (opens in new tab)

Elke van Veen

Visiting Graduate Student

Current: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow, Human Genetics Nijmegen, Radboudumc (opens in new tab)

Lea Starita

Research Scientist

2015 - 2017

Current: Associate Professor, University of Washington (opens in new tab)

Martin Kircher

Postdoctoral Fellow

2012 - 2017

Current: Professor, University of Lübeck (opens in new tab)

Ron Hause

Postdoctoral Fellow

2014 - 2016

Current: Head of Computational Sciences, NewLimit (opens in new tab)

Jennifer Milbank

Undergraduate Researcher

2012 - 2016

Current: Senior Project Manager, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (opens in new tab)

Akash Kumar

MD-PhD Student (GS)

2010 - 2014

Current: Chief Medical Officer & Cofounder, MyOme (opens in new tab)

Matthew Snyder

Graduate Student (GS)

2012 - 2016

Current: Research Scientist, Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine (opens in new tab)

Dawn Counts

Administrative Assistant

2012 - 2016

David Roach

Medical Student / HHMI Medical Research Fellow

2012 - 2015

Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Bhattacharyya Lab, Broad Institute (opens in new tab)

Monica Saha

Undergraduate Researcher

Current: ED Pharmacist, Providence-Swedish (opens in new tab)

Rocío Acuña-Hidalgo

Visiting Graduate Student

Current: Cofounder & CTO, Nostos Genomics (opens in new tab)

Joshua Burton

Graduate Student (GS)

2011 - 2014

Current: Associate Director, Natera (opens in new tab)

Jens Luebeck

Undergraduate Researcher

2013 - 2014

Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Bafna Lab, UC San Diego (opens in new tab)

LaVone Simmons

Maternal Fetal Medicine / Clinical Fellow

2012 - 2014

Current: Acting Assistant Professor, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Washington (opens in new tab)

Andrew Adey

Graduate Student (MCB)

2010 - 2014

Current: Professor, Dept of Molecular & Medical Genetics, OHSU (opens in new tab)

Steve Salipante

Postdoctoral Fellow

(joint with Lab Medicine (opens in new tab))

2011 - 2014

Current: Professor, University of Washington (opens in new tab)

Evan Boyle

Undergraduate Researcher

2011 - 2014

Current: Staff Scientist, Exai Bio (opens in new tab)

Jacob Kitzman

Graduate Student (GS)

2009 - 2014

Current: Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, University of Michigan (opens in new tab)

Joseph Hiatt

MD-PhD Student (GS)

2009 - 2012

Current: Director, Bristol Myers Squibb (opens in new tab)

Bethany Stackhouse

Research Scientist

2009 - 2014

Brian O'Roak

Postdoctoral Fellow

(joint with Eichler Lab (opens in new tab))

2009 - 2013

Current: Professor, Department of Molecular & Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University (opens in new tab)

Jerrod Schwartz

Postdoctoral Fellow

2009 - 2013

Current: Chief Technology Officer, ChromaCode (opens in new tab)

Alexandra (MacKenzie) Lewis

Research Scientist

2009 - 2013

Current: Research Scientist, DLMP, University of Washington (opens in new tab)

Sarah Ng

Graduate Student (GS)

2008 - 2013

Current: Head, Genome Innovation Lab, Genome Institute of Singapore (opens in new tab)

Emily Turner

Postdoctoral Fellow

2007 - 2013

Current: Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (opens in new tab)

Keri Riley

Undergraduate Researcher

2010 - 2012

Wenhui Huang

Research Scientist

2010 - 2011

Current: Senior Manager Informatics Capability, Eli Lily and Company (opens in new tab)

Lindsay Felker

Research Scientist

2010 - 2011