Alumni

Eva Nichols

Eva Nichols

Postdoctoral Fellow

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

2020 - 2026

Troy McDiarmid

Troy McDiarmid

Postdoctoral Fellow

2021 - 2026

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

Chengxiang (CX) Qiu

Chengxiang (CX) Qiu

Graduate Student (GS)

2019 - 2025

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

Val Browning

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

Wei Yang

Graduate Student (GS)

2020 - 2025

Current: Scientist, Illumina (opens in new tab)

Embla Størdal

Embla Størdal

Visiting Fullbright Scholar

2024 - 2025

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

Xiaoyi Li

Xiaoyi Li

Postdoctoral Fellow

2022 - 2025

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

Emma Kajiwara

Emma Kajiwara

Undergraduate Researcher

2024 - 2025

Kamen Simeonov

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

Sam Regalado

MD-PhD Student (GS)

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

2016 - 2024

Current: Medical Student (opens in new tab)

Jean-Benoît Lalanne

Jean-Benoît Lalanne

Postdoctoral Fellow

2020 - 2024

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

Megan Taylor

Megan Taylor

Research Scientist

2019 - 2024

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

Kina Atkin-Yamaguchi

Kina Atkin-Yamaguchi

Lab Assistant

2023 - 2024

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

Junhong Choi

Junhong Choi

Postdoctoral Fellow

2019 - 2024

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

Elizabeth (Liz) Vincent

Elizabeth (Liz) Vincent

Postdoctoral Fellow

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

2022 - 2023

Sanjay Srivatsan

Sanjay Srivatsan

Postdoctoral Fellow

2021 - 2023

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

Flo Chardon

Flo Chardon

Graduate Student (GS)

2018 - 2023

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

Nobuhiko (Nobu) Hamazaki

Nobuhiko (Nobu) Hamazaki

Postdoctoral Fellow

2020 - 2023

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

Xingfan (Fanny) Huang

Xingfan (Fanny) Huang

Graduate Student (CSE)

2017 - 2023

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

Olivia Fulton

Olivia Fulton

Lab Assistant

2020 - 2023

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

Silvia Domcke

Silvia Domcke

Postdoctoral Fellow

2018 - 2022

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

Wei (Will) Chen

Wei (Will) Chen

Graduate Student (MoIES)

2016 - 2022

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

Alexander Boulgakov

Alexander Boulgakov

Postdoctoral Fellow

2020 - 2022

Current: Scientist, Ansa (opens in new tab)

Anna Minkina

Anna Minkina

Graduate Student (GS)

2017 - 2022

Current: Scientist, Cajal Neuroscience (opens in new tab)

Tish Maskell

Tish Maskell

Administrative Assistant

2020 - 2022

Jacob Tome

Jacob Tome

Postdoctoral Fellow

2018 - 2021

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

Jase Gehring

Jase Gehring

Postdoctoral Fellow

2020 - 2021

Current: Scientist, Arcadia Science (opens in new tab)

Anh Leith

Anh Leith

Research Scientist

2016 - 2020

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

Sereno Lopez-Darwin

Sereno Lopez-Darwin

Undergraduate Researcher

2016 - 2020

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

Ruolan Qiu

Ruolan Qiu

Research Scientist

2008 - 2020

Junyue (Jun) Cao

Junyue (Jun) Cao

Graduate Student (GS)

2015 - 2020

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

Yi Yin

Yi Yin

Postdoctoral Fellow

2016 - 2020

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

Ronnie Blecher-Gonen

Ronnie Blecher-Gonen

Postdoctoral Fellow

2018 - 2020

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

Vikram Agarwal

Vikram Agarwal

Postdoctoral Fellow

2015 - 2019

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

Molly Gasperini

Molly Gasperini

Graduate Student (GS)

2015 - 2019

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

Seungsoo Kim

Seungsoo Kim

Graduate Student (GS)

2014 - 2019

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

Andrew Hill

Andrew Hill

Graduate Student (GS)

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

2015 - 2019

Current: Scientist, Infinimmune (opens in new tab)

Melissa Gillies

Melissa Gillies

Administrative Assistant

2016 - 2019

Bridget Kulasekara

Bridget Kulasekara

Postdoctoral Fellow

2014 - 2019

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

Katya Wight

Katya Wight

Undergraduate Researcher

2016 - 2019

Vijay Ramani

Vijay Ramani

Graduate Student (GS)

2014 - 2018

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

Jes Alexander

Jes Alexander

Postdoctoral Fellow

2014 - 2018

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

Darren Cusanovich

Darren Cusanovich

Postdoctoral Fellow

2014 - 2018

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

Jason Klein

Jason Klein

MD-PhD Student (GS)

2014 - 2018

Current: Resident Physician, Dermatology, University of Texas (opens in new tab)

Greg Findlay

Greg Findlay

MD-PhD Student (GS)

2014 - 2018

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

Melissa Zhang

Melissa Zhang

Undergraduate Researcher

2016 - 2017

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

Lea Starita

Lea Starita

Graduate Student (GS)

2015 - 2017

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

Jennifer Milbank

Jennifer Milbank

Undergraduate Researcher

2012 - 2016

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

Akash Kumar

Akash Kumar

MD-PhD Student (GS)

2010 - 2014

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

Matthew Snyder

Matthew Snyder

Graduate Student (GS)

2012 - 2016

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

Dawn Counts

Dawn Counts

Administrative Assistant

2012 - 2016

David Roach

David Roach

Medical Student / HHMI Medical Research Fellow

2012 - 2015

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

Monica Saha

Monica Saha

Undergraduate Researcher

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

Rocío Acuña-Hidalgo

Rocío Acuña-Hidalgo

Visiting Graduate Student

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

Joshua Burton

Joshua Burton

Graduate Student (GS)

2011 - 2014

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

Jens Luebeck

Jens Luebeck

Undergraduate Researcher

2013 - 2014

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

LaVone Simmons

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

Andrew Adey

Graduate Student (MCB)

2010 - 2014

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

Steve Salipante

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

Evan Boyle

Undergraduate Researcher

2011 - 2014

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

Jacob Kitzman

Jacob Kitzman

Graduate Student (GS)

2009 - 2014

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

Joseph Hiatt

Joseph Hiatt

MD-PhD Student (GS)

2009 - 2012

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

Bethany Stackhouse

Bethany Stackhouse

Research Scientist

2009 - 2014

Jerrod Schwartz

Jerrod Schwartz

Postdoctoral Fellow

2009 - 2013

Current: Vice President, Advanced Technology, ChromaCode, Inc. (opens in new tab)

Alexandra (MacKenzie) Lewis

Alexandra (MacKenzie) Lewis

Research Scientist

2009 - 2013

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

Sarah Ng

Sarah Ng

Graduate Student (GS)

2008 - 2013

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

Emily Turner

Emily Turner

Postdoctoral Fellow

2007 - 2013

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

Keri Riley

Keri Riley

Undergraduate Researcher

2010 - 2012

Wenhui Huang

Wenhui Huang

Research Scientist

2010 - 2011

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

Lindsay Felker

Lindsay Felker

Research Scientist

2010 - 2011

Other Alumni

Kaimana Moraes — Undergraduate (Columbia University) Summer 2023
Melissa Phung — Undergraduate (CWRU) Summer 2021–2022
Amira Ellison — Undergraduate (Penn State University) Summer 2021
Kaitlin Beel — Undergraduate (UW) 2020
Taylor Real — Undergraduate (UC Santa Cruz) Summer 2019
Tanvi Reddy — Volunteer (Roosevelt High School) Summer 2018
Rajiv McCoy — Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow 2017–2018
Nikhil Patkar — Visiting Scientist 2016–2017
Elizabeth Aguilar — Undergraduate (DePauw) Summer 2017
Joseph Sayad — Undergraduate (Hunter) Summer 2017
Meara Davies — Graduate Researcher 2012–2013
Chris Lambert — Undergraduate (UW) 2011
Monica Mascarenas — Undergraduate (UNM) Summer 2010
Amy Olson — Undergraduate (UW) 2008–2009
Steven Cazales — Undergraduate (UW), GenOM Project Summer 2008
Steven Flygare — Undergraduate (BYU), Amgen Scholars Summer 2008

Past Rotation Students

Monica (Moni) Padilla Galvez — GS Winter 2026
PeiXi Chen — MCB Winter 2025
Kristian Choate — MCB Fall 2024
Yufei (Nancy) Gao — Bioe Winter 2024
Lucas Kerr — GS Summer 2023
Elliott Swanson — GS Spring 2022
Syd Sattler — GS Winter 2022
Yuzhen Liu — GS Spring 2020
Conor Camplisson — GS Winter 2020
Andrew Mullen — MSTP Summer 2019
Shawn Fayer — GS Spring 2019
James Anderson — MCB Winter 2019
Eliza Barkan — MCB Fall 2018
Michael Goldberg — GS Spring 2018
Philip Dishuk — GS Winter 2017
Will DeWitt — GS Fall 2017
Bingjie Wang — MSTP Summer 2017
Joseph Janizek — MSTP Summer 2017
April Lo — GS Spring 2017
Ian Smith — GS 2017
Eliah Overbey — GS Spring 2016
Aakash Sur — BMI Fall 2015
Serena Liu — GS Spring 2015
Damon May — GS Winter 2015
Hugh Haddox — MCB Spring 2013
Elyse Hope — GS Winter 2012
Jorgen Nelson — GS Winter 2012
Jenny Wagner — GS Winter 2011
Jost Burton — GS Winter 2011
Meara Davies — MCB Fall 2011
David Young — MSTP Summer 2009
Keisha Carlson — GS Winter 2009
Jarret Egerston — GS Winter 2009
Matthew Maurano — GS Fall 2008
Sayer Herrin — GS Winter 2008