Lab Alumni

NameRoleCurrent Position
Lital AdlerPh. D. 2012Senior Intern in Biological Regulation, Dr. Ayelet Erez Lab, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Qais Al-HadidPh.D. 2015Global Publications Medical Writer - Oncology, Amgen Corporation, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Kelley BanfieldPh.D. 2004Research Scientist for Leidos through ManpowerGroup, Reston, Virginia
Jack R. BarberPh.D. 1984Adjunct Professor, Southwestern Community College, Chula Vista, CA.
Marjorie Ann BatesPh.D. 1984Retired Lecturer in Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA
Tim BondocUndergraduate Researcher B.S. 2022Medical Student, Uniformed Services University
Todd BrennanMasters student M.S. 1994Associate Professor of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.
Linda S. BrunauerPh.D. 1984Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Lauren BudenholzerPost-Baccalaureate 2012-2013Ph.D. student, Biological and Biomedical Science, Yale University
Hui CaiPh.D. 2000Scientist, Ingenuity, Sunnyvale, CA
Paola V. CastroPost-Baccalaureate 2010-2011Software Engineer, Bugcrowd Inc.
Tieranee CatoUndergraduate Researcher B.S. 2020
Sunny ChhabraUndergraduate Researcher B.S. 2017Medical student, University of Cincinnati
Catherine Freitag ClarkeUndergraduate researcher 1979-1980Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA
Neil DeramchiUndergraduate Researcher B.S. 2017
Christopher DeVryPh.D. 1999Patent Attorney, Associate at Arnold & Porter, LLP, San Francisco, CA.
Li DingPh.D. 1991Clinical Laboratory Scientist at Ariosa Diagnostics/Roche Sequencing, San Francisco, CA.
Elizabeth Dominguez
Darren DumlaoPh. D. 2007Senior Scientist, Pfizer, Groton, CT
Maria DzialoPh.D. 2015Senior Medical Writer, Cogora, London, England
You FengPostdoctoral fellow 2012-2014Associate Principal Scientist, Cyprotex, Watertown, MA.
Cameron FlowersUndergraduate Researcher B.S. 2023Ph.D Student, UCLA Chemistry and Biochemistry
Adam FrankelPh. D. 2001Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Austin GablePost-Baccalaureate 2012-2013Medical student, Boston University.
Jon GaryPh.D. 1997CrossFit Kids Seminar Staff, CrossFit, San Diego, CA.
Terrence GeigerUndergraduate researcher 1984-1986Undergraduate researcher 1984-1986 Professor of Pathology and Senior Vice President and Deputy Director for Academic and Biomedical Operations, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN.
Tara GomezPost-Baccalaureate 2003-2005Senior Quality Complaints Specialist, Biosense Webster, Inc./Johnson & Johnson, Diamond Bar, CA
Andrea HadjikyriacouPh.D. 2017Principal Scientist, Novartis, Cambridge, MA.
Nick HertzUndergraduate researcher B.S. 2007Postdoctoral position with Marc Tessier-Lavigne at Stanford University
Ashley HoltzUndergraduate Researcher B.S. 2023Medical Student, UCSD
Christine HrycynaPh.D. 1993Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Layfayette, IN
Jeffrey IchikawaPh.D. 1998Director, Systems Engineering at Thermo Fisher Scientific, South San Francisco, CA.
Diego IngrossoPostdoctoral fellow 1987-1990Associate Professor of Biochemistry, University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Kanishk JainPh.D. 2018Postdoctoral Fellow, Brian Strahl Laboratory, University of North Carolina
Cyrus JinUndergraduate Researcher B.S. 2017Graduate Student, Harvard Medical School
Ron KaganPh.D. 1995Director, Bioinformatics, Department of Infectious Diseases, Quest Diagnostic Inc., San Juan Capistrano, CA.
Jonathan KatzPh. D. 2003Assistant Professor of Medicine at USC and Director of Operations at the Center for Applied Molecular Medicine
Ryan KellyUndergraduate researcher B.S. 2012Scientist, Antibody Engineering, Genentech
Shilpi KharePh. D. 2011Associated Director, Biology, Mirati Therapeutics, San Diego, CA.
An-Keun KimVisiting Professor 1996-1997Professor of Pharmacy, Sookmyung Women's University, Seuol, Korea
Chuan LiPh.D. 1993Professor and Chair, Department of Life Sciences, Chung Shan Medical and Dental College, Taichung, Taiwan
Carole LinsterPostdoctoral fellow 2006-2010Group Leader, Luxembourg Centre of Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Rebecca S. LipsonPh. D. 2010Research and Development Chemist, WholeVine Products and Sonomaceuticals, Geyserville, CA
Zhanna LivshitsUndergraduate researcher 2000-2002Assistant Professor of Medicine, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Department of Medicine , Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Katia LopezUndergraduate Researcher B.S. 2019Research Assistant, Family Medicine Department, UC San Diego
Lillian Lien-li LouPh.D. 1984John C. Martin Foundation, New York, NY.
Troy LowePh.D. 2024Postdoctoral Fellow, Stephen Young Laboratory, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Dr. Jonathan LowensonAssociate Project Scientist 1993-2023
Jon LowensonPh.D. 1991Project Scientist, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA
Kennen MacKayPh.D. 2013Managing Director/Co-Head of Biotechnology Equity Research, Royal Bank of Canada
Duncan MacLarenPh.D. Student Ph.D. 1996Chief Scientific Officer, Vivogen, Los Angeles, CA.
Philip Neal McFaddenPh.D. 1983Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Tina Branscombe MirandaPh.D. 2004Scientific Health Analyst at National Cancer Institute (NCI), Bethesda, Maryland
Jamil MomandPh.D. 1989Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles
Mary Beth MudgettPh.D. 1994Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
E. David Murray, Jr.Ph.D. 1985Director of Regulatory Affairs at Oxford Pharmaceuticals LLC, Birmingham, Alabama.
Smriti NagarajanUndergraduate Researcher B.S. 2021
Clare O’ConnorPostdoctoral fellow 1980-1984Associate Professor of Biology, Boston College, Boston, MA
June Fu O’LearyMasters student M.S. 1991Independent Healthcare Consultant, June O'Leary Consulting, Claremont, CA.
Elizabeth OroudjevaUndergraduate Researcher B.S. 2025
Irene OtaPh.D. 1988Principal Scientist, Roche Diagnostics, San Francisco, CA
Eric PangPh.D. 2025
Nitika Thapar ParmarPh.D. 2000Associate Professor of Biology, California State University, Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
Alexander Nikolich PatanananPh.D. 2014Medical Communications Manager, Amgen
Esther PelusoUndergraduate Researcher B.S. 2021M.D./Ph.D. Student, UCLA
Mahmud PenjwiniUndergraduate researcher B.S. 2004Senior Corporate Strategy Analyst at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Orange County, CA.
Tanya C. PetrossianPh. D. 2010CEO and Founder of EndoCyclic Therapeutics; Chief Epigenetics Lead, Muhdo Health
Tanya Porras-YakushiPh. D. 2007Biopharma/Proteomics Demonstration Chemistry, Thermo Fisher, San Jose, CA
Jeff RavettoUndergraduate researcher 1993-1994Researcher, New Logic International Inc., Emeryville, CA
Troy SandbergUndergraduate researcher B.S. 2009Ph.D. student, Bioengineering, UC San Diego
Joyce SayeghPh. D. 2007Visiting Assistant Professor, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA
Richard SchafhalterUndergraduate Researcher B.S. 2023
Harrison ShawaUndergraduate Researcher B.S. 2018M.D. Student, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Robert StephensonPh.D. 1992Senior Scientist, Trellis Bioscience, South San Francisco, CA.
Kyle TravagliniUndergraduate Researcher B.S. 2015Ph.D. Student, Biological Sciences, Stanford University
Billy TsaiMasters student M.S. 1994Corydon Ford Collegiate Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Sarah VillaPh. D. 2007Academic Consultant, Los Angeles
Christopher R. VinciPh. D. 2010Founder, BioCraft Intellectual Property; Patent Agent, Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA.
Jonathan VisickPostdoctoral fellow 1994-1998Professor of Biology, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois
Sining “Cindy” WangPh.D. 2025
Rebeccah WarmackPh.D. 2019Douglas Rees Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Kristofor J. WebbPh. D. 2010Principal Scientist, Proteomics, Pfizer, Boulder, CO.
David WeissPost-Baccalaureate 2012-2013M.D./Ph.D. student, UCLA.
Jonelle WhitePh.D. 2019Term Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Barnard College, New York, NY.
Erin (Hongying) XiePh.D. 1993Vice President, Equity Research Analyst, State Street Research, Boston, MA
Alexandra Yakimova
Melody YangUndergraduate researcher 1993-1995Research Scientist, MJ Bioworks, South San Francisco, CA
Brian YoungPost-Baccalaureate 2009-2011M.D./Ph.D. student, UCLA Medical School
Katelyn Caslavka ZempelPh.D. 2017Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Whittier College
Pamela Zobel-ThroppPh.D. 2000Research Scientist, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
Cecilia Zurita-LopezPh. D. 2011Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Chapman University, Orange, CA.