Current Lab Members

Lab Staff Postdocs Graduate Students Undergraduates
Kellie Fernandez Kaitlin Murray – 1st Year Postdoc Gema Olivarria – 5th Year Ph.D. Candidate Melissa Sanchez
Susana Furman – 5th Year Ph.D. Candidate Jazmyn Mulford
Collin Pachow – 4th Year Ph.D. Candidate Vidushi Singla
Dominic Javonillo – 3rd Year Ph.D. Student Alisa De La Rosa
Shawn Khosravi – 2nd Year M.S. Student Verenice Patiño

The Most Beautiful Lab (PC: Soo Park)

 

3 Women, 2 Gays, & 1 Shawn (PC: Melissa Sanchez)

 

Our Faithful Assistants (PC: Kellie Fernandez)

 


Alumni:

Graduate Students Trained:

2018 – 2022                 Amber Syage, Ph.D. – Post-doctoral position, University of Utah

2018 – 2022                 Yuting Cheng, Ph.D. – Project scientist, SinoCellTech, Beijing, China

2016 – 2020                 Dominic Skinner, Ph.D. – Scientist, Scale Biosciences, San Diego, CA

2015 – 2019                  Vrushali Mangale, Ph.D. – Scientist, Mosaic Biosciences, Boulder, CO

2015 – 2018                  Soumya Yandamuri, Ph.D. – Post-doctoral position, Yale University, School of Medicine

2014 – 2017                  Jonathan Grist, Ph.D. – Post-doctoral position, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla CA

2011 – 2015                  Warren Plaisted, Ph.D. – Associate Director, Biology, Gossamer Bio, San Diego, CA

2011 – 2014                  Caroline Blanc, Ph.D. – IP Manager, Coloplast, Denmark

2010 – 2015                  Brett Marro, Ph.D. – Scientist, Johnson & Johnson,  San Diego, CA

2006 – 2011                  Kevin Carbajal, Ph.D. – Senior Scientist, Arie Pharmaceuticals, Raleigh-Durham, NC

2006 – 2011                  Martin Hosking, Ph.D. – Scientist, Fate Therapeutics, San Diego, CA

2004 – 2010                 Lucia Whitman, Ph.D. – Scientist, Center for Innovation in Brain Science, University of Arizona Health Sciences

2002 – 2007                 Michael Muse, Ph.D.

2002 – 2007                  Kevin B. Walsh, Ph.D. – Scientist, Genentech. San Francisco, CA

2002 – 2007                  Katherine S. Held, Ph.D. – Associate Director & Sr. Scientist, Biological Research, Allergan, Inc. Irvine, CA

2001 – 2006                  Michelle Hickey, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Dept. Pathology & Lab Medicine, UCLA; Assistant Director, Immunogenetics

2001 – 2006                  Linda Stiles, Ph.D. – Director, Clinical Trial Support Pipeline Excellence, AbbVie Inc.

1999 – 2003                  Matthew Trifilo, Ph.D. – Vice President, Head of Medical Affairs, Life Molecular Imaging, San Diego, CA

1999 – 2002                  William G. Glass, Ph.D. – Associate Vice President, Global Scientific Publications, AbbVie Inc.

1998 – 2004                  Benjamin P. Chen, Ph.D.

1998 – 2002                  Michael T Liu, Ph.D. – Head of Cell Biology, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA

 

Postdoctoral Fellows:

2014 – 2018                 Laura Dickey, Ph.D.

2011 – 2012                  Ronika Leung, Ph.D., Scientist, Allergan, Inc.

2010 – 2013                  Lu Chen, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Irvine Scientific, Irvine, CA

2010 – 2011                  Jean Oak, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Pathology, Stanford University

2009 – 2013                  Jason Weinger, Ph.D., Director, Scientific Operations, Neurocentria, Inc., Concord, CA

2009 – 2011                  Katherine Held, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Allergan, Inc.

2008 – 2012                 Emanuele Tirotta, Ph.D., University of London

2006 – 2008                 Christopher Shaumburg, Ph.D., Allergan, Inc. (2008 – 2014); Founder & CEO, PURPS, Inc., Irvine, CA (2014-2018); Senior Director, Clinical and Business Development, Urovant, Inc., Irvine, CA (2018-present)

2004 – 2006                 Jenny Hardison, Ph.D., Saddleback College, Department of Math & Sciences. Mission Viejo, CA