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