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Covert Systems Biology Lab

Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Markus Covert, PhD
Associate Professor, Bioengineering
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Current Members

Javier Carrera, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Mialy DeFelice
Graduate Student, Bioengineering
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Takamasa Kudo
Graduate Student, Chemical Systems and Biology
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Keara Lane, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Inbal Maayan Haimovich, PhD
Lab Manager
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Derek Macklin
Graduate Student, Bioengineering
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John Mason
Graduate Student, Bioengineering
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Nick Ruggero
Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering
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Yu Tanouchi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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David Van Valen, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Morgan Paull
Graduate Student, Bioengineering
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Katie Bodner
Graduate Student, Bioengineering
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Stevan Jeknic
Graduate Student, Bioengineering
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Travis Horst
Graduate Student, Bioengineering
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Heejo Choi
Graduate Student, Bioengineering
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Administration

Kimberly Chin
Administrative Associate
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Alumni

Miriam Gutschow
Graduate Student, Bioengineering
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Sajia Akhter, PhD
Staff - Software Engineer
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Debha Amatya
Undergraduate Student, Bioengineering

Abhishek Arora
Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering (2012–2012)

Currently: Systems Engineer at Ericsson

Bryce Bajar
Undergraduate Student, Bioengineering

Hugh Bien
Contractor (2012–2012)
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Currently: Programmer

Benjamin Bolival
Technician, Department of Developmental Biology

Elsa Birch, PhD
Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering (2009–2013)
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Elissa Denny
Lab Manager (2007–2009)

Currently: Registered Nurse

Silvia Carrasco Garcia, PhD
Lab Manager
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Beginning Spring 2015: Lecturer at UC Davis

Jocelyn Hollings
Administrative Associate (2007–2009)
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Currently: Finance Manager at Stanford University

Jake Hughey, PhD
Graduate Student, Bioengineering (2007–2013)
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Currently: Postdoctoral Scholar, Butte Lab, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University

Jared Jacobs
Software Engineer (2010–2010)
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Currently: Software Engineer at FortyTwo Inc.

Jonathan Karr, PhD
Graduate Student, Biophysics & Medicine (2007–2013)
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Currently: Fellow, Icahn Institute for Genomics & Multiscale Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Kevin King, MD
Visiting Researcher (2010–2011)
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Currently: Cardiology Fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital

Ruby Lee
Undergraduate Student, Bioengineering (2012–2013)
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Currently: Assistant Project Manager, Google

Timothy Lee, PhD
Graduate Student, Bioengineering
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Nate Maynard, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2008–2012)

Currently: Scientist at Synthetic Genomics

Reza Payami
Graduate Student, Music (2013–)
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Sergi Regot, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Jayodita Sanghvi, PhD
Graduate Student, Bioengineering (2007–2013)
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Currently: Postdoctoral Scholar, Arkin and Schaffer Labs, Department of Bioengineering, University of California Berkeley

Andres Tellez, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2007–2007)

Senior Manager of Business Development, Cerulean Pharma

Thi Van Anh Thach
Financial and Research Administrator (2009–2010)

Development, GreatNonprofits

Sean Valle
Undergraduate Student, Bioengineering

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Markus' Birthday April 2010

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