Alumni

Lab alumni

Former postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduate students, visiting scholars, and other Sherlock Lab members.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Michelle Hays
Michelle Hays
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dean's Fellow, CEHG Fellow, NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, 2022 Hanna Gray Fellow
Current: Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Jason Tarkington
Jason Tarkington
Postdoctoral Fellow
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow
Po-Hsiang Hung
Po-Hsiang Hung
Postdoctoral Fellow, joint with Sasha Levy's lab
Currently: BacStitch DNA
Fangfei Li
Fangfei Li
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: BacStitch DNA
Kieran Collins
Kieran Collins
Postdoctoral Fellow, joint with Sasha Levy's lab
Currently: California Department of Public Health
Margaux Pinney
Margaux Pinney (April 2021- Dec 2021)
Postdoctoral Fellow, joint with Polly Fordyce's lab
Currently: Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley
Dimitra Aggeli
Dimitra Aggeli, Ph.D. (April 2014 - March 2018)
Postdoctoral Fellow (joint with Will Greenleaf)
Currently: Process Scientist. ABEC
Lucas Herissant
Lucas Herissant, Ph.D. (October 2014 - March 2018)
Sebastien Boyer
Sebastien Boyer, Ph.D. (January 2016 - March 2018)
Sasha Levy, Ph.D. (March 2011 - October 2013)
Current Position:
Group Leader
Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology (JIMB)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Stanford University
Katy Kao, Ph.D. (September 2005 - July 2008)
Current Position:
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering,
Texas A&M University
Albert Lee, Ph.D. (January 2006 - July 2008)
Current Position:
Research and Development Scientist at Agilent Technologies
Michal Ronen, Ph.D. (June 2005 - November 2005)
Current Position:
Technical Lead/Expert at Covidien

Graduate Students

Danica Schmidtke
Danica Schmidtke
Graduate Student in Microbiology and Immunology
NSF Fellow
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow in Ami Bhatt's lab
Vivian Chen
Vivian Chen
Graduate student in Biology
NSF Fellow
B.S. in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
UCLA
Alanna Pyke
Alanna Pyke (January 2021 - May 2022)
Graduate Student in Genetics
Yuping Li
Yuping Li (May 2014 - September 2019)
Current position: Postdoc in Joe Bondy-Denomy's lab, UCSF
Mia Jaffe
Mia Jaffe (June 2013 - December 2017)
Current position: Data Scientist at Kallyope
Dan Kvitek (September 2007 - December 2012)
Current position: Principal Scientist at Hexagon Bio
Yuya Kobayashi (May 2008 - January 2012)
Current Position: Lead Scientist at Invitae
Jared Wenger (April 2007 - September 2011)
Current Position: Director of Biologics at Adjuvance Technologies, Inc.
Jacqueline Ou (September 2009 - December 2011)
Current Position: Senior Manager, Market Analytics & Strategy at Genentech

Rotation Students

Matt Gill
Matt Gill
Rotating Graduate Student in Genetics, Winter 2022
Angela Hickey
Angela Hickey
Rotating Graduate Student in Genetics, Fall 2021
NSF Fellow
Makena Pule
Rotating Graduate Student, Summer 2018
Currently: Karla Kirkegaard's lab
Kelsey Fryer
Rotating Graduate Student, Spring 2018
Currently: Aaron Straight's lab
Adam Reeves
Rotating Graduate Student, Winter 2018
Currently: Anne Brunet's lab
Alex Kern
Rotating Graduate Student, Fall 2017
Currently: Hunter Fraser's lab
Jessica Chang
Rotating Graduate Student, Fall 2013
Graduated from: Julie Baker's lab
Zoe Rogers
Rotating Graduate Student, Fall 2012
Graduated from: Monte Winslow's lab
Natasha Meyer
Rotating Graduate Student, Spring 2011
Graduated from: David Kingsley's lab
Zoe Assaf
Rotating Graduate Student, Fall 2010
Graduated from: Dmitri Petrov's lab
Yuan Zhu
Rotating Graduate Student, Summer 2009
Graduated from: Dmitri Petrov's lab
Joseph Foley
Rotating Graduate Student, Spring 2008
Graduated from: Arend Sidow's lab
Elizabeth Tanner
Rotating Graduate Student, Fall 2007
Graduated from: Karla Kirkegaard's lab
David Goode
Rotating Graduate Student, Winter 2006
Graduated from: Arend Sidow's lab

Visiting Graduate Students

Elzbieta Pogoda, Summer 2014
Visiting Graduate Student
Institute of Environmental Sciences,
Jagiellonian University
Ph.D. Ecology Programme
Charlotte Urien, Fall 2011
Visiting Graduate Student
Gianfranca Ladu, Ph.D., Spring, Summer 2006
Visiting Graduate Student
Copy Number Variation in Yeast

Undergraduate Students

Pate Jessop
Pate Jessop
Undergraduate student
Hannah Shong
Undergraduate student, Fall 2024 -
Jonathan Mulenga
Undergraduate student, Winter 2024 -
Angelina Chan
Angelina Chan
Undergraduate Student, Winter 2022 - Spring 2024
Andreea Jitaru
Andreea Jitaru, Summer 2020
Stanford Undergraduate Student
Juli Porto
Juli Porto, Summer 2020
Undergraduate student
Audrey Yingwei Xu
Audrey Yingwei Xu, Winter - Summer, 2020
Undergraduate student
Sam Hoelscher
Sam Hoelscher, Fall 2016 - Spring 2020
Undergraduate student
Alice Yu, Summer 2012
UC San Diego Undergraduate Student
Tess Donckels, Summer 2011
Univerity of Washington Undergraduate Student
Michael Davies, Winter - Summer 2010
Stanford Undergraduate Student
Jennifer Guerrero, Summer 2009
UCLA Undergraduate Student
SSRP/Amgen Summer Program
Jocelyn Barker, Summer 2007
College of Wooster Undergraduate Student

High School Students

Nidhi Navaratna, Summer 2014
High School Student
Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program (SIMR)
Undergraduate institution: UC Berkeley
Eric Liu, Summer 2014
High School Student
Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program (SIMR)
Undergraduate institution: Brown University
Rahul Joshi, Summer 2012
High School Student
Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program (SIMR)
Undergraduate institution: UC Berkeley
Walter Hsiang, Summer 2010
High School Student
Undergraduate institution: Yale
Malika Kumar, Summer 2007 - Summer 2008
High School Student
Undergraduate institution: Stanford University
Haley Zarrin, Summer 2007 - Summer 2008
High School Student
Undergraduate institution: UPenn
Julia Ying, Summer, Fall 2006
High School Student
Undergraduate institution: UC Berkeley
Tania Moromito, Summer 2006 - Summer 2007
High School Student
Undergraduate institution: MIT

Other Alumni lab members

Barbara Dunn, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Paul Levine
Emeritus Professor
Boris Stambuk, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor
Dominika Wloch-Salamon
Visiting Assistant Professor
Institute of Environmental Sciences,
Jagiellonian University
Kosciuszko Foundation Fellow
Larry Thrower
Master's student
Currently: UC Santa Cruz graduate student