People
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Paula Godoy
Postdoctoral fellow
Ph.D., Washington University St. Louis (Computational and Systems Biology)
Email: pmgodoy@ucsd.edu
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Takahiro Yamada
Postdoctoral fellow
Ph.D., Keio University (Biosciences and informatics)
Email: tayamada@ucsd.edu
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Xiaohuan Zhang
Postdoctoral fellow
Ph.D., University of Groningen (Molecular Microbiology)
Email: xiz197@ucsd.edu
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Mike Pokrass
Postdoctoral fellow
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University (Molecular Biology and Genetics)
Email: mpokrass@ucsd.edu
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Zahra Mousavi Karimi
Ph.D. student (Bioengineering)
B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
Email: zmousavikarimi@ucsd.edu
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Alumni
Omar Tabbaa (postdoc, 2015 - 2016), Director of Computational Biotechnology, Battelle, OH
Yang Li (postdoc, 2014 - 2021), Senior Data Analyst, UCSD, CA
Yanfei Jiang (postdoc, 2016 - 2021), Senior Optical Systems Engineer, Element Biosciences, CA
Zhen Zhou (postdoc, 2018 - 2023), Principal Investigator, CAS Interdisciplinary Research Center on Biology and Chemistry, China
Yuting Liu (postdoc, 2021 - 2023), Strategy Consultant, Panji Technologies Co., Ltd.
Phuc Nguyen (postdoc, 2021 - 2025), AI Engineer, Revvity, Inc.
Zohreh AkhavanAghdam (Ph.D. student, 2013 - 2017), Field Application Scientist, 10x Genomics, CA
Julie Paxman (Ph.D. student, 2016 - 2021), Technical Specialist, Dentons law firm, CA
Andres Nevarez (Ph.D. student, 2018 - 2022), Postdoc fellow, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX
Beverly Naigles (Ph.D. student, 2018 - 2023), Postdoc fellow, Woods Hole Oceanographic institution, MA
Joydeb Sinha (BS/MS student, 2014 - 2016), Ph.D., Stanford University, now Scientist at Mammoth Biosciences
Gavin Shih (BS/MS student, 2015 - 2018), Senior Research Associate, DNA Electronics, Inc., CA
Gary Le (BS/MS student, 2016 - 2018), Emergency Department Scribe with Vituity at El Camino Hospital, CA
Yutian Li (BS/MS student, 2016 - 2019), Ph.D. student, Caltech, CA
Adarsh Rajesh (Masters student, 2019 - 2020), Ph.D. student, SBP Medical Discovery Institute, CA
Bingxian Xu (BS/MS student, 2018 - 2020), Ph.D. student, Northwestern University, IL
Wanying Tian (BS/MS student, 2018 - 2021), Ph.D. student, UCSD, CA
Xiaoyan Ren (BS/MS student, 2018 - 2021), Ph.D. student, Kyoto University, Japan
Yijin Liu (BS/MS student, 2018 - 2021), DDS student, USC School of Dentistry, CA
Yifei Wang (BS/MS student, 2018 - 2021), Scientist, HD Biosciences, CA
Yu-Chieh Lee (BS/MS student, 2018 - 2021), DDS studnet, UCLA Dental School, CA
Mohona Datta (BS/MS student, 2021 - 2023), Research Associate, SBP Medical Discovery Institute, CA
Guoyu Zhu (Undergraduate volunteer, 2018 - 2019), Ph.D. student, Yale University, CT
Yushen Feng (Undergraduate volunteer, 2021 - 2023), MS student, UC Berkerly, CA
Lab pictures
DaoFu, Dec 2014
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Robataya Oton, Dec 2016
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Georges At The Cove, Dec 2017
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Grandma Tofu & BBQ, Dec 2018
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CUSP, July 2019
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Zoom, Sept 2020
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SAB.E.LEE, Dec 2021
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LOFT, UCSD, Sept 2023
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Seasons 52, Dec 2024