Principal Investigator
Research Staff
Jerry Tuler, Lab Manager
Visiting Scholars
Dr. Tadashi Ishida, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Hamza Atcha, Bioengineering Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Thomas Molley, Bioengineering Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Severin Ruoss, Orthopaedics Postdoctoral Fellow
Graduate Students
Alis Balayan, Biomedical Sciences MD/PhD Student
co-mentor: Sam Ward
co-mentor: Sam Ward
Abhinaba Banerjee, Bioengineering MS Student
Carrie Bishop, Bioengineering PhD Student
National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute Predoctoral Trainee
National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute Predoctoral Trainee
Abel Demoz, Bioengineering PhD Student
Gisselle Gonzalez, Bioengineering PhD Student
National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow
San Diego Predoctoral Fellow
Siebel Scholar
National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow
San Diego Predoctoral Fellow
Siebel Scholar
Alyssa Holman, Biomedical Sciences PhD Student
Genetics Predoctoral Fellow
F31 Predoctoral Fellow
co-mentor: Dr. Neil Chi
Genetics Predoctoral Fellow
F31 Predoctoral Fellow
co-mentor: Dr. Neil Chi
Madison Kane, Bioengineering PhD Student
National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow
National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow
Erin LaMontagne, Bioengineering PhD Student
National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow
co-mentor: Alysson Muotri
National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellow
co-mentor: Alysson Muotri
So Youn Moon, Bioengineering PhD Student
Kwanjeong Educational Foundation Fellow
Kwanjeong Educational Foundation Fellow
Aileena Nelson, Bioengineering PhD Student
AHA Predoctoral Fellow
co-mentor: Dr. Neil Chi
AHA Predoctoral Fellow
co-mentor: Dr. Neil Chi
Deepika Ramaswamy, Bioengineering MS Student
Undergraduate Students
Sidney Fitch, Biology BS Student
Neal Patel, Bioengineering BS Student
Summer Lab Photo 2023
Group Alumni
Visiting Faculty Scholars
Dr. Marie De Boutray, Université de Montpellier, France (2022)Dr. Jungwook Kim, Sogang University, Republic of Korea (2020-2021)
Dr. Jennifer H. Shin, KIAST, Republic of Korea (2019-2020)
Dr. Cian O'Leary, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland (2018)
Dr. Frederic Kolb, Institut Gustave Roussy, France (2014-16)
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Natalie Kirkland, Bioengineering Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-22)Current: Scientist II, Altos Labs
Dr. Katherine Birmingham, Bioengineering Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-22)
Current: Senior Engineer I, BD Biosciences
Dr. Jesse Placone, Bioengineering Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-19)
Current: Assistant Professor, West Chester University
Dr. Cassandra Happe, Bioengineering Postdoctoral Fellow (2014-18)
Current: Tech Transfer Officer, sciVelo
Dr. Bradly Nelson, Cardiology Fellow (2015-17)
Current: Resident, Oregon Health & Science University
Dr. Gretchen Meyer, Bioengineering Postdoctoral Fellow (2011-14)
Current: Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
Dr. Alexander Fuhrmann, Bioengineering Postdoc (2010-15)
Current: Staff Scientist, Illumina
Dr. Yu Suk Choi, Bioengineering Postdoctoral Fellow (2010-13)
Current: Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor), University of Western Australia (Perth, Australia)
Graduate Students
Jaimie Mayner, Bioengineering PhD Student (2016-2023)Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, ETH Zurich
Benjamin Yeoman, Bioengineering PhD Student joint with SDSU (2017-2022)
Current: Scientist I, Altos Labs
Alexander Whitehead, Bioengineering PhD Student (2017-2022)
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Evan Masutani, Bioengineering MD/PhD Student (2018-2022)
Current: Medical School, UCSD
Evan Teng, Bioengineering PhD (2015-2021)
Current: Scientist I, Biolegend
Divya Lakshmanan, Bioengineering MS (2019-2021)
Current: Research Associate, Biosplice
Elena Demeester, Molecular Biology MS (2019-2021)
Current: Staff Research Associate, UCSD
Afsheen Banisadr, Biomedical Sciences PhD (2015-2020)
Current: Scientist, Turning Point Therapuetics
Pranjali Beri, Bioengineering PhD (2015-2020)
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Foundation
Aditya Kumar, Bioengineering PhD (2014-2019)
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, UC San Diego
Christopher Plunkett, Bioengineering MS (2017-2019)
Current: Bioengineer I, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Foundation
Michael Gibbons, Bioengineering PhD (2013-18)
Current: Scientist, 10x Genomics
Peter Min, Bioengineering MS (2015-17)
Current: Associate Engineer, Masimo
Ayla Sessions, Biomedical Sciences PhD (2011-17)
Current: Senior Scientist, Merck
Kelsey Thomas, Biomedical Sciences PhD (2011-16)
Current: Senior Clinical Research Associate, IQVIA
Hermes Taylor-Weiner, Bioengineering PhD (2010-15)
Current: Scientist 1, Element Biosciences
Alistair McIntyre, Bioengineering MS (2013-15)
Current: Attorney, Knobbe Martens
Gaurav Kaushik, Bioengineering PhD (2009-15)
Current: Founder, Cascade.Bio
Jessica Wen, Bioengineering PhD (2009-15); MD (2017-2021)
Current: Resident (Internal Medicine), UC San Diego
Ludovic Vincent, Bioengineering PhD (2009-14)
Current: Staff Scientist, Illumina
Andrew Holle, Bioengineering PhD (2008-13)
Current: Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore
Jennifer Young, Bioengineering PhD (2008-13)
Current: Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore
Alice Spenlehauer, Bioengineering MS (2012-13)
Current: PhD student, Imperial College London
Somyot Chirasatitsin, Bioengineering PhD (2008-12)
Current: Assistant Professor, Prince of Songkla University (Thailand)
Xinyi Tang, Bioengineering MS (2010-12)
Current: Quality Control Supervisor, ScienCell Research Laboratories
Jennifer Kiang, Bioengineering MS (2010-12)
Current: Sr Manager, Product Development, DARÉ Bioscience
Visiting Graduate Scholars
Mauricio Tamborindeguy, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (2022-23)Paloma Campos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (2018-19)
Bibiana Matte, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (2016-17)
Maria Flores-Merino, University of Sheffield, UK (2010-2011)
Undergraduate Students
Rachel Lian, Bioengineering BS Student (2019-2023)Ishta Madan, Molecular and Cell Biology BS Student (2020-2022)
Enio Hodzic, Bioengineering BS Student (2017-2020)
Jessica Fung, Human Biology BS Student (2017-2020)
Mariam Eick, Bioengineering BS Student (2018-2020)
Emily Morgan, Biology BS Student, SDSU (2018-2020)
Gabrielle Shatkin, Bioengineering BS Student (2016-2020)
Gillian Grennan, Marine Biology BS Student (2016-2019)
Kirsten Wong, Bioengineering BS Student (2015-2019)
Yang Hsun (Susan) Hou, Bioengineering BS Student (2017-2019)
Anna Popravko, Bioengineering BS Student (2016-2019)
Barry Weickert, Bioengineering BS Student (2016-2018)
Daniel Cheah, Nanoengineering BS Student (2015-2018)
Rossin Erbe, Human Biology BS Student (2015-2018)
Brenda Ngo, Biochemistry BS Student (2016-2018)
Vivien Tran, Bioengineering BS Student (2015-2018)
Kevin Tenerelli, CSUSM Biology BS Student (2014-2017)
Stephanie Thomas, Structural Engineering BS (2014-2017)
Neeraja Ravi, Bioengineering BS (2012–14, 2016)
Piyumi Wijesekara, Bioengineering BS (2012-15)
Jared Kehe, Bioengineering BS (2012-15)
Stephanie Chang, Bioengineering BS (2014-15)
Jacquelyn Schaefer, Biology BS (2010-15)
Andrew Lee, Bioengineering BS (2010-14)
Kyle Kretchmer, CSU-SM CIRM Bridges Program Student (2011-13)
Deepthi Vijayraghavan, Bioengineering BS (2010-11)
James Kahng, Bioengineering BS (2010-12)
Justin Tse, Bioengineering BS (2008-11)
Nikhil Joshi, Bioengineering BS (2009-10)
Sara Richardson, Bioengineering BS (2008-9)