Hoelz Lab: Former Lab Members
Former California Institute of Technology Group Members
Vladimir Baytshtok
Research Technician (2008 - 2010)
B.Sc. Columbia University, New York (2008)
Currently:
Graduate Student, Sauer Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Susanne A. Kassube
Diplom Student (2007 - 2008)
M.Sc. Biology, University of Heidelberg, Germany (2007)
B.Sc. Biology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Currently:
Graduate Student, Nogales Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
Heather A. King
Graduate Fellow (Young and Crane Laboratories; 2004 - 2008)
Ph.D. Chemical Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York (2008)
M.Sc. Chemistry, Cornell University (2004)
B.Sc. Chemistry, The College of William and Mary (1997)
Currently:
Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Dr. Johanna Napetschnig
Graduate Fellow (2004 - 2010)
Ph.D. The Rockefeller University, New York (2010)
M.Sc. Biology, University of Vienna, Austria (2002)
B.Sc. Biology, University of Vienna, Austria
Currently:
Thomas Noriega
Research Technician (2007 - 2008)
B.Sc. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (2007)
Currently:
Graduate Student, Walter Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Hyuk-Soo Seo
Research Associate (2005 - 2010)
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Currently:
Research Associate, Blobel Laboratory, The Rockefeller University
Former Rockefeller Group Members and Collaborators (as part of Laboratory of Cell Biology)
Tobias Stuwe
Diplom Student (2005 - 2006)
Ph.D. Structural Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany (2010)
B.Sc. (Vordiplom), M.Sc. (Diplom) Biology, University of Heidelberg, Germany (2003)
Currently:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Hoelz Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Daniel Wacker
Master’s Student (2008 - 2009)
B.Sc., M.Sc. Biochemistry, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Currently:
Graduate Student, Stevens Laboratory, The Scripps Research Institute
Dr. Kimihisa Yoshida
Research Associate (2004 - 2010)
M.D. Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Currently:
Research Associate, Blobel Laboratory, The Rockefeller University
Dr. Ivo Melčak
Postdoctoral Associate (2004 - 2007)
Ph.D. Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Currently:
Research Associate, Blobel Laboratory, The Rockefeller University
Andrew Davenport
Research Technician (2008 - 2010)
B.Sc. Biophysics, Brown University (2008)
Currently:
Graduate Student, Hoelz Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Stephan Kutik
Postdoctoral Fellow (2008 - 2009)
Ph.D. University of Freiburg, Germany (2008)
M.Sc. (Diplom) Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany (2004)
B.Sc. (Vordiplom) Biochemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany
Currently:
Dr. Yingli Ma
Postdoctoral Associate (2005 - 2009)
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
Currently:
Senior Scientist, Novartis, Beijing, China
Dr. Yi Ren
Postdoctoral Associate (2009 - 2010)
Ph.D. Princeton University
Currently:
Postdoctoral Associate, Blobel Laboratory, The Rockefeller University
Dr. Kuo-Chiang Hsia
Graduate Fellow (2005 - 2009)
Ph.D. The Rockefeller University, New York (2009)
M.Sc. National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan (2000)
B.Sc. FuJen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan (1998)
Postdoctoral Associate, Kapoor Laboratory, The Rockefeller University
Dr. Pete Stavropoulos
Graduate Fellow (2004 - 2008)
Ph.D. The Rockefeller University
B.Sc. Stony Brook University, New York
Currently:
Biotech Equity Research Associate, Cantor Fitzgerald, New York, NY
Previously:
Research Associate, Papavasiliou Laboratory, The Rockefeller University
California Institute of Technology
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Dr. Vivien Nagy
Graduate Fellow (2005 - 2010)
Dr. Ing. Free University of Berlin, Germany (2010)
M.Sc. (Diplom) Bioengineering, Free University of Berlin, Germany
B.Sc. (Vordiplom) Bioengineering, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Currently:
Dr. Erik W. Debler
Postdoctoral Associate (2007 - 2010)
Ph.D. Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA (2007)
M.Sc. (Diplom) Biochemistry, Free University of Berlin, Germany (2002)
B.Sc. (Vordiplom) Biochemistry, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Currently:
Postdoctoral Associate, Blobel Laboratory, The Rockefeller University
Yutao Qi
Rotating Graduate Student (July 2011 - September 2011)
B.S.E. Pharmaceutical Engineering, Sichuan University, China (2006)
M.Sc. Tsinghua University, China (2010)
Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski
Visiting Graduate Student (November 2010 - October 2011)
M.Sc. (Diplom) Applied Natural Sciences, Freiberg University, Germany (2012)
B.Sc. (Vordiplom) Applied Natural Sciences, Freiberg University, Germany
Currently:
Assistant Professor, Leiden University, Netherlands
Dr. Haiping Liu
Postdoctoral Scholar (January 2011 - June 2011)
Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
B.Sc. Biology, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Currently:
Research Associate, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China
Dr. Chieko Hashizume
Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar (June 2011 - August 2011)
Ph.D. Science, University of Tsukuba, Japan
B.Sc. Bioengineering, Soka University, Japan
Currently:
Postdoctoral Scholar, Wong Laboratory, Kanazawa University, Japan
Robert Constable
Visiting Student (August 2011 - September 2011)
B.Sc. Biochemistry, Warwick University, United Kingdom (2011)
Currently:
Graduate Student, Walker Laboratory, Cambridge University, England
C. Danielle Antonuk
Research Assistant, Safety Officer (October 2010 - February 2012)
M.Sc. Chemical Biology, University of California, Berkeley (2010)
B.Sc. Chemistry, Kalamazoo College (2008)
Currently:
Medical Student, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Jeff Liu
High School Student (June 2011 - February 2012)
Villanova Preparatory School
Supervised by Andrew M. Davenport
Currently:
Undergraduate Student, University of California, San Diego, Fall 2012
Dr. Stephan Zimmermann
Postdoctoral Scholar (September 2011 - May 2012)
Ph.D. Biochemistry, Martin Luther University, Germany (2011)
Diplom Biochemistry, Martin Luther University, Germany (2006)
Hanna Kuberczyk
Undergraduate Student (November 2011 - June 2012)
California Institute of Technology, Chemistry Major, Fourth Year
Supervised by Tobias Stuwe
Currently:
Master’s student, Life sciences and Technologies, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Sohini Khan
Undergraduate Student (April 2012 - June 2012)
California Institute of Technology, Chemistry Major, Second Year
Supervised by Tobias Stuwe
Young E. Jeon
Research Technician, Safety Officer (June 2011 - June 2012)
B.Sc. Biomedical Engineering, University of California, San Diego (2009)
jeon at caltech.edu
Currently:
Medical Student, University of California, Davis
Dr. Koji Kato
Postdoctoral Scholar (January 2011 - June 2012)
Ph.D. Structural Biology, Osaka University, Japan (2008)
M.Sc. Biochemistry, Kagoshima University, Japan (2003)
B.Sc. Biochemistry, Kagoshima University, Japan (2001)
Currently:
Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan
Kumiyo Kato
Research Assistant (June 2011 - June 2012)
Osaka College of High Technology, Japan (2002)
Rosa Yoon
High School Student (September 2011 - June 2012)
Grade 12, Crescenta Valley High School
Supervised by Andrew M. Davenport
Currently:
Undergraduate Student, Seoul National University, Korea, starting in Fall 2012
Dacotah Splichalova
Undergraduate Student (June 2012- August 2012)
Biochemistry and Microbiology
Oregon State University
Supervised by Tobias Stuwe
Karel Moersalim
High School Student (June 2012 - August 2012)
Supervised by Daniel H. Lin
Britni Meaglia
High School Student (June 2012 - August 2012)
Supervised by Daniel H. Lin
Camille Bayas
Amgen Scholar (June 2012 - September 2012)
Chemistry, Cornell University
Supervised byTobias Stuwe
Currently:
Graduate Student, Stanford University
Antoine Koehl
Amgen Scholar (June 2012 - September 2012)
Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, Senior
Supervised by Tobias Stuwe
Currently:
Graduate Student, Stanford University
Ellen Casavant
Rotating Graduate Student (August 2012 - December 2012)
B.Sc. Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of California, San Diego (2012)
Supervised by Tobias Stuwe
Currently:
Graduate Student, Stanford University
Katherine Brugman
Rotating Graduate Student (October 2012 - December 2012)
B.Sc. Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkley (2011)
Supervised by Tobias Stuwe
Chris Frick
Rotating Graduate Student (September 2012 - December 2012)
B.Sc. Biochemistry and Biophysics, Whitworth University (2012)
Supervised by Tobias Stuwe
David Liu
High School Student (August 2011 - January 2013)
Temple City High School, Grade 11
Supervised by Andrew M. Davenport
Yanbin Fan
Visiting Ph.D. Student Fudan University (October 2012 - July 2013)
B.Sc. Polymer Sciences, Zhejiang University (2009)
Supervised by Daniel H. Lin
ybfan at caltech.edu
Jonathan Herrmann
Amgen Scholar (May 2013 - August 2013)
Biochemistry, Washington University in St. Louis
Supervised by Tobias Stuwe
Currently:
Graduate Student, Stanford University
Casey Sondgeroth
Amgen Scholar (June 2013 - August 2013)
Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Pletteville
Supervised by Ferdinand Huber
Daniel Ra
High School Student (July 2013 - August 2013)
Supervised by Leslie Collins
Miranda Saldivar
High School Student (June 2012- August 2013)
Supervised by Daniel H. Lin
Dan Zhou
Rotating Graduate Student (July 2013 - September 2013)
B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China (2012)
Supervised by Christopher J. Bley
Sandra Schilbach
Visiting Student (August 2012 - October 2013)
B.Sc. Chemistry and Biochemistry, LMU Munich (2011)
Supervised by Tobias Stuwe
Currently:
Graduate Student, Max-Planck-Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Molecular Biology
Emily Blythe
Rotating Graduate Student (September 2013 - December 2013)
B.A. Biological Chemistry, Grinnell College (2012)
Supervised by Daniel H. Lin
Chengcheng Fan
Rotating Graduate Student (September 2013 - December 2013)
B.Sc. Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles (2012)
Supervised by Tobias Stuwe
Dr. Elena Khanova
Postdoctoral Visitor (September 2013 - November 2013)
Ph.D. Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Science, Russia (2006)
M.Sc. Biochemistry, Moscow State University, Russia (2003)
Shuai Wang
Rotating Graduate Student (September 2013 - December 2013)
B.Sc. Biology, Wuhan University, China (2011)
Supervised by Tobias Stuwe
Belinda Wenke
Rotating Graduate Student (September 2013 - December 2013)
B.A. Biochemistry, Mount Holyoke College (2011)
Supervised by Tobias Stuwe
Dr. Dan Mayo
Postdoctoral Scholar (July 2012 - January 2014)
Ph.D. Biochemistry, Miami University (2012)
B.S. Chemistry/Physics, Shippensburg University (2007)
mayodj at caltech.edu
Currently: Full Time Tenure Track Faculty, College of the Desert, Palm Desert
Previously: Full Time Adjunct Faculty, Cal. State Fullerton
Steven Klupt
Amgen Scholar (June 2014 - August 2014)
University of Maryland
Supervised by Ferdinand Huber
Samantha Parsons
Amgen Scholar (June 2014 - August 2014)
B.Sc. Bioinformatics, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas (2015)
Supervised by Ana Correia
Lydia Zhang
Undergraduate Student (June 2014 - August 2014)
Bowdoin, Biochemistry Major, Brunswick Maine, Third Year
Supervised by Christopher J. Bley
Slava Butkovich
Undergraduate Student (March 2014 - August 2014)
California Institute of Technology, Chemistry Major, First Year
Supervised by Daniel H. Lin
Arron Motacek
Visiting Scientist (January 2015 - March 2015)
B.Sc. Biology, University of North Dakota (2012)
Supervised by Christopher J. Bley
Michelle Fry
Visiting Scientist (January 2015 - May 2015)
B.Sc. Biological Physics and Mathematics, Brandeis University (2014)
Supervised by Ana Correia
Currently:
Graduate Student, California Institute of Technology
Alexander Cohen
Visiting Scientist (April 2014 - April 2015)
B.Sc. University of California Los Angeles, Biochemistry (2014)
Supervised by Leslie Collins
Currently:
Graduate Student, California Institute of Technology
Dr. Andrew M. Davenport
Graduate Student (June 2011 - July 2015)
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology (2015)
B.Sc. Biophysics, Brown University (2008)
adavenpo at caltech.edu
Currently:
Science advisor, Goodwin Procter
Emma Goguen
Amgen Scholar (June 2015 - August 2015)
University of California, Davis, Biochemistry Major, Fourth Year
Supervised by Ferdinand Huber
Regina Liu
Amgen Scholar (May 2014 - August 2014, May 2015 - August 2015)
Washington University in St. Louis
Supervised by Karsten Thierbach
Hannah Margolis
High School Student (June 2015 - August 2015)
Supervised by Leslie Collins
Nina Butkovich
Undergraduate Student (April 2015 - August 2015)
California Institute of Technology, Chemistry Major, Second Year
Supervised by George Mobbs
Roland Tran
Visiting Scientist (September 2014 - December 2015)
Supervised by Karsten Thierbach
Dr. Tobias Stuwe
Postdoctoral Scholar (September 2010 - November 2015)
Ph.D. Structural Biology, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany (2010)
M.Sc. (Diplom) Biology, University of Heidelberg, Germany (2007)
B.Sc. (Vordiplom) Biology, University of Heidelberg, Germany (2003)
Currently: Vice President Protein Therapeutics, Odyssey Therapeutics, Frankfurt am Main Germany
Zhi Yang
Rotating Graduate Student (September 2015 - December 2015)
B.Sc. Molecular Biology, Jilin University, China (2011)
M.Sc. Biochemistry and Biophysics, Brandeis University (2015)
Supervised by Ana Correia
Emily Rundlet
Research Technician (June 2014 - June 2016)
B.A. Biochemistry, Colgate University, Hamilton New York (2014)
Currently: Graduate student, Tri-Institutional PhD Program, New York
Jacqueline Chou
Amgen Scholar (June 2016 - August 2016)
Barnard College, Chemistry Major, Senior
Supervised by Ana Correia
Christopher Markosian
Amgen Scholar (June 2016 - August 2016)
Rutgers University, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Major, Third Year
Supervised by Ferdinand Huber
Hannah Margolis
High School Student (June 2015 - August 2016)
Dartmouth College, Biophysical Chemistry major, First Year
Supervised by Leslie Collins
Reeti K. Gulati
Caltech Surf Scholar (February 2016 - October 2016)
Caltech, Chemistry Major, Second Year
Supervised by Leslie Collins
Vinitra Nathan
Research Technician (July 2016 - December 2016)
B.Sc. Life Sciences, McMaster University (2015)
Rachael Kuintzle
Rotating Graduate Student (January 2017 - March 2017)
B.Sc. Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara (2011)
M.Sc. Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University (2016)
Supervised by Christopher J. Bley
Yiwei Zheng
Visiting Student Student (VURP) (November 2016 - April 2017)
Chemistry Major, Nankai University, China, Fourth Year
Supervised by George Mobbs
Karthik Srinvasan
Visiting Student Researcher (August 2016 - July 2017)
BITS Pilani Goa Campus, India
Biological Sciences (M.Sc) and Mechanical Engineering (B.E.) Dual Major, Fifth Year
Supervised by Ana Correia
Rene Rosch
Visiting Student Researcher (August 2016 - August 2017)
B. Sc. Molecular Life Science, University of Lübeck (2015)
M. Sc. Molecular Life Science, University of Lübeck (2017)
Supervised by Ferdinand Huber
Hannah Margolis
Undergraduate Student (June 2015 - August 2017)
Dartmouth College, Biophysical Chemistry Major, Second Year
Supervised by Christopher J. Bley
Ellen Yu
Undergraduate Student (January 2014 - June 2017)
B.S. Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, (2017)
Supervised by Ferdinand Huber
ellen.yu at caltech.edu
Dr. Daniel H. Lin
Graduate Student (April 2012 - September 2017)
B.Sc. Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis (2011)
Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology (2017)
dhlin at caltech.edu
Starry Xu
Caltech Surf Scholar (February 2016 - June 2017)
Caltech, Chemical Engineering Major, Second Year
Supervised by George Mobbs
Daniela Franco
Undergraduate Student (June 2017 - September 2017)
De Anza College, Biomedical Engineering, Third Year
Supervised by Ferdinand Huber
Leslie Collins
Graduate Student (April 2012 - December 2017)
B.Sc. Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of California, San Diego (2012)
lcollin at caltech.edu
Ailiena Maggiolo
Rotating Graduate Student (September 2017 - December 2017)
B.S. Chemistry, Penn State University (2017)
Supervised by Ana Correia
Sarah Speed
Rotating Graduate Student (September 2017 - December 2017)
B.Sc. Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2015)
Supervised by Ferdinand Huber
Ming Liang Lin
Visiting Student (VURP) (September 2017 - February 2018)
Chemistry Major, Nankai University, China, Fourth Year
Supervised by Si Nie
Yufei Lin
Visiting Student (VURP) (October 2017 - February 2018)
Chemistry Major, Nankai University, China, Fourth Year
Supervised by George Mobbs
Reduanul Bari
Visiting Student Researcher (VSR) (November 2017 - March 2018)
University of Oulu, Finland, Biochemistry Major, MSc. Second Year
Supervised by Ferdinand Huber
Dr. Ana Correia
Postdoctoral Scholar (November 2013 - March 2018)
Ph.D. Biochemistry, Instituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica (ITQB-UNL) (2010)
B.Sc. Biochemistry, Lisbon University (2005)
Currently: Scientist at Amgen, Thousand Oaks, California
Theo Yang
Undergraduate Student (January 2017 - April 2018)
California Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering Major, Second Year
Supervised by Stefan Petrovic
Mark Gad
Research Technician (May 2018 - June 2018)
B.A. Biochemistry, Occidental College, Los Angeles (2018)
Sarah Cai
Undergraduate Student (November 2014 - June 2018)
California Institute of Technology, Chemistry Major, Fourth Year
Supervised by Christopher J. Bley, Formerly by Daniel H. Lin & Ana Correia
swcai at caltech.edu
Currently: Graduate student at Rockefeller
Aaron Tang
Research Technician (May 2016 - June 2018)
B.A. Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley (2016)
Brendan Rose
Undergraduate Student (July 2018 - July 2018)
Yale University, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Major, Second Year
Supervised by Claudia Jette
Dr. Karsten Thierbach
Postdoctoral Scholar (August 2013 - August 2018)
Ph.D. Biology, University of Heidelberg, Germany (2013)
M.Sc. (Diplom) Biochemistry, University of Kiel, Germany (2006)
B.Sc. (Vordiplom) Biochemistry, University of Kiel, Germany (2003)
karsten.thierbach at caltech.edu
Currently: Senior Director Protein Therapeutics, Odyssey Therapeutics, Frankfurt/Rhein-Main Germany
Alex Lyons
Amgen Scholar (July 2018 - August 2018)
University of Missouri - Columbia, Biochemistry and Biology Major, Fourth Year
Supervised by Thibaud Perriches, Stefan Petrovic, and Dipanjan Samanta
Dr. Thibaud Perriches
Postdoctoral Scholar (November 2014 - December 2018)
Ph.D. Biochemistry, Cancer Research UK, University City of London (2014)
MRes Biochemistry - Birkbeck College of Crystallography (2010)
Bioengineering diploma - Ecole de biologie industrielle (2008)
tdperric at caltech.edu
Currently: Science Partner, CARE Partners, Paris France
Andrew Schacht
Rotating Graduate Student (October 2018 - December 2018)
B.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Nebraska at Lincoln (2018)
Supervised by George Mobbs
Giovani Pinton Tomaleri
Rotating Graduate Student (October 2018 - December 2018)
B.Sc. Pharmacy-Biochemistry, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Supervised by Stefan Petrovic
Lucas Schaus
Rotating Graduate Student (Jan 2019 - April 2019)
B.Sc. Biology / Chemistry, ETH Zurich (2015)
M.Sc. Biological Chemistry, ETH Zurich (2018)
Supervised by Stefan Petrovic and Dipanjan Samanta
Sarah Speed
Graduate Student (July 2018 - April 2019)
B.Sc. Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2015)
Claudia Jette
Graduate Student (April 2017 - May 2019)
B.Sc. Pharmacology, University of California, Santa Barbara (2015)
Dr. Ferdinand Huber
Graduate Student (June 2013 - June 2019)
Visiting Graduate Student (June 2012 - May 2013)
B.Sc. Chemistry and Biochemistry, LMU Munich (2011)
M.Sc. (Diplom) Biochemistry, LMU Munich, Germany (2013)
Currently: Principal Scientist, Odyssey Therapeutics, Fankfur am Main, GermanyScientist at Octapharma, Heidelberg, Germany
huberf at caltech.edu
Jimmy Thai
Amgen Scholar (July 2019 - August 2019)
Harvard University, Chemistry and Physics Major, Fourth Year
Supervised by Stefan Petrovic and Dipanjan Samanta
Jonas Weinrich
Visiting Masters Student (September 2018 - September 2019)
B.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Würzburg (2017)
weinrich at caltech.edu
Kathryn Huang
Visiting Under Graduate Researcher
Undergraduate Student (February 2019 - August 2019)
University of Southern California, Civil Engineering Major, First Year
Supervised by George Mobbs
Sho Harvey
Graduate Student (April 2017 - January 2020)
B.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Michigan (2016)
sharvey at caltech.edu
Przemyslaw Dutka
Rotating Graduate Student (September 2019 - December 2019)
M.Sc. Biochemistry, Jagiellonian University (2017)
B.Sc. Biochemistry, Jagiellonian University (2014)
pdutka at caltech.edu
Chia Yu Chien
Rotating Graduate Student (September 2019 - December 2019)
M.Sc. Plant Biology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2014)
B.Sc. Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2012)
ccchien at caltech.edu
Dr. Dipanjan Samanta
Postdoctoral Scholar (August 2016 - December 2019)
Ph.D. Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (2016)
M.Sc. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2010)
B.Sc. Chemistry, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, University of Calcutta (2008)
dsamanta at caltech.edu
Felice Liang
Research Technician (July 2019 - January 2020)
BA Chemistry and Biology, Cornell University (2019)
fjliang at caltech.edu
Taylor Stevens
Graduate Student (June 2017 - August 2020)
B.Sc. Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee (2015)
tstevens at caltech.edu
Leah Soldner-Garcia
High School Student Researcher (April 2018 - August 2020)
Supervised by Taylor Stevens
Currently: Undergraduate at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA
Bonnie Brown
Research Technician (June 2018 - October 2020)
BS Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles (2017)
bbbrown at caltech.edu
Dr. Xiaoyu Liu
Postdoctoral Scholar (October 2018 - October 2020)
Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tsinghua University (2018)
Currently: Postdoctoral Scholar, Z. Hong Zhou lab, UCLA
xyliu12 at caltech.edu
Shivansh Mahajan
Rotating Graduate Student (September 2020 - December 2020)
B.Sc. Chemistry, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, (2020)
smahajan at caltech.edu
Dr. Anna Gres
Postdoctoral Scholar (June 2018 - April 2021)
Ph.D. Chemistry - University of Missouri - Columbia (2017)
M.Sc. Bioinorganic Chemistry - Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus (2011)
B.S. Chemistry. Pharmaceutical Activities- Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus (2010)
gresanna at caltech.edu
Yuanyun (Rose) Huang
Graduate Student (April 2021 - June 2021)
B.Sc. Biology and Chemistry, Cornell University (2020)
yuanyunh at caltech.edu
Krystal Brodsky
John Stauffer SURF Fellow
Undergraduate Student (February 2018 - June 2021)
California Institute of Technology, Chemistry Major,
Supervised by Taylor Stevens / George Mobbs
kbrodsky at caltech.edu
Jimmy Thai
Research Technician (April 2021 - July 2021)
Amgen Scholar (July 2019 - August 2019)
B. Sc. Harvard University, Chemistry and Physics, (2020)
jthai at caltech.edu
Tyler Brittain
Rotating Graduate Student (October 2021 - December 2021)
B.Sc. Biophysical Chemistry, James Madison University (2021)
tbrittai at caltech.edu
Tiba Hamza
Peter A. Lindstrom Jr. SURF Fellow
Undergraduate Student (June 2021 - August 2021)
California Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering Major, Second Year
Supervised by George Mobbs
thamza at caltech.edu
Kathryn Huang
Visiting Under Graduate Researcher
Undergraduate Student (February 2019 - August 2021)
University of Southern California, Civil Engineering Major, Fourth Year
Supervised by George Mobbs
Asha Rollins
John Stauffer SURF Fellow (2022)
Edward W. Hughes SURF Fellow (2021)
Undergraduate Researcher (June 2021 - August 2022)
California Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering Major, Second Year
Supervised by Songhao Zhao and George Mobbs
arollins at caltech.edu
Jessie Gan
Ernest H. Swift SURF Fellow
Undergraduate Researcher (April 2022 - August 2022)
California Institute of Technology, Chemistry Major, Second Year
Supervised by Si Nie
jgan at caltech.edu
Wendy Granados Razo
John Stauffer SURF Fellow
Undergraduate Researcher (June 2022 - August 2022)
California Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering Major, Second Year
Supervised by Stefan Petrovic and George Mobbs
wgranado at caltech.edu
Jack Jurmu
Amgen Scholar
Undergraduate Researcher (June 2022 - August 2022)
Bemidji University, Minnesota, Biology Major, Second Year
Supervised by George Mobbs
jjurmu at caltech.edu
Ryan West
Amgen Scholar
Undergraduate Researcher (June 2022 - August 2022)
California State University Fullerton, Biochemistry Major, Fourth Year
Supervised by Sema Ejder
rwest at caltech.edu
Dr. Si Nie
Postdoctoral Scholar (August 2016 - November 2022)
Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biophysics,
Chinese Academy of Science, China (2016)
M.Sc. Biochemisty and Molecular Biology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China (2012)
Currently: Sr. Advisor, Eli Lily and Comapany, San Diego CA
sinie at caltech.edu
Sabrina Doerrich
Graduate Rotation Student (July 2022 - December 2022)
Visiting Masters Student (December 2021 - July 2022)
M.Sc. Chemistry, LMU Munich, Germany (2022)
B.Sc. Chemistry and Biochemistry, LMU Munich, Germany (2020)
Junpeng Gao
Graduate Rotation Student (September 2022 - December 2022)
B.A. Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, (2022)
jgao7 at caltech.edu
Mikhail Hameedi
Graduate Rotation Student (September 2022 - December 2022)
M.Phil. Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (2019)
B.Sc. Biochemistry, Imperial College London, United Kingdom (2018)
mhameedi at caltech.edu
Eva Kercmar
Graduate Rotation Student (October 2022 - December 2022)
M.Sc. Chemistry (Specialization in Analytical Chemistry) University of Coppenhagen, Denmark (2022)
B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (2020)
ekercmar at caltech.edu
Jinlin Pan
Undergraduate Researcher (June 2021 - August 2023)
University of California, Los Angeles, Molecular and Cell Developmental Biology, Third year
Supervised by and George Mobbs and Narek Yousefian
Philip Spyrou
Amgen Scholar (June 2023 - August 2023)
Bowdoin College
Supervised by Sema Ejder
Nika Gladkov
Amgen Scholar (June 2023 - August 2023)
University of California, Los Angeles
Supervised by George Mobbs
Filipe Melo
Genentech WAVE Fellow (June 2023 - August 2023)
University of California, Los Angeles
Supervised by George Mobbs
Jakub Ettrich
Rotating Graduate Student (September 2023 - December 2023)
B.Sc. Chemistry, Biochemistry specialization, Barry University (2023)
jettrich at caltech.edu
Margot Hoyt
Administrative Assistant
hoyt at caltech.edu
Frida Moreno
Undergraduate Researcher (April 2023 - August 2023)
John Stauffer SURF Fellow (2023)
California Institute of Technology, Chemistry Major, First Year
Supervised by Chia-yu Chien
fmoreno at caltech.edu
Maeve Vogl
High School Student Researcher (November 2022 - June 2023)
High School Senior
Supervised by Chia-yu Chien and Sabrina Doerrich
Denise Lefebvre
Visiting Masters Student (February 2024 - April 2024)
B.Sc. Molecular Life Sciences, FHNW Muttenz, Switzerland (2020)
dlefebvr at caltech.edu
Wentao (Tao) Zhang, Undergraduate Researcher (June 2021 - December 2023)
John Stauffer SURF Fellow (2023)
Donald Voet and Jerome Vinograd SURF Fellow (2022)
Thomas C. Hays SURF Fellow (2021)
California Institute of Technology, Biology Major, Fourth Year
Supervised by George Mobbs
wzzhang at caltech.edu
Anna Mortari, Undergraduate Researcher (June 2021 - June 2024)
John Stauffer SURF Fellow (2023)
Sung-Hsien Chen Shih SURF Fellow (2022)
Robb and Eunice Rutledge SURF Fellow (2021)
California Institute of Technology, Chemistry Major, Fourth Year
Supervised by George Mobbs
mortari at caltech.edu
Asha Rollins
John Stauffer SURF Fellow (2022)
Edward W. Hughes SURF Fellow (2021)
Undergraduate Researcher (June 2021 - June 2024)
California Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering Major, Fourth Year
Supervised by Chia-yu Chien
arollins at caltech.edu
Thomas Adamo-Schmidt
Graduate Rotation Student (April 2024 - June 2024)
B.Sc. Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University, Canada (2023)
tadamosc at caltech.edu
Vali Engles
Research Technician (September 2022 - June 2024)
B.Sc. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Davis (2022)
vengles at caltech.edu
Adarsh Ganeshram
High School Student Researcher (July 2023 - June 2024)
High School Senior
Supervised by Narek Yousefian
Raphael Anedda
Visiting Masters Student (January 2024 - June 2024)
B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Germany (2021)
ranedda at caltech.edu
Katharina Niekamp
Visiting Masters Student (February 2024 - August 2024)
B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Germany and University of Upper Alsace at Mulhouse, France (2022)
kniekamp at caltech.edu
Anwika Gheyi
High School Student Researcher (June 2024 - August 2024)
High School Senior
Supervised by Michael Gruhne
Maeve Vogl
Undergraduate Researcher (June 2024 - August 2024)
High School Student Researcher (November 2022 - June 2023)
Washington University in St. Louis, Chemistry Major, Second Year
Supervised by Chia-yu Chien
Katelynn Horvath
Amgen Scholar (June 2024 - August 2024)
University of Connecticut, Biomolecular Engineering Major, Fourth Year
Supervised by Sema Ejder
khorvath at caltech.edu
Emily Yu
Undergraduate Researcher (June 2024 - August 2024)
Ronan Armaan Mack SURF Fellow (2024)
California Institute of Technology, Chemistry Major, Second Year
Supervised by Narek Yousefian
eqyu at caltech.edu
