Alumni
Antonio Ruiz
W-R Lab position: Research Assistant
Current position: Research Assistant, Catriona Jamieson Lab
Aurelia Lo
W-R Lab position: Research Assistant
Current position: Research Assistant in Lukas Chavez Lab
Jon Larson
W-R Lab position: Staff Scientist
Maitreyee Bhagwat
Research Assistant
Kelly Barton
W-R Lab position: Technician 2010
Current position: Business development director at Envigo ++++ (Washington, DC)
Sonja N. Brun
W-R Lab position: Ph.D. student 2007-2014
Current position: Postdoctoral associate in Reuben Shaw lab at the Salk Institute (La Jolla, CA)
Lianne Chau
W-R Lab position: Undergraduate Researcher, 2015-2017
Current position: Medical Student, UCSD
Da Yae (Diane) Chun
W-R Lab position: Undergraduate 2012-2013
Adrienne Crown
W-R Lab position: Research admin coordinator 2010-2012
Current position: Associate director, Cancer Center Admin at SBP Discovery (La Jolla, CA)
Kerry Dorr
W-R Lab position: Technician 2003-2005
Current position: Postdoctoral associate at National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Jack Dutton
W-R Lab position: Technician 2006-2009
Current position: Assistant veterinarian at Texas Biomedical Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas)
Brian Emmenegger
W-R Lab position: Ph.D. student 2004-2010
Current position: Consultant
Lourdes Adriana Esparza
W-R Lab position: Research associate 2011-2014
Current position: Research associate in Alexander Kauffman lab at UCSD (La Jolla, CA)
Teddy Fisher
Research Assistant
W-R Lab position: Research assistant
Marie Fogarty
W-R Lab position: Postdoctoral associate 2004-2007
Current position: Biology instructor at Durham Technical Community College (Durham, NC)
Christine Furmick
W-R Lab position: Technician 2001-2002
Current position: Medical Associate at Chiltern International (Wilmington, NC)
Grace Furnari
W-R Lab position: High school intern 2013
Undergraduate 2015
Current position: Clinical research coordinator at UCSF Medical Center (San Francisco, CA)
Alexandra Garancher
Postdoc
Lizzie Garcia-Rivera
W-R Lab position: Graduate Student
Current position: Graduate Student in Sue Kaech Lab at the Salk Institute
Jan Gronych
W-R Lab position: Visiting postdoctoral associate 2012
Current position: Medical Manager Oncology at AbbVie (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Lisa (O’Brien) Hamilton
W-R Lab position: Research admin coordinator 2012-2013
Current position: Research admin coordinator at SBP Discovery (La Jolla, CA)
Tracy Ho
W-R Lab position: Undergraduate 2013-2015
Current position: Pharmacy student at USC School of Pharmacy (Los Angeles, CA)
Lucinda Hughes
W-R Lab position: Postdoctoral associate 2016-2018
Current position: Freelance editor (Escondido, CA)
Gene Hwang
W-R Lab position: Postdoctoral associate 2006-2009
Current position: Pediatric Neuro-oncologist at Children’s National Medical Center (Washington, DC)
Jessica Kessler
W-R Lab position: Ph.D. student 2004-2009
Current position: Director of cell-based assay development at ScitoVation (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Yun Long (Patrick) Lang
W-R Lab position: Undergraduate 2009-2010
Audra Lee
W-R Lab position: Technician 2001-2005
Current position: Psychotherapies at Audra T. Lee Integrative Counseling (Portland, OR)
Catherine Lee
W-R Lab position: Ph.D. student 2011-2016, Postdoctoral associate 2016-2018
Current position: Senior scientist at Pfizer (La Jolla, CA)
Sabrina Lee
W-R Lab position: Undergraduate 2012-2014
Current position: Clinical laboratory scientist candidate at San Francisco State University (San Francisco, CA)
Tiffany Lin
W-R Lab position: Undergraduate 2009-2010
Ken Liu
W-R Lab position: Postdoctoral associate 2011-2016
Current position: Scientist II at Regulus Therapeutics (La Jolla, CA)
Donna Maier
W-R Lab position: Lab manager 2012-2013
Current position: Senior Medical Information Trainer at AstraZeneca (Wilmington, DE)
Shirley L. Markant
W-R Lab position: Ph.D. student 2006-2013
Current position: Freelance medical writer at Markant Medical Communications (Ithaca, NY)
Nuha Marooki
W-R Lab position: Undergraduate 2015-2016
Current position: Lab manager, research associate in Elina Zuniga lab at UCSD (La Jolla, CA)
Katie Misuraca
W-R Lab position: Ph.D. student 2008-2010
Current position: Grant/science writer at Duke University (Durham, NC)
Colin Moore
W-R Lab position: Research associate 2009-2012
Current position: Chemical Engineering Ph.D. student at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)
Anriada (Mehmeti) Nassif
W-R Lab position: Undergraduate 2003-2004
Current position: Assistant professor of Emergency Medicine at University of Texas Health Science Center (Houston, TX)
Ngang Nham
W-R Lab position: Undergraduate 2015-2017
Trudy Oliver
W-R Lab position: Ph.D. student 2001-2005
Current position: Associate professor at University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)
Tja Owens
Administrative Assistant
Current position: Associate Director of Administration, Sanford Burnham Prebys
Yanxin Pei
W-R Lab position: Postdoctoral associate 2005-2010
Staff scientist 2010-2012
Research assistant professor 2012-2014
Current position: Assistant professor at Children’s National Medical Center (Washington, DC)
Mary Pilapil
Lab Manager
Tracy-Ann Read
W-R Lab position: Postdoctoral associate 2004-2009
Current position: Assistant professor at University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Kathy Reaves
W-R Lab position: Technician 2005-2009
Jessica Rusert
W-R Lab position: Postdoctoral associate 2013-2020
Current position: Lecturer at University of CA, San Diego
David Schonberg
W-R Lab position: Postdoctoral associate 2010
Current position: Associate director, Biopharmaceuticals Medical Science Liaison at Sandoz (Cleveland, OH)
Alice Selim
W-R Lab position: Technician 2009-2010
Current position: Teacher at Athens Drive High School (Raleigh, NC)
Teresa Sposito
Postdoc
Current position: Postdoc in Catriona Jamieson Lab
David Stemmle
W-R Lab position: Technician 2003-2005
Current position: Chef and CEO at Headstart Gourmet (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
Jesse Sun
W-R Lab position: Undergraduate 2009-2010
Lai Lai Sun
W-R Lab position: Undergraduate 2009-2010
Silvia K. Tacheva-Grigorova
W-R Lab position: Lab manager and research associate 2013-2017
Current position: Scientist at Allogene Therapeutics (San Francisco, CA)
Jun Wang
W-R Lab position: Postdoctoral associate 2010-2017, Staff scientist 2017-2019
Current position: Study Director at Crown Bioscience
Jonathan Wells
W-R Lab position: Undergraduate 2002-2005
Current position: Physician and site director at Neighborcare Health (Seattle, WA)
Agata Xella
W-R Lab position: Graduate Student 2013-2017
Current position: Research Associate at Synexa Life Sciences (London, United Kingdom)
Zeng-Jie Yang
W-R Lab position: Postdoctoral associate 2005-2010
Current position: Associate professor at Fox Chase Cancer Center (Philadelphia, PA)
