Current Trainees
Miguel Campos
Chemistry
Preceptors: Karl Scheidt and Xiaoyu Zhang
Mauricio Ceballos
Materials Science and Engineering
Preceptors: Karl Scheidt and Xiaoyu Zhang
Assa Magassa
Chemistry
Preceptors: Xiaoyu Zhang and Gabe Rocklin
Noah Marx
Biological Sciences
Preceptors: Deyu Fang and Xiaoyu Zhang
Mia Pascall
Chemistry
Preceptors: Chad Mirkin and Milan Mrksich
Robert "Bobby" Reichert
Biomedical Engineering
Preceptors: Lisa Volpatti and Tom Meade
Jun dos Remedios
Chemistry
Preceptors: Richard Silverman and Richard Morimoto
Alondra Sanchez
Chemistry
Preceptors: Xiaoyu Zhang and Deyu Fang
Grace Watkins
Chemistry
Preceptors: Milan Mrksich and Neil Kelleher
Past Trainees
Alexandra “Xandra” Barajas
Chemistry
Preceptors: Milan Mrksich and Evan Scott
Ananya Basu
Chemistry
Preceptors: Xiaoyu Zhang and Curt Horvath
Ben Brenner
Biomedical Engineering
Preceptors: Hao Zhang and Thomas O’Halloran
Daniel de Castro Assumpcao
Chemical Engineering
Preceptors: Danielle Tullman-Ercek and Neal Devaraj
Zijun Gao
Chemistry
Preceptors: Sam Stupp and Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Raveena Gupta
Chemistry
Preceptors: Neil Kelleher and Erik Andersen
Dalton Huey
Biological Sciences
Preceptors: Al George and Julius Lucks
Yara Jabbour Al Maalouf
Chemical Engineering
Preceptors: Keith Tyo and Gabe Rocklin
Ana Leal
Chemistry
Preceptors: Chad Mirkin and Bin Zhang
Alex Lee
Biological Sciences
Preceptors: Daniel Foltz and Neil Kelleher
Minrui Luo
Chemistry
Preceptors: Thomas Meade and Evan Scott
Cydney Martell
Biological Sciences
Preceptors: Gabriel Rocklin and Michael Jewett
Meghan Masotti
IBiS
Preceptors: Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy and Neil Kelleher
Anthony Pulvino
IBiS
Preceptors: Katherine Amato and Issam Ben-Sahra
Tori Seto
Chemistry
Preceptors: Milan Mrksich and Alexander Stegh
Bethel Shekour
Chemistry
Preceptors: Milan Mrksich and Karl Scheidt
Amy Tang
DGP
Preceptors: Deyu Fang and Xiaoyu Zhang
Frank Tucci
Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program
Preceptors: Amy Rosenzweig and Yuan He
Graduates
Amanda Bayer, PhD
Baxter International, Inc.
Awarded: NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from NIGMS
Preceptors: Thomas O’Halloran and Teresa Woodruff
Rick Betori, PhD
Corteva Agriscience
Preceptors: Karl Scheidt and Stephen Kron
Michael Caldwell, PhD
Northwestern Proteomics
Preceptors: Thomas Meade and Teresa Woodruff
Emma Coughlin, PhD
Process Engineer, Intel
Preceptors: Teri Odom and Thomas Meade
Israel DaSilva, PhD
Chemistry
Preceptors: Regan Thomson and Neil Kelleher
Allison Devitt, PhD
Vicinitas Therapeutics
Preceptors: Rick Silverman and Peter Penzes
Allessandra DiCorato, PhD
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Preceptors: Derk Joester and Thomas O’Halloran
Jasper Dittmar, PhD
Research Scientist, Flashpoint Therapeutics
Preceptors: Chad Mirkin and Bin Zhang
Vasin Dumrongprechachan, PhD
Senior Data Scientist, Highmark Health
Preceptors: Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy and Neil Kelleher
Timothy Feliciano, MD, PhD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Preceptors: Shad Thaxton
Jennifer Ferrer, PhD
Tempus Labs, Inc.
Awarded: NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from NIGMS
Preceptors: Chad Mirkin and Jason Wertheim
Molly Frey, MD, PhD
Medical Scientist, Cour Pharmaceuticals
Preceptors: Evan Scott and Thomas Meade
Bon Ikwuagwu, PhD
Senior Scientist - Process Development, Rocket Pharma
Preceptors: Danielle Tullman-Ercek and Thomas Meade
Ashley Ives, PhD
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Preceptors: Neil L Kelleher and Reza Vafabakhsh
Elizabeth Johnson
Bioanalytical Scientist, Acumen Pharmaceuticals
Preceptors: Richard Silverman and William Klein
Megan Kaster, PhD
Postdoc, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Preceptors: Thomas J Meade and Joshua N Leonard
Stefan Kathman, PhD
Vividion Therapeutics, Inc.
Awarded: ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Predoctoral Fellowship
Preceptors: Alexander Statsyuk and Amy Rosenzweig
Ada Kwong, PhD
Totus Medicines
Preceptors: Karl A Scheidt and Hidayatullah G Munshi
Eric Lee, PhD
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Preceptors: Karl Scheidt and Neil Kelleher
Ryan McClure, PhD
Platform Leader, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network
Preceptors: Regan Thomson and Neil Kelleher
Galen Miley, PhD
AmbAgon Therapeutics
Preceptors: Richard Silverman and Neil Kelleher
Marija Milisavlijevic
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Preceptors: Keith Tyo and Alfonso Mondragon
Simona Morochnik, MD, PhD
Radiologist, UCSF
Preceptors: Guillermo Ameer and Igal Szleifer
Elamar Hakim Moully, PhD
Technology Senior Manager of Business Systems, Denver Public Schools
Preceptors: Milan Mrksich and Chad Mirkin
Rebecca Rasmussen, PhD
Postdoc
Preceptors: Thomas V O’Halloran and Julius Lucks
Luis Schachner, PhD
Genentech
Awarded: Gilliam Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Preceptors: Neil Kelleher and Yuan He
Henrique dos Santos Seckler, PhD
Scientist, Intellia Therapeutics, Inc.
Preceptors: Neil Kelleher, John Wilkins and Shad Thaxton
Kosuke Seki, PhD
Postdoc, UCSF
Preceptors: Mike Jewett and Milan Mrksich
Timothy Toby, PhD
Group Leader, Drug Product Analytics, Vaxcyte
Awarded: ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Graduate Fellowship
Preceptors: Neil Kelleher and Jonathan Licht
Shuya Wang, PhD
Genentech
Preceptors: Chad Mirkin and Bin Zhang
Gokay Yamankurt, PhD
Automation Engineer, 10X Genomics
Preceptors: Chad Mirkin and Richard Carthew