Former Lab Members
Individual Position Year Current position
Addisu Worku, M.S. Master’s Student (Biochemistry Program) 2015 - 2016 Associate Scientist at Sigma
Jacky Trujillo Undergraduate Student 2015 - 2016 M.D./Ph.D. Candidate at Northwestern University
Elissa Carney, Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Fellow 2015 - 2016 Program Director, UC Berkeley Extension
Chao Yin, M.D. Research Associate and M.D. Candidate 2013 - 2016 Hematology/Oncology Fellow Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ali Baird Undergraduate Student 2016 - 2016 M.D. candidate at Rush University
Hong Cao Research Associate 2016 - 2017 Research Assistant at the Smith's lab- Georgetown University
Johan Clarke, M.D. Research Assistant 2015 - 2018 Residency at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles
Ersilia Barin, M.S. Master’s Student (Biochemistry Program) 2017-2018 Ph.D. Candidate at Weill Cornell Medical College
Aseel Al Yawar, M.S. Master’s Student (Tumor Biology Program) 2017-2018 Product Manager at Roche
Diagnostics Middle East
Camile Fontelles, Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Fellow 2017 - 2019 Medical Advisor at Amgen Biotechnology
Alex Krebs Research Assistant 2018-2019 Ph.D. Candidate at VCU
Kiarie Mumbi Undergraduate Student 2018-2019 M.D. candidate at Georgetown
University
Volkan Tekmen Research Tutorial/ RISE student 2018- 2020 M.D. Candidate at Thomas Jefferson University-Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Megan Smith Research Tutorial/ RISE student 2019- 2021 Post-baccalaureate researcher at University of California, San Francisco
Jaedus Bates, M.S. Master’s Student (Biochemistry Program) 2019-2020
Shravanthy Suguru, M.S. Master’s Student (Tumor Biology Program) 2020-2021 Research Assistant at the Agarwal lab- Georgetown University
Raquel Santana, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow 2016-2022 Study Director, Biomarker, Scientific Research & Innovation at Crown Bioscience
Heloiza Nicolella Postdoctoral Fellow 2021-2022 University of Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Gabriela Fernandes Visiting PhD Student 2021-2022 University of Franca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Elaine Chen Undergrad/Research Assistant 2019-2023 Medical Student at Hoftra University Medical School
Aallya Nascimento Master's Student (Biochemistry Progam) 2022-2023 Research Associate at miRecule Inc.