DLRG Alumni
Graduate research associates


Ty Moeller
PhD, CBE (2021)
Current: Microbiologist, United States Navy

Thapakorn Jaroentomeechai
PhD, CBE (2021)
Current: EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Copenhagen (Clausen lab)

Suthara Ramachandran
MS, CBE (2021)
(w/ Alabi)
Current: Research Associate, Weatherwax Bio,
San Francisco, CA

Abhishek Mangipudi
MS, CBE (2021)
Current: Research Associate, Dana Farber Cancer Institute


Ricardo Fu
MS, CBE (2021)
Current: PhD Program,
UC-Davis

Emily Cox
PhD, BBS (2019)
Current: Senior Scientist, AstraZeneca,
Gaithersburg, MD
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Xiaolu Zheng
PhD, CBE (2019)
Current: Senior Scientist, Pfizer, St. Louis, MO

Aravind Natarajan
PhD, Microbiology (2019)
Current: Postdoc, Stanford University (Bhatt lab)

May Taw
PhD, Microbiology (2019)
Current: TBD


Morgan Ludwicki
PhD, CBE (2019)
Current: Scientist, 3M, Minneapolis, MN

Cameron Glasscock
PhD, CBE (2019)
(w/ Lucks)
Current: Postdoc, University of Washington (Baker lab)

Feng Yang
MS, CBE (2019)
Current: PhD Program,
Rice University

Amy Liu
MS, CBE (2018)
(w/ Varner)
Current: Senior Research Associate, Gilead Sciences, Oceanside, CA

Bunyarit Meksiriporn
PhD, BME (2018)
Current: Assistant Professor, KMITL, Bangkok, Thailand


Erin Stephens
PhD, BMCB (2018)
Current: Director,
Prellis Biologics,
San Francisco, CA

Michael-Paul Robinson
PhD, CBE (2017)
Current: Postdoc,
Cleveland Clinic

Matthew Chang
MS, CBE (2016)
Current: Research Scientist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Daniel Tien
MS, CBE (2016)
Current: Data Engineer, Cruise Automation,
San Francisco, CA

Taylor Stevenson
PhD, BME (2016)
Current: Principal Senior Scientist, Affinivax, Cambridge, MA


Sai Pooja Mahajan
PhD, CBE (2015)
(w/ Escobedo)
Current: Postdoc, Johns Hopkins University
(Gray lab)

Kathy Rogers
PhD, CBE (2015)
(w/ Varner)
Current: Senior Scientist, Janssen, Raritan, NJ

Linxiao Chen
PhD, CBE (2015)
Current: Scientist, Janssen Pharmaceuticals,
Spring House, PA

Rick Pampuro
MS, CBE (2014)
Current: Manufacturing Manager, ThermoFisher Scientific, Cambridge, MA

Jason Boock
PhD, CBE (2014)
Current: Assistant Professor, Miami University


Sean O'Brien
PhD, CBE (2013)
Current: Postdoc, Leidos, Reston, VA

Alyse Portnoff
PhD, BME (2013)
Current: Scientist, Novavax, Gaithersburg, MD

Charles Haitjema
PhD, Microbiology (2012)
Current: Scientist/Writer, ProteinSimple,
San Jose, CA

Juan Valderrama
PhD, CBE (2012)
Current: Assistant Professor, Universidad Antonio Nariño,
Bogotá, Colombia

Thomas Mansell
PhD, CBE (2012)
(w/ Varner)
Current: Assistant Professor, Iowa State University


Cassandra Guarino
PhD, BBS (2012)
Current: Associate, Animal Health Diagnostic Center,
Cornell University

Mark Rocco
PhD, BME (2011)
Current: Associate Director Medical Affairs, Actelion, South San Francisco, CA

Robert Conrado
PhD, CBE (2010)
Current: VP of Engineering Design and Development, Lanzatech, Chicago, IL

Christine Endicott
MS, CBE (2010)
Current: PhD Program, University of Connecticut

Ritsdeliz Perez-Rodriguez
PhD, CBE (2009)
Current: Scientist, Abbott Laboratories,
Barceloneta, Puerto Rico


Jan Kostecki
PhD, BME (2009)
Current: Business Systems Analyst, Amgen,
South San Francisco, CA

Didi Waraho-Zhmayev
PhD, CBE (2008)
Current: Assistant Professor, KMUTT, Bangkok, Thailand

Matt Marrichi
PhD, CBE (2008)
Current: Director, CMC Leader, Bioverativ,
Waltham, MA

Lydia Contreras
PhD, CBE (2008)
Current: Associate Professor, University of Texas-Austin

Adam Fisher
PhD, CBE (2008)
Current: Director of Communications, FDA,
Silver Spring, MD
Postdoctoral associates


May Taw
Postdoc (2019-2021)
Current: TBD

Mingji Li
Postdoc (2016-2021)
Current: Scientist, Asymchem Laboratories, Tianjin, China

Ninad Agashe
Postdoc (2019-2020)
Current: Scientist, GenePath Dx, Pune India

Dominic Mills
Postdoc (2015-2017)
Current: Staff Scientist, Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich


Laura Yates
Postdoc (2015-2017)
Current: Group Leader, LimmaTech Biologics AG, Schlieren, Switzerland

Taylor Stevenson
Postdoc (2017)
Current: Principal Senior Scientist, Affinivax, Cambridge, MA

Dario Mizrachi
Postdoc (2012-2017)
Current: Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University

Kristina Overkamp
Postdoc (2015-2016)
Current: Research Assistant, University Hospital,
Tübingen, Germany

Linxiao Chen
Postdoc (2015-2016)
Current: Scientist, Janssen Pharmaceuticals,
New York City, New York


Jessica Smith
Postdoc (2014-2015)
Current: Assistant Professor, Chemistry, SUNY-Brockport

Anne Ollis
Postdoc (2012-2015)
Current: Investigator, GlaxoSmithKline,
King of Prussia, PA

Jenny Valentine
Postdoc (2012-2015)
Current: Scientist, ICON plc, Whitesboro, NY

Yi Chai
Postdoc (2012-2014)
Current: Scientist, LakePharma,
Belmont, CA

Hyeon-Cheol Lee
Postdoc (2011-2014)
Current: ForBioKorea Co,
Seoul, South Korea


Alyse Portnoff
Postdoc (2014)
Current: Scientist, Novavax, Gaithersburg, MD

Cassandra Guarino
Postdoc (2013)
Current: Associate, Animal Health Diagnostic Center,
Cornell University

Didi Waraho-Zhmayev
Postdoc (2010-2012)
Current: Assistant Professor, KMUTT, Bangkok, Thailand

Amy Karlsson
Postdoc (2009-2012)
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow
Current: Associate Professor, University of Maryland

Eda Celik-Akdur
Postdoc (2009-2011)
Current: Associate Professor, Hacettepe University,
Ankara, Turkey


Jack Chung-Jr Huang
Postdoc (2009-2011)
Current: Research Scientist, Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA
Li Ling Lee
Postdoc (2006-2009)
Current: Research Associate, Cornell University

Hyung-Kwon Lim
Postdoc (2006-2009)
Current: Senior Vice President, Polus, Inc.,
Incheon, South Korea


Adam Fisher
Postdoc (2008-2009)
Current: Director of Communications, FDA,
Silver Spring, MD

Jae-Young Kim
Postdoc (2004-2007)
Current: Research Scientist, Samsung, Seoul, South Korea
Visiting scholars


Ming Jiang
Postdoc (2019-2020)
Tang Cornell-China Scholar
Current: Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China


Heng Li
Visiting scholar (2018-19)
Current: Professor, Jiangnan University,
Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
Wenjing Cui
Visiting scholar (2016-17)
Current: Professor,
Jiangnan University,
Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

Xinle Liang
Visiting scholar (2016-17)
Current: Professor, Zeijing Gongshang University,
Hangzhou, China


Eda Celik-Akdur
Visiting scholar (2017)
Current: Associate Professor, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Didi Waraho-Zhmayev
Visiting scholar (2013)
Current: Assistant Professor, KMUTT, Bangkok, Thailand
Undergraduate research associates
Sanjana Shanmugavel
(2021-22)
Current: TBD
Maddie Mills
(2019-20)
Current: Philipps 66
Maria Jimenez
(2019-21)
Current: TBD
Bob Gu
(2019-2020)
Current: Cornell University
Taylor Joynes
(2019)
Current: Cornell University
Jody Mohammed
(2018-20)
Current: McMaster University MS Program
Olivia Young
(2016-19)
Current: Harvard-MIT
PhD Program
Vi Le
(2016-19)
Current: Massachusetts General Hospital
Jacob Mathai
(2016-19)
Current: Rockefeller University
Cathy Jin
(2017-18)
Current: Cornell University
Priyanka Konan
(2017-18)
Current: Genentech
Josef Byrne
(2017-18)
Current: Merck
Valentina Lohr
(2017-18)
Current: Zymtronix
Marielisa Carbrera
(2015-18)
Current: Broad Institute
John Woltornist
(2017-18)
Current: WuXi Biologics
Allen Jiang
(2015-18)
Current: MIT
PhD Program
Raashed Raziuddin
(2017-18)
Current: Evelo Biosciences
Claire Schiefelbein
(2016-18)
Current: Merck
Michaela Jones
(2014-18)
Current: University of Delaware PhD Program
Ankur Annapareddy
(summer 2017)
Current: TBD
Jordan Fuller
(2015-18)
Current: ZS Associates
Mariela Rivera De Jesús
(summer 2017)
Current: Cornell University PhD Program
Jane Liao
(2016-17)
Current: GlaxoSmithKline
Meghan Barton
(2016-17)
Current: ANDRITZ
Robert Lee
(2014-17)
Current: Stanford
PhD Program
Brooke Cohen
(2014-16)
Current: Haynes and Boone, LLP
Alan Bartels
(summer 2016)
Current: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Mindy Wang
(2014-16)
Current: Pfizer
Jasmine Shwetar
(2015)
Current: NYU
MD-PhD Program
Zachary Goldblatt
(2013-14)
Current: WPI
PhD Program
Cristen Peterson
(2012-13)
Current: Genentech
Laura Pizzuto
(2011-12)
Current: Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing
Veronica Peltz
(2014-15)
Current: Merck
Alana Szkodny
(2012-14)
Current: University of Delaware PhD Program
Josep Duato Botam
(summer 2012)
Current: Universidad de Zaragoza
Melinda Spinella
(2011-12)
Current: Esteé Lauder
Margaret Hale
(2015-17)
Current: Chartwell Consulting
Daniel Kim
(2015-17)
Current: University of South Florida MD Program
Diana Chu
(2015-16)
Current: Auris Health
Esther Chen
(2015-16)
Current: SUNY Downstate Medical Center MD Program
Xiaolu Wen
(2013-16)
Current: ExxonMobil
Jennifer Li
(2013-16)
Current: Johnson & Johnson
Tom Hittinger
(2013-15)
Current: Midwest Vision Partners
Zach Wu
(2013-15)
Current: Caltech
PhD Program
Andrew Carpenter
(2011-14)
Current: unknown
Maria Tchamova
(2011-14)
Current: Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals
Ana V. Ayala-Morant
(summer 2012)
Current: University of
Puerto Rico
Christy Chao
(summer 2012)
Current: MIT
PhD Program
Stellie Ford
(2011-12)
Current: Suvoda
Jessica Stark
(2009-12)
Current: Stanford
Postdoc
Kate Forsythe
(2014-17)
Current: unknown
Brielle Hohne
(2015-16)
Current: Penn State University PhD Program
Sheridan Wakimoto
(2013-16)
Current: Genentech
Patrick Sullivan
(2014)
Current: Thomas Jefferson University MD Program
Ankai Xu
(2011-14)
Current: Genentech
Nicholas Lamson
(2011)
Current: MIT
Postdoc
Ka-Hei Siu
(2009-12)
Current: UC-Berkeley
Postdoc
Emily Buirkle
(2009-12)
Current: Rutgers University Hospital
Rachel Edwards
(summer 2011)
Current: University of Minnesota PhD Program
Chad Greco
(summer 2011)
Current: Gilead Sciences
Caroline Tabler
(2009-11)
Current: Case Western Reserve University
Laura Adams
(2009-11)
Current: Spark Therapeutics
Hansen Xu
(2008-11)
Current: The Boston Consulting Group
Krishan Chhiba
(2008-11)
Current: Northwestern MD-PhD Program
Noelia Almadovar
(summer 2010)
Current: Purdue University PhD Program
Danielle Toupo Delima
(summer 2010)
Current: Intel Corporation
Brittany Forkus
(summer 2010)
Current: Corteva Agriscience
Malinka Walaliyadde
(2008-10)
Current: Alpha Health
Kristin Fong
(2007-10)
Current: McKinsey & Company
Carlos Arbelaez
(2008-10)
Current: Amgen
Stephen Linderman
(2007-10)
Current: Emory University Resident Physician
Parry Grewal
(2007-09)
Current: UC-Berkeley
PhD Program
Sarah Bernardis Low
(2007-09)
Current: Boehringer Ingelheim
Brian Weitzner
(2007-09)
Current: Lyell
Immunopharma
Sheela Damle
(2006-08)
Current: University of Washingtion Resident Physician
Jennifer Rea Deneault
(2005-08)
Current: Paul Weiss
Catherine Manix Feintuch
(2005-08)
Current: Albert Einstein
PhD Program
Ana Rodriguez
(2007)
Current: BGB Group
Daniel Lee
(2006-07)
Current: US Army RDEC
Denine Jackson
(2004-07)
Current: NYS DEC
Matthew Nitzberg
(2004-06)
Current: Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Jason Perlmutter
(2003-06)
Current: Google
Gina Cremona
(2003-06)
Current: Tensegrity Law Group
Puneet Panda
(2003-05)
Current: Marietta Eye Clinic
Franklin Lu
(2003-05)
Current: Zymergen
Daniel Sun
(2004-05)
Current: unknown
Sara Warzecka
(summer 2004)
Current: unknown
Masters of Engineering (MEng)
Daisy Ding
(2020)
Current: Eikon Therapeutics
Thomas Li
(2017)
Current: Pfizer, Inc.
David Streitman
(2016)
Current: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Tianxun Zhao
(2015)
Current: Arbor Vita
Samantha Wadsworth
(2016)
Current: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals