Former Postdoctoral Fellows
The majority of our former postdocs have continued their careers as scientists in industry or academia. We congratulate them on their successes!
- Dr. Palak Ahuja
Years: 2022–2023
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Postdoc, Fred Hutch - Dr. Shehreen Amjad
Years: 2022–2023
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Postdoc, UT Southwestern Medical Center - Dr. Andrea Edwards
Years: 2021–2023
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Staff Scientist, Arkansas Children's - Dr. Minjung Kwon
Years: 2020–2023
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Postdoc, National Institutes of Health - Dr. Micah Thornton
Year: 2023
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Statistician, Thornton Statistical Consulting - Dr. Reshma Veettil
Years: 2021–2023
Mentor: Dr. Ben Sabari
Current Position: Postdoc, UT Southwestern Medical Center - Dr. Sridevi Challa
Years: 2017–2022
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Chicago - Dr. Elizabeth Stroebele
Years: 2016–2022
Mentor: Dr. Gary Hon
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Earli Inc. - Dr. Yu-Ching Teng
Years: 2015–2022
Mentor: Dr. Laura Banaszynski
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb - Dr. Hsin-Yu Tsai
Years: 2020–2022
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Postdoc, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Dr. Dana Davidovsky
Years: 2020–2021
Mentor: Dr. Yunsun Nam - Dr. Luiza Guimaraes Tunes
Years: 2019–2021
Mentor: Dr. Yunsun Nam
Current Position: Clinical Trial Manager, Medpace - Dr. Tim Hou
Years: 2015–2021
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Field Application Scientist, Qiagen - Dr. Andrew Kelleher
Years: 2018–2021
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Missouri School of Medicine - Dr. Haitao Mao
Years: 2016–2021
Mentor: Dr. Laura Banaszynski - Dr. Sara Martire
Years: 2015–2021
Mentor: Dr. Laura Banaszynski
Current Position: Scientist II, A2 Biotherapeutics - Dr. Sudeshna Tripathy
Years: 2015–2020
Mentors: Drs. W. Lee Kraus and Mala Mahendroo
Current Position: Assistant Staff Scientist, Oregon National Primate Research Center - Dr. Yasmin Vasquez
Years: 2015–2020
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Scientist II, Lassen Therapeutics - Dr. Shiqi Xie
Years: 2015–2020
Mentor: Dr. Gary Hon
Current Position: Principal Scientist, Genentech - Dr. Siming Chen
Years: 2013–2019
Mentor: Dr. Xin Liu
Current Position: Associate Professor, Xiamen University - Dr. Jialei Duan
Years: 2015–2019
Mentor: Dr. Gary Hon
Current Position: Novo Nordisk, Beijing - Dr. Junli Gao
Year: 2019
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Mayo Clinic - Dr. Rebecca Gupte
Years: 2013–2019
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Freenome - Dr. Lianying Jiao
Years: 2013–2019
Mentor: Dr. Xin Liu
Current Position: Professor, Xi–an Jiaotong University - Dr. Xiuli Liu
Years: 2013–2019
Mentor: Dr. Xin Liu
Current Position: Research Scientist, UT Southwestern Medical Center - Dr. Tri Duc Ngo
Years: 2013–2019
Mentor: Dr. Yunsun Nam
Current Position: Managing Member, RNA Greentech LLC - Dr. Ping Wang
Years: 2015–2019
Mentor: Dr. Yunsun Nam
Current Position: Structural Biology Lead, neoX Biotech - Dr. Cheuk Lun “Chellen” Liu
Years: 2017–2018
Mentor: Dr. Mala Mahendroo
Current Position: Postdoc, Karolinska Institutet - Dr. Banupriya Mukundan
Years: 2013–2018
Mentor: Dr. Xin Liu
Current Position: Field Solutions Manager, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Dr. Ryan Rogge
Years: 2016–2018
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Associate Director of R&D, Integrated DNA Technologies - Dr. Amanda Whitmill
Years: 2016–2018
Mentor: Dr. Laura Banaszynski
Current Position: Disease Area Analyst, Oncology Resource Group - Dr. Matthew Bratkowski
Years: 2012–2017
Mentor: Dr. Xin Liu
Current Position: Principal Scientist, Calico Life Sciences - Dr. Daeseok Kim
Years: 2012–2017
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Instructor, UT Southwestern Medical Center - Dr. Shanmugasundaram Nallasamy
Years: 2012–2017
Mentor: Dr. Mala Mahendroo
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Vermont - Dr. Balaji Parameswaran
Years: 2014–2017
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Chief Data Scientist, Gainwell Technologies - Dr. Yoshitsugu Chigusa
Years: 2014–2016
Mentor: Dr. Ann Word
Current Position: Doctor of Medicine, Kyoto University - Dr. Hector Franco
Years: 2011–2016
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Professor and Lead Investigator, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center - Dr. Shrikanth Gadad
Years: 2010–2016
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Texas Tech - Dr. Byung-Cheon Jeong
Years: 2013–2016
Mentor: Dr. Yunsun Nam
Current Position: Investigator II, CSL - Dr. Bin Xu
Years: 2015–2016
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoying Bai
Current Position: Principal Scientist and Project Head, Sanofi - Dr. Qiwen Yang
Years: 2011–2016
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoying Bai - Dr. Haruta Mogami
Years: 2011–2015
Mentor: Dr. Ann Word
Current Position: Associate Professor, Kyoto University - Dr. Chengkun Wang
Year: 2015
Mentor: Dr. Xin Liu - Dr. Yucel Akgul
Years: 2008–2014
Mentor: Dr. Mala Mahendroo
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center - Dr. Hari Annavarapu
Years: 2008–2014
Mentor: Dr. Ann Word - Dr. Ting Zhou
Years: 2012–2014
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoying Bai - Dr. Charles Danko
Years: 2009–2013
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Associate Professor, Cornell University - Dr. Yun-Zu Pan
Year: 2013
Mentor: Dr. Yunsun Nam
Current Position: Research Scientist, UT Southwestern Medical Center - Dr. Zhiqiang Wang
Years: 2011–2013
Mentor: Dr. Yunsun Nam
Current Position: Principal Investigator, HIT Center for Life Sciences - Dr. Xueyong Xu
Years: 2012–2013
Mentor: Dr. Xin Liu - Dr. Madhusudhan Budatha
Years: 2007–2012
Mentor: Dr. Ann Word
Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Sciences Center - Dr. Christina (Matulis) Ward
Years: 2010–2012
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Embryologist, Kindbody