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!
- Lu Yang, Ph.D.
Years: 2025-2026
Mentors: Cristel Camacho, Ph.D. and W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D. - Yusuke Ueda, Ph.D.
Years: 2023-2026
Mentor: Mala Mahendroo, Ph.D.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Kyoto University - Qianlan Xu, Ph.D.
Years: 2024-2025
Mentor: Haiqi Chen, Ph.D. - Xin Zhao, Ph.D.
Years: 2023-2025
Mentor: Laura Banaszynski, Ph.D. - Mohd Younus Bhat, Ph.D.
Years: 2022-2025
Mentor: Xin Liu, Ph.D.
Current Position: Postdoc, UTSW - Xinrui Tan, M.D., Ph.D.
Years: 2022-2024 (Assistant Instructor), 2024-2025 (Instructor)
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D. - Poulami Tapadar, Ph.D.
Years: 2024-2025
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Techno India University - Mariano Colon-Caraballo, Ph.D.
Years: 2019-2024, 2024-2025 (Assistant Instructor)
Mentor: Mala Mahendroo, Ph.D.
Current Position: Research Associate, University of Maryland - Siddharth Singh, Ph.D.
Years: 2024-2025
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Postdoc, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai - Prashant Pradhan, Ph.D.
Years: 2021-2025
Mentor: Ben Sabari, Ph.D.
Current Position: Faculty Member, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai - Marwa Aljardali, M.D.
Years: 2023-2025
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Resident, University of Missouri - Kansas City - Ashish Joshi, Ph.D.
Years: 2024-2025
Mentor: Ben Sabari, Ph.D.
Current Position: Postdoc, Scripps Research - Komal Pekhale, Ph.D.
Years: 2022-2024
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Postdoc, Ohio State - Lihu Gong, Ph.D.
Years: 2016-2022, 2022-2024 (Assistant Instructor)
Mentor: Xin Liu, Ph.D. - Xiuli Liu, Ph.D.
Years: 2013–2019, 2019-2024 (Research Scientist)
Mentor: Xin Liu, Ph.D.
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist, UT Southwestern Medical Center - Palak Ahuja, Ph.D.
Years: 2022–2023
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Postdoc, Fred Hutch - Shehreen Amjad, Ph.D.
Years: 2022–2023
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Postdoc, UT Southwestern Medical Center - Andrea Edwards, Ph.D.
Years: 2021–2023
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Staff Scientist, Arkansas Children's - Minjung Kwon, Ph.D.
Years: 2020–2023
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Postdoc, National Institutes of Health - Micah Thornton, Ph.D.
Year: 2023
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Texas Woman's University - Reshma Veettil, Ph.D.
Years: 2021–2023
Mentor: Ben Sabari, Ph.D.
Current Position: Postdoc, UT Southwestern Medical Center - Sridevi Challa, Ph.D.
Years: 2017–2022
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Chicago - Elizabeth Stroebele, Ph.D.
Years: 2016–2022
Mentor: Gary Hon, Ph.D.
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Earli Inc. - Yu-Ching Teng, Ph.D.
Years: 2015–2022
Mentor: Laura Banaszynski, Ph.D.
Current Position: Scientist, Gilead Sciences - Hsin-Yu Tsai, Ph.D.
Years: 2020–2022
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Postdoc, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Dana Davidovsky, Ph.D.
Years: 2020–2021
Mentor: Yunsun Nam, Ph.D. - Luiza Guimaraes Tunes, Ph.D.
Years: 2019–2021
Mentor: Yunsun Nam, Ph.D.
Current Position: Clinical Trial Manager, Medpace - Tim Hou, Ph.D.
Years: 2015–2021
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Field Application Scientist, Qiagen - Andrew Kelleher, Ph.D.
Years: 2018–2021
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Missouri School of Medicine - Haitao Mao, Ph.D.
Years: 2016–2021
Mentor: Laura Banaszynski, Ph.D.
Current Position: Principal Investigator, Lynk Pharmaceuticals - Sara Martire, Ph.D.
Years: 2015–2021
Mentor: Laura Banaszynski, Ph.D.
Current Position: Scientist II, A2 Biotherapeutics - Sudeshna Tripathy, Ph.D.
Years: 2015–2020
Mentors: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D. and Mala Mahendroo, Ph.D.
Current Position: Assistant Staff Scientist, Oregon National Primate Research Center - Yasmin Vasquez, Ph.D.
Years: 2015–2020
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Medical Science Liaison in Reproductive Medicine, Ferring Pharmaceuticals - Shiqi Xie, Ph.D.
Years: 2015–2020
Mentor: Gary Hon, Ph.D.
Current Position: Principal Scientist, Genentech - Siming Chen, Ph.D.
Years: 2013–2019
Mentor: Xin Liu, Ph.D.
Current Position: Associate Professor, Xiamen University - Jialei Duan, Ph.D.
Years: 2015–2019
Mentor: Gary Hon, Ph.D.
Current Position: Novo Nordisk, Beijing - Junli Gao, Ph.D.
Year: 2019
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Mayo Clinic - Rebecca Gupte, Ph.D.
Years: 2013–2019
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Freenome - Lianying Jiao, Ph.D.
Years: 2013–2019
Mentor: Xin Liu, Ph.D.
Current Position: Professor, Xi–an Jiaotong University - Tri Duc Ngo, Ph.D.
Years: 2013–2019
Mentor: Yunsun Nam, Ph.D.
Current Position: Managing Member, RNA Greentech LLC - Ping Wang, Ph.D.
Years: 2015–2019
Mentor: Yunsun Nam, Ph.D.
Current Position: Structural Biology Lead, neoX Biotech - Cheuk Lun “Chellen” Liu, Ph.D.
Years: 2017–2018
Mentor: Mala Mahendroo, Ph.D.
Current Position: Postdoc, Karolinska Institutet - Banupriya Mukundan, Ph.D.
Years: 2013–2018
Mentor: Xin Liu, Ph.D.
Current Position: Field Solutions Manager, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Ryan Rogge, Ph.D.
Years: 2016–2018
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Associate Director of R&D, Integrated DNA Technologies - Amanda Whitmill, Ph.D.
Years: 2016–2018
Mentor: Laura Banaszynski, Ph.D.
Current Position: Disease Area Analyst, Oncology Resource Group - Matthew Bratkowski, Ph.D.
Years: 2012–2017
Mentor: Xin Liu, Ph.D.
Current Position: Principal Scientist, Calico Life Sciences - Daeseok Kim, Ph.D.
Years: 2012–2017
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center - Shanmugasundaram Nallasamy, Ph.D.
Years: 2012–2017
Mentor: Mala Mahendroo, Ph.D.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Vermont - Balaji Parameswaran, Ph.D.
Years: 2014–2017
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Chief Data Scientist, Gainwell Technologies - Yoshitsugu Chigusa, Ph.D.
Years: 2014–2016
Mentor: Ann Word, M.D.
Current Position: Doctor of Medicine, Kyoto University - Hector Franco, Ph.D.
Years: 2011–2016
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Professor and Lead Investigator, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center - Shrikanth Gadad, Ph.D.
Years: 2010–2016
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Associate Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - Byung-Cheon Jeong, Ph.D.
Years: 2013–2016
Mentor: Yunsun Nam, Ph.D.
Current Position: Investigator II, CSL - Bin Xu, Ph.D.
Years: 2015–2016
Mentor: Xiaoying Bai, Ph.D.
Current Position: Principal Scientist and Project Head, Sanofi - Qiwen Yang, Ph.D.
Years: 2011–2016
Mentor: Xiaoying Bai, Ph.D. - Haruta Mogami, Ph.D.
Years: 2011–2015
Mentor: Ann Word, M.D.
Current Position: Associate Professor, Kyoto University - Chengkun Wang, Ph.D.
Year: 2015
Mentor: Xin Liu, Ph.D. - Yucel Akgul, Ph.D.
Years: 2008–2014
Mentor: Mala Mahendroo, Ph.D.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center - Hari Annavarapu, Ph.D.
Years: 2008–2014
Mentor: Ann Word, M.D. - Ting Zhou, Ph.D.
Years: 2012–2014
Mentor: Xiaoying Bai, Ph.D. - Charles Danko, Ph.D.
Years: 2009–2013
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Associate Professor, Cornell University - Yun-Zu Pan, Ph.D.
Year: 2013
Mentor: Yunsun Nam, Ph.D.
Current Position: Research Scientist, UT Southwestern Medical Center - Zhiqiang Wang, Ph.D.
Years: 2011–2013
Mentor: Yunsun Nam, Ph.D.
Current Position: Principal Investigator, HIT Center for Life Sciences - Xueyong Xu, Ph.D.
Years: 2012–2013
Mentor: Xin Liu, Ph.D. - Madhusudhan Budatha, Ph.D.
Years: 2007–2012
Mentor: Ann Word, M.D.
Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Sciences Center - Christina (Matulis) Ward, Ph.D.
Years: 2010–2012
Mentor: W. Lee Kraus, Ph.D.
Current Position: Embryologist, Kindbody