The Team

Alejandro (Alex) Chavez MD, PhD

Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics

Google Scholar

Marley Giddins

PhD Student, Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia University

Alex Kratz

PhD Student, Integrated program at Columbia University

Joonwon Kim, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Larry Wei, PhD

Assistant Project Scientist

Bruce Culbertson

MD, PhD Student from Columbia University

Matthew Jennings, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher - Jointly advised with Serge Przedborski at Columbia University

Link to Matt’s website

Ji Won Cha, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Pushya Krishna

Research Technician

Benjamin Albert

PhD student, Biomedical Sciences Program at UCSD

Isabella Ruud

PhD student, Biomedical Sciences Program at UCSD

Hark Kyun Kim, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Jiting (Randy) Tang

Visiting undergraduate student (Nankai University)

Reema Apte

PhD student, Biomedical Sciences Program at UCSD

Gianna Elias

PhD student, Bioengineering Program at UCSD

Andrea Pence

PharmD, PhD student, Biomedical Science Program at UCSD- Jointly advised with Anthony O’Donoghue

Previous Members

Schuyler Melore - Research Technician. Currently a PhD student in the Genetic and Genomics program at Duke

Brijesh Singh, PhD - Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at Cedars-Sinai

Jiemin (Jenny) Sheng, PhD- Columbia Integrated Program, PhD student. Currently a consultant at Boston Consulting Group

Paroma Mallick - Research Technician. Currently a JD student at NYU law school

Debbie Hong, PhD - Columbia Pathobiology Program, PhD student. Currently a consultant at McKinsey & Company

Xinlin Zeng - Visiting Undergraduate researcher from Nankai University. Currently a PhD student at Yale University

Hongda Yin - Visiting Undergraduate researcher from Nankai University. Currently completing his undergraduate degree at Nankai University

Liudeng Zhang - Visiting Undergraduate researcher from Zhejiang University. Currently a PhD student at Baylor

Kana Ren - Visiting undergraduate/medical student from Fudan University. Continuing her MD at Fudan University

Samuel Resnick, MD, PhD- Columbia Integrated Program, MD,PhD student in the lab. Currently a medicine resident at Columbia University

Andrea Lara - Visiting undergraduate from Francisco de Vitoria University - Madrid. Currently completing a Master’s student at Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Wenlin Zhang - Post bac visiting researcher, undergraduate degree from Zhejiang University- Currently a PhD student at National University of Singapore.

Shiye Chen - Visiting student, undergraduate degree from Zhejiang University- Currently a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin

Ziyi Sun - Visiting undergraduate student (Nankai University) - Currently finishing undergraduate degree and applying to PhD programs

Yoonju Shin - Visiting Research Scientist (Sungkyunkwan University) - Currently a Research Technician in Goren lab at UCSD

Christopher Fazekas - Research Technician - Currently a PhD student at NYU