Alumni

Gestwicki Laboratory Alumni

Former Postdoctoral FellowsDatesCurrent Position
Susanne Wisen, Ph.D.2005–2008 
Gladis M. Walter, Ph.D.2008–2011Consultant, Arbonne International
Kathryn McMenimen, Ph.D.2009–2011Associate Professor, Mt. Holyoke College
K. Matthew Scaglione, Ph.D.2010–2012Assistant Professor, Duke
Xiaokai Li, Ph.D.2011–2014Scientist, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
Sue-Ann Mok, Ph.D.2013–2017Associate Professor, University of Alberta
Jennifer Abrams, Ph.D.2014–2017Director of BD, Precision for Medicine
Hao Shao, Ph.D.2014-2021Assist. Professor, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University China
Xu Ran, Ph.D.2015-2019Scientist, Para Therapeutics
Szu Yu (Meredith) Kuo, Ph.D.2016-2020Scientist, Ambagon
Oleta Johnson, Ph.D. 2018-2023Assist. Professor, MIT
Cory Nadel, Ph.D. 2018-2022Scientist, Amgen
Jeanette Bertron, Ph.D.2020-2021Scientist, Nurix
Emma Carroll, Ph.D.2020-2023Assist. Professor, San Jose State University
Former Graduate StudentsDatesCurrent Position
Christopher G. Evans, Ph.D.2006–2010 
Paul S. Marinec, Ph.D.2006–2011Scientist, Merck
Srikanth Patury, Ph.D.2006–2011Scientific Programmer, Incyte
Jerome Quintero, Ph.D.2006–2011Scientist, Frameshift
Lyra Chang, Ph.D.2007–2011Kupo Co, Ltd.
Ashley A. Reinke, Ph.D.2007-2011Senior Science Educator, Atlas Science Center
Yoshinari Miyata, Ph.D.2008–2012Vice President, PhoenixBio
Matthew C. Smith, Ph.D.2008–2012Neuroscience Ventures Lead, Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Chicago
Andrea Thompson, M.D., Ph.D.2008–2012Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Anne Gillies, Ph.D.2010–2013Scientist, Evotec
Leah N. Makley, Ph.D.2010–2014COO, MBC Biolabs
Sharan R. Srinivasan, M.D., Ph.D.2011–2014Assistant Professor, U. Michigan
Jennifer Rauch, Ph.D.2011–2015Assistant Professor, U. Mass. Amherst
Victoria A. Assimon, Ph.D.2011–2015Scientist, Maze Therapeutics
Zapporah T. Young, Ph.D.2012–2017Scientist, Casma
Laura Cesa, Ph.D.2012–2017Spartan Innovations
Bryan Dunyak, Ph.D.2012–2017Scientist, Remix Therapeutics
Isabelle Taylor, Ph.D.2013–2018Assistant Professor, William & Mary
Rebecca Freilich, Ph.D.2013–2018Scientist, Terremoto
Matthew Ravalin, Ph.D. 2014-2019Postdoc, Stanford (Ting)
Kwadwo Opoku-Nsiah, Ph.D. 2014-2020Postdoc, Stanford (Frydman)
Daniel M. C. Schwarz, Ph.D.2017-2021Associate Director, Kyverna Therapeutics
Arielle Shkedi, Ph.D.2017-2021Business Development, Biomarin Pharma.
Taylor Arhar, Ph.D.2017-2021Assistant Professor, San Jose State University
Taiasean Wu, Ph.D. 2017-2023Assistant Professor, Claremont Colleges
Kelly Montgomery, Ph.D. 2018-2023Abbott Laboratories
Sarah Williams, M.S.2019-2022Software Engineer, Microsoft
Julian Braxton, Ph.D. 2019-2023Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech (Chen)
Matthew Callahan, Ph.D. 2019-2024Fellow, The Column Group