Alumni

Gestwicki Laboratory Alumni

Former Postdoctoral Fellows Dates Current Position
Susanne Wisen, Ph.D. 2005–2008  
Gladis M. Walter, Ph.D. 2008–2011 Consultant, Arbonne International
Kathryn McMenimen, Ph.D. 2009–2011 Associate Professor, Mt. Holyoke College
K. Matthew Scaglione, Ph.D. 2010–2012 Assistant Professor, Duke
Xiaokai Li, Ph.D. 2011–2014 Scientist, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
Sue-Ann Mok, Ph.D. 2013–2017 Assistant Professor, University of Alberta
Jennifer Abrams, Ph.D. 2014–2017

Director of BD, Precision for Medicine

Hao Shao, Ph.D. 2014-2021

Assist. Professor, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University China

Xu Ran, Ph.D. 2015-2019

Scientist, Carmot Therapeutics

Szu Yu (Meredith) Kuo, Ph.D. 2016-2020

Scientist, Ambagon

Oleta Johnson, Ph.D.  2018-2023

Assist. Professor, MIT

Cory Nadel, Ph.D.  2018-2022

Scientist, Amgen

Jeanette Bertron, Ph.D. 2020-2021

Scientist, Nurix

Emma Carroll, Ph.D. 2020-2023

Assist. Professor, San Jose State University

Former Graduate Students Dates Current Position
Christopher G. Evans, Ph.D. 2006–2010  
Paul S. Marinec, Ph.D. 2006–2011 Scientist, Merck
Srikanth Patury, Ph.D. 2006–2011 Patent Examiner, USPTO
Jerome Quintero, Ph.D. 2006–2011 Scientist, Frameshift
Lyra Chang, Ph.D. 2007–2011 Kupo Co, Ltd.
Ashley A. Reinke, Ph.D. 2007-2011 Senior Science Educator, Atlas Science Center
Yoshinari Miyata, Ph.D. 2008–2012 Vice President, PhoenixBio
Matthew C. Smith, Ph.D. 2008–2012 Neuroscience Ventures Lead, Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Chicago
Andrea Thompson, M.D., Ph.D. 2008–2012 Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Anne Gillies, Ph.D. 2010–2013 Scientist, Evotec
Leah N. Makley, Ph.D. 2010–2014 COO, MBC Biolabs
Sharan R. Srinivasan, M.D., Ph.D. 2011–2014 Assistant Professor, U. Michigan
Jennifer Rauch, Ph.D. 2011–2015 Assistant Professor, U. Mass. Amherst
Victoria A. Assimon, Ph.D. 2011–2015 Scientist, Maze Therapeutics
Zapporah T. Young, Ph.D. 2012–2017 Scientist, Casma
Laura Cesa, Ph.D. 2012–2017 Spartan Innovations
Bryan Dunyak, Ph.D. 2012–2017 Scientist, Remix Therapeutics
Isabelle Taylor, Ph.D. 2013–2018 Assistant Professor, William & Mary
Rebecca Freilich, Ph.D. 2013–2018 Scientist, Terremoto
Matthew Ravalin, Ph.D.  2014-2019 Postdoc, Stanford (Ting)
Kwadwo Opoku-Nsiah, Ph.D.  2014-2020 Postdoc, Stanford (Frydman)
Daniel M. C. Schwarz, Ph.D. 2017-2021 Consultant, L.E.K. Consulting
Arielle Shkedi, Ph.D. 2017-2021 Business Development, Biomarin Pharma.
Taylor Arhar, Ph.D. 2017-2021 Assistant Professor, San Jose State University
Taiasean Wu, Ph.D.  2017-2023 Assistant Professor, Claremont Colleges
Kelly Montgomery, Ph.D.  2018-2023 Genentech
Sarah Williams, M.S. 2019-2022 Microsoft
Julian Braxton, Ph.D.  2019-2023 Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech (Chen)
Matthew Callahan, Ph.D.  2019-2024 Fellow, The Column Group