LAB ALUMNI

The Ideker Laboratory has welcomed many researchers over the years, below is a list of our many distinguished alumni. Please submit profile updates to idekeradmin@ucsd.edu. Visit the Lab Members page to meet our current team.

Ideker Group

2024

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2023

IDEKER GROUP

2022

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2019

Ideker Group

2018

Ideker Group

2017

Ideker Group

2013

Ideker Group

2012

Ideker Group

2010

Postdoctoral Scholars

Leah Schaffer
Postdoc (2020-2025)

Currently at Eikon Therapeutics

Maayan Baron
Postdoc (2019-2022)

Currently at Zephyr AI, Scientist

Andreas Beyer
Postdoc (2006-2007)

Currently at University of Cologne, Professor for Systems Biology

Nam Bui
Postdoc/Clinical Fellow (2015-2017)

Currently at Stanford Health Care, Clinical Assistant Professor

Daniel (“Dan”) Carlin
Postdoc (2015-2020)

Currently at UC San Diego, Assistant Project Scientist

Hannah Carter
Postdoc (2012-2014)

Currently at UC San Diego, Assistant Professor of Medical Genetics

Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis
Postdoc (2012-2016)

Currently at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Associate Professor

Michel Choueiri
Postdoc (2012-2014)

Founder of Cancerdocs, CovidCheckToday.com, Leny AI, and Zappy Health

Colleen Doherty
Postdoc (2008-2013)

Currently at NC State University, Associate Professor of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry

Janusz Dutkowski
Postdoc (2009-2014)

Currently at Data4Cure, Co-Founder and CEO

Dorothea Emig
Postdoc (2011-2012)

Currently at Illumina, Bioinformatics Scientist

Matan Hofree
Postdoc (2014-2015)

Currently at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Assistant Professor

Philipp (“Phil”) Jaeger
Postdoc (2011-2017)

Currently at Boehringer Ingelheim, Scientific Director

Eric Jaehnig
Postdoc (2006-2012)

Currently at Baylor College of Medicine, Staff Scientist

Brent Kuenzi
Postdoc (2018-2021)

Currently at Vividion Therapeutics Inc., Principal Computational Biologist

Jianzhu Ma
Postdoc (2015-2017)

Currently at Purdue University, Assistant Professor

Yuan (“Karen”) Mei
Postdoc (2018-2023)

Currently at UC San Diego, Molecular Neuroscientist and Bioinformatician

Koyel Mitra
Postdoc (2010-2014)

Currently at Pfizer, Senior Medical Writer- Regulatory Affairs

Stina Mui Singel
Postdoc (2006-2007)

Currently at Ascendis Pharma Inc., Executive Vice President, Head of Clinical Development, Oncology

Hojung Nam
Postdoc (2009-2013)

Currently at Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology (GIST), Professor

Jisoo Park
Postdoc (2018-2020)

Currently at Novartis Institutes (NIBR), Oncology Data Scientist

Devin Patel
Postdoc (2019-2021)

Currently at Banner Health, Urologist

Adriana Pitea
Postdoc (2018-2020)

Currently at Boundless Bio, Senior Bioinformatics Scientist

Ariel Schwartz
Postdoc (2007-2008)

Founder of deeplearning.bio

John Paul (“JP”) Shen
Postdoc (2011-2018)

Cureently at MD Anderson Cancer Center, Assist. Professor

Taylor Sittler
Postdoc (2003-2005)

Last position at Levels, Head Of Research And Development

Priti Talwar Ravanan
Postdoc (2009-2011)

Currently at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Professor

Kai Tan
Postdoc (2004-2008)

Currently at University of Pennsylvania, Professor

Chris Workman
Postdoc (2003-2006)

Co-founder of Tailwind BioTech, Chief Scientific Officer

Michael (“Mike) Yu
Postdoc (2017-2018)

Currently at Amazon, Senior Applied Scientist Senior Applied Scientist

Fan Zhang
Postdoc (2008-2012)

Currently at Scale Biosciences, Scientist

Wei Zhang
Postdoc (2015-2018)

Currently at Bristol Myers Squibb, Senior Principal Scientist

Fan Zheng
Postdoc (2017-2021)

Neomorph, Inc., Associate Principal Scientist, Data Sciences

Graduate Student Researchers

Tannavee Kumar
Biostatistics
Master’s Program

Isabella Panagiotou
Biology
Master’s Program

Likitha Aradhyula
Master’s Student (2021-2022)

Founder, Triton Brain Injury Network

Sourav Bandyopadhyay
GSR (2004-2010)

Currently at Rezo Therapeutics, Co-Founder and CSO/CTO

Gordon Bean
GSR (2009-2014 )

Currently at Brigham Young University, Associate Professor

Ana Luisa Bojorquez-Flores
Master’s Student (2013-2015)

Currently at Odyssey Therapeutics Inc., Scientist

Menzies Chen
GSR (2006-2014)

Currently at Pacific Biosciences, Head of Software Product Management

Han-Yu Chuang
GSR (2005-2009)

Currently at Anonymous Fortune 500 company, Strategic Advisor

Robert DeConde
GSR (2007-2014)

Currently at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Doctor of Diagnostic Radiology & Neuroradiology

Mitchell Flagg
GSR (2018-2021)

Currently at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles, Internal Medicine Resident

Samson Fong
GSR (2016-2023)

Currently at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR), Senior Data Scientist

Merril Gersten
GSR (2006-2009)

Currenlty at BioLineRx Inc., Chief Sci Officer

Ximena Gonzalez
Master’s Student (2019-2021)

Sukhada Ghewari
Master’s Student (2021-2022)

Currently at Oracle, Software Engineer

Andrew (“Andy”) Gross
GRS (2012-2015)

Currently at Guardant Health, Staff Bioinformatics Scientist

Gregory Hannum
GSR (2006-2012)

Currently at Exact Sciences, Principal Bioinformatics Scientist

Matan Hofree
GSR (2008-2014)

Currently at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Assistant Professor

Justin Huang
GSR (2013-2018)

Currently at DEM Biopharma Inc., Principal Scientist-Computational Biology

Brian Hsu
Master’s Student (2014-2016)

Currently at Docusign, Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Mayank Jain
Machine Leaning Researcher (2023-2024)

Currently at UC San Diego, Applied Scientist

Ryan Kelly
GSR (2003-2009)

Currently at Element Biosciences, Principal Scientist

Michael Kramer
GSR (2012-2016)

Currently at Washington University School of Medicine, Instructor in Medicine Instructor in Medicine

Dwight P. Kuo
GSR (2005-2011)

Currently at Alamar Biosciences Inc., Sr Director of Bioinformatics

Adam Li
GSR (2021-2024)

Rob Loughnan
Master’s Student (2019-2020)

Currently at UC San Diego, The ABCD Study, Postdoctoral Researcher

Craig Mak
GSR (2003-2008)

Currently at Arbor Biotechnologies, Senior Director of Performance Devel and Enablement

Shamim Ara Mollah
GSR (2013-2015)

Currently at the Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Genetics, Assistant Professor

Brenton Munson
GSR (2017-2023)

Currently at Fluid Power AI Inc., Head of Data Science

Oishi Poddar
Master’s Student (2021-2022)

Currently at Apple, Software Engineer

Yue Qin
GSR (2018-2023)

Currently at Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard: Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center, Fellow

Sanath Kumar Ramesh
GSR (2011-2012)

Currently at Oscar Health, Senior Director of Engineering.

Founder/Co-founder of OpenTrearments Foundation, Co-founder of RaisingRare Podcast, Founder of CureGPX4.org

Lily Rajaee
Master’s Student (2021-2022)

Currently at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine Academia, M2

Erica Silva
GSR (2016-2022)

MD Candidate at University of California, San Diego

Taylor Sittler
GSR (2002-2003)

Last position at Levels, Head Of Research And Development

Vikram Sirupurapu
Master’s Student (2019-2020)

Currenlty at UC San Diego, PhD student

Dylan Skola
GSR (2011-2013)

Currently at Velia Therapeutics, Principal Scientist

Rohith Srivas
GSR (2006-2012)

Currently at 23andMe, Senior Scientist

Silpa Suthram
GSR (2003-2008)

Currently at Gilead Sciences, Sr. Research Scientist II (Assoc. Director)

Tina Wang
GSR (2014 -2019)

Currently at Janssen Pharmaceutical, Scientist – Bioinformatics and Data analysis, Neuroscience Biomarkers

Michael (“Mike) Yu
GSR (2013-2017)

Currently at Amazon, Senior Applied ScientistSenior Applied Scientist

Undergraduate Students

Maya Agarwal
Lab Assistant (2004-2007)

Currently at Stanford University Medical Center, Dept. of Neurosurgery

Ted Alejandre
Lab Assistant (2014-2015)

Currenlty at Pacira BioSciences Inc., Sr Mgr, Commercial Analyrics

Likitha Aradhyula
Lab Assistant (2018 -2021)

Founder, Triton Brain Injury Network

Alexandra (“Alex”) Beckett
Lab Assistant (2015-2017)

Currently at Postdoctoral Scholar

Cirara Black
Lab Assistant (2017-2018)

Currently at Trinity College Dublin, Student

Sarah Bergendahl
Lab Assistant (2022-2024)

Audrey Bogosian
Lab Assistant (2020-2022)

Currently at UCS, SoM, Medical Student (Fall 2024)

Ana Luisa Bojorquez-Flores
Lab Assistant (2013)

Currently at Odyssey Therapeutics Inc., Scientist

James Bradley Kohlenberg
Lab Assistant (2005-2007)

Currently at Conundrum Kids, Board Member

Justin Catalana
Lab Assistant (2006-2008)

Founder of Fort Point Beer Company and Mill Valley Beerworks

Lawrence Chen
Lab Assistant (2017-2018)

Currently at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Patent Agent

Vicky Chen
Lab Assistant (2009-2011)

Jonathan Chen
Lab Assistant (2012-2014)

Michael Chen
Lab Assistnat (2018-2019)

Currently at Illumina, Technical Application Scientist

Ruoqing Cheng
Software, Undergrad volunteer (2017-2018)

Currently at Amyris, Data Scientist I

Ryan Chuang
Lab Assistant (2007-2011)

Currently at Mount Sinai Health System Inc., Urologist

Wilbert Copeland
Lab Assistant (2007-2008)

Currently at Bristol Myers Squibb, Senior Principal Scientist

Mike Daly
Lab Assistant (2004-2007)

Currently at Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program

Stephanie Fan
Lab Assistant (2006-2009)

Currently at Cepheid, Director of Data Analytics and Strategy

Cole Fassino
Lab Assistant (2016-2018)

Currently at OGT Biotechnology, Account Manager

Luke Fassino
Lab Assistant (2016-2018)

Currently at Illumina, Staff Direct Marketing Specialist

Hoda Feizi
Lab Assistant (2004-2007)

Braxton Fitts
Lab Assistant (2015)

Currenlty at Kern County Information Technology Services, Systems Analyst I

Mitchell Flagg
Lab Assistant (2015-2017)

Currently at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles, Internal Medicine Resident

Ximena Gonzalez
Lab Assistant (2019-2021)

Xiao Guo
Lab Assistant (2018-2019)

Currently at Duke University, Biomedical Engineering PhD student

Catalina (“Cat”) Fogg
Lab Assistant (2021-2024)

Cameron Hines
Lab Assistant (2014-2016)

Currently at Kern Medical Center, Emergency Medicine Res Assist Program

Haley Hunter-Zinck
Lab Assistant (2008-2009)

Currently at U.S. Census Bureau, Data Scientist

Robert Ikeda
Lab Assistant (2004)

Tongqiu (“Iris”) Jia
Lab Assistant
(2017-2018)

Currently at the University of Washington, Seattle, Graduate Research Assistan

Delina Kambo
Lab Assistant (2020-2022)

Currently at Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research (NIBR), Research Scientist I

Kristen Klepper
Lab Assistant (2014-2017)

Currently at Kaiser Permanente, Family Medicine Doctor

Harmony Cen
UG Intern (2022)

Currently at Keck Medicine, Interdiscip. Cancer Research Intern

Shirley Lee
Lab Assistant (2005)

John Lee
Lab Assistant (2018-2019)

Currently at City of Hope

Samad Lotia
Lab Assistant (2005-2008)

Currently at Google, Software Engineer

Massoud Maher
Lab Assistant (2015)

Currently at Creyon Bio Inc., Software Engineer

Cameron McElfresh
Lab Assistant (2014-2018)

Currently at HRL Laboratories, Research Scientist – Materials Engineer

Manuel (“Manny”) Michaca
Lab Assistant (2016-2017)

Currently at University of Pittsburgh, Nicotra Lab, Graduate Student Researcher

Kate Niklason
Lab Assistant (2014-2015)

Daniel Pekin
Lab Assistant (2016-2017)

Currently at ATA Engineering, Mechanical Engineer III

Lily Rajaee
Lab Assistant (2019-2021)

Currently at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine Academia, M2

Nicholas Regent
Lab Assistant (2014-2016)

Currently at UC Santa Barbra with Young Laboratory Academia, Research Assistant

Kyle Sanchez
Lab Assistant (2016-2019)

Currently at Illumina, Field Service Engineer

Meenakshi Singhal
Lab Assistant (2021-2022)

Currently at UCSD Teaching and Learning Commons, Writing Hub Undergraduate Consultant

Jonathan Chen
Lab Assistant (2012-2014)

Vignesh Sivaganesh
Lab Assistant (2014-2015)

Currently at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, MS4 – Cell/Molecular Biologist

Eileen Sun
Lab Assistant (2018-2019)

Currently at at Google, Software Engineer

Sean Tang
Lab Assistant (2016-2017)

Anup Tank
Lab Assistant (2014-2015)

Currently at NanoMosaic Inc., Data Scientist

Kevin Thai
Lab Assistant (2008-2009)

Currently at Illumina, Staff Integration Scientist

Tiffany Tom
Lab Assistant (2006)

Nicholas Wilson
Lab Assistant (2020)

Currently at ICW Group, Software Engineer

Lily Wong
Lab Assistant (2014-2016)

Victor Wong
Lab Assistant (2016-2017)

Jia Lu Xu
Lab Assistant (2012-2014)

Huwate (“Kwat”) Yeerna
Lab Assistant (2013-2016)

Tim Yoon
Lab Assistant (2017-2018)

Currently at Harvest Group, Application Developer

Alice Yu
Lab Assistant (2012-2015)

Leena Satpathy
UG Intern (2022)

Currently at Aeon Market Research, Project Management Executive

Ailin Zhang
Lab Assistant (2016)

Currently at ATA Engineering, Mechanical Engineer III

Ziran Zhang
Lab Assistant (2015)

Currently at at Stanford University

Jan Matthew Elliott
Software, Undergrad volunteer (2015-2018)

Currently at UC Santa Cruz, Biomolecular Engineering PhD Student

Thanh Quoc Hung Le
UG Intern (2022)

Staff

Likitha Aradhyula
Staff Research Associate (2018-2022)

Founder, Triton Brain Injury Network

Robin Bachelder
Cancer Research Director (2022-2024)

Ana Luisa Bojorquez-Flores
Staff Research Associate (2016-2018)

Currently at Odyssey Therapeutics Inc., Scientist

Song Cao
Junior Programmer (2019-2021)

Currently at University of Cambridge, PhD Researcher

Michael Chen
Staff Research Associate (2018-2021)

Currently at Illumina, Technical Application Scientist

Rachel Collier
SRA (2022-2024)

Kyla Delos Santos
Administrative Officer (2023-2024)

Barry Demchak
Chief Software Arch / Prj Mngr (2012-2018)

Currently at Torrey Pines Software Inc., Software Architect

Aaron Gary
Software Engineer (2015-2019)

Currently at Counterpointe Solutions Inc., Software Engineer

Roza Ghamari
Software Engineer (2012-2012)

Currently at YouTube, Tech Lead Software Engineer

Tim Hull
Software, Programmer (2012-2016)

Currently at AI Institute for Advances in Optimization, Georgia Tech, Software Engineer

Tongqiu (“Iris”) Jia
Applications Programmer
(2018-2020)

Currently at the University of Washington, Seattle, Graduate Research Assistan

Anton Kratz
Assistant Research Scientist (2017-2022)

Currently at The Systems Biology Institute, Scientist

Jason Kreisberg
Research Scientists/Academic Prg Mngr, CCMI (2014-2022)

Currently at Sanford Laboratories for Innovative Medicines, Associate Director, Scientific Strategy and Partnerships

Sophie Liu
Software Dev, Applications Programmer (2019-2020)

Currently at University Health Network, Application Developer

Jeff Makey
Consultant (2018-2019)

SD Super Computer Center

Willy Markuske
Software Dev Team, Systems Admin (2019-2024)

Previously at SD Super Computer Center

Manuel (“Manny”) Michaca
Staff Research Associate (2017-19)

Currently at University of Pittsburgh, Nicotra Lab, Graduate Student Researcher

David Otasek
Software Dev, Programmer, Consultant (2017-2021)

Principal Consultant at Genpact Headstrong Capital Markets

Timothy Ravasi
Project Scientist (2005-2009)

Currently at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), Tenured Full Professor

Sara Brin Rosenthal
Research Scientist (2015-2016)

Currently at UC San Diego Center for Computational Biology & Bioinformatics (CCBB), Associate Director for Research

Vlad Rynkov
Software Dev Team, Programmer (2015-2020)

Eric Sage
Software, Programmer (2015-2018)

Currently at Apple, Linux Kernel Engineer

Kyle Sanchez
Staff Research Associate (2019-2020)

Currently at Illumina, Field Service Engineer

Mike Smoot
Software Architect (2005-2012)

Currently at Illumina, Principal Software Engineer

Paul Tatarsky
Software Dev, Sys Admin, Consultant, (2021)

Currently at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), Sys Admin

Dorothy Tsai
SRA (2022-2024)

David Welker
Software, Bioinformatics Engineer (2013-2016)

Currently at JurisTrack, Software Engineer

Christian Zmasek
Software, Programmer (2015-2016)

Currently at J. Craig Venter Institute, Senior Bioinformatics Engineer

John Lee
Staff Research Associate (2019-2022)

Currently at City of Hope

In Memoriam

Dr. Ki-Young Lee
Former Postdoc (2006-2009)

Former Assistant Professor, Ajou University, Korea