Meet the Ideker Lab
The Ideker Lab is a dynamic group of enthusiastic scientists with expertise across a variety of disciplines, including systems biology, cellular modeling, cancer genomics, computational biology, epigenetics, and psychiatric diseases. Current lab members and their contact information are shown below. Visit the Lab Alumni page to meet our distinguished alumni. Visit our Photo Gallery to see what fun our group has been up to!
Staff
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Kate Licon
Lab Manager
klicon@health.ucsd.edu
Tel (858) 822-4667
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Kyla Delos Santos
Administrator
kcdelossantos@ucsd.edu
Fund Managers
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Julie Wilkes
Asst. Director & Pre-Award
Sponsored Projects Office (SPO)
jwilkes@health.ucsd.edu
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Shannon Wright
Pre-Award
Sponsored Projects Office (SPO)
s4wright@health.ucsd.edu
Software Development Team
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Jing Chen
Director of Software Development
jic002@ucsd.edu
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Chris Churas
Software Developer
cchuras@ucsd.edu
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Dylan Fong
Software Developer
dylanfong.ut@gmail.com
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Dexter Pratt
Director of NDEx
depratt@health.ucsd.edu
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Kevin Smith
SysAdmin & Cluster Support
support@physics.ucsd.edu
ksmith@physics.ucsd.edu
Postdoctoral Scholars
Graduate Student Researchers
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Sahar Alkhairy
Computer Science, PhD Student
salkhairy@ucsd.edu
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Stephanie Harchenko
Biomedical Sciences, PhD Student
harchenko@health.ucsd.edu
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Dan Halmos
Bioinformatics & Sys Bio, PhD Student
dhalmos@ucsd.edu
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Zach Wallace
Bioinformatics & Sys Bio, PhD Student
zwallace@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Student Researchers
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Linda Wei
Lab Assistant
xywei@ucsd.edu
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Joshua Yi
Lab Assistant
joyi@ucsd.edu
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Micah Kim
Lab Assistant
mjk004@ucsd.edu