Alumni

These are former lab alumni who have transitioned to various sectors, including graduate schools, industry roles, further educational programs, new career opportunities, or other pursuits.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Jacqueline (Jaque) Brito Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Currently Associate Software Engineer at Treyarch
Junghyun Jung Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Currently Research data scientist at Cedars-Sinai
Sergey Knyazev Postdoctoral Scholar, joint with Prof. Bogdan Pasaniuc, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Currently Senior Softwaer Engineer at Alumnit
2022 - 2024 Dorcus Malomane Postdoctoral Scholar, joint with Prof. Charleston Chiang, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Currently Postdoc with Prof. Charleston Chiang
2022 - 2022 Brian Nadel Postdoctoral Scholar, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Currently Bioinformatics Analyst

Bioinformatics Analysts

Aaron Karlsberg Bachelor of Science, University of California, Los Angeles Currently Senior Software Engineer V at Strateos
Yesha Patel Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Currently Senior Data Scientist
2021 - 2024 Cynthia Ronkowski Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
2016 - 2020 Jeremy Rotman Master of Science, University of California, Los Angeles Currently Software Development Engineer at Amazon

PhD Students

Kerui Peng Ph.D. Rotation student, Pharmaceutical and Translational Sciences (PHTS) Program, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Currently Regulatory Affairs Intern at AbbVie

PharmD Students

Sara Chea PharmD Rotation student, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences PharmD student
Elizabeth Ling PharmD Rotation student, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences PharmD Student
Trami Pham PharmD, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences PharmD Student

Master’s Students

Wayne Brock Master of Science, Cell & Molecular Biology, San Francisco State University
Yutong Chang Master of Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Currently Statistical Data Scientist at Pfizer
Ruiwei Guo Master’s Student, Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Yupeng He Master of Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
2016 - 2019 Kevin Hsieh Master of Science, Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles Currently Software Engineer at Google
Jieting (Emma) Hu Master of Science, Biotechnology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
2022 - 2023 Jay Mehta Master of Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Currently Research Data Analyst 1 (Bioinformatics) at Moffitt Cancer Center
Andrew Moore Master's Student, Applied Data Science, USC Viterbi School of Engineering Currently Project Industrial Engineer Graduate Intern at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Former Data Scientist at U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Khooshbu Patel Master of Science, Clinical and Industrial Drug Development, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Currently Bioinformatician I at Duke University School of Medicine
Naresh Patel Master of Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Qiushi Peng PhD Student, Integrated Biomedical Sciences, University of Notre Dame Currently Analyst at Tasly Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.
Anushka Rajesh Master of Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Currently Research Associate II at Vir Biotechnology, Inc.
Tejasvene Ramesh Doctoral Student, UMass Boston Currently Graduate Research Student at USC School of Pharmacy
2021 - 2021 Aditya Sarkar Master's Student, Electrical Engineering, UC San Diego Currently Research Assistant at UC San Diego
2022 - 2022 Shirley Wen Master of Science, Translational Biotechnology, University of California, Los Angeles Former Research Assistant Intern at Dr.Serghei Mangul's lab at the USC School of Pharmacy
Man Yee Wong Master’s student, Translational Biomedical Informatics at the Department of Translational Genomics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Henry Xu Master's Student, Translational Biotechnology, Keck School of Medicine of USC Accepted to PhD programs at University of Sydney
2018 - 2019 Victor Xue Master of Science, Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology Currently Software Engineer at Northrop Grumman
Anushka Yadav Master of Science, Pharmateutical Sciences, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Currently Computational Biology Research Assistant at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Loe Zou

Undergraduate Students

Steven Beringer Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Accounting, UCSB Currently Head of Finance and Business Operations at Verity Venture Partners
Matheus Brocchi
Jacqueline Castellanos Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, UC Irvine Former Visiting Undergraduate Researcher at Caltech
Sei Chang Ph.D. Rotation student, Computer Science, Columbia Engineering Currently Graduate Researcher at New York Genome Center
2016 - 2018 Linus Chen Bachelor of Science, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles Former Software Engineer at Epic
Rahul Chikka Master of Science, Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles Currently Software Development Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Srishti Ginjala PHD Student, Computer Science, The Ohio State University Former Undergraduate Researcher at University of Southern California
2023 - 2024 Mina Jung
2017 - 2018 Angela Ka-Mei Lam Bachelor of Science, Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles Currently Software Developer at Ardent Labs
2019 - 2020 Daniel Yuen Wook Kim Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Currently Mathematics Tutor at LA Math Tutoring
2020 - 2020 Minyoung Kim Bachelor of Science, Quantitive Biology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Currently Analyst at Stout
2021 -2021 Sunny Lee Bachelor of Science, Quantitive Biology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Currently Product Designer at Cvent
Russell Littman Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles Currently Bioinformatics Analyst
Cecilia Liu PhD Student, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Dornsife College of Letter, Arts and Sciences at USC Currently Undergraduate Researcher at University of Southern California
2016 - 2020 Caitlin Loeffler Ph.D. Rotation student, Biology, The George Washington University Currently Researcher PHD Student at The George Washington University
Niko Darci-Maher Master of Science, Bioinformatics, University of California, Los Angeles ORISE Research Fellow, US Forest Service Northern Research Station
Tomás Delgado Manea
2016 - 2018 Keith Mitchell Ph.D. Rotation student, Computational Genomics, University of California, Davis Currently Bioinformatics Engineer at TRexBio
Shirley Monge Associate of Science, STEM Scholars Program, Santa Monica College Currently Marketing Manager at United States Lactation Consultant Association
Jaden Moore Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Orange Coast College
Anish Nagareddy Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Business Administration, USC Viterbi School of Engineering Currently Embedded Software Engineer at USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory
Shirin Nataneli Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of California, Los Angeles Currently Project Intern at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2016 - 2018 Garrett Parker Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics, UC San Diego Former Researcher at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2019 - 2021 Neha Rajkumar Bachelor of Science, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles Currently Digital Rotational Associate at Pfizer
Sara Sadek Bachelor of Science, Biology, California State University Fullerton Currently Chipotle Crew at Chipotle Mexican Grill; Former Supplemental Instruction Leader at California State University Fullerton
Grace Scheg Bachelor of Science, Quantitative Biology, Dornsife College of Letter, Arts and Sciences at USC
2017 - 2017 Taylor Shabani Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Minors in Economics and Middle Eastern Studies, Duke University Currently Investment Banking Analyst at Lazard
2020 - 2021 Harman Singh Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Currently Researcher at Google
2016 - 2018 Benjamin Statz Bachelor of Science, Conputer Science, University of California, Los Angeles Currently Research Assistant at University of California, Los Angeles
Will Van der Lay
2018 - 2018 Emily Wesel Bachelor of Science, Conputer Science, Stanford University Currently Section Leader for CS106A and CS106B at Stanford University
2016 - 2018 Kevin Wesel Bachelor of Science, Biology and Economics, MIT Currently Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
Bingbing Wu Bachelor of Science, Biological Science and minor in Statistics, University of California, Santa Barbara
Qiaozhen (Jenny) Wu Master of Science, Electronics Engineering, Caltech Currently Applied Science Manager II at Uber
Weidi Xiao Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences, Dornsife College of Letter, Arts and Sciences at USC
2016 - 2017 Harry Taegyun Yang PhD, Bioinformatics, University of California, Los Angeles Currently Graduate Student Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles

High School Students

German Enik Master of Science, Computer Science, Stanford University Currently Software Engineer at Apple
Shaunak Kapur High School Student
2022 - 2022 Krish Kothiya High School Student Currently Medical Assistant at Free Clinic of Simi Valley; Clinical Preceptor at Westminster Free Clinic
2023 - 2024 Ahmed Muttaki
2023 - 2024 Diya Sreedhar
2022 - 2022 Andrew Wesel High School Student, Harvard-Westlake