Alumni

Since the inception of Mangul lab, four postdoctoral fellows, one PhD student, and twenty Master students have graduated.

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

2019 - 2020 Jacqueline (Jaque) Brito Postdoctoral Scholar Currently Associate Software Engineer at Treyarch
2020 - 2021 Junghyun Jung Postdoctoral Scholar Currently Research data scientist at Cedars-Sinai
2022 - 2024 Dorcus Malomane Postdoctoral Scholar Currently Postdoc with Prof. Charleston Chiang
2022 - 2024 Mohammad Vahed Postdoctoral Scholar

Bioinformatics Analysts

Aaron Karlsberg Bachelor of Science, University of California, Los Angeles Currently Senior Software Engineer V at Strateos
2022 - 2022 Brian Nadel Postdoctoral Scholar, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Currently Bioinformatics Analyst
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

2019 - 2023 Kerui Peng Ph.D. Rotation student, Pharmaceutical and Translational Sciences (PHTS) Program, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Currently Senior Associate, Regulatory Affairs at AbbVie

PharmD Students

2021 - 2021 Sara Chea PharmD Rotation student, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences PharmD student
2020 - 2022 Elizabeth Ling PharmD Rotation student, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences U.S. Marketing Product Manager, Rare Diseases at Biogen
2020 - 2021 Trami Pham PharmD, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Clinical Trials Project Manager at UCLA Health

Master’s Students

2019 - 2021 Yutong Chang Master of Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Currently Statistical Data Scientist at Pfizer
2022 - 2024 Likhitha Chittampalli Master of Science in Computer Science System Development Engineer, Niagara Bottling
2021 - 2024 Morgana Fu
2020 - 2022 Ruiwei Guo Master’s Student, Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
2022 - 2024 Kunali Hapani Master of Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
2021 - 2023 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
2020 - 2022 Jieting (Emma) Hu Master of Science, Biotechnology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
2022 - 2024 Pooja Jaiswal Master of Science in Clinical and Experimental Therapeutics, USC Alfred E.Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California PhD student at University of Connecticut
2021 - 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
2021 - 2022 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
2021 - 2023 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
2021 - 2023 Naresh Patel Master of Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Associate Scientist in the Functional Genomics team at the New York Stem Cell Foundation
2021 - 2023 Qiushi Peng PhD Student, Integrated Biomedical Sciences, University of Notre Dame Currently PhD Student at University of Notre Dame
2019 - 2021 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.
2021 - 2023 Tejasvene Ramesh Doctoral Student, UMass Boston PhD student at Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy, UMass Boston
2022 - 2023 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
2020 - 2022 Man Yee Wong Master’s student, Translational Biomedical Informatics at the Department of Translational Genomics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
2022 - 2024 Henry Xu Master's Student, Translational Biotechnology, Keck School of Medicine of USC PhD student at University of Sydney
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

Undergraduate Students

2022 - 2023 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)
2022 - 2023 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
Russell Littman Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles Currently Bioinformatics Analyst
2016 - 2020 Caitlin Loeffler Ph.D. Rotation student, Biology, The George Washington University Currently Researcher PHD Student at The George Washington University
2019 - 2021 Niko Darci-Maher Master of Science, Bioinformatics, University of California, Los Angeles ORISE Research Fellow, US Forest Service Northern Research Station
2023 - 2024 Daniel Marshall Bachelor of Science, Quantitative Biology, Dornsife College of Letter, Arts and Sciences at USC
2016 - 2018 Keith Mitchell Ph.D. Rotation student, Computational Genomics, University of California, Davis Currently Bioinformatics Engineer at TRexBio
2022 - 2023 Shirley Monge Associate of Science, STEM Scholars Program, Santa Monica College Currently Marketing Manager at United States Lactation Consultant Association
2021 - 2022 Jaden Moore Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Orange Coast College Frontend Developer at Berkeleytime
2021 - 2022 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
2023 - 2024 Chitra Nayak
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
2022 - 2023 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
2022 - 2023 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
Mike Simonov
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 Master of Public Health (MPH) in Biostatistics, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
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
Dottie Yu

High School Students

German Enik Master of Science, Computer Science, Stanford University Currently Software Engineer at Apple
2023 - 2023 Zuzanna Iwan High School Student, School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology, Tartu, Estonia Intern at Małopolskie Centrum Biotechnologii UJ
Shaunak Kapur High School Student
2023 - 2023 Shraman Kar High School Student, School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology, Tartu, Estonia
2022 - 2022 Malika Kopbayeva High School Student, School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology, Tartu, Estonia Incoming First-year Student at Smith College
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 - 2023 Nikita Nakazawa High School Student, School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology, Tartu, Estonia
2023 - 2023 Anna Noyvert High School Student, School of Molecular and Theoretical Biology, Tartu, Estonia Mathematics BSc Student at the University of Warwick
2023 - 2024 Diya Sreedhar
2022 - 2022 Andrew Wesel High School Student, Harvard-Westlake