Former Lab Members
Akansha Shah
Graduate Student: 2016-2023
Postdoc: 2023-2024
Yichi (Tony) Zhang
Graduate Student: 2017-2023
Postdoc: 2023-2024
Benjamin Nelson
Postdoc: 2021-2024
Gabriela Cano
Graduate Student: 2019-2024
Simon Lebek
Postdoc: 2021-2023
Takahiko Nishiyama
Postdoc: 2019-2023
Andreas Chai
MSTP Student: 2019-2023
Francesco Chemello
Graduate Student: 2018-2021
Miao Cui
Postdoc: 2018-2021
Dileep Karri, M.D.
Graduate Student: 2018-2021
Jessica Cannavino, Ph.D.
Postdoc: 2017-2021
Instructor, Internal Medicine, UTSW
Zhaoning "Johnny" Wang
Graduate Student: 2017-2021
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSD
Ayhan Atmanli, M.D., Ph.D.
Researcher: 2020-2021
Pediatrics Resident, UTSW
Gabriela Morales, Ph.D.
Postdoc: 2016-2020
Yu Zhang
Graduate Student: 2015-2019
Andres Ramirez
Graduate Student: 2015-2019
Cat Makarewich, Ph.D.
Postdoc: 2015-2019
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Vicky Kyrychenko, Ph.D.
Postdoc: 2015-2019
Scientist, CRISPR Therapeutics
Yi-Li MIn, Ph.D.
Graduate student: 2014-2019
Scientist, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Kelli Carroll, Ph.D.
Postdoc: 2014-2019
Assistant Professor, Biology Department Austin College
Stephen Li
Graduate Student: 2015-2019
Pengpeng Bi, Ph.D.
Postdoc: 2016-2018
Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
Bercin Kutluk Cenik
Graduate student: 2013-2018
Postdoctoral fellow, Northwestern University
Kedryn Baskin, Ph.D.
Postdoc: 2012-2018
Assistant Professor, Ohio State University
Leonela Amoasii, Ph.D.
Postdoc: 2012-2018
Director of Gene Editing, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Hisayuki Hashimoto, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoc: 2015-2018
Assistant Professor, Keio University
James Papizan
Postdoc: 2012- 2018
Scientist, St. Jude Childrenās Research Hospital
Huanyu Zhou
Graduate Student: 2013-17
Scientist, Tenaya Therapeutics
Maria Abad
Postdoc: 2014-16
Principal Investigator, Vall dāHebron Institute of Oncology, Spain
Kelly Anderson
Graduate Student: 2013-16
Postdoc, Univ. of Rochester
Doug Anderson
Postdoc: 2013-16
Assist. Professor, Univ. of Rochester
Chengzu Long
Postdoc: 2013-16
Assist. Professor, NYU
Nicholas Lam
Postdoc: 2013-15
Postdoc, UTSW
Glynnis Garry
Sarnoff Fellow:
2013-15
Resident, UTSW
Benjamin Nelson
Graduate Student: 2013-15
Medical Student
Matthew Dickson
Postdoc: 2013-15
Clinical Cardiologist
Susan Deleon
Graduate Student: 2011-15
Nadine Beetz
Postdoc: 2012-14
Clinical Research Physician, Boehringer-Ingelheim
Ben Winders
Postdoc: 2011-14
Clinical Cardiologist
Doug Millay
Postdoc: 2009-14
Assist. Professor, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Ankit Garg
Graduate Student: 2010-14
Resident, UPenn
Ji-Hoon Lee
Postdoc: 2011-14
Postdoc, South Korea
Young-Jae Nam
Postdoc: 2009-14
Assist. Professor, Vanderbilt
Arin Aurora
Postdoc: 2007-14
Assist. Professor, UTSW
Guo Huang
Postdoc: 2007-13
Assist. Professor, UCSF
Mei Xin
Postdoc: 2008-13
Assist. Professor, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center
Kunhua Song
Postdoc: 2008-13
Assist. Professor, U Colorado School of Medicine, Denver
Jason O'Rourke
Postdoc: 2008-13
Group Leader, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Michele Carrer
Graduate Student: 2009-13
Postdoc, Genomic Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
Shay Sela
Postdoc: 2011-12
VP Business Development Life-Sciences, Yeda R&D Co
Chad Grueter
Postdoc: 2008-12
Assist. Professor, University of Iowa
Brett Johnson
Graduate Student: 2008-12
Iowa City
Aaron Johnson
Postdoc: 2008-12
Asst. Professor, Washington University
Robert Frost
Postdoc: 2008-12
Assoc. Medical Director, Bristol Myers Squibb
Dan Quiat
Graduate Student: 2008-12
Fellow, Harvard
Enzo Porrello
Postdoc: 2008-12
Assist. Professor, University of Queensland, Australia
Mayssa Mokalled
Graduate Student: 2006-11
Asst. Professor, Washington University
Mark Hatley
Postdoc: 2008-11
Assist. Professor, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis
Eric Small
Postdoc: 2008-11
Assist. Professor, U Rochester Medical School
Drazen Sosic
Graduate Student: 1994-02
Postdoc: 2002-11
Physician, Our Lady of the Angels Family Medicine Clinic
Viviana Moresi
Postoc: 2006-11
Scientist, University of Rome
David Patrick
Graduate Student: 2006-10
Fellow, Vanderbilt
Andrew Williams
Graduate Student: 2006-10
Postdoc, Columbia
Shusheng Wang
Postdoc: 2005-09
Assist. Professor, Tulane
Mi-Sung Kim
Graduate Student: 2004-09
Postdoc, Harvard Medical School
Yuri Kim
Graduate Student: 2005-09
Fellow, Harvard
Nik Munshi
Postdoc: 2004-09
Assist. Professor, UTSW
Mike Haberland
Postdoc: 2004-09
Clinician-Scientist, Germany
Eva van Rooij
Postdoc: 2004-08
Assoc. Professor, Hubrecht Institute
Rusty Montgomery
Graduate Student: 2003-08
Scientist, miRagen Therapeutics
Peng Yi
Graduate Student: 2004-08
Asst. Professor, Joslin Diabetes Center
Bryan Young
Graduate Student: 2003-08
Fellow, Yale
Mike Arnold
Graduate Student: 2002-06
Investigator, NIH
Rene Galindo
Postdoc: 2004-06
Assoc. Dean, UTSW
Matthew Potthoff
Graduate Student: 2003-07
Assist. Professor, U Iowa School of Medicine
Koichiro Kuwahara
Postdoc: 2003-06
Investigator, Kyoto University
Johannes Backs
Postdoc: 2003-07
Investigator, University of Heidelberg
Jens Fielitz
Postdoc: 2003-07
Investigator, Max-DelbrĆ¼ck-Center, Germany
Ana Barbosa
Postdoc: 2002-07
Scientist, Austin, Texas
Masao Murakami
Postdoc: 2002-06
Investigator, Kyoto University
Zhe Han
Postdoc: 2002-06
Assist. Professor, University of Michigan
Esther Creemers
Postdoc: 2002-06
Investigator, University of Amsterdam
Rick Vega
Postdoc: 2002-04
Scientist, Novartis
Dillon Phan
Postdoc: 2002-05
Scientist
Jiyeon Oh
Student: 2001-06
Scientist, San Francisco
Chris Li
Postdoc: 2001-06
Investigator, Genentech
Shurong Chang
Student: 2001-06
Physician
Hai Wu
Postdoc: 2001-03
Postdoc, Stanford
Chris Davis
Postdoc: 2001-07
Scientist, Wyeth
Teg Pipes
Postdoc: 2001-07
Scientist, GlaxoSmithKline
Zhigao Wang
Student: 2000-04
Asst.Professor, UTSW
Junyoung Oh
Postdoc: 2000-03
Michael Czubryt
Postdoc: 2000-03
Assoc. Professor, U Manitoba
Norbert Frey
Postdoc: 1999-02
Chief of Cardiology, University of Kiel
Chong Shin
Student: 1999-03
Assist. Professor, Medical College of Georgia
Robert Passier
Postdoc: 1999-01
Investigator, Netherlands Institute for Developmental Biology
Igor Rybkin
Student & Postdoc: 1999-06
Medical Oncologist, Henry Ford Health System
Elizabeth Chen
Postdoc: 1998-04
Professor, UTSW
Da-Zhi Wang
Postdoc: 1998-02
Assoc. Professor, Harvard Medical School
Tim McKinsey
Postdoc: 1998-02
Assoc. Professor, University of Colorado
Jeff Spencer
Postdoc: 1998-02
Scientist
Tomasa Barrientos
Student: 1998-04
Investigator, Duke University
Osamu Nakagawa
Postdoc: 1998-05
Assist. Professor, Kyoto University
Zhi-Ping Liu
Postdoc: 1998-05
Assist. Professor, UTSW
Hiromi Yanagisawa
Postdoc: 1998-03
Professor, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Robert Kowal
Postdoc: 1998-99
Clinician, Dallas, Texas
Bekki Nicol
Postdoc: 1998-01
Scientist
Christopher Antos
Student: 1997-03
Investigator, Technische UniversitƤt Dresden
Chun Li Zhang
Student: 1997-03
Professor, UTSW
Pricilla Chang
Student: 1997-01
Fellow, Harvard
Jeroen Charite
Postdoc: 1997-99
Investigator, Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands
Frank Naya
Postdoc: 1996-01
Assoc. Professor, Boston University
David McFadden
Student: 1996-02
Asst.Professor, UTSW
Ellen Lien
Student: 1996-01
Asst. Professor, University of Southern California
Akiko Arai
Postdoc: 1996-01
Richard Cripps
Postdoc: 1996-98
Professor, University of New Mexico
Rene Valdez
Student: 1995-01
Clinical Asst. Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
Kathleen Mosley-Bishop
Postdoc: 1999-00
Jianrong Lu
Student: 1995-00
Assoc. Professor, University of Florida
Celeste Wilcox
Postdoc: 1995-00
Clinician, Paris, Texas
Bin Zhao
Student: 1992-00
Jeanne Rawls
Postdoc: 1995-98
Assoc. Professor, Arizona State University
Alan Rawls
Postdoc: 1994-98
Vice-Provost, Arizona State University
Gogeini Ranganayakulu
Postdoc: 1994-00
Scientist, Glaxo
Jeffrey Molkentin
Postdoc: 1993-97
Professor, Children's Hospital Medical Center HHMI
Brian Black
Postdoc: 1993-98
Professor, UCSF
Assoc. Director, CVRI
Tony Firulli
Postdoc: 1993-97
Professor, Indiana University
Doris Brown
Postdoc: 1993-97
Professor, Children's Hospital Medical Center HHMI
Deepak Srivastava
Postdoc: 1993-95
Director, Gladstone Institute, UCSF
John Schwarz
Postdoc: 1991-95
Assoc. Professor, Albany Medical College
Joe Miano
Postdoc: 1992-95
Endowed Professor, Medical College of Georgia
Qing Lin
Student: 1991-97
Scientist, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Jeff Staudinger
Student: 1991-96
Professor and Chair Basic sciences-Joplin
Keith Ligon
Student: 1991-97
Assoc. Professor, Harvard Medical School
Peter Cserjesi
Postdoc: 1990-94
Assoc. Professor, Tulane University
Jumin Zhou
Student: 1989-95
Professor, Wistar Institute
James Martin
Student: 1989-95
Professor, Baylor
Brenda Lilly
Student: 1989-95
Assoc. Professor, Ohio State
Rob Burgess
Student: 1989-95
VP, Research and Development, Zyvex Corp
Brian Tseng
Student: 1992-95
Tushar Chakraborty
Project Investigator: 1989-91
Principal Scientist, Cell & Mol Bio Division IICB(CSIR)
Li Li
Student and Postdoc: 1987-97
Professor, Wayne State University
Wei Zhang
Student: 1988-93
Diane Edmondson
Student: 1988-93
Tse-Chang Cheng
Student: 1988-93
Guy James
Student: 1987-91
Thomas Brennan
Student: 1986-90
Scientist, Houston
Lani Gosset
Postdoc: 1985
Scientist, Houston
Ed Sternberg
Student: 1985-89
Jing Shan Hu
Student: 1985-89
Director, Licensing and External Research for Greater China Merck
Roxanna Cruz
Student: 1985-87
