Over 100 postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, clinical fellows, undergraduate students, computational biologists, and technical staff have trained and developed their careers in the Kraus lab since it was founded in 1999. The trainees have moved on to careers as scientists, professors, and physicians at academic institutions, hospitals, and biotech companies around the world. The computational biologists and technical staff employed by the Kraus lab have used their time in the lab to continue developing their careers and positioning themselves for further opportunities. As the track record of our personnel shows, the training, mentorship, research opportunities, and continuing career support provided to Kraus lab members are an incredible career catalyst that promotes continued success.
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Graduate Students
Clinical Fellows
Computational Biologists
Technical Staff
Undergraduate Students
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Postdoctoral Fellows
- Sridevi Challa, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2017-2022
Assistant Professor, University of Chicago - Edwin Cheung, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 1999-2004
Professor, University of Macau, Macau, China - Charles Danko, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2009-2014
Associate Professor, Cornell Univ., NY - Hector Franco, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2011-2016
Associate Professor, Univ. North Carolina Cancer Center - Junli Gao, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2019
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL - Shrikanth Gadad, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Postdoc, 2010-2017
Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso - Matthew Gamble, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2005-2009
Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY - Nic Gévry, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2003-2004
Professor, Univ. of Sherbrooke, Canada - Rebecca Gupte, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2013-2019
Senior Scientist, Freenome, San Francisco, CA - Nina Heldring, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2006-2008
Business Developer at the National Board of Forensic Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden - Tim Hou, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2014-2022
Field Application Scientist, Qiagen - Dan Huang, M.D., Ph.D.
Visiting Instructor, 2017-2021
Associate Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China - Xuan (James) Huang, M.D.
Visiting Instructor, 2017-2019 - Andrew Kelleher, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2018-2021
Assistant Professor, University of Missouri - Daeseok Kim, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2012-2020
Instructor, Touchstone Diabetes Center, UT Southwestern - Kathy Lee, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 1999-2003
Assistant Dean of Health Programs, John Carroll University, OH - Tatiana Malherbe, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2002-2003
Deputy Director, Institut Curie, Paris, France - Christina Matulis Ward, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2010-2012
Embryologist, Kindbody, Lemont, IL - Balaji Parameswaran, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2014-2017
Chief Data Scientist - Product Development, Gainwell Technologies, Dallas, TX - Ryan Rogge, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2016-2018
Associate Director of R&D, Integrated DNA Technologies, Erie, CO - Donald Ruhl, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2005-2010
Associate Professor, Oklahoma State Univ. - Sudeshna Tripathy, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2015-2020
Assistant Staff Scientist, Oregon National Primate Research Center, OHSU, Portland, OR - Hsin-Yu Tsai, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2020-2022
Postdoc, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA - Yasmin Vasquez, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2015-2020
Scientist, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA - Tong Zhang, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2004-2009
Associate Director, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY
Graduate Students
- Mari Acevedo Santiago, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 1999-2004
Professor, Univ. of Puerto Rico - Bryan Gibson, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2008-2015
Assistant Member, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital - Nasun Hah, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2004-2010
Director, Integrative Genomics, Altos Labs - Kristine (Frizzell) Hussey, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2003-2010
Director, Program Management, Akebia Therapeutics - Gary Isaacs, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2002-2008
Professor, Liberty Univ. - Aarin Jones, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2017-2022
Postdoctoral Scientist, Regeneron - Mi Young Kim, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 1999-2004
Associate Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) - Miltos Kininis, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2002-2007
Head of Oncology & Hematology Therapeutic Area, Novartis Greece - Raga Krishnakumar, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2004-2009
Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories - Rui Li, M.S.
Graduate Student, 2010-2014
Senior Research Scientist, Meta - Ziying Liu, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2010-2015
Staff Software Engineer, Indeed.com - Xin Luo, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2007-2014
Senior Computational Biology Scientist, Amgen, CA - Shino Murakami, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2010-2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, Weill Cornell Medical College, NY - Joanna (Berrocal) Noonan, M.S.
Graduate Student, 2006-2008
Senior Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb - John Tyler Piazza, M.S.
Graduate Student, 2017-2018
Senior Manager of Life Sciences Business Development, Helix - Keun Ryu, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2010-2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Miao Sun, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2007-2013
Head of Computational Biology, Experimental Drug Development Centre, Singapore - David Wacker, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2001-2006
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School
Clinical Fellows
- Lesley Conrad, M.D.
Clinical Fellow, 2014-2016
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Creighton University, Omaha, NE - Patricia Jimenez, M.D.
Clinician Scientist, 2014-2017
Assistant Professor, Washington Univ. School of Medicine in St. Louis - Beman Khulpateea, M.D.
Clinician Fellow, 2017-2019
Gynecologic Oncologist, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD - Kevin Kremer, M.D.
Clinician Fellow, 2019-2020
Physician, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Des Moines, IA - Ken Lin, M.D.
Clinician Scientist, 2012-2018
Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bronx, NY - Cici Liu, M.D.
Instructor & Clinical Fellow, 2016-2018
Assistant Professor, University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Jessica Parker, M.D.
Clinician Fellow, 2018-2020
Gynecologic Oncologist, Indiana University Health - Lavanya Parsons, M.D.
Clinician Fellow, 2015-2017
Assistant Professor, Univ. of Texas, Houston, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Alexandra Spirtos, M.D.
Clinician Fellow, 2020-2022
Gynecologic Oncology Fellow, UT Southwestern Medical Center - Peter Ye, M.D.
Clinician Fellow, 2020
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Center for Health
Computational Biologists
- Minho Chae, Ph.D.
Computational Biologist III, 2011-2015
Director at Fluo Labs, Dallas, TX - Venkat Malladi, M.S.
Computational Biologist II, 2015-2017
Senior Scientist, Bioinformatics @ Microsoft Genomics - Anusha Nagari, M.S.
Computational Biologist III, 2011-2022
Senior Scientific Data Analyst, Caris Life Sciences - Nabina Paudyal, Ph.D.
Computational Biologist I, 2021-2022
Senior Computational Scientist, Colossal Biosciences - Rohit Setlem, M.S.
Computational Biologist I, 2018-2021
Bioinformatician, Mayo Clinic - Aishwarya Sundaresan, M.S.
Computational Biologist II, 2018-2021
Bioinformatics Analyst III, Scripps Research
Technical Staff
- Jonathan Abshier
Research Technician II, 2019-2021
Ph.D. Candidate, Portland State University - Hassan Allahrakha, D.O.
Research Technician II, 2016-2017
Resident Physician, Methodist Health System Dallas - Neeraja Bhangre, M.S.
Research Technician II, 2013-2014
Clinical Development Scientist, Oncology, Gilead Sciences - Yaroslav (Adam) Bisikalo
Research Assistant II, 2018-2019
Research Associate, Surgery, UT Southwestern - Emerson Ailidh Boggs, M.S.
Research Technician II, 2017-2018
Lead Research Specialist, Emory University - Jane Bowman Ford
Research Assistant I, 2010-2013
Sr. Administrative Assistant, UT Southwestern, 2013-2014
Territory Account Manager, PHC Biomed - Cristel Camacho, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate, Research Scientist, and Senior Research Scientist, 2017-2022
Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center - Jessica Chiou Carruthers, M.S.
Research Technician II, 2016-2017
Clinical Sales Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific - Kevin Conley
Research Technician III, 2004-2005 - Rebecca Dharamraj
Research Technician II, 2018
Graduate Student, Texas Woman's University - Cynthia Duran, M.D.
Research Technician II, 2017-2018
Resident Physician, New York City Health + Hospitals - Elizabeth Fogarty
Research Support Specialist I, 2005-2009
Research Support Specialist II, Cornell University - Kristen Gomez
Research Technician II, 2017-2018 - Charles R. Hutti, Ph.D.
Research Associate, 2020-2022
Biomedical Research Associate, Advanced Technology International - Megan Johnson
Research Assistant I, 2018-2019 - Elizabeth Tory (Manning) Kavoossi, M.D.
Research Support Specialist I, 1999-2001
Family Medicine Specialist, Long Beach, CA - Jenny Ying Long
Research Assistant II, 2015-2016
Senior Quality Assurance Specialist, Abbott Laboratories - Kimberly Matavire
Research Technician II and Research Assistant I, 2018-2019
Fidelity Investments - O’Brian Mbakwe, M.D.
Research Technician II, 2015-2017
Resident Physician, Brooklyn, NY - Thomas Millen
Research Technician II, 2021
Account Executive, RealPage, Inc. - Deborah Miller
Research Scientist and Director of Green Center Laboratory Operations, 2010-2013
Business Development Manager, Remi - Rosemary Conry Plagens, Ph.D.
Research Assistant, 2014-2017
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNC Chapel Hill - Rachel Ramirez
Research Assistant I and II, 2011-2014
Quality Assurance Coordinator, Clinical Laboratory Services, UT Southwestern - Jennifer Smith, Ph.D.
Research Technician III, 2001-2002
Senior Policy Advisor, Health Canada - Rion Taylor, Ph.D.
Research Technician, 2002-2003
Professor, MidAmerica Nazarene University - Kirk Tran, M.D.
Research Technician II, 2014-2016
Resident, Eastern Virginia Medical School - David Turnell
Research Technician II, 2019-2021
J.D. Candidate, University of Texas School of Law - Fang Ye
Research Assistant I, 2009-2011
Undergraduate Students
- Jamie Anastas, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Student, 2004-2005
Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine - Ehsan Balagamwala, M.D.
Undergraduate Student, 2006-2008
Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology, Cleveland Clinic - Arunabha "Sunny" Basu, M.D.
Undergraduate Student, 2009-2010
Anesthesiologist, Kaiser Permanente - Benjamin Chen, M.D.
Undergraduate Student, 2004-2006
Internist, Oakland, CA - Christine Cheng, M.D.
Undergraduate Student, 2006-2007
Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Phelps Memorial Hospital Center - Yeeting Esther Chong, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Student, 2002-2005
Scientist, aTyr Pharma - Michelle DuMond, M.D.
Undergraduate Student, 2006-2008
Family Physician, One Medical - Trevor Halle, M.D.
Undergraduate Student, 2008-2008
Emergency Medicine Physician, US Acute Care Solutions - Daria R. Homenko, M.D.
Undergraduate Student, 2002-2003
Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women's Hospital - Susan Hsiao, M.D., Ph.D.
1st Kraus Lab Member!
Undergraduate Student, 1999-2002
Associate Professor of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University - Catherine Kim, M.D.
Undergraduate Student, 2002-2003 - Eugene Park, M.D.
Undergraduate Student, 2006-2008
Plastic Surgeon, Shriners Children's Hospital - Emily Reasor
Undergraduate Student, 2004-2005
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company - Marc Schwabish, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Student, 1999-2002
Chief Business Officer, Tectonic Therapeutic - Erwin Wang, M.D.
Undergraduate Student, 2004
Physician Advisor, NYU Langone Hospital - Ian Wang, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Student, 2002-2003
Associate Professor, UC Berkeley - Wendy Wang, M.D.
Undergraduate Student, 2007-2010
Hospital Resident, Yale School of Medicine - Matt Wettan, M.B.A.
Undergraduate Student, 2002
Accountant, Kweit, Mantell & DeLucia LLP - Christine Yang, M.D.
Undergraduate Student, 2008-2010
Pediatric Medicine Specialist, Maryland - Alla Zarifyan, M.S.
Undergraduate, 1999-2001
Marketing Director, Intechnic