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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Postdoctoral Fellows and Instructors
Graduate Students
Clinical Fellows
Computational Biologists
Technical Staff
Undergraduate Students
High School Students
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Postdoctoral Fellows and Instructors
- Palak Ahuja, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2022-2023
Postdoc, Fred Hutch - Shehreen Amjad, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2022-2023
Postdoc, UT Southwestern - 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 - Andrea Edwards, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2021-2023
Principal Staff Scientist, Arkansas Children's Research Institute - Hector Franco, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2011-2016
Professor and Lead Investigator, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive 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
Research Associate Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center - 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
Research Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern - Minjung Kwon, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2020-2023
Postdoc, National Institutes of Health - 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 - Komal Pekhale, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2022-2024 - Divya Reddy, Ph.D.
Assistant Instructor, 2023-2024
Assistant Instructor, UT Southwestern Medical Center - 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. - Micah Thornton, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2023
Assistant Professor, Texas Woman's University - 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 II, Cell and Translational Biology, Lassen Therapeutics, San Diego, CA - Tong Zhang, Ph.D.
Postdoc, 2004-2009
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, 2009-2016
Assistant Professor, St. Jude 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, 2016-2022
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, 2005-2010
Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories - Rui Li, M.S.
Graduate Student, 2010-2014
Staff Research Engineer, Meta - Ziying Liu, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2009-2016
Principal Software Engineer, Indeed.com - Xin Luo, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2007-2014
Senior Principal Scientist, Amgen, CA - Shino Murakami, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2011-2018
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
Solutions Director, Tempus AI - Keunwoo Ryu, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2011-2018
Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - MiKayla Stokes, Ph.D.
Graduate Student, 2018-2024
Patent Agent, Fulton Jeang PLLC - 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 - Amy Whitaker
Graduate Student, 2020-2024
Graduate Student, UT Southwestern
Clinical Fellows
- Lesley Conrad, M.D.
Clinical Fellow, 2014-2016
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UT Southwestern Medical Center - Steven Blaine Holloway, M.D.
Clinical Fellow, 2021-2023
Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UT Southwestern Medical Center - 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
Gynecologic Oncologist, Bay Area Gynecology Oncology - David Owen, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinician Scientist, 2015-2021
Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Jessica Parker, M.D.
Clinician Fellow, 2018-2020
Gynecologic Oncologist, Indiana University Health - Lavanya Palavalli 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 Oncologist, Women's Cancer Center of Nevada - Christopher Walker, M.D.
Clinical Fellow, 2022-2024
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
Senior 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
Advanced Imaging Specialist, Nikon Instruments - 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, 2017-2020
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
Manager, Cell and Gene Therapy, Lonza Biologics - 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 - Xuan "Amy" Gong
Research Associate, 2021-2023
Lead Researcher, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Chuck 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 - Mackenzie O'Brien Samsury
Research Technician II, 2023-2024
Genetic Counseling Assistant, UT Southwestern Medical Center - Rosemary Conry Plagens, Ph.D.
Research Assistant, 2014-2017
Research Scientist, Caris Life Sciences - Rachel Ramirez
Research Assistant I and II, 2011-2014
Senior Quality Engineer, Labcorp - Charles Renshaw
Research Assistant I, 2022-2023
Research Associate, UT Health Science Center San Antonio - 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
Internist, Scripps Mercy Hospital, San Diego, CA - David Turnell
Research Technician II, 2019-2021
J.D. Candidate, University of Texas School of Law - Fang Ye
Research Assistant I, 2009-2011 - Luka Zrnic
Research Technician II, 2021-2023
Medical Student, UT Medical Branch at Galveston - Josue Zuniga
Research Assistant I, 2021-2023
QC Analyst, Lonza Biologics
Undergraduate Students
- Hadeel Ali
Undergraduate Student, 2022
Student, University of Texas at Dallas - 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
Physician, Kinwell Health - 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 Student, 1999-2001
Marketing Director, Intechnic
High School Students
- Shanivi Srikonda
STARS Student, 2019
Research Associate, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute