Current Lab Members
Jongwook Park, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr. Jongwook Park received his Ph.D. from Korea University, where he studied the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in pathogens and microbiota-mediated maternal effects. He joined the Obata Lab in March 2026 and is currently studying circadian regulation in the gut.
Lab Alumni
- Koji Kinoshita, Ph.D. - Research Scientist Sr.
- Timothy Adam Liddle, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Researcher Fellow
- Andrew Schmidt - Research Assistant (currently in medical school)
- Rawan Alhamami - Research Technician (currently in medical school)
- Aliza Abbas - Research Technician (currently in medical school)
- Avalene Tan - Research Technician
- Henry (Nguyen) Vo - Microbiology Graduate Program
- Haley De Selle - Research Assistant
- Isabel Magana - Research Assistant
- Marcus Hayden - Amgen Scholar
- Lakshmi Aravindan - STARS Student
- Millie Castoldi - STARS Student