Lab Members

Current Lab Members

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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