Kristian G. Andersen
Professor
Training
Postdoc
Harvard University
Broad Institute
Advisor: Pardis Sabeti
Graduate
University of Cambridge
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Advisor: Alex Betz
Undergraduate
Aarhus University
University of Kent
Major: Business & Molecular Biology
Super Powers
Andrew Routh
Institute Investigator
Experience
Associate Professor, UTMB
Postdoc
Scripps Research Institute
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Advisors: John Johnson, Bruce Torbett; Daniela Rhodes, Jason Chin
Graduate
University of Cambridge
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Advisor: Daniela Rhodes
Undergraduate
University of Oxford
Major: Cellular & Molecular Biochemistry
Super Powers
Karthik Gangavarapu
Institute Investigator
Training
Postdoc
UCLA
Advisor: Marc Suchard
Graduate
Scripps Research
Advisors: Kristian Andersen & Andrew Su
Undergraduate
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Major: Pharmacy
Super Powers
Cat Herders
Refugio Robles-Sikisaka
Research Scientist / Lab Manager
Training
Postdoc
UC San Diego
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute
Advisors: David Pride; Hendrik Nollens
Graduate
UC Davis and San Diego State University
California State University, San Marcos
Advisors: Andrew Bohonak; Arun Dhar
Undergraduate
Universidad Autonoma de Baja California
Advisors: Edward C. Metz; Meredith Gould
Super Powers
Michelle McGraw
Center Manager
Experience
Scripps Research-Office of Sponsored Programs Research
San Diego State Research Foundation
Training
Undergraduate
UC Davis
Major: Environmental Biology & Management
Super Powers
Emily Spencer
Guru
Experience
Scripps Health
HHMI
Training
Graduate
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Medical Genomics Laboratory
Advisor: Ludwine Messiaen
Undergraduate
UC Davis
Major: Psychology (Bio emphasis) & Spanish
Super Powers
Senior Geniuses
Mark Zeller
Project Scientist
Training
Postdoc
Columbia University
Center for Infection and Immunity
Advisor: Ian Lipkin
Graduate
University of Leuven
Laboratory for Clinical and Epidemiological Virology
Advisors: Marc Van Ranst; Jelle Matthijnssens
Undergraduate
Radboud University Nijmegen
Super Powers
Edyth Parker
Postdoc
Training
Graduate (PhD)
University of Cambridge
University of Amsterdam
Advisor : Colin Russell
Graduate (MPhil)
University of Cambridge
Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Advisor: Manjinder Sandhu
Undergraduate
University of Cape Town
University of the Western Cape
Major: Biotechnology, Infectious Disease & Molecular Medicine
Super Powers
Joshua Levy
Postdoc
Training
Graduate (PhD)
Northwestern University
Advisors: William Kath and Marco Gallio
Graduate (MSc)
University of Oxford
Advisor: Jared Tanner
Undergraduate
Tufts University
Major: Applied Mathematics & Chemistry
Super Powers
Jyothi Purushotham
Postdoc
Training
Graduate (PhD)
University of Oxford, The Jenner Institute
National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Virology
Advisors: Sarah Gilbert, Teresa Lambe, Vincent Munster
Graduate (MSc)
University of Oxford
Advisor: Sarah Rowland-Jones
Undergraduate
University of Rochester
Major: Molecular Genetics
Super Powers
Holly Lutz
Postdoc
Postdoc / Project Scientist
University of Chicago / UCSD
Advisors: Rob Knight, Jack Gilbert
Graduate
Cornell University
Department of Ecology and Evolution
Advisors: Michael Stanhope, André Dhondt
Undergraduate
University of Chicago
Major: Biological Sciences
Super Powers
Brady Page
Clinical Fellow
Training
Postgraduate
Critical Care fellowship: Stanford University
Infectious Diseases fellowship: University of California, San Diego
Internal Medicine residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Graduate (MD, MPH)
Tulane University
Undergraduate
University of California, Berkeley
Major: Physiology & Metabolism
Super Powers
Junior Geniuses
Chrissy Aceves
Graduate Student (Joint with Su Lab)
Training
Undergraduate
UC San Diego
Major: Biochemistry & Chemistry
Super Powers
Praneeth Gangavarapu
Graduate Student (Joint with Briney Lab)
Training
Undergraduate
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
Major: Computer Science
Super Powers
Mini Geniuses
Emory Hufbauer
Research Programmer II
Training
Undergraduate
University of Kentucky
Major: Computer Science
Super Powers
Dylan Pilz
Research Programmer II
Training
Undergraduate
UC San Diego
Major: Biology w/Spec. Bioinformatics
Super Powers
Maryam Ahmadi
Research Programmer II
Training
Graduate (ongoing)
San Diego State University
Big Data Analytics
Advisor: Faramarz Valafar
Undergraduate
Hankuk University , Seoul, South Korea
Major: Industrial Engineering and Statistics
Super Powers
Alison King
Research Programmer I
Training
Undergraduate (ongoing)
UC Los Angeles
Major: Computational and Systems Biology
Super Powers
Alana Weiss
Research Technician
Training
Undergraduate
Pomona College
Major: Molecular Biology
Super Powers
Camille Bell
Research Technician
Training
Graduate
Keck Graduate Institute
Major: Applied Life Science & Infectious Disease
Undergraduate
University of California, Merced
Major: Human Biology
Super Powers
Allison Steedman
Research Technician
Training
Undergraduate
University of Arizona
Major: Biochemistry
Super Powers
Christina Mac
Research Technician
Training
Undergraduate (ongoing)
UC San Diego
Major: Microbiology
Super Powers
Kelly Nguyen
Lab Assistant I
Training
Undergraduate (ongoing)
UC San Diego
Major: Microbiology & Global Health
Super Powers
Late Geniuses
Matthias Pauthner
2018-2020, Postdoc
† Co-founder, Weatherwax Biotechnologies
2018-2020, Postdoc
† Co-founder, Weatherwax Biotechnologies
Glenn Oliveira
2016-2021, Graduate Student
† Senior Scientist, Bluestar Genomics
2016-2021, Graduate Student
† Senior Scientist, Bluestar Genomics
Zoe Navapanich
2019, SRTI Intern
† Undergraduate, USC
2019, SRTI Intern
† Undergraduate, USC
Karla Padilla Leon
2019, SRTI Intern
† Olympian High School
2019, SRTI Intern
† Olympian High School
Anjali Kotamarthi
2019, SRTI Intern
† Undergraduate, University of Chicago
2019, SRTI Intern
† Undergraduate, University of Chicago
Puja Trivedi
2019, SRTI Intern
† Undergraduate, UCSD
2019, SRTI Intern
† Undergraduate, UCSD
Ashwath Radhachandran
2018, SRTI Intern
† Undergraduate, UC Berkeley
2018, SRTI Intern
† Undergraduate, UC Berkeley
James Wang
2018, SRTI Intern
† Undergraduate, UCLA
2018, SRTI Intern
† Undergraduate, UCLA
Carlos Ontiveros
2017, SURF Intern
† Undergraduate, UT El Paso
2017, SURF Intern
† Undergraduate, UT El Paso
Rimjhim Agarwal
2017, SRTI Intern
† Undergraduate, UC Berkeley
2017, SRTI Intern
† Undergraduate, UC Berkeley
Sharada Saraf
2017-2020, Undergraduate Researcher
† NIH IRTA Research Fellow
2017-2020, Undergraduate Researcher
† NIH IRTA Research Fellow
Garyk Brixi
2018-2020, High School Researcher
† Undergraduate, Harvard University
Alaa Abdel Latif
2020-2021, Research Programmer
† Co-founder, syrup.tech
2020-2021, Research Programmer
† Co-founder, syrup.tech
Manar Alkuzweny
2019-2021, Undergraduate Researcher
† PhD Student, Notre Dame
Emily Kang
2019-2021, High School Researcher
† Undergraduate, MIT
Ashley Zolfaghari
2019-2022, High School Researcher
† Undergraduate, Notre Dame
2019-2022, High School Researcher
† Undergraduate, Notre Dame
Sabrina Meng
2019-2021, Undergraduate Researcher
† Undergraduate, MIT
2019-2021, Undergraduate Researcher
† Undergraduate, MIT
Justin Lee
2019-2021, Lab Assistant
† Undergraduate, UCSD
2019-2021, Lab Assistant
† Undergraduate, UCSD
Anna Fomsgaard
2021-2022, Visiting Student
† PhD Student, University of Copenhagen
2021-2022, Visiting Student
† PhD Student, University of Copenhagen
Ezra Kurzban
2020-2022, Research Assistant I
† Scientist, Illumina
2020-2022, Research Assistant I
† Scientist, Illumina
Sarah Perkins
2021-2022, Research Technician
† PhD Student, Harvard University
2021-2022, Research Technician
† PhD Student, Harvard University
Madison Schwab
2021-2022, Research Technician
† PhD Student, Emory University
2021-2022, Research Technician
† PhD Student, Emory University
Karthik Ramesh
2021-2022, Research Programmer
† Medical School, UCSD
2021-2022, Research Programmer
† Medical School, UCSD
John Demby
2022, Visiting Student
† PhD Student, University of Ghana
2022, Visiting Student
† PhD Student, University of Ghana
Catie Anderson
2018-2023, Research Assistant
† MPH Student, Harvard University
2018-2023, Research Assistant
† MPH Student, Harvard University
Kieran Saucedo
2022-2023, Research Assistant
† Graduate Student, Harvey Mudd College
2022-2023, Research Assistant
† Graduate Student, Harvey Mudd College
Kyra Benowitz
2021-2023, Communications Assistant
† Medical School, Touro University
2021-2023, Communications Assistant
† Medical School, Touro University
Shirlee Wohl
2021-2023, Institute Investigator
† Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
2021-2023, Institute Investigator
† Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Diya Ramesh
2021-2023, Research Assistant
† Undergraduate, MIT
2021-2023, Research Assistant
† Undergraduate, MIT
Nate Matteson
2017-2023, Graduate Student
† Postdoc, Harvard
2017-2023, Graduate Student
† Postdoc, Harvard
Gytis Dudas
2016-2023, Consulting Collaborator
† Assistant Professor, Vilnius University
2016-2023, Consulting Collaborator
† Assistant Professor, Vilnius University
Raphaëlle Klitting
2018-2023, Postdoc / Professional Collaborator
† Division Lead, Emerging Viruses Unit
2018-2023, Postdoc / Professional Collaborator
† Division Lead, Emerging Viruses Unit
Nate Matteson
2017-2023, Graduate Student
† Postdoc, Harvard
2017-2023, Graduate Student
† Postdoc, Harvard
Michelle Platero
2015-2024, Senior Admin
† Grants Manager, UCSD
2015-2024, Senior Admin
† Grants Manager, UCSD
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