Kristian G. Andersen
Professor, Scripps Research
Director of Infectious Disease Genomics, SRTI
Vice President, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium
Director of Infectious Disease Genomics, SRTI
Vice President, Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium
Training
Postdoctorate
Harvard University
Broad Institute
Advisor: Pardis Sabeti
Graduate
University of Cambridge
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Advisor: Alex Betz
Undergraduate
Major: Business & Molecular Biology
Aarhus University
University of Kent
Super Powers
Cat Herders
Michelle Platero
Senior Administrative Assistant
Experience
More than 20 years in industry and academia
Joined Scripps Research in 1999
Training
Graduate (ongoing)
Master’s degree
Finance & Accounting
Undergraduate
Bachelor’s degree
Business Administration
Super Powers
Refugio Robles-Sikisaka
Research Scientist / Lab Manager
Training
Postdoctorate
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
Senior Center Administrator
Experience
Scripps Research-Office of Sponsored Programs Research
San Diego State Research Foundation
Training
Undergraduate
Majors: Environmental Biology & Management
UC Davis
Super Powers
Emily Spencer
Guru
Experience
Scripps Health
HHMI
Training
Graduate
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Medical Genomics Laboratory
Advisor: Ludwine Messiaen
Undergraduate
Majors: Psychology (Bio emphasis) & Spanish
UC Davis
Super Powers
Senior Geniuses
Mark Zeller
Postdoc
Training
Postdoctoral
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
Raphaëlle Klitting
Postdoc
Training
Graduate
Aix-Marseille University
Emerging Viruses Unit
Advisor : Xavier de Lamballerie
Undergraduate
Major: Science, Technologies and Health
Paris VI University
Super Powers
Junior Geniuses
Karthik Gangavarapu
Graduate Student
Experience
Previously co-founder @TunePatrol
Training
Undergraduate
Major: Pharmacy
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Pilani, India
Super Powers
Glenn Oliveira
Graduate Student
Experience
Channing Division of Network Medicine
Scripps Research Translational Institute
Training
Undergraduate
Major: Biology
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Super Powers
Nate Matteson
Graduate Student
Experience
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Training
Undergraduate
Major: Biochemistry
University of New Mexico
Super Powers
Mini Geniuses
Catie Anderson
Research Assistant II
Training
Undergraduate
Major: Biology
San Diego State University
Super Powers
Alaa Abdel Latif
Research Programmer II
Training
Graduate
University of San Francisco (MS)
The Wicklow AI in Medicine Research Initiative (WAMRI)
Advisor: Andrew Shaw, Jeremy Howard
University of Cambridge (MPhil)
Centre for Molecular Informatics
Advisor: Lucy Colwell
Undergraduate
University College London (UCL)
Major: Biochemical Engineering
Super Powers
Ezra Kurzban
Research Technician
Training
Undergraduate
University of Colorado Boulder
Major: Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Super Powers
Justin Lee
Lab Assistant
Training
Undergraduate (ongoing)
UC San Diego
Major: Human Biology, Minor: Psychology
Super Powers
Manar Alkuzweny
Undergraduate Researcher
Training
Undergraduate (ongoing)
Major: Public Health, Minor: Biology
UC San Diego
Super Powers
Sabrina Meng
Undergraduate Researcher
Training
Undergraduate (ongoing)
Major: Bioengineering/Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Super Powers
Ashley Zolfaghari
Intern
Training
Undergraduate (ongoing)
Major: Biology
The University at Notre Dame
Super Powers
Emily Kang
High School Researcher
Training
High School (ongoing)
Canyon Crest Academy
Super Powers
Lonely Geniuses
Gytis Dudas
Consultant (PhyloGeek)
Training
Postdoctorate
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Advisor: Trevor Bedford
Graduate
University of Edinburgh
Advisor: Andrew Rambaut
Undergraduate
Major: Evolutionary Biology
University of Edinburgh
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Late Geniuses
Mini Traitors
Mega Traitors
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
Matthias Pauthner
2018-2020, Postdoc
† Co-founder, Weatherwax Biotechnologies
2018-2020, Postdoc
† Co-founder, Weatherwax Biotechnologies
Sharada Saraf
2017-2020, Undergraduate Researcher
† NIH IRTA Research Fellow
2017-2020, Undergraduate Researcher
† NIH IRTA Research Fellow
Garyk Brixi
2018-2020, Undergraduate Researcher
† Harvard University
2018-2020, Undergraduate Researcher
† Harvard University
External Advisory Geniuses
Friendly Geniuses
Federation of Geniuses
