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
Cat Herders
Michelle Platero
Senior Lab Admin Coordinator
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
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
Nate Matteson
Postdoc
Training
Graduate
Scripps Research
Department of Immunology and Microbiology
Advisors: Kristian Andersen
Undergraduate
University of New Mexico
Major: Biochemistry
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
Training
Undergraduate
UC San Diego
Major: Biochemistry & Chemistry
Super Powers
Praneeth Gangavarapu
Graduate Student
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
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
Lonely Geniuses
Karthik Gangavarapu
Professional Scientific Collaborator
Training
Postdoc (ongoing)
UCLA
Advisor: Marc Suchard
Graduate
Scripps Research
Advisors: Kristian Andersen & Andrew Su
Undergraduate
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
Major: Pharmacy
Super Powers
Raphaëlle Klitting
Professional Scientific Collaborator
Training
Postdoc
Scripps Research
Advisor: Kristian Andersen
Graduate
Aix-Marseille University
Advisor : Xavier de Lamballerie
Undergraduate
Paris VI University
Major: Science, Technologies & Health
Super Powers
Gytis Dudas
Consultant (PhyloGeek)
Training
Postdoc
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Advisor: Trevor Bedford
Graduate
University of Edinburgh
Advisor: Andrew Rambaut
Undergraduate
University of Edinburgh
Major: Evolutionary Biology
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
External Advisory Geniuses
Federation of Geniuses
