Primus Inter Pares
Ilya Finkelstein
Joined: September 2012
"Science is facts; just as houses are made of stone, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house, and a collection of facts is not necessarily science." - Jules Henri Poincaré (1854-1912)

Favorite Austin Activities:
    • Thinking up awesome science projects.
Postdoctoral Scientists
Hongshan Zhang
Joined: January 2018
"What we know is a drop; what we don’t know is an ocean." - Isaac Newton

Favorite Austin Activities:
    • Enjoying live music in Live Music Capital of the World
    • Exploring Texas local food and drinks
    • Relaxing outdoors at Zilker Park
Graduate Students
Joseph Woodman
Joined: February 2024
"To create, one must first question everything." - Eileen Gray

Favorite Austin Activities:
    • Seeing live music
    • Watching movies at AFS Cinema
    • Getting a drink at a dive bar
You-Chiun Chang
Joined: September 2022
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison

Favorite Austin Activities:
    • Enjoying BBQ
    • Learning how to cook a perfect steak
    • Exploring unfamiliar places around Austin
Jesse Buffington
Joined: December 2023
"It’s a universal law– intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility." - Aleksander Solzhenitsyn

Favorite Austin Activities:
    • Hiking
    • Escape Games
    • Reading
Research Scientists
Selma Sinan
Joined: January 2023
"Knowledge is to understand/To understand who you are. If you do not know who you are/What's the use of learning?" - Yunus Emre

Favorite Austin Activities:
    • Discovering new picnic places with my family
    • Studying (Mathematics and Science) with my kids
    • Trying new recipes in the kitchen
Undergraduates
Daphne Sahaya
Joined: November 2022
"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." - Marie Curie

Favorite Austin Activities:
    • Trying new food
    • Finding cute coffee shops to work in
    • Taking pictures of sunsets
Alumni
Name Position Dates Last Whereabouts
Mary Arnold Research Scientist Jul 22 - Jul 23 Austin, TX
Henry Garcia Research Scientist Aug 22 - May 23 Austin, TX
Steve Jones Postdoctoral Scientist Feb 15 - Jul 21 PI at Vilnius University, Lithuania
Michael Soniat Postdoctoral Scientist Jul 16 - Oct 22 Soniat Lab, Thomas Jefferson University
John Cooper Graduate Student Jan 18 - Jan 25 Postdoctoral Fellow at Vilnius University (Lithuania)
Kaylee Dillard Postdoctoral Scientist Jan 15 - Nov 21 Molecular Templates
Kamyab Javanmardi Graduate Student Jun 18 - Sep 22 California
Hung-Che (Jami) Kuo Postdoctoral Scientist Nov 23 - Aug 24 Postdoctoral Associate at Broad Institute
Jim Rybarski Postdoctoral Scientist May 14 - May 23 Moderna Genomics (Boston)
Jeff Schaub Postdoctoral Scientist May 16 - Aug 21 Abbott Laboratories (Illinois)
Kuang Hu Postdoctoral Scientist Nov 23 - Aug 24 TX
Chia-Wei (Alvin) Chou Graduate Student Feb 20 - Jan 25 Postdoctoral at UT Austin
Hayley Zorkic Undergraduate Dec 20 - May 21 UT Austin
Caitlin Kuriakose Undergraduate Mar 22 - May 23 Austin, TX
Carlos Arguello Undergraduate Jul 22 - Dec 24 UT Austin
Ankur Annapareddy Graduate Student Jun 21 - Jan 25 TX
Lianne Dubbs Lab Manager / Research Scientist Jun 21 - Nov 23 Austin, TX
Giaochau Nguyen Lab Manager / Research Scientist Jun 16 - Jun 21 Graduate student at UT Southwestern
Parastoo Maleki Postdoctoral Scientist Mar 20 - Mar 21 UT Austin
Cynthia Terrace Research Scientist Dec 18 - Jan 21 UT Austin
Andrea Quezada Postdoctoral Scientist Jun 22 - Aug 23 Research fellowship in Germany
Zeyi (Joey) Yu Rotation Student Jun 22 - Apr 23 UT Austin
Steven Zilko Rotation Student Sep 22 - Apr 23 UT Austin
Fumin Chen Graduate Student Aug 23 - Feb 24 China
Marty Garcia Rotation Student Oct 23 - Dec 23 UT Austin
Alexis Hill Rotation Student Sep 19 - May 21 UT Austin
Carlos Calcines Postdoctoral Scientist Apr 19 - Mar 21 Mascoma (New Hampshire)
Tyler Washburn Lab Assistant Aug 21 - May 22 UT Austin
Matthew Hooper Rotation Student Nov 21 - Apr 22 UT Austin
Arian Veyssi Rotation Student Oct 21 - Apr 22 UT Austin
Hsin-Ru Chan Rotation Student Nov 21 - Apr 22 UT Austin
Charlie Johnson Rotation Student Oct 21 - Dec 21 UT Austin
Grace Hibshman Rotation Student Oct 20 - Dec 20 UT Austin
Josh Lutgens Rotation Student Oct 20 - Dec 20 UT Austin
Qingqing Guo Rotation Student Oct 20 - Dec 20 UT Austin
Yash Shukla Rotation Student Sep 19 - Nov 19 UT Austin
Mason Schechter Rotation Student Sep 19 - Nov 19 UT Austin
Po-Chin (Brandon) Chiou Rotation Student Feb 20 - Apr 20 UT Austin
Henry Trentham Lab Assistant Jul 19 - Mar 20 UT Austin
Jake Kula Undergraduate Dec 18 - Mar 20 UT Austin
Yoori Kim Graduate Student Sep 13 - Dec 18 Postdoctoral fellow at UT Southwestern
Shane McDevitt Postdoctoral Scientist Jun 18 - Feb 19 MIA
John Hawkins Postdoctoral Scientist May 15 - Jan 20 Postdoctoral research fellow at EMBL, Heidelberg University, and the German Cancer Center
Nicole Johnson Lab Manager / Research Scientist Feb 17 - May 19 Graduate student at UT Austin
Kameron Azarm Undergraduate Nov 12 - Jun 14 NYU Medical School
Jacob Bobb Undergraduate Oct 13 - Jun 14 MIA
Maxwell Brown Graduate Student Dec 12 - Feb 18 Indianapolis, IN
Ignacio Gallardo Postdoctoral Scientist Sep 12 - Sep 16 Environmental Scientist in Austin, TX
Jory Goldsmith Rotation Student Nov 17 - Feb 18 UT Austin
Brianna Gonzales Research Scientist Jun 15 - Jan 17 Austin, TX
Greg Hild Lab Manager Aug 12 - Sep 13 MIA
Cheulhee Jung Postdoctoral Scientist Mar 15 - Aug 17 Research Assistant Professor at Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
Grace Kago Rotation Student Jun 16 - Aug 16 UT Austin
Vanessa Landsteiner Graduate Student Dec 12 - Jan 14 MIA
Andrew Leal Undergraduate Oct 14 - Jul 15 Austin, TX
Alfred Lentzsch Rotation Student Aug 14 - Dec 14 UT Austin
Letti Lopez Rotation Student Feb 17 - May 17 UT Austin
Kelly Meng Undergraduate Feb 18 - Jul 18 UT Austin
Nagisa Mikami Graduate Student Dec 15 - Feb 16 Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan
Logan Myler Graduate Student Apr 13 - May 18 The Rockefeller University, New York
Aaron Robison Postdoctoral Scientist Sep 13 - May 14 Research Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University
Wisath Sae-Lee Rotation Student Aug 14 - Dec 14 UT Austin
Fatema Saifuddin Research Scientist Sep 14 - Jul 18 University of California, San Francisco
Çağrı Savran Visiting Professor Aug 14 - Jul 15 UT Austin
Eric Spivey Postdoctoral Scientist Sep 13 - Nov 16 Research Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University
Isabel Strohkendl Rotation Student Dec 15 - Feb 16 UT Austin
Ashley Susan Lab Manager Sep 16 - Feb 17 TX
Scott Tucker Rotation Student Feb 17 - May 17 UT Austin
Marie Warburton Graduate Student Apr 14 - Aug 14 Paris
Soo-Hyun Yang Postdoctoral Scientist Jan 15 - Jul 16 Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) Research Educator at UT Austin
Jesus de la O Undergraduate Jan 14 - May 16 Austin, TX
Armando de la Torre Lab Manager Sep 13 - Sep 16 Austin, TX
Rodrigo Fregoso Ocampo Rotation Student Nov 22 - Apr 23 UT Austin
Wei-Che Tseng Rotation Student Jan 23 - Apr 23 UT Austin