Lab Members
Jesse Bloom
B.S. in Biochemistry, University of Chicago
MPhil in Theoretical Chemistry, Cambridge
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Caltech
Postdoc in Biology, Caltech
Originally from Corvallis, Montana
Tyler Starr
Joint advised by Erick Matsen.
B.A. in Biology and Biochemistry, Williamette University
Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Chicago
Originally from Hopkins, Minnesota
Tal Einav
B.S. in Physics and Math, Rice University
Ph.D. in Physics, Caltech
Originally from Austin, Texas
Bernadeta Dadonaite
B.A. in Microbiology, Imperial College, London
M.S. in Science Media Production, Imperial College, London
Ph.D. in Infection, Immunology, and Translational Medicine, University of Oxford
Originally from Vilnuis, Lithuania
Karen Barnard
B.S. in Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Ph.D. in Immunology & Infectious Disease, Cornell University
Originally from Kodiak, Alaska
Andrea Loes
B.S. in Microbiology and Biochemistry, Arizona State University
M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Oregon
Originally from Phoenix, Arizona
Lauren Gentles
UW Microbiology Program
B.S. in Biology, University of Arkansas
Originally from Hot Springs, Arkansas
David Bacsik
UW Medical Scientist Training Program &
UW Genome Sciences Program
B.A. in Biology from New College of Florida
Originally from Cambridge, Wisconsin
Kate HD Crawford
UW Medical Scientist Training Program &
UW Genome Sciences Program
B.A. in Biology from Williams College
Originally from Grand Junction, Colorado
Caelan Radford
UW Molecular and Cellular Biology Program
B.S. in Biology, Georgia Tech
Originally from Powder Springs, Georgia
Allie Greaney
UW Medical Scientist Training Program &
UW Genome Sciences Program
B.A. in Molecular Biology, UC Berkeley
Originally from Castro Valley, California
Will Hannon
UW Molecular and Cellular Biology Program
B.A. in Biochemistry from Case Western Reserve University
Originally from Huntington, New York
Frances Welsh
UW Molecular & Cellular Biology Program
B.S. in Molecular & Cellular Biology from University of Puget Sound
Originally from San Carlos, California
Phil Burke
UW Microbiology Program; joint advised by Rasi Subramaniam
B.S. in Genetics, University of New Hampshire
Originally from Lancaster, New Hampshire
Rachel Eguia
B.A. in Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Whitman College
Originally from Parma, Idaho
Keara Malone
B.A. in Biology and French, Austin College
Originally from Nacogdoches, Texas
Cathy Lin
B.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling & Human Services, Boston University
M.S.Sc. in Development and International Cooperation, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Originally from Queens, New York
Postdocs
- Alistair Rusell: Postdoc from 2014-2019, now an Assistant Professor at UC San Diego.
- Shirleen Soh: Postdoc from 2015-2019, now a Senior Scientist at Merck in Singapore.
- Jeremy Roop: Postdoc from 2016-2019, now a Scientist at Berkeley Brewing Science.
- Orr Ashenberg: Postdoc from 2013-2017, now a Computational Biologist at the Klarman Cell Observatory of the Broad Institute.
- Bargavi Thyagarajan: Postdoc from 2011-2014, now a Scientific Officer at the HIV Vaccine Enterprise.
Graduate students
- Sarah Hilton: Graduate Student (Genome Sciences program), full-time lab member from 2016-2020, now a Data Scientist at bluebird bio.
- Katherine Xue: Graduate Student (Genome Sciences program), full-time lab member from 2015-2019, now a James S. McDonnell Foundation Fellow at Stanford working with Dmitri Petrov and David Relman.
- Juhye Lee: MD/PhD Student (Genome Sciences program), full-time lab member from 2015-2019, now completing the MD portion of her dual degree.
- Heather Machkovech: MD/PhD Student (Genome Sciences program), full-time lab member from 2014-2018, now completing the MD portion of her dual degree.
- Hugh Haddox: Graduate Student (MCB program), full-time lab member from 2013-2017, now a postdoc with David Baker at the University of Washington.
- Mike Doud: MD/PhD Student (Genome Sciences Program), full-time lab member from 2013-2017, now doing his residency / fellowship at UC San Diego.
- Katie Hooper: Graduate Student (MCB program), full-time lab member from 2012-2015, now a Scientist in Translational Development at Sonoma Biotherapeutics.
Lab staff
- Adam Dingens: Research Scientist from 2019-2020, previously a Graduate Student in the Bloom Lab from 2015-2019, now a Scientist in AAV Engineering at Shape Therapeutics.
- Ian Gong: Research Technician and Lab Manager, 2011-2014
Undergraduates
- Jonathan Mah: 2018-2020. Now in the Bioinformatics PhD program at UCLA.
- Keara Malone: 2018. Moved on to become a technician in the Bloom Lab.
- Cameron Meikle: 2018
- Noah Cassidy: 2017-2018. Moved on to become a technician in Julie Overbaugh's lab.
- Jacob Kowalsky: 2016-2018. Moved on to become a technician in the David Fredricks lab.
- Alexandria Wilson: 2017. Moved on to completing her undergrad degree at Oregon State.
- Jai Padmakumar: 2014-2016. Moved on to become a graduate student in MIT's Microbiology program.
- Lessane Ketema: 2016
- Alec Heckert: 2014-2015. Moved on to become a graduate student in Berkeley's MCB program.
- Khrystyna Dilai: 2014. Moved on to become a graduate student in the University of Washington's Genome Sciences program.
- Kendra Ferrier: 2014
- Brandon Pratt: 2014
- Donna Leet: 2012-2013. Moved on to become a medical student in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences Technology program.
- Ari Kaufman: 2013
- Sam Schetterer: 2011-2012
High-school students
· Libanos Redda: 2012
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