Lab Members


Christopher Peterson, PhD

Christopher Peterson, PhD

Title: Assistant Professor
Carly Starke, PhD

Carly Starke, PhD

Title: Staff Scientist
Taylor Oeschger

Taylor Oeschger

Title: Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Teresa Einhaus

Teresa Einhaus

Title: Research Technician
Sarah Doherty

Sarah Doherty

Title: Research Technician
Jesenia Atherley

Jesenia Atherley

Title: Lab Technician

Jennie Dodson

Jennie Dodson

Title: Research Administrator

Kiem/Peterson Shared Staff

John Bui

John Bui

Title: Post Doctoral Research Fellow

About John: John Bui is a physician-scientist who attends on the Solid Organ Transplant Infectious Diseases service. His research interests include adoptive cellular therapies for the treatment of infectious diseases. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family and dog. 

Lucy Maynard

Lucy Maynard

Title: Graduate Student

About Lucy: Lucy is a PhD student in the Bioengineering program at UW, and is co-mentored by Dr. Peterson and Dr. Kiem. Her PhD focuses on developing next-generation CAR-T cells for HIV and cancer. Prior to starting her PhD, Lucy spent time working at Sana Biotechnology and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub in San Francisco. Lucy holds a BS in Bioengineering from Stanford University, where she worked in the lab of Dr. Lacra Bintu, studying epigenetics. 

Jason Murray

Jason Murray

Title: Post Doctoral Research Fellow

About Jason: Jason graduated from The Ohio State University with dual majors in Zoology and Japanese where he trained as a limnologist in the lab of Dr. David Culver before moving to Seattle to study muscle biophysics and gene therapy with Drs. Mike Regnier and Farid Moussavi-Harami. His expertise in circulation flowed naturally into his current work in the labs of Drs. Hans-Peter Kiem and Chris Peterson, pioneering new methods for gene-edited molecular therapy in blood.

Outside of the lab Jason enjoys bicycles, boating, backpacking, baking, and birding. He has seen more than 100 birds.


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