Former Members

Pat Heath

Pat Heath, PhD

Post-Doc 
Currently: Biocomputing Specialist, Fred Hutch

Karen Flick

Karen Flick, JD, PhD

Post-Doc
Currently: Chief of Staff and Sr Vice President, Legal, Talis Biomedical

Melissa Jurica

Melissa Jurica, PhD

Grad Student, MCB
PhD 1999
Currently: Professor at University of California Santa Cruz

Chris Bond

Chris Bond, PhD

Grad Student, BMSD
PhD 2000
Currently: Sr. Vice President, Pre-Clinical and Translational Sciences, Notch Therapuetics

Jie-yu Huang

Jie-yu Huang, PhD

Post-Doc
Currently: Staff Scientst, Childrens Hospital

Eric Galburt

Eric Galburt, PhD

Grad Student, BMSD
PhD 2002
Currently: Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University in St. Louis

Brett Chevalier

Brett Chevalier, PhD

Grad Student, MCB
PhD 2002
Currently: Founder and Scientific Advisor, Sample 6, Inc.

David Erho

David Erho, BA

Lab Aide
Currently: Assistant Program Manager, Washington State Dept of Agriculture

Luis Leon

Luis Leon, BS

Lab Aide and intern, UW
Currently: Immunology Medical Science Liaison, UCB

Greg Ireton

Greg Ireton, PhD

Grad Student, MCB
PhD 2003
Currently: Director, Molecular Biology and Protein Expression, Inbios International

P. Clint Spiegel

P. Clint Spiegel, PhD

Grad Student, BMSD
PhD 2004
Currently: Professor and Chair, Chemistry, Western Washington University

Gautam Dantas

Gautam Dantas, PhD

Grad Student, Biochemistry
PhD 2005; with David Baker, UW Biochemistry
Currently: Associate Professor, Washington University in St. Louis

Michelle Scalley-Kim

Michelle Scalley-Kim, PhD

Post-Doc
Currently: Associate Director of Gene Editing and Protein Engineering, 2SeventyBio Inc.

Jennifer Eastberg

Jennifer Eastberg, PhD

Grad Student, MCB
PhD 2006

Django Sussman

Django Sussman, PhD

Post-Doc
Currently: Director of Protein Sciences, Seattle Genetics, Inc.

Ben Stoddard

Ben Stoddard

Webmaster and Lab Aide, Newport HS
Currently: Computer Engineer, Google, Inc.

Lukasz Joachimiak

Lukasz Joachimiak, PhD

Brad Student, BMSD
PhD 2007, with David Baker, UW Biochemistry
Currently: Assistant Professor, UT-Southwestern

Aaron Korkegian

Aaron Korkegian

Grad Student, MCB
PhD 2007
Currently: Staff Scientist at the Infectious Disease Research Institute

Zach Stoddard

Zach Stoddard

Lab Aide, Newport HS
Currently: Mechanical Engineer, Boeing, Inc.

Lei Zhao

Lei Zhao, PhD

Graduate Student, BMSD
PhD, 2008
Currently: Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

Abbie Lambert

Abbie Lambert, PhD

Graduate Student, BMSD
PhD 2009
Currently: Staff Scientist, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Audrey McConnell

Audrey McConnell, PhD

Grad Student, MCB
PhD 2009
Currently: Principal Scientist, Eli Lily, Inc.

Brett Kaiser

Brett Kaiser, PhD

Staff Scientist
Currently: Associate Professor, Seattle University

Greg Taylor

Greg Taylor, BS

Graduate Student, MCB
Currently: Software Engineer, Lab Key Software, Inc.

Michael Metzger

Michael Metzger, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Assistant Member, Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Seattle

Nadia Kulshina

Nadia Kulshina, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: Business Consultant, Seattle

Amanda Mak

Amanda Mak, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently: VP of Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, Crossbow Pharmapeutics

Michael Choi

Michael Choi, BS

Research Technician
Deceased

Ryo Takeuchi

Ryo Takeuchi, PhD

Staff Scientist
Currently: Director Genome Editing, Excision BioTherapeutics Inc.

Gracie Stoddard

Gracie Stoddard, WooF

Laboratory Lab
Currently: Chasing balls and squirrels at that big dog park in the sky.

Jennifer Choi

Jennifer Choi

Research Technician
Currently: Residency in Cardiac Surgery at Stanford

Ai Takeuchi

Ai Takeuchi

Research Technician

Jazmine Hallinan

Jazmine Hallinan

Research Technician
Currently: Senior Associate Scientist II, 2SeventyBio Inc.

Caley Polkinghorn

Caley Polkinghorn

Lab Aide
Currently: Med. School, Univ. of Chicago

Amanda Qu

Amanda Qu

Research Technician
Currently: Grad School, Johns Hopkins

Ripley Zacharias

Ripley Zacharias, WooF

Laboratory Lab
Currently: Retired

Natalia Ubilla

Natalia Ubilla

Research Intern
Currently: University of Michigan graduate program in Biological Chemistry

Rachel Werther

Rachel Werther, MS

Research Technician
Currently: Research Technician, Campbell Lab, Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Brittany Takushi

Brittany Takushi, BS

Research Technician
Currently: Research Technician, Henikoff Lab, Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Madison Kennedy

Madison Kennedy, PhD

Grad Student, BPSD
Currently: Research Coordinator, Institute of Protein Design, UW

Betty Shen

Betty Shen, PhD

Staff Scientist
Currently: Retired

Miriam Silverstein

Undergraduate Intern (UW)


Past Visiting Summer Interns

Emmett Shear

Emmett Shear

Alexis Kaushanksy

Alexis Kaushanksy

Harvey Mudd College
Currently: Associate Member, Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR), Seattle

Shayna Davis

Shayna Davis

New Jersey State College

Kelsey Walters

Kelsey Walters

Newport HS
University of Southern California 

Travis Goode

Travis Goode

Morehouse College

Laura Rosen

Laura Rosen

Pomona College

Greg Findlay

Greg Findlay

Carleton College

Katie Ulrich

Katie Ulrich

Skyline HS

Priyanka Choudhury

Priyanka Choudhury

Newport HS

Laura Taylor

Laura Taylor

Carthage College (WI)

Jennifer Chik

Jennifer Chik

Cal Poly at San Louis Obispo

Stephan Irby

Stephan Irby

Western Washington University

Chris Hughes

Chris Hughes

Seattle University

Jeanette Schwensen

Jeanette Schwensen

Whitman College

Marlisa Hall

Marlisa Hall

University of Washington

Favour Orji

Favour Orji

University of Washington

Adam Smiley

Adam Smiley

Bemidji State University

Corina Arroyo

Corina Arroyo

Whitman College


Past Visiting Scientists

Dina Raveh

Dina Raveh

Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

Lance Shipman, PhD

Lance Shipman, PhD

Department of Chemistry, Morehouse College

Norimichi Nomura

Norimichi Nomura

Kyoto University
Currently: Research Labs, Toyama Chemical Co.

Yayoi Nomura

Yayoi Nomura

Kyoto University

Lori Robbins

Lori Robbins

Dept. of Chemistry, Cal Poly at San Louis Obispo

Dawid Glow

Dawid Glow

International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland