Principal Investigator

Gautam Dantas, PhD
dantas [at] wustl.edu

Administrative Staff

Jacky Theodore
j.theodore [at] wustl.edu

Faculty

Naina Rengarajan, MD, PhD
naina [at] wustl.edu

Skye Fishbein, PhD
skye.f [at] wustl.edu

Miranda Wallace, PhD
mjwallace [at] wustl.edu

Jerome Prusa, PhD prusa [at] wustl.edu — Jerome Prusa, PhD
prusa [at] wustl.edu

Post-Doctoral Researchers and Clinical Fellows

Kailun Zhang, PhD kailun [at] wustl.edu — Kailun Zhang, PhD
kailun [at] wustl.edu

LeMoyne Habimana-Griffin, MD, PhD
lemoyne [at] wustl.edu

Mark Gorelik, PhD
gmark [at] wustl.edu

Sakshi Khanna, PhD
sakshi [at] wustl.edu

Anna DeVeaux, PhD
a.deveaux [at] wustl.edu

Graduate Students

Jian Ryou
j.ryou [at] wustl.edu

Yao-Peng Xue
x.yaopeng [at] wustl.edu

Esse Evbuomwan
e.esse [at] wustl.edu

Emily Benedict
ebenedict [at] wustl.edu

Wesley Agee
wagee [at] wustl.edu

Sri Paruthiyil
paruthiyil [at] wustl.edu

Ai Zhang
ai.z [at] wustl.edu

Lindsey Hall
hall.l.r [at] wustl.edu

Ru Peng
p.yunru [at] wustl.edu

Vincent Gillespie
gillespie.v [at] wustl.edu

Gillian Patton
g.e.patton [at] wustl.edu

Caelan Miller
caelanjmiller [at] wustl.edu

Wendy Yang
wendy.y [at] wustl.edu

Ryan A. Hagenson hagenson [at] wustl.edu

Ana Romani a.c.romani [at] wustl.edu

Medical Students and Post-Baccalaureate Researchers

Liam Cunningham
cunningham.l [at] wustl.edu

Sammy Ramirez
rsammy [at] wustl.edu

Rotation Students

Diego Orellana
d.a.orellana [at] wustl.edu

Research Technicians

Bin Wang, MS bwang [at] path.wustl.edu — Bin Wang, MS
bwang [at] path.wustl.edu

Jie Ning , MS jning [at] wustl.edu — Jie Ning , MS
jning [at] wustl.edu

James Liao
jliao [at] wustl.edu

Undergraduate Students

Sidh Leekha
l.sidh [at] wustl.edu

Liam Andrews
a.liam [at] wustl.edu

Samarth Jain
j.samarth [at] wustl.edu

Lara LoBello
l.k.lobello [at] wustl.edu

Jason Tung
jason.t [at] wustl.edu

Jasmine Najari
j.e.najari [at] wustl.edu

Katherine Hsieh
hsieh.k [at] wustl.edu

Nihar Godthi
ngodthi [at] wustl.edu

Blake Butler
b.blake [at] wustl.edu

Sabrina Schneider
sabrina.l.schneider [at] wustl.edu

Brandon Brazil
b.brazil [at] wustl.edu

Tatum Goforth
g.tatum [at] wustl.edu

Iliana Acevedo
a.iliana [at] wustl.edu

Palladium Liang l.palladium [at] wustl.edu

Shashank Mani shashankmani [at] wustl.edu

Harry Diao dhaoyang [at] wustl.edu

Zoya Khan k.zoya [at] wustl.edu

Lab Alumni

Faculty

Aimee Baumann-Dudenhoeffer, MD Instructor in Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis dudenhoeffer [at] wustl.edu — Aimee Baumann-Dudenhoeffer, MD (2010-2020)
Medical Director of Pediatric Clinical Trials, Syneos Health
dudenhoeffer [at] wustl.edu

Juan J. Calix, MD/PhD Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham juancalix [at] uabmc.edu — Juan J. Calix, MD/PhD (2019-2021)
Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham
juancalix [at] uabmc.edu

Kim Sukhum, PhD Scientific Director, Tiny Health kimberley [at] tinyhealth.com — Kim Sukhum, PhD (2018-2021)
Scientific Director, Tiny Health
kimberley [at] tinyhealth.com

Drew Schwartz, MD/PhD schwartzd [at] wustl.edu — Drew Schwartz, MD/PhD (2018-2022)
Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis
schwartzd [at] wustl.edu

Yehuda Ben-Shahar, PhD
(2023-2024) Professor of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis benshahary [at] wustl.edu

Post-Docs & Clinical Fellows

Bert Berla, PhD (2015-2016) Senior Scientist TechAccel bert.berla [at] gmail.com — Bert Berla, PhD (2015-2016)
Senior Scientist
TechAccel
bert.berla [at] gmail.com

Nathan Crook, PhD (2014-2017) Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering North Carolina State University nccrook [at] ncsu.edu — Nathan Crook, PhD (2014-2017)
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
North Carolina State University
nccrook [at] ncsu.edu

Jie Sun, PhD (2016-2017) Visual Arts Specialist Engineering Communications North Carolina State University momosodajie [at] gmail.com — Jie Sun, PhD (2016-2017)
Visual Arts Specialist
Engineering Communications
North Carolina State University
momosodajie [at] gmail.com

Terence Crofts, PhD (2014-2018) Assistant Professor Northwestern University tcrofts [at] northwestern.edu — Terence Crofts, PhD (2014-2018)
Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
tcrofts [at] northwestern.edu

Aki Yoneda, PhD (2011-2019) Director of Research & Development resistanceBio akiyoneda [at] wustl.edu — Aki Yoneda, PhD (2011-2019)
Director of Research & Development
resistanceBio
akiyoneda [at] wustl.edu

Suryang Kwak, PhD skwak [at] wustl.edu — Suryang Kwak, PhD (2018-2022)
Assistant professor
Kookmin University
skwak [at] kookmin.ac.kr

Robert Thänert, Dr. rer. nat. robertt [at] wustl.edu — Robert Thänert, Dr. rer. nat. (2018-2022)
Senior Scientist, Quest Diagnostics

Christina Kratschmer, MD/PhD (2023-2024)
Advanced IBD fellow
Washington University School of Medicine
ckratschmer [at] wustl.edu

Graduate Students

Kevin Forsberg, PhD (2010-2015) Assistant Professor UT Southwestern kevin.forsberg [at] utsouthwestern.edu — Kevin Forsberg, PhD (2010-2015)
Assistant Professor
UT Southwestern
kevin.forsberg [at] utsouthwestern.edu

Mitch Pesesky, PhD (2011-2015) Senior Computational Biologist Adaptive Biotechnologies mwpesesky [at] gmail.com — Mitch Pesesky, PhD (2011-2015)
Senior Computational Biologist
Adaptive Biotechnologies
mwpesesky [at] gmail.com

Patrick Gonzales, PhD, FACMG, GC (2010-2015) Clinical Assistant Professor University of Kansas Medical Center pgonzales [at] umkc.edu — Patrick Gonzales, PhD, FACMG, GC (2010-2015)
Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Kansas Medical Center
pgonzales [at] umkc.edu

Molly K. Gibson, PhD (2012-2015) Principal Flagship Pioneering mollykrisann [at] gmail.com — Molly K. Gibson, PhD (2012-2015)
Senior Principal
Flagship Pioneering
mollykrisann [at] gmail.com

Pablo Tsukayama, PhD (2012-2015) Assistant Professor of Microbiology UPCH, Peru pablo.tsukayama [at] upch.pe — Pablo Tsukayama, PhD (2012-2015)
Assistant Professor of Microbiology
UPCH, Peru
pablo.tsukayama [at] upch.pe

Erica Pehrsson, PhD (2011-2016) Bioinformatics Analyst III Leidos Biomedical Research erica.pehrsson [at] gmail.com — Erica Pehrsson, PhD (2011-2016) Bioinformatics Analyst III
Leidos Biomedical Research
erica.pehrsson [at] gmail.com

Gretchen Walljasper, MSc (2016-2017) Kindergarten Teacher Hmong College Prep Academy gwalljas [at] gmail.com — Gretchen Walljasper, MSc (2016-2017)
Kindergarten Teacher
Hmong College Prep Academy
gwalljas [at] gmail.com

Boahemaa Adu-Oppong, PhD (2013-2017) Senior Data Engineer Berkeley Lights abenaa07 [at] gmail.com — Boahemaa Adu-Oppong, PhD (2013-2017)
Director of Data Science
Pluton Biosciences
BAdu-Oppong [at] plutonbio.com

Christopher Bulow, PhD (2015-2018) Chief Operating Officer resistanceBio bulow.christopher [at] gmail.com — Christopher Bulow, PhD (2015-2018)
Chief Operating Officer
resistanceBio
bulow.christopher [at] gmail.com

Nick Goldner, PhD (2015-2018) Chief Executive Officer resistanceBio nkgoldner [at] gmail.com — Nick Goldner, PhD (2015-2018)
Chief Executive Officer
resistanceBio
nkgoldner [at] gmail.com

Drew Gasparrini, PhD (2015-2018) Senior Scientist Empress Therapeutics ajgasparrini [at] gmail.com — Drew Gasparrini, PhD (2015-2018)
Senior Scientist
Empress Therapeutics
ajgasparrini [at] gmail.com

Tayte Campbell, PhD (2016-2019) Post-doc in Vanessa Bailey's Lab Pacific Northwest National Laboratory tayte.campbell [at] wustl.edu — Tayte Campbell, PhD (2016-2019)
Data Scientist
Pluton Biosciences
tcampbell [at] plutonbio.com

Alaric D'Souza, PhD (2016-2020) MSTP Student Washington University in St. Louis alaric.dsouza [at] wustl.edu — Alaric D'Souza, MD, PhD (2016-2020)
Pediatrics Resident
Boston Combined Residency Program
alaric.dsouza [at] childrens.harvard.edu

Robert Potter, PhD (2015-2020) Clinical Microbiology Fellow Washington University in St. Louis rfpotter [at] wustl.edu — Robert Potter, PhD (2015-2020)
Clinical Microbiology Fellow
Washington University in St. Louis
rfpotter [at] wustl.edu

Manish Boolchandani (2014-2021) Senior Scientist Empress Therapeutics manish [at] wustl.edu — Manish Boolchandani, PhD (2014-2021)
Senior Scientist
Empress Therapeutics
manish [at] wustl.edu

Amy Langdon (2014 - 2021) aelangdon [at] wustl.edu — Amy Langdon, PhD (2014 - 2021)
Postdoc in the MAPGIE group
Simon Fraser University
alangdon [at] sfu.ca

Eric Keen e.keen [at] wustl.edu — Eric Keen, PhD (2017-2022)
Associate
Flagship Pioneering
bccrhp [at] gmail.com

Aura Ferreiro, PhD (2015-2022)
Bioinformatics Specialist
Washington University in St. Louis
alferreiro [at] wustl.edu

Winston Anthony winstoneanthony [at] wustl.edu — Winston Anthony, PhD (2017-2022)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

JooHee Choi, PhD (2019-2023)
Associate
McKinsey & Company
joohee.choi [at] wustl.edu

Luke Diorio-Toth ldiorio-toth [at] wustl.edu — Luke Diorio-Toth, PhD (2018-2023)
MD/PhD student
Washington University School of Medicine
ldiorio-toth [at] wustl.edu

Sanjam Sawhney, PhD (2019-2023)
Consultant
Boston Consulting Group
sanjsawhney [at] gmail.com

Bejan Mahmud, PhD (2020-2023)
Associate
Flagship Pioneering
bmahmud [at] wustl.edu

Erin Newcomer erin.newcomer [at] wustl.edu — Erin Newcomer, PhD (2020-2023)
Genomic Epidemiologist, Rush University Medical Center
erinpnewcomer [at ] gmail.com

Kevin Blake, PhD (2019-2023)
Scientific Editor
Washington University School of Medicine
kevin.blake [at] wustl.edu

Rhiannon Vargas, PhD (2019-2024)
Postdoctoral Researcher
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Bart Lab
rcvargas [at] wustl.edu

Olivia Rebeck, PhD (2019-2024)
Staff Scientist
Washington University School of Medicine, Newberry Lab
olivia.g [at] wustl.edu

Preeti Sharma, MS (2023-2024)
preeti.s [at] wustl.edu

Medical Students

Victoria Mityul (2021-2022)

Undergraduate Students

Tyler Ellison (2011-2013) PhD student (Physics) SUNY Stony Brook — Tyler Ellison (2011-2013)
PhD student (Physics)
SUNY Stony Brook

Jae Lee (2014-2015) Medical student Washington University in St. Louis — Jae Lee (2014-2015)
Medical student
Washington University in St. Louis

Ben Todd (2013-2014) Medical Student Baylor College of Medicine — Ben Todd (2013-2014)
Medical Student
Baylor College of Medicine

Evan Witt (2013-2016) PhD student in Biomedical Sciences Rockefeller University — Evan Witt (2013-2016)
PhD student in Biomedical Sciences
Rockefeller University

Alex Harris (2015-2017) — Alex Harris (2015-2017)

Jonathan Chien (2015-2017) — Jonathan Chien (2015-2017)

Nicole Zanolli (2016-2017) — Nicole Zanolli (2016-2017)

Nancy Yang (2013-2014) Medical student University of Minnesota — Nancy Yang (2013-2014)
Medical student
University of Minnesota

John Gaumitz (2015-2017) — John Gaumnitz (2015-2017)

Xinyuan 'Lisa' Zhang (2012-2015) Medical student Stanford School of Medicine — Xinyuan 'Lisa' Zhang (2012-2015)
Medical student
Stanford School of Medicine

Amber King (2014-2017) Medical student TBD — Amber King (2014-2017)
Medical student
TBD

Carmen Lyon (2017) — Carmen Lyon (2017)

Zevin Condiotte (2015-2018) — Zevin Condiotte (2015-2018)

Vishal Patel (2017-2018) — Vishal Patel (2017-2018)

Naomi Ahn (2016-2018) — Naomi Ahn (2016-2018)

Preston Tasoff (2018) — Preston Tasoff (2018)

Caitlin Horn (2018-2019) — Caitlin Horn (2018-2019)

Lisa Raymond-Schmidt (2018-2019) — Lisa Raymond-Schmidt (2018-2019)

Pratyush Sontha (2017-2019) — Pratyush Sontha (2017-2019)

Nashwa Ahmed (2018-2019) Postbac in Dr. Julia Segre’s lab — Nashwa Ahmed (2018-2019)
Postbac in Dr. Julia Segre’s lab

Tejas Kelkar (2017-2020) — Tejas Kelkar (2017-2020)

Max Bernstein (2017-2020) — Max Bernstein (2017-2020)

David Chong (2017 - 2020) Medical Student Case Western Reserve University — David Chong (2017 - 2020)
Medical Student
Case Western Reserve University

Harris Whiteson (2018-2021) — Harris Whiteson (2018-2021)

Kate Wardenburg (2018-2021) MD/PhD Student Washington University in St. Louis — Kate Wardenburg (2018-2021)
MD/PhD Student
Washington University in St. Louis

Mallika Tyagi mallika.tyagi [at] wustl.edu — Mallika Tyagi (2021)

Steven Angtuaco (2021-2022)

Nitan Shalon nitanshalon [at] wustl.edu — Nitan Shalon (2020-2022)

Akhil Kesaraju akhil.kesaraju [at] wustl.edu — Akhil Kesaraju (2020-2022)

Anisha Loganathan Anisha.l [at] wustl.edu — Anisha Loganathan (2020-2022)

Sri Gadde g.sri [at] wustl.edu — Sri Gadde (2021-2022)

Vennela Chukka (2021-2022)

Dharma Patel d.h.patel [at] wustl.edu — Dharma Patel (2021-2022)

David Zahrah d.zahrah [at] wustl.edu — David Zahrah (2024-2024)

Sahil Athalye (2022)

Nicole Fordree (2023-2024)

Sophia Zhang (2023-2024)

Nick Jeschke (2023-2024)

Kim Nguyen (2023-2024)

Visiting Scholars

Tahir Hussain, PhD (2013-2014; 2023-2025)
Assistant Professor of Microbioloy Abdul Wali Khan University
Mardan, Pakistan

Melissa Mejía (2013) Medical Student Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado El Salvador — Melissa Mejía (2013)
Medical Student
Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado
El Salvador

Giordano Sosa (2013) Medical Student Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado El Salvador — Giordano Sosa (2013)
Medical Student
Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado
El Salvador

Muhammad Rafique (2017-2018) Graduate Student muhammad.rafique[at]wustl.edu — Muhammad Rafique (2017-2018)
Graduate Student
muhammad.rafique[at]wustl.edu

Sidra Irum (2017-2018) Graduate Student — Sidra Irum (2017-2018)
Graduate Student

Vinai Kumar (2015-2018) — Vinai Kumar (2015-2018)

Technicians

Sarah Ahmadi (2013-2014) — Sarah Ahmadi (2013-2014)

Xiaoqing 'Sherry' Sun (2015-2019) — Xiaoqing 'Sherry' Sun (2015-2019)

Anna Merkuryev (2019-2020) MD/PhD Student — Anna Thänert (2019-2020)
MD/PhD Student
University of Chicago

Mike Grupe (2019-2020) — Mike Grupe (2019-2020)

Sanket Patel, MS (2013-2018) spatel [at] path.wustl.edu — Sanket Patel, MS (2013-2021)

Galen Wong (2021-2022)
Medical student, Midwestern University Chicago School of Osteopathic Medicine

Maggie Newberry (2021-2023)
Research Associate, Pluton Biosciences

Rehan Mehta mehtarehan [at] wustl.edu — Rehan Mehta (2020-2024)
MD/PhD student, Loyola School of Medicine

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