Principal Investigator

Gautam Dantas, PhD
dantas [at] wustl.edu

 
 
 
 

Faculty

Drew Schwartz, MD/PhD
schwartzd [at] wustl.edu

 
 
 
 

Post-Doctoral Researchers and Clinical Fellows

Suryang Kwak, PhD
skwak [at] wustl.edu

Robert Thänert, Dr. rer. nat.
robertt [at] wustl.edu

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

Miranda Wallace, PhD
mjwallace [at] wustl.edu

Kailun Zhang, PhD
kailun [at] wustl.edu

Jerome Prusa, PhD
prusa [at] wustl.edu

Aura Ferreiro, PhD
alferreiro [at] wustl.edu

 
 

Graduate Students

Winston Anthony
winstoneanthony [at] wustl.edu

Eric Keen, PhD
e.keen [at] wustl.edu

Luke Diorio-Toth
ldiorio-toth [at] wustl.edu

Olivia Gorushi
olivia.g [at] wustl.edu

Kevin Blake
kevin.blake [at] wustl.edu

Sanjam Sawhney
ssawhney [at] wustl.edu

JooHee Choi
joohee.choi [at] wustl.edu

Rhiannon Vargas
rcvargas [at] wustl.edu

Bejan Mahmud
bmahmud [at] wustl.edu

Erin Newcomer
erin.newcomer [at] wustl.edu

Jian Ryou
j.ryou [at] wustl.edu

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

Anna DeVeaux
a.deveaux@wustl.edu

Esse Aigbokhan
a.esse [at] wustl.edu

Emily Benedict
ebenedict [at] wustl.edu

 
 

Research Technicians

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

Jie Ning , MS
jning [at] wustl.edu

Galen Wong
ggwong [at] wustl.edu

James Liao
jliao [at] wustl.edu

 

Undergraduate Students

Maggie Newberry
mnewberry [at] wustl.edu

Nitan Shalon
nitanshalon [at] wustl.edu

Akhil Kesaraju
akhil.kesaraju [at] wustl.edu

Rehan Mehta
mehtarehan [at] wustl.edu

David Zahrah
d.zahrah [at] wustl.edu

Anisha Loganathan
anisha.l [at] wustl.edu

Dharma Patel
d.h.patel [at] wustl.edu

Sri Gadde
g.sri [at] wustl.edu

Steven Angtuaco
sangtuaco [at] wustl.edu

 
 
 

Rotation Students

 
 
 
 

Visiting Scholars

Victoria Mityul
m.victoria [at] wustl.edu

 
 
 
 

Lab Alumni

Faculty

Aimee Baumann-Dudenhoeffer, MD
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

Kim Sukhum, PhD
Scientific Director, Tiny Health
kimberley [at] tinyhealth.com

 

Post-Docs

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

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

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

 
 
 

Graduate Students

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

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)
Senior Principal
Flagship Pioneering
mollykrisann [at] gmail.com

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

Gretchen Walljasper, MSc (2016-2017)
Kindergarten Teacher
Hmong College Prep Academy
gwalljas [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

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

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

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

Amy Langdon (2014 - 2021)
Postdoc in the MAPGIE group
Simon Fraser University
alangdon [at] sfu.ca

Undergraduate Students

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

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

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

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

Alex Harris (2015-2017)

Jonathan Chien (2015-2017)

Nicole Zanolli (2016-2017)

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

John Gaumitz (2015-2017)

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

Amber King (2014-2017)
Medical student
TBD

Carmen Lyon (2017)

Zevin Condiotte (2015-2018)

Vishal Patel (2017-2018)

Naomi Ahn (2016-2018)

Preston Tasoff (2018)

Caitlin Horn (2018-2019)

Lisa Raymond-Schmidt (2018-2019)

Pratyush Sontha (2017-2019)

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

Tejas Kelkar (2017-2020)

Max Bernstein (2017-2020)

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

Harris Whiteson (2018-2021)

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

Mallika Tyagi (2021)

 
 

Visiting Scholars

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

Melissa Mejía (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

Sidra Irum (2017-2018)
Graduate Student

Vinai Kumar (2015-2018)

 
 

Technicians

Sarah Ahmadi (2013-2014)

Xiaoqing 'Sherry' Sun (2015-2019)

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

Mike Grupe (2019-2020)

Sanket Patel, MS (2013-2021)

 
 
 

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