Current group and alumni

The email domain for our group is compbio.org. Concatenating the username (listed below), the "@" symbol, and the domain name for group will get you the email address of the appropriate person usually unless they have already left the group in which case there are no guarantees.

• Acronyms
• Alumni
• Eras
• Pictures

Current

	Who	When	What
	Ram Samudrala	[02/2001-]	principal and principle investigator (pion), biohacker
	Alex Elefteriou	[12/2022-]	graduate fellow
	Brennan Overhoff	[10/2020-]	high school fellow; undergraduate fellow
	Chris Contreras	[10/2015-]	visiting fellow
	Dan Kolis	[01/2017-]	visiting fellow
	Derek Host	[04/2022-]	undergraduate fellow
	Gaurav Chopra	[12/2010-]	postdoctoral fellow; JDRF Fellow at UCSF; now Associate Professor/PI at Purdue
	Jason North	[05/2008-]	corporate liason
	Jeremy Horst	[06/2005-]	graduate fellow; NIH NRSA, DDS, Magnuson Scholar, McDonald Award; now resident and postdoctoral fellow at UCSF
	Liana Bruggemann	[01/2019-]	graduate fellow
	Luke Graser	[10/2020-]	graduate fellow
	Manish Manish	[07/2010-]	graduate fellow; Fullbright Scholar, Seattle-India GID Fellow
	Manoj Mammen	[11/2015-]	graduate fellow; now Professor/PI at U Rochester
	Matthew Hudson	[10/2014-]	graduate fellow
	Melissa Van Norden	[01/2021-]	graduate fellow
	Skyler Resendez	[02/2021-]	NIH T15 postdoctoral fellow
	Terminator S800 M101 V2.4	[06/2008-]	art and dead weight
	William Mangione	[01/2017-]	NIH T15 graduate fellow; Presidential Scholar; now postdoctoral fellow
	Zack Falls	[11/2017-]	NIH T15 postdoctoral fellow; now Assistant Professor/PI at U Buffalo

Alumni

Acronyms are expanded at the bottom.

	Who	When	What
	Aaron Chang	[10/2002-08/2005]	postdoctoral (NLM BMHI) fellow; now Associate Professor/PI at Baylor
	Aaron Goldman	[01/2007-09/2010]	graduate (NSF IGERT, Whiteley) fellow; postdoctoral fellow at Princeton; now Assistant Professor/PI at Oberlin
	Abhishek Devurkar	[05/2010-09/2014]	undergraduate fellow
	Achala Nepal	[01/2014-04/2014]	postdoctoral fellow
	Adrian Laurenzi	[10/2008-10/2013]	undergraduate fellow; NSF REU, Mary Gates Fellow x 2, Levinson Scholar, Ordal Award
	Aleena Jafri	[06/2021-09/2021]	undergraduate fellow
	Ambrish Roy	[01/2012-11/2012]	postdoctoral fellow; now postdoctoral fellow at GIT
	Andrew Flessner	[01/2006-06/2006]	undergraduate fellow
	Andrew Ho	[06/2011-09/2014]	high school fellow; undergraduate fellow
	Andrew Nicholson	[07/2005-06/2008]	visiting fellow
	Anthony Matsuura	[09/2011-12/2012]	visiting fellow
	Anthony Saxon	[06/2008-09/2008]	undergraduate fellow
	Anurag Kumar	[06/2021-07/2021]	undergraduate fellow
	Astha Gupta	[07/2010-01/2011]	postundergraduate fellow
	Baishali Chanda	[07/2005-12/2008]	undergraduate fellow
	Brady Bernard	[08/2006-12/2009]	graduate fellow; now postdoctoral fellow at ISB
	Brian Buttrick	[12/2009-07/2014]	research fellow
	Charles Simmons	[06/2008-09/2008]	undergraduate fellow
	Chris Wozniak	[08/2006-12/2006]	graduate rotation fellow; PhD at UW
	Cyrus Hui	[10/2007-06/2009]	undergraduate fellow
	Chuck Mader	[04/2004-12/2009]	visiting fellow
	Chuleeporn Phanus-umporn	[10/2018-04/2019]	graduate visiting fellow; Thai Royal Golden Jubilee Fellow
	Daniel Bjerre	[01/2007-03/2007]	graduate rotation fellow
	Darren Hou	[07/2012-08/2012]	high school fellow
	David Nickle	[03/2004-04/2007]	graduate visiting fellow; PhD + postdoctoral fellow at UW; Senior Scientist/PI at Rosetta/Merck
	Daniel Lee	[05/2008-07/2008]	undergraduate fellow
	Dominic Fischer	[03/2010-08/2010]	undergraduate fellow
	Duangdao Wichadakul	[08/2005-07/2006]	postdoctoral fellow; now Professor/PI at Chulalongkorn University
	Duncan Milburn	[07/2005-08/2006]	postdoctoral fellow
	Ekachai Jenwitheesuk	[05/2002-08/2007]	graduate and postdoctoral fellow; Senior Scientist/PI at BIOTEC; Associate Dean at Mahasarakham U
	Emilia Gan	[12/2010-09/2012]	graduate rotation fellow; PhD at UW
	Eray Ozkural	[09/2020-08/2020]	visiting fellow
	Erdem Sariyuce	[06/2019-08/2019]	visiting fellow; professor/PI at UW
	Eric Reynolds	[06/2008-09/2008]	undergraduate fellow
	Eric Young	[06/2021-08/2021]	undergraduate fellow
	Ersin Emre Oren	[05/2005-07/2010]	postdoctoral fellow; now Professor/PI at TOBB University, Turkey
	Fridrik Diehl	[05/2020-12/2021]	undergraduate fellow
	Galen Wilkerson	[09/2002-05/2003]	scientific programmer
	Ganesh Scarozza	[05/2020-10/2022]	undergraduate fellow
	Geetika Sethi	[09/2013-12/2014]	postdoctoral fellow
	George White	[03/2011-06/2014]	postdoctoral fellow
	Gong Cheng	[07/2003-03/2008]	graduate fellow; now at Microsoft
	Grace Hsieh	[06/2012-07/2012]	high school fellow
	Helen Yu	[07/2011-05/2013]	high school fellow; undergraduate fellow Princeton U
	Hernan Zamalloa	[10/2008-06/2011]	visiting fellow; now Resident at St. Vincent's Medical Center
	Imran Rashid	[10/2005-01/2009]	graduate (NSF) fellow
	Isabel Chien	[01/2012-03/2012]	high school fellow
	Jacquelin Braggin	[03/2009-05/2009]	graduate rotation fellow
	Jae Cho	[06/2012-07/2012]	high school fellow
	Janez Konc	[07/2013-12/2020]	scientific programmer
	James Schuler	[06/2015-06/2021]	graduate fellow; MD/PhD
	James Wacker	[03/2008-05/2008]	undergraduate fellow
	Jason McDermott	[08/2001-09/2006]	postdoctoral fellow; now Senior Scientist/PI at Pacific Northwest National Laboratories
	Jazmin Corral	[12/2022-01/2023]	graduate rotation fellow
	Jeremy Li	[06/2011-09/2014]	high school fellow; undergraduate fellow
	Jitendra Singh	[09/2021-10/2021]	graduate rotation fellow; PhD at UB
	Johan Nakuci	[02/2017-06/2017]	graduate rotation fellow
	John Ma	[07/2012-08/2012]	high school fellow
	Juni Lee	[09/2006-09/2008]	undergraduate fellow; SURF Fellow; DDS at UW
	Ju-Yeong Kim	[07/2010-02/2011]	undergraduate fellow
	Harshvardhan Joshi	[09/2021-11/2021]	undergraduate fellow
	Hassan Jafri	[06/2021-09/2021]	undergraduate fellow
	Haychoi Taing	[07/2011-11/2013]	systems administrator
	Kai Wang	[03/2003-12/2005]	graduate fellow; postdoctoral fellow at U Penn; PI at USC; Professor/PI at U Penn
	Katherine Wang	[06/2009-07/2013]	high school fellow; undergraduate fellow at UW
	Kathleen Wilson	[03/2001-08/2002]	undergraduate fellow
	Kathleen Zhou	[08/2012-08/2012]	high school fellow; undergraduate fellow
	Kaushik Hatti	[07/2010-12/2015]	research fellow
	Kristina Montgomery	[09/2005-06/2007]	programme coordinator; now grants manager for UW Microbiology
	Lauren Wishnie	[09/2018-10/2018]	graduate rotation fellow; PhD at UB
	Layne Jensen	[09/2021-10/2021]	graduate rotation fellow; PhD at UB
	Lekha Gokul	[02/2019-12/2019]	visiting fellow
	Lin Jiang	[09/2002-12/2002]	graduate rotation fellow; PhD at UW
	Ling-Hong Hung	[10/2001-12/2012]	postdoctoral fellow
	Liqun Yao	[10/2005-03/2006]	visiting fellow
	Lynne Townsend	[08/2003-08/2004]	graduate rotation fellow; MD/PhD at UW
	Marissa LaMadrid	[06/2002-05/2003]	research associate
	Marc Schulte	[06/2019-08/2019]	undergraduate fellow
	Mark Minie	[05/2013-06/2014]	postdoctoral fellow
	Matt Gable	[06/2006-12/2006]	undergraduate fellow
	Matthew Castellena	[01/2017-09/2017]	graduate visiting fellow
	Matthew Clark	[06/2008-06/2012]	undergraduate fellow; two NIH Undergraduate, Genentech, GeNom Project Fellowships
	Michal Guerquin	[03/2004-03/2009]	systems administrator; now Software Engineer at IMDb/Amazon
	Michael Inouye	[04/2001-08/2003]	undergraduate fellow; Mary Gates Fellow x 2 at UW; MS from UCLA; now Analyst at the Sanger Centre
	Michael Shannon	[10/2010-07/2011]	systems administrator
	Michael Zhou	[08/2009-12/2012]	undergraduate fellow; NSF REU, Mary Gates Fellow; Amgen Fellow
	Michelle McCully	[12/2005-06/2006]	graduate rotation fellow; PhD at UW
	Mingchen Gao	[06/2021-08/2021]	visiting fellow; Professor/PI at UW
	Mira Moukheiber	[09/2020-02/2022]	graduate fellow
	Monique Franklin	[06/2001-05/2002]	undergraduate fellow
	Nalini Schaduangrat	[07/2010-09/2016]	graduate visiting fellow; Thai Royal Golden Jubilee Fellow
	Narayan Dhimal	[01/2019-02/2019]	graduate rotation fellow; PhD at UB
	Natalie Anselmi	[09/2018-10/2018]	graduate rotation fellow; PhD at UB
	Nikhil Pesaladine	[05/2021-08/2021]	high school fellow
	Nipa Jongkon	[03/2009-08/2009]	graduate visiting fellow; Royal Thai Fellowship; now PI at Kasetsart U
	Noah Rosenberg	[09/2004-12/2004]	visiting fellow; PI at U of Michigan, Stanford University
	Omid Zarei	[03/2008-12/2011]	undergraduate fellow
	Orapin Horst	[06/2005-06/2010]	visiting fellow; now Professor/PI at UCSF
	Orko Sinha	[11/2016-07/2017]	high school fellow
	Pakkakul Sungsuriya	[03/2010-04/2010]	visiting fellow
	Panida Lertkiatmongkol	[01/2012-05/2012]	graduate fellow
	Prajna Vootukuri	[05/2021-07/2021]	undergraduate fellow
	Pisit Wajanasara	[06/2019-08/2019]	undergraduate fellow
	Rachel Lockner	[05/2015-09/2015]	undergraduate fellow; student at Yale University
	Ramesh Vellengiri	[01/2007-04/2007]	graduate rotation fellow
	Raimonds Rescenko	[09/2022-10/2022]	undergraduate fellow
	Raymond Zhang	[04/2010-09/2014]	undergraduate fellow with Dean's Medal, Amgen, Goldwater, Kildall, Mary Gates, Microsoft x 2, URP Summer Fellowships
	Renee Ireton	[06/2007-05/2008]	programme coordinator; now technical writer at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
	Rob Brasier	[07/2006-05/2007]	undergraduate fellow; deceased
	Roger Bumgarner	[10/2010-09/2012]	foil, hired gun, lifesaver
	Ronak Sharma	[02/2020-04/2020]	graduate visiting fellow
	Rosalia Tungaraza	[06/2006-09/2006]	graduate visiting fellow; PhD candidate at UW CSE
	Sai Paul	[08/2011-01/2013]	high school fellow
	Sarunya Suebtragoon	[05/2005-09/2005]	visiting fellow; MS from KMUTT, Thailand; nursing student at U Penn
	Sergey Ovchinnikov	[08/2012-11/2012]	graduate rotation fellow; now PhD from UW; postdoc at Harvard
	Shu Feng	[04/2007-09/2007]	undergraduate fellow
	Siriphan Manocheewa	[05/2006-09/2007]	visiting fellow; MS from KMUTT; PhD from UW
	Somsak Phattarasukol	[01/2006-01/2008]	visiting fellow; PhD from UW
	Shing-Chung Ngan	[08/2001-09/2006]	postdoctoral fellow; PI at the U of Hong Kong
	Shyamala Iyer	[01/2007-08/2009]	graduate candidate fellow; PhD at UW
	Sreetha Sidhartan	[06/2009-01/2013]	high school fellow; undergraduate fellow
	Stewart Moughon	[09/2002-08/2011]	graduate fellow; Biophysics Graduate Fellowship, Oral Biology Postdoctoral Fellowship; faculty/PI at Highline
	Swati Sinha	[03/2013-09/2014]	graduate visiting fellow
	Sydney Morrill	[06/2013-09/2013]	undergraduate fellow
	Taylor Bohot	[06/2012-09/2014]	middle school student
	Thomas Wood	[10/2010-09/2011]	research fellow
	Tianyun Liu	[01/2004-01/2008]	graduate and postdoctoral fellow; now research scientist at Stanford
	Yi-Ling Chen	[08/2001-11/2004]	graduate fellow
	Yoongyu Heo	[08/2022-09/2022]	high school fellow
	Vanessa Steinhilb	[11/2003-07/2004]	programme coordinator
	Vania Wang	[09/2006-09/2007]	undergraduate fellow
	Weerayuth Kittichotirat	[05/2005-06/2012]	graduate fellow; now PI at KMUTT
	Zach Frazier	[09/2003-09/2007]	database administrator; PhD at USC
	Zack LeBlanc	[06/2019-08/2019]	undergraduate fellow
	Zoi Villasana	[03/2012-03/2012]	graduate rotation fellow

Eras

• ~2001-2005: Beginnings era. Postdoctoral fellow dominant.
• ~2005-2009: Semblance of balance era. Graduate fellow dominant.
• ~2009-2013: Legacy era. Undergraduate and high school fellow dominant, including an undergraduate mentor award (PIO: highest honour in academia), 100+ mentee mark, and two dozen+ PIs and PhDs.
• ~2011-2014: The CANDO Pioneer Award era. Across the globe, remote, and at large member dominant.
• ~2014-2019: SUNY era. New beginnings and application of CANDO, DiY and with collaborators.
• ~2020-present: COVID-19/Zoom era. Facing adjustments, difficulties, as well as new excitement due to COVID-19 research and furthering application of CANDO.

Acronyms

• BIOTEC, National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.
• GIT, Georgia Institute of Technology.
• KMUTT, King Mongkut University of Technology, Thonburi.
• MS, Master of Science.
• PhD, Philosophiae Doctor.
• PI, Principal Investigator.
• PIO, PI's opinion.
• SUNY, State University of New York
• U, University.
• UB, University at Buffalo.
• UCLA, University of California at Los Angeles.
• UCSF, University of California at San Francisco.
• USC, Universit of Southern California.
• UW, University of Washington.