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Current Lab Members
Name Position Phone Email @
David Kingsley PI (650) 725-5954 kingsley stanford.edu
Hiren Banerjee Research Specialist (650) 725-7449 hirenb09 stanford.edu
Veronica Behrens Postdoctoral Scientist (650) 725-7449 vbehrens stanford.edu
Shannon Brady Lab Projects Manager (650) 725-7449 sdbrady stanford.edu
Tzu-Yi (Jack) Hsu Graduate Student (650) 507-6956 jackhsu1 stanford.edu
Austin Katzer Graduate student (650) 725-7449 awkatzer stanford.edu
Emma Offenberg Research Technician (650) 725-7599 offenberg stanford.edu
Van Wilson Administrative assistant (415) 613-6674 vandita stanford.edu
Xinyu Xiang Postdoctoral Scientist (650) 725-7599 xinyux stanford.edu
Alyssa Yoxsimer Graduate Student (650) 725-7599 ambenj stanford.edu
Li Zhu Research Specialist (650) 725-7449 lzhu3 stanford.edu
Lab Alumni
Name Position Current Location Email @
Ekaterina (Katya) Androchina Undergraduate researcher, 2001
Steve Arnott, Ph.D. Post-doc 2006-2008 South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Rembert C. Dennis Building
1000 Assembly Street
Columbia, SC 29201
(843) 953-9794
ArnottS dnr.sc.gov
Eric Au Stickleback assistant extraordinaire, 2013-2017 Software Engineer at Mammoth Biosciences, 1000 Marina Blvd. Suite 600, Brisbane CA 94005 ericdotau gmail.com
Jessica Au Stickleback Assistant Researcher, 2018-2019 Graduate Student in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, UC San Diego jeau ucsd.edu
Sarita Balabhadra Research technician, 2001-2007 Vancouver, BC, Canada sbalabha yahoo.com
Abe Bassan Masters student 2006-2008, NSF Fellow Vice President,
Samsara BioCapital
565 Everett Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
abassan gmail.com
Mike Bell, Ph.D. Sabbatical visitor, 2008 Department of Ecology and Evolution Life Sciences Building 023, State University of New York Stony Brook, NY, 11794, (631) 632-8574 sticklemack gmail.com
Benjamin Blackman Research technician, 2001-2003 Associate Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, 361 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720 bkblackman berkeley.edu
Adrienne Bland Research technician, 1991-1993
Gray Camp, Ph.D. Joint postdoc with Gill Bejerano, 2013-2014 Group Head, Human Retina and Organoid Development, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB), Switzerland grayson.camp iob.swiss
Terence Capellini, Ph.D. Post-doc, 2008-2013 Director of Graduate Studies, Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA tcapellini fas.harvard.edu
Helen (Cha) Roberts, Ph.D. Graduate student, 1996-2003 Chief Commercial Officer, Seegene USA chahelen yahoo.com
Frank Chan, Ph.D. Graduate student, 2003-2009 Associate Professor, Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands frank.chan rug.nl
Hao Chen, Ph.D. Post-doc, 2002-2008, Arthritis Foundation Fellow Principal Clinical Scientist, Genentech, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080 hao.chen gmail.com
Richard Clark, Ph.D. Graduate student, 1995-2000 Professor and Section Head, Genetics and Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112 clark biology.utah.edu
Heidi Chen Graduate student, 2017-2023, NSF and CEHG fellow Postdoctoral researcher, T.P. Michael lab
Salk Institute for Biological Sciences
San Diego, CA
hechen salk.edu
Bonnie Cole, M.D. Undergraduate researcher, 1999-2001 Associate Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Box 359300, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105 blecole uw.edu
Rhea Daugherty, Ph.D., M.Ed. Graduate student, DARE fellow, 2013-2017 MSL Director, Independent Consultant, Lake Oswego, OR rhea.renee33 gmail.com
Danielle Desmet, M.S. Biology Summer research assistant, 2012 Technical Business Development and R&D Strategy Manager, UPSIDE Foods, Berkeley CA daniellendesmet gmail.com
Ralph DiLeone, Ph.D.

Graduate student, 1993-1998

Post-doc, 1998-1999

Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurobiology, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 34 Park Street - CMHC, New Haven, CT 06508, (203) 974-7684 ralph.dileone yale.edu
Jeremy Feldman Undergraduate researcher, 1992
Pamela Feliciano, Ph.D Graduate student, 1999-2004 Instructor, Harvard Medical school
Scientific Director, SPARK*
Affiliated Scientist, Broad Institute
Pamela.Feliciano childrens.harvard.edu
Flora Freitas Administrative Assistant, 2003-2011 Program Manager, Marketing
Cisco Systems
170 West Tasman Dr
San Jose, California 95134
(650) 725-7658
florafreitas10 gmail.com
Rachel Grant, Ph.D. Graduate student, 2016-2022, NSF and SGF fellow Data Scientist, Stratus Data, Mountain View, CA 94043 rgrant301 gmail.com
Kate Guenther, Ph.D. Research Specialist (1999-2021) Relocating to Arizona guenther.catherine gmail.com
Kyle Gurley, Ph.D. Graduate student, 1998-2005 Senior Patent Agent, Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP, 1900 University Ave. Ste 200, East Palo Alto, CA 94303
(650) 833-7754
gurley bozpat.com
Christie Ham, M.D. Surgery resident research fellow, 2005-2008
Emily Hare, Ph.D. Postdoc, 2009-2010, American Cancer Society Fellow Invitae Inc
1400 6th St. San Francisco, CA
emilyehare gmail.com
Ian Heller, Ph.D. Graduate student, 2014-2021 Medical Writer, Philadelphia, PA ian.s.heller gmail.com
Amy Herbert, Ph.D. Postdoctoral researcher, 2018-2025, Helen Hay Whitney fellow Assistant Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy,
University of Chicago,
5841 S Maryland Avenue,
Chicago, IL 60637
herbert6 uchicago.edu
Andrew Ho, M.D./Ph.D. Graduate student, 1995-2000 Orthopedic Surgeon
VA Northern California Health Care System
10535 Hospital Way
Mather, CA 95655
(800) 382-8387
andrewmanho yahoo.com
Kim Hosemann Graduate student, 2002-2004 Deceased. Memorial contributions can be made to San Joaquin River Parkway Trust    
Tim Howes, Ph.D. Graduate student, 2008-2015, NSF Fellow Data Scientist
Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
1 Letterman Dr d3500, San Francisco, CA 94129
howestim gmail.com
TzuChiao Hung, Ph.D. Graduate student, 2017-2024, GSSA Fellow Data Scientist, Stratus Data, Mountain View, CA 94043 tzuchiao.h gmail.com
Michael Hwa, MD, FACP Undergraduate Researcher, 1999-2001 Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Department of Medicine
Division of Hospital Medicine
Office: 408-885-2094
Michael.Hwa hhs.sccgov.org
Vahan Indjeian, Ph.D. Post-doc, 2006-2013 Principal Scientist and Translational Medicine Team Leader, Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
Office: +1-650-467-5093 | Cell: +1-650-392-4192
vindjeian gmail.com
Isis-Kohle Jackson Undergraduate researcher, 2023-2025 Graduate program in Biomedical Visualization
University of Illinois Chicago
kohlej stanford.edu
Michelle Johnson, Ph.D. Research Technician, 1996-2000 Biomarker Discovery Team Leader
Cambridge Epigenetix
Little Chesterford, Essex, United Kingdom
mdj30 medschl.cam.ac.uk
Felicity Jones, Ph.D. Post-doc, 2007-2012 Associate Professor, Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, The Netherlands f.c.jones rug.nl
Bjarni Jonsson Sabbatical visitor, 2010 Member of Parliament; Chair, Environment and Communications Committee; Iceland bjarnijons66 gmail.com
Jennifer King, Ph.D. Graduate student, 1992-1998 Sr. Director, Business Development
Shire Pharmaceuticals
Shire Way
Lexington, MA 02421
jkingphd98 gmail.com
Davis Kingsley Research Assistant, 2012-2013 CFAR, Suite 310 (3rd floor), 2030 Addison St., Berkeley, CA, 94704 davistower gmail.com
Anne Knecht, Ph.D. Research specialist, 2003-2006 1012 Camden Lane, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, (919) 969-2752 anne_knecht bellsouth.net
Julianne Le High school researcher, 2013-2014 Business Owner/Product Designer, PepperCut Studio, San Francisco Bay Area julianne.le.96 gmail.com
David Lee Undergraduate researcher, 2019-2022 Medical student, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD yun.leed gmail.com
Betsy Lewis Administrative assistant, 1994-1996 Office Manager, Stanford University Budget Office blewis stanford.edu
Emma Li, M.D. Med Scholar, 2012-2014, HHMI Research Fellow Faculty in Pediatric Anesthesiology, Mt. Sinai Medical Hospital, New York, NY xili897 stanford.edu
Craig Lowe, Ph.D. Postdoc 2010-2018, NIH K25 Fellow Assistant Professor, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC craig.lowe duke.edu
Greg Marcus Post-doc, 1996-1999, American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow Sr. Product Manager, DNA Analysis, AFFYMETRIX, INC, 3380 Central Expressway, Santa Clara, CA, 95051, (408) 731-5159 Gregory_Marcus affymetrix.com
Paul Marker, Ph.D. Graduate student, 1992-1998 Professor
Associate Dean for Research and Vice Chair of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy, 4111 Rennebohm Hall, 777 Highland Ave Madison, WI, 53705 (608)-890-2150

pcmarker pharmacy.wisc.edu
Melissa Marks, Ph.D. Graduate student, 2000-2006 Associate Professor of Biology
Willamette University
Olin Hall 118
Salem, OR 97301 503-370-6020
memarks willamette.edu
Mike McLaughlin Fish room technician, 2002-2013 San Jose, CA irascae earthlink.net
Doug Menke, Ph.D. Post-doc, 2002-2008, NRSA Fellow Associate Professor
Director, Developmental Biology Alliance
Department of Genetics, S250A Coverdell Center, 500 DW Brooks Drive, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7223, (706) 542-9557
dmenke uga.edu
Craig Miller, Ph.D. Post-doc 2002-2008, Jane Coffin Childs Fellow Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics, and Development University of California, Berkeley Department of Molecular & Cell Biology 142 Life Sciences Addition #3200 Berkeley, CA 94720-3200 ctmiller berkeley.edu
Bob Mollenhauer Research Technician 2011-2012 Ph.D. Program in Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, 187 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Ave, St. Paul, MN 55108 rmollenh stanford.edu
Doug Mortlock, Ph.D. Post-doc, 1998-2002, NIH Postdoctoral Fellow Assistant Professor, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
519 Light Hall Center for Human Genetics Research
2215 Garland Avenue
Nashville, TN 37232-0700
(615) 936-1671
mortlock chgr.mc.vanderbilt.edu
Katherine Moses Undergraduate Summer Researcher, 2022-2023 UC Santa Cruz major in Marine Biology kjmosesmbbs gmail.com
Kirsten Nereng Research Technician Mom at home in Texas KirstenNereng UWalumni.com
Alexis Neville Administrative assistant, 2002-2003 Recruiting Director, Crowdstrike, Irvine, CA
Andy Norman Masters student, 2006-2009 Jeremy Reiter Lab
UCSF Dept. of Biochemistry
Cardiovascular Research Building Room 384, 555 Mission Bay Blvd South PO Box 589001
San Francisco CA 94158
(415) 476-0156
anorman07 gmail.com
Stephanie Nunez, D.D.S., Ph.D. Undergraduate researcher, 2005-2006 Prince Frederick Dental Center, 230 West Dares Beach Rd., Prince Frederick, MD 20678 stnunez umich.edu
Natasha Meyer O'Brown, Ph.D. Graduate student 2011-2015, NSF Fellow Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Rutgers University
604 Allison Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854
natasha.obrown rutgers.edu
Ken Ohgi Research technician, 1996-2000 Research Technician, University of California, San Diego, CA, (858) 534-0758 kohgi ucsd.edu
Lisa Palermo Administrative assistant, 2011-2022 Associate Director of Finance and Administration, Stanford Developmental Biology. (650) 725-7658 lpalermo stanford.edu
Luiz Pantalena-Filho, M.D./Ph.D. Graduate student, 2001-2006 The Skin Care Centre
Dermatologic Surgery - 2nd floor
835 West 10th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V5Z 4E8
luizpantalena gmail.com
Katie Peichel, Ph.D. Post-doc, 1998-2002, Burroughs Wellcome Researcher Head of Division, Evolutionary Ecology,
University of Bern
Baltzerstrasse 6
3012 Bern, Switzerland
Phone: +41-31-631-30-22
Phone: +41-31-631-30-09 (secretary)
catherine.peichel iee.unibe.ch
Judy Polenta Administrative assistant, 1998-2001
Alex Pollen, Ph.D Grad student, 2007-2012 Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, UCSF MC 0524, 35 Medical Center Way, RMB 1038, San Francisco CA 94143 alex.pollen ucsf.edu
Hari Reddi Sabbatical visitor, 2005-2006 Professor Ellison Chair of Orthopaedic Research Orthopedics, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA 95616, (916) 734-3311 ahreddi ucdavis.edu
Phil Reno, Ph.D. Postdoc, 2007-2010, NRSA Fellow Professor of Anatomy, Department of Bio-Medical Sciences, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 4170 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131 philipre pcom.edu
Fran Riley Administrative assistant, 1996-1997
Garrett Roberts Kingman, Ph.D. Graduate student, 2014-2020, NSF fellow
Postdoc, 2020-2021
Postdoc, Lynn Rothschild laboratory, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA garrett.a.robertskingman nasa.gov
Ryan Rountree, Ph.D. Graduate student, 1996-2003 Exec. Dir., Preclinical Pharmacology, Nurix, inc.
1700 Owens Street, Suite 205
San Francisco, CA 94158
rountree nurix-inc.com
Nicelio Sanchez-Luege, M.D./Ph.D Masters student, 2011-2012 UCSF Psychiatry Research Resident Training Program (RRTP), San Francisco CA nicelio uchicago.edu
Katie Sanko Research technician, 2021-2024 Graduate student; Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology; Columbia University, New York, NY katie.sanko gmail.com
Dolph Schluter, Ph.D. Sabbatical visitor, 2004 Professor and Canada Research Chair, Zoology Department and Biodiversity Research Centre, University of British Columbia, 6270 University Blvd., Vancouver BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada schluter zoology.ubc.ca
Michael Schoor, Ph.D. Post-doc, 1995-2000, Arthritis Foundation Fellow Business Development, Licensing Manager, Miltenyi Biotec GmbH,
Friedrich-Ebert-Strabe 68, 51429 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Phone: +49-2204-8306-4523
Mobile: +49-151-1715-1733
Fax: +49-2204-85197
michael.schoor miltenyibiotec.de
Steve Settle, Ph.D./M.D. Graduate Student, 1994-2000 Medical Director, Alaska Gamma Knife Center, Anchorage Radiation Therapy Center
2841 DeBarr Road, Suite 100
Anchorage, AK 99508
(907) 276-2400
stephen.settle anchorageradiationtherapy.com
Mike Shapiro, Ph.D. Post-doc, 2001-2006, Helen Hay Whitney Fellow, Burroughs Wellcome Researcher Professor of Biology, University of Utah, 257 S 1400 E, Room 201, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (801) 581-5690 shapiro biology.utah.edu
Kwonjune Seung, M.D. Undergraduate researcher, 1993-1994 Associate Physician and Deputy Director for the Partners in Health (PIH) Lesotho Project
Division of Global Health Equity
Brigham and Women's Hospital
75 Francis Street
Boston, MA 02115
kjseung pih.org
Abhishek Sinha, M.D. Undergraduate researcher, 1996-1998 Pacific Cardiovascular Associates Medical Group
24022 Calle de la Plata - Suite 500
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Phone: (949) 837-1578
abhidsinha gmail.com
Janet Song, Ph.D. Graduate student, 2014-2020, NSF and CEHG fellow Assistant Professor, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA janetsong fas.harvard.edu
Elaine Storm, Ph.D. Graduate student, 1993-1998 Senior Research Associate,           de Sauvage group Genentech,   One DNA Way, Mail Stop 37, South San Francisco, CA 94080, (650) 225-2779 storm.elaine gene.com
Brian Summers, Ph.D., D.D.S. Graduate student, 2003-2008, NSF Fellow General Practice Dentistry
1070 24th Ave SW
Albany, OR 97321-7539
Phone: 541-926-3689
b.r.summers gmail.com
Abbey Thompson, Ph.D. Graduate student, 2013-2018, NIH predoctoral fellow Fellowship Manager, Activate Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94710 abbey.thompson activate.org
Abby (Thacker) Trenchak Research Technician 1997-2001 Bioanalytical Manager for Oncology Programs, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA 94080 trenchak.abigail gene.com
Catherine Thut, Ph.D. Post-doc, 1997-2001, Helen Hay Whitney Fellow Therapeutic Area Strategy Head, Novartis, Cambridge, MA Cathy.thut gmail.com
Guadalupe Villarreal, M.D. Undergraduate Researcher, 2004-2005 Ophthalmologist, Kaiser Permanente Falls Church Medical Center, 201 North Washington Street, Falls Church, VA, 22046 guadalupe.villarreal hms.harvard.edu
Maylene Wagener Research Technican, 1992-1995 Research Specialist, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA mwagene emory.edu
Julia Wucherpfennig, Ph.D. Graduate student, 2015-2022 Post-doctoral researcher, Ruth Lehman laboratory, Whitehead Institute, MIT. Cambridge MA 02130 jwucherp wi.mit.edu
Kathy Xie, Ph.D. Graduate student, 2010-2017, NSF and CEHG fellow Principal Scientist II, Novartis Institute, Cambridge MA tianxie gmail.com
Haili Zhang, Ph.D Postdoc, 2005-2012 Pfizer BioMedicine Design Group, La Jolla, CA zhanghaili hotmail.com
Stanford University School of Medicine,  Department of Developmental Biology,  279 Campus Drive,  Beckman Center B300,  Stanford, CA,  94305-5329