Former Postdoctoral Fellows

The majority of our former postdocs have continued their careers as scientists in industry or academia. We congratulate them on their successes!

Dr. Komal Pekhale
Years: 2022-2024
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Dr. Lihu Gong
Years: 2016-2022, 2022-2024 (Assistant Instructor)
Mentor: Dr. Xin Liu
Dr. Xiuli Liu
Years: 2013–2019, 2019-2024 (Research Scientist)
Mentor: Dr. Xin Liu
Current Position: Research Scientist, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dr. Palak Ahuja
Years: 2022–2023
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Postdoc, Fred Hutch
Dr. Shehreen Amjad
Years: 2022–2023
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Postdoc, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dr. Andrea Edwards
Years: 2021–2023
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Staff Scientist, Arkansas Children's
Dr. Minjung Kwon
Years: 2020–2023
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Postdoc, National Institutes of Health
Dr. Micah Thornton
Year: 2023
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Statistician, Thornton Statistical Consulting
Dr. Reshma Veettil
Years: 2021–2023
Mentor: Dr. Ben Sabari
Current Position: Postdoc, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dr. Sridevi Challa
Years: 2017–2022
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Chicago
Dr. Elizabeth Stroebele
Years: 2016–2022
Mentor: Dr. Gary Hon
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Earli Inc.
Dr. Yu-Ching Teng
Years: 2015–2022
Mentor: Dr. Laura Banaszynski
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb
Dr. Hsin-Yu Tsai
Years: 2020–2022
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Postdoc, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dr. Dana Davidovsky
Years: 2020–2021
Mentor: Dr. Yunsun Nam
Dr. Luiza Guimaraes Tunes
Years: 2019–2021
Mentor: Dr. Yunsun Nam
Current Position: Clinical Trial Manager, Medpace
Dr. Tim Hou
Years: 2015–2021
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Field Application Scientist, Qiagen
Dr. Andrew Kelleher
Years: 2018–2021
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Missouri School of Medicine
Dr. Haitao Mao
Years: 2016–2021
Mentor: Dr. Laura Banaszynski
Dr. Sara Martire
Years: 2015–2021
Mentor: Dr. Laura Banaszynski
Current Position: Scientist II, A2 Biotherapeutics
Dr. Sudeshna Tripathy
Years: 2015–2020
Mentors: Drs. W. Lee Kraus and Mala Mahendroo
Current Position: Assistant Staff Scientist, Oregon National Primate Research Center
Dr. Yasmin Vasquez
Years: 2015–2020
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Scientist II, Lassen Therapeutics
Dr. Shiqi Xie
Years: 2015–2020
Mentor: Dr. Gary Hon
Current Position: Principal Scientist, Genentech
Dr. Siming Chen
Years: 2013–2019
Mentor: Dr. Xin Liu
Current Position: Associate Professor, Xiamen University
Dr. Jialei Duan
Years: 2015–2019
Mentor: Dr. Gary Hon
Current Position: Novo Nordisk, Beijing
Dr. Junli Gao
Year: 2019
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Mayo Clinic
Dr. Rebecca Gupte
Years: 2013–2019
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Freenome
Dr. Lianying Jiao
Years: 2013–2019
Mentor: Dr. Xin Liu
Current Position: Professor, Xi–an Jiaotong University
Dr. Tri Duc Ngo
Years: 2013–2019
Mentor: Dr. Yunsun Nam
Current Position: Managing Member, RNA Greentech LLC
Dr. Ping Wang
Years: 2015–2019
Mentor: Dr. Yunsun Nam
Current Position: Structural Biology Lead, neoX Biotech
Dr. Cheuk Lun “Chellen” Liu
Years: 2017–2018
Mentor: Dr. Mala Mahendroo
Current Position: Postdoc, Karolinska Institutet
Dr. Banupriya Mukundan
Years: 2013–2018
Mentor: Dr. Xin Liu
Current Position: Field Solutions Manager, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
Dr. Ryan Rogge
Years: 2016–2018
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Associate Director of R&D, Integrated DNA Technologies
Dr. Amanda Whitmill
Years: 2016–2018
Mentor: Dr. Laura Banaszynski
Current Position: Disease Area Analyst, Oncology Resource Group
Dr. Matthew Bratkowski
Years: 2012–2017
Mentor: Dr. Xin Liu
Current Position: Principal Scientist, Calico Life Sciences
Dr. Daeseok Kim
Years: 2012–2017
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Instructor, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dr. Shanmugasundaram Nallasamy
Years: 2012–2017
Mentor: Dr. Mala Mahendroo
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Vermont
Dr. Balaji Parameswaran
Years: 2014–2017
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Chief Data Scientist, Gainwell Technologies
Dr. Yoshitsugu Chigusa
Years: 2014–2016
Mentor: Dr. Ann Word
Current Position: Doctor of Medicine, Kyoto University
Dr. Hector Franco
Years: 2011–2016
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Professor and Lead Investigator, University of Puerto Rico Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dr. Shrikanth Gadad
Years: 2010–2016
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Texas Tech
Dr. Byung-Cheon Jeong
Years: 2013–2016
Mentor: Dr. Yunsun Nam
Current Position: Investigator II, CSL
Dr. Bin Xu
Years: 2015–2016
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoying Bai
Current Position: Principal Scientist and Project Head, Sanofi
Dr. Qiwen Yang
Years: 2011–2016
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoying Bai
Dr. Haruta Mogami
Years: 2011–2015
Mentor: Dr. Ann Word
Current Position: Associate Professor, Kyoto University
Dr. Chengkun Wang
Year: 2015
Mentor: Dr. Xin Liu
Dr. Yucel Akgul
Years: 2008–2014
Mentor: Dr. Mala Mahendroo
Current Position: Assistant Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dr. Hari Annavarapu
Years: 2008–2014
Mentor: Dr. Ann Word
Dr. Ting Zhou
Years: 2012–2014
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoying Bai
Dr. Charles Danko
Years: 2009–2013
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Associate Professor, Cornell University
Dr. Yun-Zu Pan
Year: 2013
Mentor: Dr. Yunsun Nam
Current Position: Research Scientist, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dr. Zhiqiang Wang
Years: 2011–2013
Mentor: Dr. Yunsun Nam
Current Position: Principal Investigator, HIT Center for Life Sciences
Dr. Xueyong Xu
Years: 2012–2013
Mentor: Dr. Xin Liu
Dr. Madhusudhan Budatha
Years: 2007–2012
Mentor: Dr. Ann Word
Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Sciences Center
Dr. Christina (Matulis) Ward
Years: 2010–2012
Mentor: Dr. W. Lee Kraus
Current Position: Embryologist, Kindbody