| who |
what |
when |
last known whereabouts |
| Olivia Soto |
Undergraduate Lab Technician and Researcher |
(06/2022 – 12/2024) |
|
| Jack Dwenger |
Lab Manager |
11/2022 – 07/2024 |
|
| Elizabeth Manriquez |
Undergraduate Researcher |
06/2023 – 05/2024 |
|
| Victor Li |
Graduate Student |
05/2021 – 12/2023 |
|
| Elizbeth (Jace) Gertz |
Undergraduate Researcher |
06/2022 – 08/2023 |
|
| Matthew McGuffie |
Graduate Student |
05/2018 – 05/2023 |
Plasmidsaurus |
| Laurel Miller |
Undergraduate Researcher |
10/2021 – 05/2023 |
|
| Aneesa Bhakta |
Undergraduate Researcher |
09/2021 – 05/2023 |
NIH |
| Kate Elston |
Graduate Student |
05/2017 – 08/2022 |
Canopy Biosciences |
| Elizabeth Robinson |
Research Assistant |
06/2021 – 08/2022 |
DTU |
| Joseph Reitman |
Undergraduate Researcher |
01/2020 – 05/2022 |
|
| Braydin McReynolds |
Undergraduate Researcher |
05/2021 – 09/2022 |
|
| Jacob Risch |
Undergraduate Researcher |
11/2021 – 05/2022 |
Ginkgo Bioworks |
| Sarah Bialik |
Lab Manager |
03/2019 – 02/2022 |
Research Administrator (Oden Institute) |
| Julie Perreau |
Graduate Student |
05/2017 – 10/2021 |
Berkeley Lights @jmaperreau |
| Dean Parenteau |
Undergraduate Researcher |
01/2021 – 09/2021 |
Rice University |
| Eleanor Young |
Undergraduate Researcher |
12/2018 – 05/2021 |
Broad Institute |
| Shireen Shah |
Undergraduate Researcher |
07/2019 – 05/2021 |
Museum of Fine Arts Houston |
| Dr. Peng Geng |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
11/2015 – 01/2021 |
Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd. |
| Ginny Mortensen |
Undergraduate Researcher |
01/2020 – 12/2020 |
Asuragen |
| Spencer Hamrick |
Undergraduate Researcher |
08/2018 – 08/2020 |
Baylor College of Medicine, PhD program |
| Dr. Sean Leonard |
CMB Graduate Student, co-advised by Nancy Moran |
05/2015 – 05/2020 |
Lawrence Livermore National Lab @spleonard1 |
| Dr. Gabriel Suarez |
CMB graduate student |
12/2012 – 01/2020 |
Sartor Lab, UNC at Chapel Hill |
|
| Md Hassan un-Zaman |
Microbiology Graduate Student (Rotation) |
09/2019 – 11/2019 |
|
| Frances (Grace) Stark |
Undergraduate Researcher |
05/2014 – 08/2018 |
University of California, Berkeley, PhD program |
|
| Stratton Georgoulis |
Undergraduate Researcher |
01/2017 – 05/2019 |
University of California, Davis, PhD program |
|
| Jenna McGuffey |
Undergraduate Researcher |
05/2016 – 05/2019 |
Washington University, St. Louis, PhD program |
|
| Dr. Simon D'Alton |
Lab Manager and Research Associate |
09/2015 – 01/2019 |
|
| Dr. Dacia Leon |
Microbiology Graduate Student |
05/2014 – 08/2018 |
Zymergen @leondacia |
|
| Dr. Colin Brown |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
06/2013 – 07/2018 |
Illumina @colinwalshbrown |
|
| Dr. Xue Zhang |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
01/2016 – 12/2017 |
|
| Kyle Dugan |
Undergraduate Researcher |
01/2016 – 05/2017 |
|
| Stella Wang |
CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) |
03/2017 – 05/2017 |
|
| Simon d'Oelsnitz |
CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) |
11/2016 – 03/2017 |
|
| David Lipps |
CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) |
12/2016 – 03/2017 |
|
| Eda Baykal-Caglar |
Volunteer Researcher |
01/2016 – 08/2016 |
|
| Jacob Blacutt |
Microbiology Graduate Student (Rotation) |
06/2015 – 09/2015 |
|
| Nick Xerri |
CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) |
06/2015 – 09/2015 |
|
| Dr. Brian Renda |
CMB Graduate Student (Ph.D.) |
05/2011 – 07/2016 |
Ginkgo Bioworks (Boston) @barenda101 |
|
| Dr. Michael Hammerling |
CMB Graduate Student (Ph.D) |
05/2011 – 07/2016 |
Jewett Lab (Northwestern) @mjhammerling |
|
| Lucy Leblanc |
Microbiology Graduate Student (Rotation) |
02/2015 – 05/2016 |
Jonghwan Kim Lab |
|
| Jordan Monk |
Undergraduate Researcher |
05/2013 – 05/2016 |
|
| Catherine Mortensen |
Undergraduate Researcher |
05/2013 – 12/2015 |
|
| Xun (Tina) Wang |
CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) |
11/2015 – 02/2016 |
Bryan Davies Lab |
|
| Cindy Chan |
Undergraduate Researcher |
10/2013 – 12/2015 |
XBiotech |
|
| Ian Hamilton |
CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) |
09/2015 – 11/2015 |
Rotating |
|
| Aziz Al'khafaji |
CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) |
9/2014 – 11/2014 |
Brock Lab |
|
| Ben Jack |
CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) |
09/2014 – 11/2014 |
Wilke Lab |
|
| Craig Barnhart |
Lab Manager |
01/2011 – 09/2014 |
UT Austin GSAF |
|
| Alex Boulgakov |
CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) |
06/2014 – 09/2014 |
Marcotte Lab |
|
| Aurko Dasgupta |
Research Assistant |
04/2011 – 06/2014 |
Washington University, Ph.D. program |
|
| Lindsey Wolf |
Microbiology Graduate Student (M.A.) |
01/2011 – 05/2014 |
Synthetic Genomics |
|
| Alvaro Rodriguez |
Microbiology Graduate Student (M.A.) |
02/2012 – 05/2014 |
X Startup Intern |
|
| Ben Slater |
Undergraduate Researcher |
05/2012 – 05/2014 |
Yale University, Ph.D program |
|
| Razan Alnahhas |
Undergraduate Researcher |
05/2012 – 05/2014 |
Rice University, Ph.D program |
|
| Salma Omar |
Undergraduate Researcher |
06/2012 – 12/2013 |
|
| Ryan Lannan |
Undergraduate Researcher |
05/2013 – 05/2014 |
UCSD, Ph.D program |
|
| Margaret Steele |
Microbiology Graduate Student (Rotation) |
09/2013 – 11/2013 |
|
| Rasha Yaghi |
Biochemistry Graduate Student (Rotation) |
09/2013 – 11/2013 |
Iverson Lab |
|
| Prof. Pyung Cheon Lee |
Visiting Scientist |
01/2013 – 12/2013 |
Ajou University |
|
| Charles Traverse |
Microbiology Graduate Student (Rotation) |
09/2013 – 11/2013 |
Ochman Lab |
|
| Tyler Fields |
Undergraduate Researcher |
09/2012 – 09/2013 |
UT Austin, Computer Science |
|
| Neil Gottel |
Microbiology Graduate Student |
11/2011 – 09/2013 |
|
| Vinicio Reynoso |
CMB Graduate Student |
02/2012 – 09/2013 |
|
| Paul Amador |
Microbiology Graduate Student (Rotation) |
06/2013 – 09/2013 |
|
| Austin Meyer |
Biochemistry Graduate Student |
05/2011 – 08/2012 |
Wilke Lab / Texas Tech Medical School |
|
| Pruthali Kulkarni |
Undergraduate Researcher |
08/2012 – 08/2013 |
|
| Farhana Haque |
Undergraduate Researcher |
12/2012 – 04/2013 |
|
| Jaimie Kepner |
Undergraduate Researcher |
05/2011 – 06/2013 |
UT Austin, Microbiology Graduate Program |
|
| Andrew Porter |
Undergraduate Researcher, Honors Thesis |
01/2013 – 05/2013 |
|
| Aaron Reba |
Programmer |
10/2011 – 10/2012 |
|
| Raghuvarun Mutyala |
Undergraduate Researcher |
03/2011 – 09/2012 |
|
| Jared Carlson-Stevermer |
Undergraduate Researcher |
01/2012 – 06/2012 |
Wilke Lab |
|
| Dillon Edwards |
Undergraduate Researcher |
11/2011 – 07/2012 |
Sigma |
|
| Matt Bourneuf |
Undergraduate Researcher |
07/2011 – 08/2011 |
|
| Jananie Ramesh |
Undergraduate Researcher |
07/2011 – 09/2011 |
|
| Alex Hu |
Undergraduate Researcher |
06/2011 – 08/2012 |
UW Seattle, Genome Sciences Ph.D. Program |
|
| Jordan Borges |
Undergraduate Researcher |
05/2011 – 08/2011 |
|
| Sydney Henry |
Undergraduate Researcher |
05/2011 – 09/2011 |
|
| Eric Bryan |
Undergraduate Researcher |
05/2011 – 05/2012 |
|
| Matt Strand |
Programmer |
10/2011 – 04/2012 |
|
| Geoff Colburn |
Research Scientist Assistant |
05/2011 – 09/2012 |
Austin, TX |
|
| Steven Sowa |
Microbiology Graduate Student (Rotation) |
02/2012 – 05/2012 |
Contreras-Martin Lab |
|
| Thomas Wall |
CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) |
11/2011 – 02/2012 |
Ellington Lab |
|
| Adam Hilterbrand |
Microbiology Graduate Student (Rotation) |
09/2011 – 11/2011 |
Upton Lab |
|
| Dakota Derryberry |
CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) |
03/2011 – 05/2011 |
Wilke Lab |
|
| Gabriel Wu |
CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) |
03/2011 – 05/2011 |
Marcotte Lab |
|
Barrick Lab (April 2013)

Back row, left to right: Pyung Cheon Lee, Alvaro Rodriguez, Gabriel Suarez, Jeff Barrick, Neil Gottel, Michael Hammerling, Vinicio Reynoso. Front row: Craig Barnhart, Dan Deatherage, Aurko Dasgupta, Jaimie Kepner, Brian Renda, Lindsey Wolf