Past Barrick Lab Members

Olivia Soto

Jack Dwenger

Elizabeth Manriquez

Dan Deathrage

Victor Li

Matt McGuffie

Laurel Miller

Aneesa Bhakta

Braydin McReynolds

Joseph Reitman

Emmanuel Chavarria

Kate Elston

Dean Parenteau

Elizabeth Robinson

Jacob Risch

Sarah Bialik

Julie Perreau

Shireen Shah

Eleanor Young

Peng Geng

Ginny Mortensen

Spencer Hamrick

Sean Leonard

Gabriel Suarez

Grace Stark

Stratton Georgoulis

Jenna McGuffey

Dr. Simon D'Alton

Dacia Leon

Colin Brown

Xue Zhang

Michael Hammerling

Brian Renda

Jordan Monk

Craig Barnhart

Aurko Dasgupta

Lindsey Wolf

Alvaro Rodriguez

Neil Gottel

Vinicio Reynoso

Austin Meyer

Dillon Edwards

Aaron Reba

Geoff Colburn

Eric Bryan

Matt Strand

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	Penn State University
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 (September 2023)

Photo op in NHB

Barrick Lab (March 2020)

Quarantine Time

Barrick Lab (March 2020)

Literally right before quarantine.

Barrick Lab (January 2020)

Taco Munch Lunch!

Barrick Lab (September 2017)

Matching T-Shirts!

Barrick Lab (December 2015)

Beard fun

Barrick Lab (November 2014)

Lab potluck.

Barrick Lab (November 2013)

Lab members and significant others at Brian and Varsha's wedding.

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

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