Kalluri Lab Members
Since 1997, the Kalluri Lab has proudly hosted more than 200 research trainees, including postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, undergraduate students and visiting scholars. Our laboratory also includes a dedicated team of staff scientists, research assistants and technicians. Alumni of the Kalluri Laboratory now hold faculty positions around the world, have risen to substantive leadership positions within academia and have founded successful biotechnology companies.
Principal Investigator
Raghu Kalluri, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Cancer Biology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Adjunct Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch
Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University
Dr. Kalluri earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Kansas Medical Center and his M.D. from Brown University Medical School. Kalluri was a postdoctoral fellow and a research associate at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and studied immunology and mechanisms associated with tissue injury and repair, employing organ fibrosis as model system. In 1997, he moved to Harvard Medical School as an assistant professor of Medicine and as a faculty member in the Department of Medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. In 2006, Kalluri was appointed the chief of the Division of Matrix Biology and was promoted to professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He held faculty appointments in the Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Stem Cell Institute and the Division of Nephrology of the Children’s Hospital Boston. Kalluri was recruited to MD Anderson in 2012 as professor and chair of Cancer Biology and the director of the Metastasis Research Center. His laboratory is broadly interested in investigating the functional contribution of cell and tissue microenvironment and exosomes in cancer progression and metastasis.
Meet the Team
Laboratory Management
Michelle Kirtley, B.S., M.P.H.
Laboratory Manager
MLKirtley@MDAnderson.org
Michelle graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. degree in marine biology and from Florida International University with a M.S. in Public Health. Prior to joining the Kalluri Lab in 2017, she worked at the University of Texas Medical Branch, where she investigated virulence gene regulation, pathogenic mechanisms, and vaccine candidates for select agent pathogens. Michelle is the laboratory manager for the Kalluri Laboratory, overseeing reagent purchasing, animal colony management, laboratory logistics, IACUC and IRB submissions and approvals, and general laboratory maintenance. Additionally, Michelle actively participates in and contributes to several research projects. In her free time, she is an enthusiastic hockey fan, cheering on her favorite team, the Dallas Stars, and is also an avid aquarist.
Roxanna Zarate
Program Manager
RZarate@MDAnderson.org
Roxanna brings extensive experience in administrative coordination and staff onboarding to the lab. She assists with laboratory operations and organizational efficiency, including procurement, vendor management, financial reporting and resource allocation. Roxanna also handles coordination of our laboratory events and conferences, enhancing the lab culture and creating impactful experiences for our team. Day-to-day, Roxanna assists the lab with scheduling, time-off requests and logistical support for our many trainees and staff scientists.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Krishnan Mahadevan, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined the lab in 2016
Krishnan completed his M.D. from JIPMER, India in 2013. He worked as a clinical research fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston until 2015. He joined the Kalluri Laboratory in 2016. His thesis goal is to understand the role of T-cells in pancreatic cancer progression and therapy response.
Xunian Zhou, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined the lab in 2019
Xunian received her Ph.D. in biomedical sciences from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Dec. 2017. During that time, she investigated the underlying anti-cancer mechanisms of a small molecule in breast cancer models. She studies the function of tumor stroma and exosomes in cancer. During her free time, she delights in cooking and reading. Additionally, she finds joy in exploring the outdoors and appreciating the beauty of nature, especially with her family.
Bingrui (Brian) Li, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined the lab in 2020
Brian received his Ph.D. in biomedical informatics from MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in 2023. He joined the Kalluri Lab in 2020 as a graduate research assistant and has now transitioned to a postdoctoral fellowship. His research focuses on developing novel computational algorithms for exosome-based cancer diagnosis, investigating the tumor microenvironment by integrating various omics data and developing novel therapies.
Xin Luo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined the lab in 2020
Xin received her bachelor’s degree in science from Nankai University, China, in 2019. She joined Rice University in 2019 for her Ph.D. degree in engineering and joined the Kalluri Lab in 2020 for her Ph.D. thesis work. Xin’s current research focuses on the mechanistic properties of exosomes, elucidating single exosome biology and explaining translational potential of exosomes in cancer and COVID-19. Xin likes to do reading, hiking and traveling in her free time.
Meagan Conner, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined the lab in 2022
Meagan received her B.S. from Texas A&M University in psychology in 2012. She then went on the attend Stony Brook University in New York where she researched early-stage Parkinson’s disease-related cognitive decline and earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience in 2021. Her current research focuses on the role of tumor stroma and the functional contribution of extracellular matrix components in influencing the initiation and progression of glioblastoma.
Lakshmi Kavitha Sthanam, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined the lab in 2022
Kavitha earned her Ph.D. in biosciences and bioengineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2019, where she worked extensively on the mechanobiology of stem cells and fibroblasts. Her research led to multiple first author publications, a patent and an Excellence in Ph.D. research award. After a short postdoc at Georgia Institute of Technology during COVID-19, she joined the Kalluri Lab in November 2022 to study evolution of fibroblast heterogeneity during PDAC progression and metastasis. She is particularly interested in understanding the role of CAFs in modulating immune response in solid tumors, especially PDAC. Kavita spends her free time gardening, cooking and reading books.
Thao Tran, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined the lab in 2022
Thao received her Ph.D. in biochemistry in 2021 from Kangwon National University, South Korea. Her Ph.D. thesis focused on the function of exosomal miRNAs derived from KRAS mutant breast cancer on osteolytic bone metastasis. She joined the Kalluri Laboratory in 2022 to investigate the novel regulators of exosome release and uptake in normal cells and cancer cells using whole genome CRISPR screening. She is also interested in understanding the mechanism of DNA-containing exosomes derived from cancer cells.
Viktoria Boeker, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined the lab in 2023
Viktoria is from Germany and currently serves as a resident specializing in visceral surgery with a primary focus on conducting extensive research in the field of pancreatic cancer research. Viktoria is a highly athletic and open-minded surgeon, always eager to embark on great adventures and explore new cultures and the world.
Kaira A. Church, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined the lab in 2023
Kaira received her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and genetics in 2015 from Texas A&M University (GIG’EM AGS!). Following a brief period where she was a research science associate, she attended The University of Texas at San Antonio where she earned her Ph.D. in molecular microbiology and immunology in 2022, where she characterized the role of microglia-mediated inflammation in the development and progression of disease in murine models of multiple sclerosis (MS) and diabetic retinopathy (DR). Her research interests include neuroinflammation and investigating the mechanisms governing glial and vascular biology in the healthy and diseased CNS to better understand the cellular dynamics that preface and provoke the development of various neurodegenerative disorders. Furthermore, she is particularly interested in the dynamics of vascular remodeling and the heterogeneity of glial cell populations and how this heterogeneity regulates glial cell subtype responses. As a pop-culture enthusiast mixed with a nerdy planetary science fanatic, during her free time, Kaira enjoys binging new reality TV shows and visiting science museums.
Yingying Hu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined the lab in 2023
Yingying received her Ph.D. from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science in December 2020. Her Ph.D. research focused on the development of protein/mRNA vaccines against various cancers. She joined the Kalluri Laboratory in March 2023 to investigate the personalized mRNA
vaccines-based combination strategy to control pancreatic cancer.
Moumita Sarkar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined the lab in 2023
Moumita received her bachelor’s degree in biotechnology from Cotton College, Gauhati University, India in 2014 and her master’s degree in molecular biology and biotechnology from Tezpur Central University, India in 2016. She earned her Ph.D. from National Institute of Immunology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India in 2022 where she worked on delineating the influence of female reproductive hormones on the growth and survival of cancer cells. She joined the Kalluri Laboratory in 2023 and her current research is focused on understanding the biology of stromal vascular cells, and exosomes in the context of aging, and cancer. In her leisure time, she finds joy in the culinary arts, savoring the experience of cooking. She also cherishes the moments she spends with her husband, family and friends.
Yi Jiang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined the lab in 2024
Yi received her Ph.D. in biology in 2023 from Tsinghua University. Her Ph.D. research focused on unraveling the effect and mechanism of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) on the metastasis of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). During her leisure time, she enjoys traveling, dancing, and yoga.
Emi Kawakita, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined the lab in 2024
Emi completed her undergraduate in medicine in 2016 and graduate studies in 2021 at Kanazawa Medical University, Japan. After having finished the residency program as a general physician, Emi trained as a diabetologist and a endocrinologist. Emi's Ph.D. research focused on the effects of anti-diabetic drugs on breast cancer progression.
Ester Etti Azulay, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined the lab in 2025
Etti received her Ph.D. in health sciences from Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel in 2024. During that time, she studied the role of pancreatic cancer associated EVs in cancer associated fibroblasts activation and extracellular matrix dynamics. In addition, she studies lung cancer associated EVs protein cargo.
Miguel Pereira Da Silva, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Joined the lab in 2025
Miguel received his Ph.D. in pharmaceutical technology, pharmaceutical sciences, from University of Coimbra, Portugal, in collaboration with University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, in which he developed advanced nanosystems for pancreatic cancer-targeted therapies. Miguel is interested in exploring innovative biomimetic nanodevices for pancreatic cancer management. In his leisure time he enjoys nature, animals, networking, cinema, theater and photography.
Graduate Students
Paul Spezza, B.S.
Ph.D. Student, School of Engineering, Rice University
Joined the lab in 2023
Paul received his bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Columbia University in 2021. After graduation, he worked with a medical device company and the New York Blood Center for one year. In 2022, he joined Rice University for his Ph.D. degree in bioengineering and joined the Kalluri Laboratory for his Ph.D. thesis work. Paul’s current research focuses on understanding key molecular mechanisms underlying diseases to generate novel exosome-based drug therapies that target macular degeneration and pancreatic cancer. In his free time, he loves to explore the parks, restaurants and thrift shops of Houston.
Tristan Nguyen, B.S.
M.D./Ph.D. Student, School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch
Joined the lab in 2024
Tristan received his bachelor’s degree in biology from Texas A&M University in 2022. During his undergraduate studies, he worked as a researcher and later advanced to a research assistant position. He contributed to projects on the cytotoxicity of nanoparticles against breast cancer cells, the role of cancer-associated fibroblasts in the tumor microenvironment, and the effects of circadian rhythm disruption on tumorigenesis. Tristan is an M.D./Ph.D. student at the University of Texas Medical Branch, training to become a physician-scientist with a focus on cancer research. He will be conducting his Ph.D. thesis work under the direction of the Kalluri Laboratory. Outside of the lab, Tristan enjoys training and competing in judo, spending time with friends and family and volunteering in the community.
Aaron Bickert, B.S.
M.D./Ph.D. Student, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Joined the lab in 2024
Aaron graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 2018 with a B.S. in neuroscience. He then worked as a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health in a cancer biology laboratory that studies the mechanisms underlying intrinsic and acquired resistance to chemotherapy in a variety of cancer models. He is interested in how immune cells shape the tumor microenvironment and how this affects response to anti-cancer drugs in models of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. When he’s not in the lab, Aaron enjoys playing tennis, running and learning new languages.
Beatriz Schueng Zancanela, B.S.
Ph.D. Student, MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Joined the lab in 2024
Beatriz came from Brazil to pursue her bachelor’s degree in biological science with a focus on microbiology at the University of Southern Mississippi. She graduated Magna cum laude from the Southern Mississippi Honors College in 2021. After receiving an NSF Post Baccalaureate Award, Beatriz pursued her scientific interests in the lab where she investigated the role of Piwi-interacting RNAs during regenerative processes in lophotrochozoans, spanning from earthworms to octopuses. She joined the Molecular and Translational Biology Ph.D. program at the MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciencesin the fall of 2023. Beatriz investigates how changes in the tissue microenvironment due to chronic tissue injury leads to the emergence of lung cancer. In her spare time, Beatriz is a video game and sports enthusiast. Her favorite sports teams are Fluminense, Real Madrid, Saints and the Astros.
Charles Inaku, M.S.
Ph.D. Rotation Student, MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Joined the lab in 2025
Charles Inaku graduated in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in pharmacology from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He earned a master's degree in biotechnology from the University of Texas at Tyler in 2021, where he carried out thesis research to understand the mechanism by which chronic alcohol consumption impacts the immune system's response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. His other research experience includes immune cell trafficking in the context of lung cancer. He is interested in exploring mechanisms associated with cancer metastasis and discovering novel therapeutic approaches for treatment of malignant diseases. Outside the lab, Charles enjoys real estate window-shopping, long walks and hangouts.
Other Trainees
Austin Dellafosse, B.S.
Postbaccalaureate Trainee
Joined the lab in 2024
Austin Dellafosse graduated from Howard University in 2024 with a degree in chemistry. Currently, Austin is involved in focusing on how metabolic pathways influence immune responses in the tumor microenvironment. The project aims to identify mechanisms that could enhance immunotherapy effectiveness by targeting metabolic vulnerabilities in cancer cells. In addition to Austin’s academic and research pursuits, he enjoys cooking, working out, reading and spending time with loved ones.
Aman Yarlagadda
Undergraduate Trainee
Joined the lab in 2024
Aman Yarlagadda is a freshman at Rice University studying Biochemistry and Global Health. He is from Dallas, Texas. He is currently working on a project centered around optimizing RNA interference through exosomal delivery.
Ryan Kanj
Undergraduate Trainee
Joined the lab in 2024
Ryan is an undergraduate student at Rice University, pursuing a B.A. in sports medicine and exercise physiology, with minors in biochemistry and medical humanities. As an aspiring physician-scientist, he plans to pursue an M.D./Ph.D. after graduation. In the lab, he is currently investigating the role of Col1a1 in kidney fibrosis, building on his prior experience in translational research. Outside the lab, Ryan enjoys playing soccer, going for morning runs and traveling to explore different cultures around the globe.
Research Staff
Hikaru Sugimoto, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Joined the lab in 2001
Hikaru completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in medicine at Okayama University, Japan. After having finished the residency program as a general physician, he trained as a diabetes specialist and a nephrologist. He moved to Boston in 1999 for a postdoctoral fellowship to study mechanisms associated with diabetic nephropathy. In 2001, he joined the Kalluri Lab in Boston to study tumor angiogenesis and develop novel angiogenesis inhibitors for treatment of cancer. His current research interests are to find new therapies for organ fibrosis and cancer metastasis. Hikaru also serves as the resident mouse surgeon in the laboratory and trains new graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Hikaru enjoys playing tennis when not focused on science.
Barbara Moreno Diaz, B.S.
Senior Research Assistant
Joined the lab in 2021
Barbara received her bachelor’s degree in biology from Texas A&M University in 2021. She joined the Kalluri Laboratory as a research assistant in 2021. Her research is focused on understanding the mechanisms of response and resistance to KRAS inhibition in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, with a particular emphasis on the role of the tumor microenvironment (TME) in modulating treatment outcomes.
Ana Maldonado, M.S.
Research Assistant I
Joined the lab in 2022
Ana received her B.S. in biochemistry from New Mexico State University in 2022. She joined the Kalluri Laboratory in September 2022 for her M.S. thesis work. Ana’s current research focuses on the impact of the epithelial to mesenchymal transition program on the efficacy of a small molecule inhibitor of oncogenic KRASG12D in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Outside of lab, Ana is a dog mom and enjoys reading, playing video games and staying active.
Sarah Patel, B.S.
Research Technician
Joined the lab in 2022
Sarah received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Houston in 2022 and joined the Kalluri Laboratory in 2022. Her research interests include studying exosomal biology, and she is currently involved in a project relating to the trafficking of exosomes between organs.
Casey Hernandez-Perez, B.S.
Research Assistant I
Joined the lab in 2023
Casey received her bachelor’s degree in mathematical biology from the University of Houston in 2020. She joined the Kalluri Lab in 2023 and investigates the role of exosome-DNA as a possible cancer biomarker and its role in therapeutics research. In her free time, Casey enjoys live music, film photography and travel.
Shreyasee Kumbhar, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Joined the lab in 2023
Shreyasee Kumbhar received her master’s in cell biology from the University of Connecticut. Since then she has worked in industry in the US and India in various areas of drug discovery and development. She joined the Kalluri Lab in 2023 and is responsible for various flow cytometry and imaging platforms in the lab. She is involved in lab projects that require flow-based and spatial phenotyping experiments. She also helps lab members with studies using these technology platforms. When she is not working, Shreyasee enjoys cooking, listening to books and podcasts, watching movies and dancing.
Anaïs Comptdaer, M.S.
Research Assistant I
Joined the lab in 2024
Anaïs completed her bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences at the University of Namur, in Belgium, where she recently graduated from their master’s program with a focus in preclinical studies. Anaïs joined the lab in 2024 for an internship and is now part of the lab as a research assistant. She is excited to gain experience in translational studies to further pursue her research interest in cancer biology. In her free time, Anaïs enjoys going on hikes with her dogs and watching movies.
Tejas Saboo, B.S.
Research Assistant II
Joined the lab in 2024
Tejas Saboo aims to contribute to application-driven research that integrates quantitative methods, real-world data, and social science frameworks to help stakeholders make equitable decisions that improve health outcomes at scale. Tejas earned a B.S. in computer science and mathematics from UT Austin in 2022. He worked as a machine learning engineer at a unicorn startup and as a quantitative trader at an algorithmic high-frequency trading firm. In 2024, he joined the Kalluri Lab's Computational and AI group, where his research focuses on creating AI systems to accelerate scientific discovery, developing foundation machine learning models for longevity, and architecting computational algorithms for exosome-based cancer diagnostics.
Jiacheng (Ken) Sun, M.C.S.
Associate Software Developer
Joined the lab in 2024
Ken earned his B.S. in computer science from The Pennsylvania State University in 2020 and his master’s in computer science from Rice University in 2023. He applies artificial intelligence and computer vision to cancer biology, focusing on developing software and tools to support research. Ken is dedicated to creating innovative solutions to advance scientific research.
Ziao Yu, M.S.
Assistant Data Scientist
Joined the lab in 2024
Ziao received his masters degree in computer science from University of Virginia. He has significant machine learning expertise, evidenced by a patent and research paper, along with three years of software industry experience. His research focuses on applying deep learning skills to biological research in the lab.
Administrative Support
Eboni Pettus
Research Department Administrator
EPettus@MDAnderson.org
713-745-6609
Jamie Sanders
Executive Assistant to Dr. Kalluri
JWSanders@MDAnderson.org
346-725-7058
Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
| Keiko Takahashi | Pablo Colorado | Navin Kumar | Pradip Sarkar | Jim Grunkemeyer |
| George Kamphaus | Yohei Maeshima | David Feltquate | Helmut Hopfer | Yingwen Xiao |
| Yini Hu | Kyle Kramer | Sarah Shaw | Mona Khurana | Udaya Lasksmi |
| Michael Zeisberg | Gary Bonner | Yuki Hanami | Chang-Qing Yang | Hikaru Sugimoto |
| Julie Lively | David Charytan | Sohiya Yotsukura | Liang Xie | Malin Sund |
| Chun Yang | Harikrishna Tanjore | Michelle Kettner | Zaiye Li | John Reynolds |
| Lingge Lu | Thomas Mundel | Keizo Kanasaki | Gordan Grahovac | Sai Ram Reddy |
| Nick Burnick | Guan Wang | Udaya Yeramalla | Elisabeth Zeisberg | Yingqi Teng |
| Yoshiko Kanda | Michael Duncan | Abed Louka | Behzad Oerami | Florian Reider |
| Chi Zheng | Hans Eikesdal | Soo Bong Lee | Akane Kizu | Neelima Tangirala |
| Dilip Nataraj | Yong Xu | Francisco De Ayala | Meng Kong | Vesi Cooke |
| Megumi Kanasaki | Sarah Flier | Alexandre Hertig | Guido Krennig | Ganadhar Taduri |
| Ignacio Revuelta | Genta Maeda | Noritoshi Kato | Tara Ghaziani | Craig Woda |
| Oleg Tsynkalovskiy | Fernanda Borges | Sonia Melo | Berna Ozdemir | Alex Helfard |
| Joyce Tse O'Connell | Alvaro Ucero | Christoph Kahlert | Toru Miyake | Pedro Sampaio de Corrrea |
| Zhishan Gu | Jiha Kim | Sara Lovisa | Xiaofeng Zheng | Julie Carstens |
| Monica Mann | Elena Rodrigues Blanko | Fei Xiao | Jacqueline Parchem | Eliot Fletcher |
| Mayela Mendt | Amanda Haltom | Sara Che | Yan Wang | Liv Gansmo |
| Joseph Alge | Chengyan Dong | Janine Hensel | Fernanda Kugeratski | Antonios Chronopoulos |
| Yibo Fan | Yang Chen | Jainli Dai | Min Tang | Karina Vazquez-Arreguin |
| Yasaman Barekatain | Nancy Andres | Kathleen McAndrews |
Graduate Students
| Barbara Mosterman | Pia Nyberg | Juan Carmona | Rachelle Olsen | Valerie LeBleu |
| Scott Potenta | Dina Banerjee | Sylvia Vong | Mine Bakar | Juanita Lewis |
| Ilana Stanley | Zainab Khan | Annie Vo | Derek Pensy | Ping Zhou |
| Ben Sebwfu | Sakia Jacobs | Joyce Tse O'Connell | Eryn Wezensky | Doruk Keskin |
| Ankit Mehta | Amish Shah | Melissa Bryll | Sarina Lau | Amish Shah |
| Lori Bourassa | Sharmistha Lahiri | Kathleen Nguyen | Vivek Shenoy | Babi Chandamuri |
| Priya Dadd | Amy McCarty | Morgan Riba | Chen Yao | Eliot Fletcher |
| Changsoo Kwak | Sushrut Kamerkar | Michael Lehrer | Ehsan Ehsanipour | Paul Kurywchak |
| Mariangela Natale | Jena Tavormina | Kerri Wolf | Tomas Dias | Margo Cain |
| Bingui (Brian) Li | Lisa Becker | Kebbeh Darpolor | Kshipra Kapoor | Carolina Ruivo |
| Krishnan Mahadevan | Nuno Bastos | Ana Maldonado | Xin Luo | Greta Carobolante |
| Adrian Perdyan | Yuanyuan Zhu | Di Sha | Serena Yusuf | Anais Comptdaer |
Postbaccalaureate Trainees
| Caleb Johnson | Danielle Wills | Huda Alchikh Omar |
Undergraduate and High School Students
| Emma Louis | Michelle Massoth | Saj Bhusri | Annie Im | Maexence Metayer |
| Joshua Jacobs | Arjuna Mannam | Chun Yang | Clair Stavropoulos | Anahita Fallahi |
| Neal Chatterjee | Rnea DesRos | Judith Alonzo | Ronnie Yoo | Karthik Sugumaran |
| Ulysses Toche | Rafael Deliz-Aguirre | Hunter Elms | Reshma Bhowmick | Madeline Clark |
| Kadeshia Earl | Kevin Yin | Mia Brakebill | Eric Perez | Kristen Harris |
| Ka Liu | Chloe Kong | Kaitlin Sanders | Sarah Patel | Riley Martin |
| Andrea Waltrip | Eny Ramirez | Kyler Mitra | Oluwatobi Babayemi | Varuna Dhanabal |
| Anitha Somanchi | Annelise Huynh | Seoyun Kong | Jennifer Liseth Lopez | Megan McGarel |
| Ashim Subedee | Erin Suh | Alexis Thomas |
Visiting Scholars
| Frank Strutz | Hirokazu Okada | Warren Hill | Yuchi Han | Mariappan Raj |
| Jochen Reiser | Joyce Yang | Helge Wiig | Hasse Bronnum | Olga Volpert |
| Jamie Lin | Damien Medici | Anna Zuk |
Staff Scientists
| Dara Dowlatshahi | Wafa Hassen | Jennifer Leveille | Navid Sobhani |
Laboratory Managers, Technicians & Research Assistants
| Samira Sheth | Michelle C. Werner | Josephine Yee | Eric Zamborsky | Adriana Torre |
| Emma Louis | Kristen Turner | Seth Herman | Beth Shurtleff | Michelle Massoth |
| Shraddha Patel | Cindy Bottiglio | Kathryn Holthaus | Nazah Akhtar | Mary Soubasakor |
| Kristin Palmsten | Brian MacDonald | Margot Martino | Lauren Orefice | Scott McGoohan |
| Lizza Finan | Cristina DaSilva | Lauren Bizarro | Laura Gibson | Travis Hardcastle |
| Linda Berg | Judith Kaye | Komal Vadnagora | Niria Yu | Donna Lundy |
| Erica Lawson | Sujuan Yang | Shruti Malasi | Patricia Phillips | Lily Huang |
| Qian Peng | Laura Snowden | Robert Hahn | Patience Kelly | Kent Arian |
| Brian Koehler | Sami Morse | Amari Sockwell | Nyja Quash | Zahra Hooda |