Gianneschi Alumni

Former Project Scientists

Chris Forman: Project Scientist
Completed: 2022
Current:

Joe Patterson: Project Scientist
Completed: 2016
Current: Assistant Professor, Chemistry, UC Irvine

Michael Hahn: Project Scientist
Completed: 2016
Current: Assistant Clinical Professor, Radiology, UCSD
Former Postdoctoral Scholars

Karthikeyan Gnanasekeran: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2022
Current: TEM Applications Development Engineer, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Or Berger: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2022
Current:

Hao Sun: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2021
Current: Assistant Professor, University of New Haven

Wei Cao: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2021
Current:

Soumitra Punekar: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2021
Current: Bioconjugation Scientist, Abzena

Claudia Battistella: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2021
Current: University of Chicago

Nicholas Hampu: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2021
Current: Senior Research Specialist, Dow

Lucas Parent: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2018
Current: Project Scientist at University of Connecticut

Gina Policastro: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2018
Current:

Maria Proetto: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2018
Current:

Daniel Wright: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2018
Current:

Andrea Luthi: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2017
Current: Assistant Professor in Department of Chemistry, Emporia State University, Kansas

Julia Michaelis: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2017
Current: Application Scientist at Scienion

Treffly Ditri: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2017
Current: Systems Engineer at AUSGAR Technologies

Alexander Roloff: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2017
Current:

Nia Bell: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2016
Current: Technical Consultant in Enabling Technologies at Oakdene Hollins Ltd, Hemel Hempstead, UK

Angela Blum: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2016
Current: Assistant Professor, Chemical Biology, Hamilton College

Yiwen Li: Postdoctoral Scholar
Completed: 2015
Current: Professor, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University
Former Graduate Students

Brayley Gattis: Graduate Student
Completed: 2024
Current: –

Mara Fattah: Graduate Student
Completed: 2024
Current: –

Brittney Williams: Graduate Student
Completed: 2024
Current: Research Staff Member at Institute for Defense Analyses

Kendal Carrow: MSTP Student
Completed: 2024
Current: Finishing medical school

Max Wang: MSTP Student
Completed: 2023
Current: Finishing medical school

Zofia Siwicka: Graduate Student
Completed: 2023
Current: Senior Research Specialist at Dow Chemical Company

Maria Vratsanos: Graduate Student
Completed: 2023
Current: Senior Research Engineer, 3M CRAL

Joanna Korpanty: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2022
Current: Research and Development Scientist, Living Proof Inc.

Xuhao Zhou: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2022
Current: Senior Engineer, Seagate Technology

Adam Ladd: Graduate Student (MS)
Completed: 2022
Current: Senior Technical Associate, DuPont

Ioannina Castano: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2022
Current: Intel

Xinyi Gong: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2022
Current: Process Engineer, Western Digital

Yifei Liang: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2022
Current: Dow

Wonmin Choi: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2021
Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Kohane Lab, Harvard Medical School, HHMI

Naneki Collins-McCallum: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2021
Current: Scientist I at Illumina

Ziying Hu: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2020
Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, John Rogers Lab, Center for Biointegrated Circuits, Northwestern University

Mollie Touve: Graduate Student
Completed: 2019
Current: Packaging R+D Engineer, Intel Corporation

Nanzhi Zang: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2019
Current: Associate Scientist, Genentech

Andrea Carlini: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2018
Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, John Rogers Lab, Center for Biointegrated Circuits, Northwestern University

Cassandra Callmann: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2018
Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Chad Mirkin Lab, Northwestern University

Zhao Wang: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2018
Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Aaron Esser-Kahn Lab, Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

Yuran Huang: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2017
Current: Scientist at Glucovation Inc., Carlsbad, CA

Kelsey Alexander: Graduate Student (MS)
Completed: 2017
Current: Graduate Student, William Gerwick Lab, Scripps Institute of Oceanography

Joo Hee Lee: Graduate Student (MS)
Completed: 2017
Current: Graduate Student, Liangfang Zhang Lab, UCSD

Kevin Luo: Graduate Student (MS)
Completed: 2017
Current:

Clare LeGuyader: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2017
Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Pat Stayton Lab, University of Washington

Sarah Barnhill: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2017
Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Gene Yeo Lab, Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, UCSD

Billy Pistel: Graduate Student (MS)
Completed: 2017
Current: Graduate Student, Alina Schimpf Lab, UCSD

Swagat Sahu: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2017
Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Battery Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Steven Nguyen: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2016
Current: Chemistry Instructor, Oregon State University

Jacquelin Kammeyer: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2016
Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Heather Maynard Lab, UCLA

Xiujun Yue: Graduate Student (MS)
Completed: 2016
Current: Graduate Student in Ping Liu Group, Department of Nanoengineering, UCSD

Lisa Adamiak: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2016
Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Kamil Godula Lab, UCSD

Carrie James: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2015
Current: Research Scientist at Nanocomposix, San Diego, CA

Anthony Rush: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2015
Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Michael Fischbach Lab, UCSF

Ti-Hsuan (Leon) Ku: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2014
Current: Co-Founder, Chief Development Officer at Cenenzyme Biotechnologies

Ben Monson: Graduate Student (MS)
Completed: 2014
Current: Team Leader at PolyPeptide Group

Lyndsay Randolph: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2014
Current: Senior Research Chemist at Amydis Diagnostics

Kate Veccharelli: Graduate Student
Completed: 2014
Current: Graduate Student, Joe O’Conner Lab, UCSD

Miao-Ping Chien: Graduate Student (PhD)
Completed: 2013
Current: Group Leader in Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam

Jennifer Young: Graduate Student (MS)
Completed: 2011
Current:

Anastasia Lityo: Graduate Student (MS)
Completed: 2011
Current:
Former Visiting Scholars

Antonia Albers: Graduate Exchange Student
Completed: 2022
Current:

Clara Barbut: Graduate Exchange Student
Completed: 2022
Current: Cergy-Paris University

Guilia Battistelli: Graduate Exchange Student
Completed: 2015
Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Marco Montalti Lab, University of Bologna
Valeria Caponetti: Graduate Exchange Student
Completed: 2019

Hector Fernandez Caro: Graduate Exchange Student
Completed: 2018
Current:

Yoav Dan: Graduate Exchange Student
Completed: 2022
Current:

Michal Halperin : Graduate Exchange Student
Completed: 2020

Daniella Kalafatovic: Graduate Exchange Student
Completed: 2013
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow at IRB Barcelona

Parul Rathee: Graduate Exchange Student
Completed: 2022

Yan Tan: Graduate Exchange Student
Completed: 2020
Former Undergraduates

Jojo Holms: Undergraduate Student
Completed: 2024
Current: –

Sarah Beck-Pancer: Undergraduate
Completed: 2016
Current:

Carolina Bravo: Undergraduate
Completed: 2016
Current:

Alex Caldwell: Undergraduate
Completed: 2014
Current: Graduate Student, Kristi Anseth Lab, University of Colorado, Boulder

Dustin Crystal: Undergraduate
Completed: 2015
Current: Medical Student, Rutgers University

Rob Hennis: Undergraduate
Completed: 2017
Current:

Andrew King: Undergraduate
Completed:
Current:

Lizanne Koch: Undergraduate
Completed: 2013
Current:

Nash Martinez: Undergraduate
Completed: 2012
Current: Medical Student, UC San Francisco

Adam Moore: Undergraduate
Completed: 2015
Current:

Kelsey Roman: Undergraduate
Completed: 2016
Current:

Maddie Sarkaran: Undergraduate
Completed: 2015
Current:

Zach Sharfman: Undergraduate
Completed: 2012
Current:

Alfred Tam: Undergraduate
Completed: 2013
Current:

Yan Wu: Undergraduate
Completed: 2017
Current: Manufacturing Associate – Conjugation, Biolegend, San Diego, CA

Nellab Yakuby: Undergraduate
Completed: 2012
Current: Instructor at the Princeton Review

Linda Zang: Undergraduate
Completed: 2016
Current: