Gianneschi Alumni

Former Project Scientists

Michael Hahn: Project Scientist

Completed: 2016

Current: Assistant Clinical Professor, Radiology, UCSD

Joe Patterson: Project Scientist

Completed: 2016

Current: Assistant Professor, Chemistry, UC Irvine

Former Postdoctoral Scholars

Claudia BattistellaPostdoctoral Scholar

Completed: 2021

Current: University of Chicago

Nia BellPostdoctoral Scholar

Completed: 2016

Current: Technical Consultant in Enabling Technologies at Oakdene Hollins Ltd, Hemel Hempstead, UK

Or Berger: Postdoctoral Scholar

Completed: 2022

Current: 

Angela Blum: Postdoctoral Scholar

Completed: 2016

Current: Assistant Professor, Chemical Biology, Hamilton College

Wei Cao: Postdoctoral Scholar

Completed: 2021

Current: 

Treffly Ditri: Postdoctoral Scholar

Completed: 2017

Current: Systems Engineer at AUSGAR Technologies

Karthikeyan Gnanasekeran: Postdoctoral Scholar

Completed: 2022

Current: TEM Applications Development Engineer, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Nicholas Hampu: Postdoctoral Scholar

Completed: 2021

Current: Senior Research Specialist, Dow

Yiwen Li: Postdoctoral Scholar

Completed: 2015

Current: Professor, College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University

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

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: 

Soumitra Punekar: Postdoctoral Scholar

Completed: 2021

Current: Bioconjugation Scientist, Abzena

Alexander Roloff: Postdoctoral Scholar

Completed: 2017

Current: 

Hao Sun: Postdoctoral Scholar

Completed: 2021

Current: Assistant Professor, University of New Haven

Daniel Wright: Postdoctoral Scholar

Completed: 2018

Current: 

Former Graduate Students

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 WangMSTP Student

Completed: 2023

Current: Finishing medical school 

Zofia Siwica: Graduate Student

Completed: 2023

Current: Senior Research Specialist at Dow Chemical Company

Maria Vratsanos: Graduate Student

Completed: 2023

Current: Senior Research Engineer, 3M CRAL

Lisa Adamiak: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2016

Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Kamil Godula Lab, UCSD

Kelsey Alexander: Graduate Student (MS)

Completed: 2017

Current: Graduate Student, William Gerwick Lab, Scripps Institute of Oceanography

Sarah Barnhill: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2017

Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Gene Yeo Lab, Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, UCSD

Cassandra Callmann: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2018

Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Chad Mirkin Lab, Northwestern University

Andrea Carlini: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2018

Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, John Rogers Lab, Center for Biointegrated Circuits, Northwestern University

Ioannina Castano: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2022

Current: Intel

Miao-Ping Chien: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2013

Current: Group Leader in Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam

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

Xinyi Gong: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2022

Current:  Process Engineer, Western Digital 

Ziying Hu: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2020

Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, John Rogers Lab, Center for Biointegrated Circuits, Northwestern University

Yuran Huang: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2017

Current: Scientist at Glucovation Inc., Carlsbad, CA

Carrie James: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2015

Current: Research Scientist at Nanocomposix, San Diego, CA

Jacquelin Kammeyer: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2016

Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Heather Maynard Lab, UCLA

Joanna Korpanty: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2022

Current: Research and Development Scientist, Living Proof Inc.

Ti-Hsuan (Leon) Ku: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2014

Current: Co-Founder, Chief Development Officer at Cenenzyme Biotechnologies

Adam Ladd: Graduate Student (MS)

Completed: 2022

Current: Senior Technical Associate, DuPont

Joo Hee Lee: Graduate Student (MS)

Completed: 2017

Current: Graduate Student, Liangfang Zhang Lab, UCSD

Clare LeGuyader: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2017

Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Pat Stayton Lab, University of Washington

Yifei Liang: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2022

Current: Dow

Anastasia Lityo: Graduate Student (MS)

Completed: 2011

Current: 

Kevin Luo: Graduate Student (MS)

Completed: 2017

Current:

Ben Monson: Graduate Student (MS)

Completed: 2014

Current: Team Leader at PolyPeptide Group

Steven Nguyen: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2016

Current: Chemistry Instructor, Oregon State University

Billy Pistel: Graduate Student (MS)

Completed: 2017

Current: Graduate Student, Alina Schimpf Lab, UCSD

Lyndsay Randolph: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2014

Current: Senior Research Chemist at Amydis Diagnostics

Anthony Rush: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2015

Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Michael Fischbach Lab, UCSF

Swagat Sahu: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2017

Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Battery Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Mollie Touve: Graduate Student

Completed: 2019

Current: Packaging R+D Engineer, Intel Corporation

Kate Veccharelli: Graduate Student

Completed: 2014

Current: Graduate Student, Joe O’Conner Lab, UCSD

Zhao Wang: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2018

Current: Postdoctoral Scholar, Aaron Esser-Kahn Lab, Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

Jennifer Young: Graduate Student (MS)

Completed: 2011

Current: 

Xiujun Yue: Graduate Student (MS)

Completed: 2016

Current: Graduate Student in Ping Liu Group, Department of Nanoengineering, UCSD

Nanzhi Zang: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2019

Current: Associate Scientist, Genentech

Xuhao Zhou: Graduate Student (PhD)

Completed: 2022

Current: Senior Engineer, Seagate Technology

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

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: