Lab Personnel
Senior Lab Staff
Jessica Pham
Senior Researcher
Lab Manager
Inge van der Werf, Ph.D.
Director of Biorepository
Project Scientists
Wenxue Ma, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of Drug Discovery
Project Scientist
Larisa Balaian, Ph.D.
Project Scientist
Fumi Sato-Kaneko, Ph.D.
Project Scientist
Teresa Sposito, Ph.D.
Project Scientist
Postdocs & Fellows
Ryan Shepard, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Graduate Students
Claire Engstrom
Graduate Student - UC San Diego BMS Program
Staff Research Associates (SRAs)
Emma Klacking
Staff Research Associate
Kendale Wirtjes
Staff Research Associate
Laboratory Interns
Peter Angelo Redublo
UC San Diego Medical Student
Colin Wertz
UC San Diego Undergraduate Lab Assistant
Administrative Support
Ashley Hartford
Executive Assistant
Sanford Stem Cell Institute
Karina Santos
Executive Assistant
Department of Medicine, Division of Regenerative Medicine
Alumni
Mrinal Joshirao, M.D.
Pediatric Oncology Fellow
Neha Katragadda
Staff Research Associate
Ann Nguyen
CIRM SPARK Student
Jenna Sneifer, B.A.
BMS Graduate Student
Jane Isquith, M.S.
Senior Researcher
Lab Manager
Ethan Lam
Lab Assistant
Farli Jo De La Cruz
CIRM SPARK scholar
Vanessa Cruz
CIRM SPARK scholar
Amran Mohamed
SDSU PSP Scholar
Kathleen Steel
Director of Biorepository
Gabriel Pineda, Ph.D.
Senior Laboratory Researcher
Frida Holm, Ph.D.
Senior Laboratory Researcher
Cayla Mason, B.S.
Staff Research Associate
Lab Manager
Stephanie Kearney
Staff Research Associate
Phoebe Mondala
Staff Research Associate
Raymond Diep
Staff Research Associate
Shawn Ali
Staff Research Associate
Peter Emanuel
Staff Research Associate
Isabelle Oliver
Staff Research Associate
Jeremy Lee
Staff Research Associate
Antonio Ruiz
Staff Research Associate
Thomas Frias
Staff Research Associate
Eduardo Reynoso Moreno, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Elisa Lazzari, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Christina Wu, Ph.D.
Project Scientist
Mary Donohoe, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist