People
Principal Investigator
Division of Regenerative Medicine Staff
Michelle Ghani
Division Administrator
Division of Regenerative Medicine (DRM)
Office 1115
Phone: 858-246-1494
Email: mghani@health.ucsd.edu
Ashley Hartford
Division Coordinator
Division of Regenerative Medicine (DRM)
Office 3804
Phone: 858-246-1494
Email: ahartford@health.ucsd.edu
Lab Staff
Edith Lopez
Lab Manager
Kaufman Lab, 3rd Floor
Phone: 858.246.1494
Email: e8lopez@health.ucsd.edu
Project Scientists
Postdoctoral Researchers
Jaya Lakshmi Thangaraj
Kaufman Lab, 3rd Floor
Phone: 858-246-1494
Email: jlthangaraj@health.ucsd.edu
Yuelin Kong
Kaufman Lab, 3rd Floor
Phone: 858-246-1494
Email: yukong@health.ucsd.edu
Mengwei Ko
Kaufman Lab, 3rd Floor
Phone: 858-246-1494
Email: meko@health.ucsd.edu
Pooja Hor
Kaufman Lab, 3rd Floor
Phone: 858-246-1494
Email: phor@health.ucsd.edu
Ben Goldenson
Clinical Heme/Onc Fellow
Kaufman Lab, 3rd Floor
Phone: 858-246-1494
Email: bgoldenson@health.ucsd.edu
Staff Research Associates
Manuel Fierro
Kaufman Lab, 3rd Floor
Phone: 858-246-1494
Email: m2fierro@health.ucsd.edu
Jiyoung Yun
Kaufman Lab, 3rd Floor
Phone: 858-246-1494
Email: jiy259@ucsd.edu
Undergraduate Student Workers
Andres Bahena
Kaufman Lab, 3rd Floor
Phone: 858-246-1494
Linda Liang
Kaufman Lab, 3rd Floor
Phone: 858-246-1494
Lab Alumni
Since 2016
Huang Zhu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ye (Ethan) Li
Postdoctoral Fellow
Davide Bernareggi
Postdoctoral Fellow
Somayeh Pouyanfard
Resident Physician
Cara Bickers
Postdoctoral Fellow
Michele Yunzu Wang
Resident Physician
Michael Coffey
Postdoctoral Fellow
Kenta Yamamoto
Postdoctoral Fellow
Robert Blum
Graduate Student/SRA
Luis Cruz
Graduate Student/SRA
Matthew Gynn
Summer Medical Research Student
Stephen Calderon
Summer Medical Research Student
Jacqueline Le
Undergraduate Researcher
Alessa Ruiz-Cisneros
Undergraduate Researcher
Victor Shen
Undergraduate Researcher
Jack Castaneda
Undergraduate Researcher
Prior to 2016
Xinghui Tian
Postdoctoral Fellow
Colin Martin
Postdoctoral Fellow
Frances Harding
Postdoctoral Fellow
Vincent Larouche
Pathology/Transfusion Fellow
Petra Obrtlikova
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ketan Doshi
Hematology/Oncology Fellow
Rizwan Romee
Resident
Zhenya Ni
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ross Kopher
Postdoctoral Fellow
Minh Hong
Postdoctoral Fellow
Martin Pesl
Postdoctoral Fellow
Saiful Islam
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yixin Tang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jason Motl
Postdoctoral Fellow
Li Zhou
Postdoctoral Fellow
Pavel Simara
Postdoctoral Fellow
George Scaria
Hematology/Oncology Fellow
David Hermanson
Postdoctoral Fellow
Fahad Kidwai
Postdoctoral Fellow
Zhongming Chen
Postdoctoral Fellow
CM Cameron
Graduate Student
Peter Woll
Graduate Student
Jennifer Gori
Graduate Student
David Knorr
Graduate Student
Patrick Ferrell
Graduate Student
Patrick Walsh
Graduate Student
Aarathi Shanmugam
Graduate Student
Li Li
Graduate Student
Mitali Adlakha
Graduate Student
Chao Ma
Graduate Student
Michael Lepley
Graduate Student
Matthew Angelos
Graduate Student
Julie Morris
Undergraduate Researcher
Elizabeth Johnson
Undergraduate Researcher
Matthew Painschab
Undergraduate Researcher
Rebecca Marcus
Undergraduate Researcher
Russ Taylor
Undergraduate Researcher
Katherine Hill
Undergraduate Researcher
Rebecca Armstrong
Undergraduate Researcher
Krishnan Ramanujan
Undergraduate Researcher
Amanda Gussiaas
Undergraduate Researcher
Jeremy Kudrna
Undergraduate Researcher
Christine Ngryen
Undergraduate Researcher
Allison Bock
Undergraduate Researcher
Trevor Argall
Undergraduate Researcher
Cory Kellum
Undergraduate Researcher
Beth Schoon
Undergraduate Researcher
Promise Okeke
Undergraduate Researcher
Cody Dali
Summer Undergraduate Researcher
Jessica Edwards
Summer Undergraduate Researcher
Anna Kim
Undergraduate Researcher
Peter Kassis Akal
Undergraduate Researcher
Paige Ruh
Undergraduate Researcher
Jacqueline Le
Undergraduate Researcher