Polly Fordyce
Patrick Almhjell
Eliel Akinbami
Beatriz Atsavapranee
Jennifer Ortiz Cárdenas
Minsung Cho
Shawn Costello
Matt DeJong
Nicole DelRosso
Renee Hastings
Michael Hayes
Caroline Horn
Devyn James
Jessica Karaguesian
Karl Krauth
Micah Lawrence
Albert Lee
Byungjin Lee
Youngbin Lim
Gabriela Lomeli
Conor McClune
Micah Olivas
Jack Diaz Shanahan
Maya Sheth
Peter Suzuki
Samuel (Channel) Thompson
Daria Passow
Alan Su
Polly Fordyce

Principal Investigator.
She/Her
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Hobbies: Running, climbing, hiking, and spending time with my family

Patrick Almhjell

Postdoctoral Fellow
(joint with Herschlag Lab)
He/Him
Google Scholar

Hobbies: Snowboarding, climbing, general adventuring

Eliel Akinbami

Graduate Student
Bioengineering
He/Him

Hobbies: Baking, cooking, olympic weightlifting, drumming

Beatriz Atsavapranee

Graduate Student Bioengineering She/Her

Hobbies: walking with my dogs, learning to surf, going to yoga class, and dancing

Jennifer Ortiz Cárdenas

Microfluidics Foundry Director & Outreach Coordinator
She\Her
LinkedIn

Hobbies: Discovering new restaurants and wine bars, going to art exhibits, taking my dogs to the beach in Half Moon Bay, cooking new recipes, listening to podcasts, and watching reality TV.

Minsung Cho

Graduate Student
Structural Biology
He/Him

Hobbies: Rock climbing, video games, eating food

Shawn Costello

Postdoctoral Fellow
(joint with Herschlag Lab)
He/Him

Hobbies: Reading, crafting, rewatching The West Wing

Matt DeJong

Graduate Student
Chemical Engineering
He/Him
Google Scholar

Hobbies: Running/racing, cooking, hiking, tossing frisbee, and solving the Monday NYT crossword puzzle

Nicole DelRosso

Graduate Student
(Joint w/Bintu lab)
Biophysics
She/Her

Renee Hastings

Graduate Student
Biophysics
She/Her

Hobbies: Backpacking, skiing, painting, snarking on reality TV, and board gaming

Michael Hayes

Graduate Student
Genetics
He/Him

Hobbies: Drumming, hiking with my dog, cooking

Caroline Horn

Fordyce Lab Manager
She/Her

Hobbies: Hiking, biking, and accumulating library cards all around the Bay Area

Devyn James

Administrative Assistant
Bioengineering
She/Her

Jessica Karaguesian

Graduate Student
Bioengineering
(Joint w/Dror Lab)
she/her

Hobbies: Hiking, skiing, eating any and all sweets

Karl Krauth

Postdoctoral Fellow
He/Him
Personal Site

Hobbies: charge they phone, eat hot chip & lie

Micah Lawrence

Graduate Student
Bioengineering
He/Him

Hobbies: Watching anime, playing basketball and volleyball, and live music

Albert Lee

Postdoctoral Fellow
(joint with Herschlag lab)
He/Him

Hobbies: Rock climbing, baseball, snowboarding

Byungjin Lee

Postdoctoral Fellow
Genetics
(He/Him)

Hobbies: Cooking

Youngbin Lim

Senior Research Technician
LinkedIn

Hobbies: Playing golf, going to the gym, and trying new hamburgers

Gabriela Lomeli

Postdoc
Chemistry
She/Her

Hobbies: Surfing, running, and assisting others in organizing their closets

LinkedIn

Conor McClune

Postdoctoral Fellow
(joint with Sattely Lab)
He/Him

Hobbies: Trail running, gardening, sparring with the HOA

Micah Olivas

Graduate Student
Genetics
He/Him
Personal Site

Hobbies: Live music, cooking, playing guitar, crashing weddings

Jack Diaz Shanahan

Graduate Student
Genetics

Hobbies: Hiking, backpacking, photography

Maya Sheth

Graduate Student | Bioengineering
She/Her
Personal Site

Hobbies: Hiking, dogs, crossword puzzles

Peter Suzuki

Graduate Student
(joint with Bintu Lab)
Bioengineering
He/Him
(LinkedIn)

Hobbies: Music of all sorts (guitar + violin, from Silvio Rodriguez to the Strokes), baseball, policy/politics podcasts

Samuel (Channel) Thompson

Postdoctoral Fellow
(joint with Baker Lab)
He/She/They
LinkedIn

Hobbies: Baking, drawing, writing, listening to lots of audiobooks

Daria Passow

Graduate Student
Biophysics
She/her

Hobbies: listening to audiobooks, walking and cycling, reading MotorTrend magazine

Alan Su

Graduate Student
(Join w/Petrov Lab)
Chemical & Systems Biology
He/Him

Hobbies: Basking in the glory of the sun, couch sitting with the dog, Formula 1, MTV's The Challenge, soup.