Alumni
| Name | Years in Lab/ Year Graduated | Kumar Lab Title | Current position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine Patterson | 2019-2024 | Lab Manager | |
| Erika Ding, Ph.D | 2019-2024 | Graduate Student | Postdoctoral Scholar, Rutgers University |
| Kwasi Amofa, Ph.D | 2019-2024 | Graduate Student | Postdoctoral Scholar, Translational DMPK Sciences, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine |
| Vivien Tran, Ph.D | 2019-2024 | Graduate Student | Technical Staff, Bristol Myers Squibb |
| Emily Carvalho, Ph.D | 2019-2024 | Graduate Student | Scientist, ECO-SKIN |
| Cameron Morley, Ph.D | 2020-2024 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Engineering Consultant, Exponent |
| Junghwa Cha, Ph.D | 2019-2024 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Assistant Professional Researcher, Department of Anatomy, UCSF School of Medicine |
| Erin Akins, Ph.D | 2023 | Graduate Student | Consultant, ClearView Healthcare Partners |
| Eric Qiao, Ph.D | 2023 | Graduate Student | Staff Fellow, FDA |
| Jieung Baek, Ph.D | 2019-2023 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Ewha Womans University |
| Paola Andy Lopez, Ph.D | 2022 | Graduate Student | Postdoctoral Fellow, Lauffenburger Lab, MIT |
| Alexa Gomberg | 2020-2021 | Master of Engineering Student | PhD student, MIT Microbiology Program |
| Natalia Matti | 2020-2021 | Master of Engineering Student | Field Application Scientist, Sartorius Stedim Biotech |
| Chenyi (Kate) Zhao | 2020-2021 | Master of Engineering Student | Junior Business Analyst, Lifescience Dynamics Limited |
| Yue (Helen) Chen | 2020-2021 | Master of Engineering Student | Associate Specialist, University of California, San Francisco |
| Kayla Wolf, Ph.D | 2020 | Graduate Student | Assistant Professor, Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University |
| Ruoxing Lei, Ph.D | 2020 | Graduate Student | Strategy Manager, Accenture |
| Julia Lanoha | 2019-2020 | Master of Engineering Student | Product Manager: Clinical Operations, Climb |
| Jonathan Evans | 2019-2020 | Master of Engineering Student | Associate Development Scientist, Cell Therapy Biology, Bayer |
| Stacey Lee, Ph.D | 2013-2020 | Graduate Student/Postdoctoral Fellow | Research Scientist, Skylar-Scott Lab, Stanford University |
| Joseph Chen, Ph.D | 2015-2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering, University of Louisville |
| Jason Coombes, Ph.D. | 2017-2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Gastroenterology and Hepatology), St. Louis University |
| Kelly Wong | 2017-2019 | Research Assistant | PhD Candidate, Chemical Biology, University of California, Los Angeles |
| Phillip Kang, Ph.D | 2019 | Graduate Student | VP, Data and Analytics, Impiricus |
| Kelsey Springer, D.V.M. | 2015-2019 | Lab Manager | Veterinarian, Erindale Animal Hospital |
| Carmela Rianna, Ph.D. | 2018-2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Scientific Project Manager, ELLIS Institute Tübingen |
| Jasmine Hughes, Ph.D. | 2018 | Graduate Student | Head of Clinical Data Science, InsightRX |
| Serah Kang, Ph.D. | 2017 | Graduate Student | Principal Scientist, Genentech |
| Jung-ming George Lin, Ph.D. | 2017 | Graduate Student | Principal Scientist, Novo Nordisk |
| Elena Kassianidou, Ph.D. | 2017 | Graduate Student | Senior Research Scientist, Novo Nordisk |
| Joanna Bechtel Dahl, Ph.D. | 2013-2016 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Associate Professor, Department of Engineering, University of Massachusetts Boston |
| Jessica Lee, Ph.D. | 2016 | Graduate Student | Team Manager, Semios |
| Badriprasad Ananthanarayanan, Ph.D. | 2009-2015 | Postdoctoral Fellow | VP of Platform, Earli Inc. |
| Andrew Rape, Ph.D. | 2012-2015 | Postdoctoral Fellow | COO and Co-Founder, Leaficient |
| Sophie Wong, Ph.D. | 2015 | Graduate Student | Director, Pricing and Licensing, Palo Alto Networks |
| Sebastian Rammensee, Ph.D. | 2010-2015 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Head of Molecular Synthesis and Omics, TTP |
| Yushan Kim, Ph.D. | 2015 | Graduate Student | Independent Consultant, YK Strategic Solutions LLC |
| Maniraj Bhagawati, Ph.D. | 2012-2015 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Senior Scientist and People Lead, Division of Functional Characterization in Large Molecule Research, Roche |
| Ching-Wei Chang, Ph.D. | 2010-2014 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Manager, Image Analysis - Machine Learning and Software Development, Advanced Cell Diagnostics |
| Nithya Srinivasan, Ph.D. | 2010-2014 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Principal Scientist, Amgen |
| Vaibhavi Umesh, M.D. | 2010 - 2013 | MTM Student and Junior Specialist | Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stony Brook Medicine |
| Joanna (MacKay) McCulloch, Ph.D. | 2013 | Graduate Student | Owner, Mountain Shadow Nursery |
| Claudia Schmidt, Ph.D. | 2012 -2013 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Scientist, Clariant Biotechnology |
| Albert Keung, Ph.D. | 2012 | Graduate Student | Associate Professor, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University |
| Amit Pathak, Ph.D. | 2009 - 2012 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Anuj Patel, Ph.D. | 2011 | Graduate Student | Staff Scientist, Assay Automation and Instrumentation, 10x Genomics |
| Theresa Ulrich, Ph.D. | 2011 | Graduate Student | Director of Development and Advisor for Science and Partnerships at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard |
| Kandice Tanner, Ph.D | 2008-2010 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Senior Investigator and Chief, Tissue Morphodynamics Section, NCI |
| Shamik Sen, Ph.D. | 2007 - 2010 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Professor and Chair, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay, India |
| Wilbur Lam, M.D., Ph.D. | 2006 -2008 | Clinician - Scientist | Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship, Emory University; Professor and W. Paul Bowers Research Chair, Departments of Pediatrics and Biomedical Engineering, Emory University and Georgia Tech |
| Elena de Juan-Pardo, Ph.D. | 2006 - 2008 | Postdoctoral Fellow | Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Western Australia Laboratory Head, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research |
| Matthew Chown | 2005-2008 | Staff Research Associate | Manager, Policy, Compliance, and Market Expansion, Meta |