Previous Post-Docs

Sebastian Schmidl (2011-15; DFG Fellow). Associate Professor, Texas A&M
Matt Kotlajich (2015-16). Sales Manager, Namocell
Moshe Baruch (2018-20). Senior Scientist, Pana Bio
Kristina Daeffler (2014-18; Rice BioE Fellow). Chemist, M-I SWACO
Hyo Kyung Kim (2017-18). Senior Researcher. CJ Cheiljedang
Shridhar Jayanthi (2012-15). Law Clerk, White & Case LLP
Chandra Jack (2011-13). Assistant Professor, Clark University

Previous Ph.D. Students

Caleigh Roleck. SSPB (2019-24). Postdoc, Army Research Laboratory
Kevin Lorch. BioE (2019-24; NSF GRFP Fellow).
John (Tyler) Lazar. ChBE (2018-23; NDSEG Fellow). Postdoc, Stanford University
Ryan Butcher. BioE (2017-22). Scientist, Innovation Group. Nikon
Kathryn Brink, SSPB (2016-21; Autrey Fellow). Associate Director. BioMADE
Felix Ekness, SSPB (2013-19). Synthetic Biologist/Automation Scientist, Quorum Bio
Karl Gerhardt, BioE (2011-19). Senior Scientist, Bond Pet Foods
Sebastian Castillo-Hair, BioE (2012-19). Research Assistant Professor. U. Washington
John Sexton, BioE (2012-19; NSF Fellow). Scientist, Strand
Lucas Hartsough, BioE (2011–18; NASA NSTRF Fellow). Ginkgo Bioworks
Brian Landry, BioE (2012–18; NDSEG Fellow). Principal Scientist, BillionToOne
Nicolas Ong, BioE (2012–17; A*Star Fellow). Scientist, Oxford Nanopore.
Prabha Ramakrishnan, BioE (2010-16). VP Partnerships & Strategy, Invert
Evan Olson, Applied Physics (2010-16). Chief Operating Officer, Naialabs

Previous Undergraduates

Ravi Sheth (2011-15; Hertz, Goldwater Fellow). Founder, Kingdom Superfoods
Ken Groszman (2013-15; Goldwater Fellow). Head of iOps, British Airways
Rohan Palanki (2015-17; Goldwater Fellow). U. Penn M.D./Ph.D. Program
Constantine Tzouanas (2015-16; Goldwater Fellow). Harvard/MIT Ph.D. student
Kat Sofjan (2014-17; NSF GRFP). Project Manager, Takeda.
Calvin Tsay (2011-12). Lecturer, Imperial College London
Hannah Li (2021-24), Rice BioE. Postbac Researcher in Francis Collins’ lab, NIH
Rachel Wurmbrand. Rice Computer Science (2019-23). Software Engineer, Meta
Raghav Shroff (2011-12). Research Scientist. Houston Methodist Research Inst.
Jae Kim. Rice Bioengineering (2021-23). Policy Research Intern, Urban Institute
Chad Fisher (2016-19). Geospatial Data Scientist, Charles River Watershed Association
Elliot Baerman (2015-18). M.D. Student. Baylor College of Medicine
Devon Stork (2013). Principle Scientist, Tenza
Andrew Mu (2017-2021). HS educator, Berkeley, CA
Shobhit Patoria (2015). Senior Research Associate. Gilead Sciences
Paulina Popek (2013). Advanced Mfg Engineer III at LivaNova
Zaid Haque (2012-13). Executive Manager, Nanobiotix
Keshav Rao (2015-16). Associate, Oliver Wyman.

Shelby DesRoches (2020-21). Yale University Master’s Student in Personalized Medicine
Nikola Dyulgyarov (2015-16). Engineer. Sofia, Bulgaria
Nikitha Cherayil (2014-15). M.D. student. UT Health McGovern Medical School
Daniel Zhong (2019-20). M.D. Student. Long School of Med.
Grace Wickerson (2016-17). Ph.D. student. Northwestern. U. (NSF Fellow)
Anita Alem (2015). J.D. candidate. Harvard Law School
Crystal Lin (2014). M.D. student. University of Chicago
Vedha Penmetcha (2021-24). Rice Biosciences
Akshay Shyam, (2022). Rice BioE
Patrick Young (2022). UC Berkeley Bioengineering
Uma Dharba (2022). U. Toronto
Ji Yoon Joung. (2021). Rice BioE
Bhavya Gopinath. (2019-2020) Rice BioE
Christopher Bi. (2019-20) Rice BioE
Cory Pan. (2018) Rice BioE
Ancith Kota (2017-18). Rice BioE
Stephanie Yang (2016-17). Rice BioE
Puja Tripuraneni (2016-17). Rice BioE
Sean Dillard (2014). Rice ChBE
Nico Medellin (2014). Rice BioE
David Wang (2012-13). Rice Biosciences
Andrew Wu (2011-13). Rice BioE.
Michael Powers (2011-12). Rice Political Science