Alumni
Postdocs
Andreas Doncic, now Assistant Prof. of Cell Biology at UT Southwestern (deceased 2018)
Jennifer Ewald, now Assistant Prof. University of Tübingen
Kurt Schmoller, now Assistant Prof. Helmholtz Institute, Munich
Ali Shariati, now Assistant Professor of Biomelecular Engineering at UCSC
David Jukam, biotech
Graduate Students
Umut Eser, Ph.D. Applied Physics, 2013 Thesis : Spatio-temporal regulation of cell cycle transcription.
Subsequent position : Postdoc with Stirling Churchman at Harvard Medical School now Director of Data Science at Cellarity
Amy Johnson, Ph.D. Biology, 2014 Thesis : Onset of Cdk2 activity determines passage through the restriction point in primary cells.
Subsequent position : Biotech industry, scientist at Regeneron.
Amanda Amodeo, Ph.D. Biology, 2014 co-mentor Aaron Straight Thesis : Histone titration by DNA sets the threshold for the mid-blastula transition in Xenopus Subsequent position : Lewis-Sigler Fellow (PI) Princeton University
Oguzhan Atay, Ph.D. Biology, 2016, Thesis: Not Isolated, But Still Insulated: Switch-like Transitions Modularize Biological Networks.
Subsequent position: founder of Billiontoone Biotech company
Clayton Schwarz, Ph.D. Biology, 2018, Thesis: A precise Cdk activity threshold determines passage through the restriction point. Subsequent position: postdoc with Prof. Eric Siggia, The Rockefeller University.
Jon Turner, Ph.D. Biology, 2018, Thesis: Distinct mechanisms of multisite phosphorylation of the transcriptional inhibitor Whi5 regulate the budding yeast cell cycle. Subsequent position: biotech scientist with enEvolve
Devon Chandler-Brown, Ph.D. Biology, 2019, Thesis: Regulation of Cell Size and the Size Dependence of Gene Expression. Subsequent position: biotech scientist with Billiontoone Inc.
Daniel Berensen, MD/Ph.D.Biology, 2019, Thesis: Measurement and maintenance of human cell size. Subsequent position: Medical student.
Ben Reyes Topacio, Ph.D. Biology, 2020, Thesis: The mechanism of helix-based docking between Cyclin D-Cdk4,6 and the retinoblastoma protein
Undergraduates and Technicians
Franklin Caval-Holme : Stanford Biology Undergraduate 2010-13 Dean's Award for signficant academic achievement for an undergraduate Senior Thesis : Whi5 Inheritance Influences the Size-Threshold for Cell Cycle Commitment (Start) in the S.Cerevisiae Cell Cycle Subsequent position : applying for graduate school
Melody Falleur-Fettig : Life Science Technician II 2008-2012, founding member of Skotheim lab
Taryn Malia Sumabat : Stanford Biology Undergraduate 2009-2011 Subsequent position : Teaching with the Princeton in Asia program / Now graduate student at Berkeley, MCB Senior Thesis : Examining variability of mammalian cell cycle timing and dynamics at single-cell resolution
Elena Kassianidou : Stanford Biomechanical Engineering Undergraduate 2009-2011 Subsequent position : Graduate Student at Berkeley Bioengineering Senior Thesis : Substrate stiffness affects the proliferation rate of fibroblast and epithelial cells in a cell type dependent manner
Phil Shiu : Stanford Biology Undergraduate 2008-2010 Subsequent position : Graduate student at Harvard MCB w/Craig Hunter Senior Thesis : Does Saccharomyces cerevisiae require positive feedback at mitotic entry? The role of early and late mitotic cyclins in activating CLB2 transcription.
Avi Robinson-Mosher : Visiting Graduate Student 2009-2010 (Stanford Ph.D Computer Science) Subsequent position : Postdoc w/ Pam Silver @ Harvard Systems Biology
Chris Aakre : Life Science Technician II 2008-2009 Subsequent position : MIT graduate student Microbiology program w/Mike Laub
Hnin Ookhin : Stanford Biomechanical Engineering Undergraduate 2009-2011 Elliot Lui : Stanford Biomechanical Engineering Undergraduate 2010-2011 XiaoSong Mu : Stanford Biology Undergraduate summer 2012 Devin King : Stanford Biology Undergraduate 2012 Ryoko Hamaguchi : Stanford Biology Undergraduate summer 2012