Alumni
Research Staff
Malathi Chellappan
Research Associate
August 2014-November 2016
Current Position:
Senior Research Associate
Tune Therapeutics
Adarsh Ettyreddy
Research Associate
June 2018-April 2020
Current Position:
Medical School
Wake Forest University
Kylie Gilcrest
Research Associate
February 2019-March 2020
Current Position:
Scientist I
BioAgilytix
Adim Moreb
Research Associate
August 2014-August 2015
Current Position:
PhD Student
Duke University, Biomedical Engineering
Matt Oliver
Research Associate
November 2015-August 2017
Current Position:
PhD Student
Duke University, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Postdoctoral Fellows
Joe Bellucci, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
March 2016-November 2016
Current Position:
Head of Biology
64x Bio, Inc.
Jonathan Brunger, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
October 2015-February 2016
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Vanderbilt University
Karen Bulaklak, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
July 2017-May 2020
Current Position:
Senior Scientist
Gene Editing Innovation Center
Sarepta Therapeutics
Brian Cosgrove, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
August 2017-August 2021
Current Position:
Senior Scientist
Tune Therapeutics
Matt Gemberling, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
January 2015-March 2020
Current Position:
Senior Scientist
Tune Therapeutics
Isaac Hilton, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
November 2013-December 2017
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
Rice University
Chris Nelson, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
June 2014 - May 2019
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Arkansas
Pablo Perez-Pinera, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
July 2010-June 2013
Current Position:
Associate Professor (tenured)
Department of Bioengineering
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Adrian Pickar-Oliver, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
October 2015-May 2021
Current Position:
Senior Scientist of Protein Chemistry
LifeEdit, Inc.
Graduate Students
Lauren (Polstein) Toth, PhD
PhD Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
August 2010-July 2015
Current Position:
Senior Principal Systems Engineering
Peraton
Shaunak Adkar, PhD
MD/PhD Student
Department of Cell Biology
Duke University
January 2016-June 2018
Current Position:
Vascular Surgery Resident
Stanford University
Josh Black, PhD
PhD Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
August 2013-June 2019
Current Position:
Senior Scientist
Tune Therapeutics
Tyler Gibson, PhD
PhD Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
August 2009-August 2015
Current Position:
Senior Scientist
Decibel Therapeutics
Liad Holtzman, PhD
PhD Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
August 2014-May 2021
Current Position:
Scientist
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Ami Kabadi, PhD
PhD Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
August 2009-July 2015
Current Position:
Associate Director
Gene Editing Innovation Center
Sarepta Therapeutics
Tyler Klann, PhD
PhD Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
August 2014-November 2019
Current Position:
Senior Scientist
Tune Therapeutics
Dewran Kocak, PhD
PhD Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
August 2015-November 2019
Current Position:
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Jennifer Kwon, PhD
PhD Student
University Program in Genetics and Genomics
Duke University
March 2015-March 2020
Current Position:
Senior Scientist
Tune Therapeutics
David Ousterout, PhD
PhD Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
August 2009-July 2014
Current Position:
Chief Scientific Officer
Locus Biosciences
Jacqueline Robinson-Hamm, PhD
PhD Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
August 2013-July 2018
Current Position:
Science Policy Analyst
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
Pratiksha Thakore, PhD
PhD Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
January 2011-August 2016
Current Position:
Scientist
Genentech
Masters Students
Lauren Barth
MS Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
August 2011-May 2012
Current Position:
MDR/Vigilance Specialist
Medtronic, Inc.
Alex Garafalo
MS Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
August 2015-May 2016
Current Position:
Research Project Manager
University of Pennsylvania
Brittany Stokes
MS Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
January 2013-May 2014
Current Position:
Scientific Writer
SQZ Biotechnologies, Inc.
Brian Vogler, PhD
MS Student
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
January 2010-May 2011
Current Position:
Microbiology Graduate Scholar
Bayer Crop Science, Inc.
Undergraduates
Jay Rathinavelu
Biomedical Engineering 2017
Nishkala Shivakumar
Biomedical Engineering 2016
Howard Hughes Research Fellow
Vidit Bhandarkar
Hunter Hutchinson
Biomedical Engineering 2017
Ariel Kantor
Mae Lewis
Feimei Liu
Biomedical Engineering 2017
Howard Hughes Research Fellow
Sarina Madhavan
Biomedical Engineering 2018
Kevin Mutchnick
Biomedical Engineering 2018
Computational Biology & Bioinformatics 2018
Ashish Vankara
Biomedical Engineering 2019
Matthew Waller