Alumni
The Shokat lab supports its members fully in the pursuit of a wide variety of careers, not just in academia. Here is a list of former lab members and their positions after leaving the lab:
Former Graduate Students
| Name | Joining year | Graduation year | Position immediately after graduation | Current position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Wassarman | 2017 | 2022 | Postdoc, Dana Farber | Postdoc, Dana Farber |
| Shizhong Dai | 2017 | 2022 | Postdoc, Stanford | Postdoc, Stanford |
| Kevin Lou | 2016 | 2022 | Back to medical school at UCSF | Back to medical school at UCSF |
| Steven Moss | 2015 | 2019 | Intern, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine | Program Officer, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine |
| Chimno Nnadi | 2014 | 2019 | Back to medical school at UCSF | Resident, UCSF Psychiatry |
| Eric Gonzalez | 2018 | 2019 | Graduated with MS | |
| Allison Wong | 2014 | 2018 | Back to medical school at UCSF | Resident, UCSF Internal Medicine |
| Krister Barkovich | 2013 | 2018 | Back to medical school at UCSF | Resident, UCSD Radiology |
| Daniel Gentile | 2013 | 2017 | Private School Teacher, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, NY | Private School Teacher, Berkeley Carroll School, NY |
| Florentine Rutaganira | 2011 | 2016 | Postdoc, Shokat lab | Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Developmental Biololgy, Stanford |
| Chris Novotny | 2011 | 2016 | Postdoc, Shokat lab | Associate Principal Scientist, Merck & Co. |
| Aaron Mendez | 2010 | 2016 | Postdoc, UC Berkeley | Postdoc, UC Berkeley |
| Rebecca Levin | 2012 | 2015 | Consultant, Boston Consulting Group | Director of Program and Pipeline Strategy, Recursion Pharmaceuticals |
| Darien Reed | 2010 | 2015 | Back to medical school at UCSF | Oncology Clinical Fellow, Fred Hutch |
| Justin Meyerowitz | 2010 | 2014 | Back to medical school at UCSF | Postdoc, Anesthesiology, Stanford University Medical Center |
| Jonathan Ostrem | 2009 | 2013 | Postdoc, Shokat lab | Clinical Fellow, Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
| Megan Riel-Mehan | 2009 | 2013 | Postdoc, UCSF | Visualization Scientist, Allen Institute for Cell Science |
| Michael Lopez | 2008 | 2013 | Postdoc, Genentech | Associate Director, Medicinal Chemistry, Revagenix Inc. |
| Joseph Kliegman | 2008 | 2013 | Postdoc, UCSF | Research Strategy Executive, Cerner Corp. |
| Nicholas Hertz | 2008 | 2013 | Postdoc, Rockefeller | Chief Scientific Officer, Mitokinin Inc. |
| Gregory Ducker | 2008 | 2013 | Postdoc, Princeton | Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, University of Utah |
| Olusegun Williams | 2006 | 2011 | Consultant, Bain & Co. | Director, Oncology Lead, Pipeline and Portfolio Planning, Genentech |
| Beatrice Wang | 2006 | 2011 | Postdoc, Genomic Systems | Associate Director, IGM Biosciences |
| Brandon Tavshanjian | 2006 | 2011 | Postdoc, Stanford | Patent Agent, Wilson Sonsini Goodrish & Rosati |
| Morris Feldman | 2003 | 2009 | Postdoc, Weizmann Institute of Science | Tech Lead, AppsFlyer |
| Eli Zunder | 2003 | 2009 | Postdoc, Stanford | Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia |
| Quincey Justman | 2003 | 2009 | Postdoc, Harvard | Scientific Director, Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute |
Former Postdocs
| Name | Joining year | Finishing year | Position immediately after leaving | Current position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keelan Guiley | 2018 | 2022 | Assoc. Dir. of Protein Science, Rezolute Bio | Assoc. Dir. of Protein Science, Rezolute Bio |
| D. Matthew Peacock | 2018 | 2022 | Scientist, Novartis | Scientist, Novartis |
| James Melnyk | 2017 | 2022 | Scientist, Merck & Co. | Scientist, Merck & Co. |
| Ziyang Zhang | 2016 | 2022 | Assistant Professor, Chemistry, UC Berkeley | Assistant Professor, Chemistry, UC Berkeley |
| Ilsa Kirby | 2019 | 2021 | Scientist, Initial Therapeutics | Scientist, Initial Therapeutics |
| John Chorba | 2011 | 2020 | Lab Fellow | Assistant Professor, UCSF School of Medicine |
| Qi Hu | 2015 | 2019 | Assistant Professor, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China | Assistant Professor, Westlake University, Hangzhou, China |
| Masato Sasaki | 2016 | 2018 | Scientist, Daiichi-Sankyo RD Novare, Tokyo, Japan | Scientist, Daiichi-Sankyo RD Novare, Tokyo, Japan |
| Florentine Rutaganira | 2016 | 2017 | Postdoc, UCB | Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, Stanford |
| Lynn McGregor | 2014 | 2017 | Principal Scientist, Novartis Inc | Principal Scientist, Novartis Inc |
| Chris Novotny | 2011 | 2016 | Sr. Scientist, Merck | Associate Principal Scientist, Merck & Co. |
| Michael Lazarus | 2012 | 2016 | Assistant Professor, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine | Assistant Professor, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine |
| John Gordan | 2011 | 2016 | Lab Fellow | Assistant Professor, Gastrointestinal Oncology, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center |
| Alex Warkentin | 2011 | 2015 | Scientist, Discovery Chemistry, Edison Pharma | Scientist, Discovery Chemistry, Edison Pharma |
| Jesse Lipp | 2010 | 2015 | Bioinformatics Scientist, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna | Principal Scientist, Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Masanori Okaniwa | 2013 | 2014 | Takeda Pharmaceuticals | Global Program Lead, Takeda Oncology |
| Sharon Lee | 2012 | 2014 | Consultant, Adivo Associates | Associate Director of Global Brand Management, BioMarin Pharmaceuticals |
| Martin Sos | 2012 | 2014 | Jr. Group Leader, University of Cologne, Germany | Associate Professor, Molecular Pathology, University of Cologne, Germany |
| Gregory Hamilton | 2011 | 2014 | Scientist, Genentech | Associate Director, Beam Therapeutics |
| Ulf Peters | 2008 | 2012 | Scientist, Araxes Pharmaceuticals | Scientist, Wellspring Biosciences |
| Adam Garske | 2008 | 2012 | Scientist, Genencor | Lead Scientist, Mammoth Biosciences |
| Chloe Atreya | 2008 | 2012 | Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF | Associate Professor of Medicine, Gastrointestinal Oncology, UCSF |
| Shahram Mehr | 2010 | 2011 | Associate Professor at Tehran University of Medical Sciences | Associate Scientist of Modeling and Pharmacometrics, Certara, Inc |
| Masakazu Tamura | 2009 | 2010 | Scientist, Daiichi-Sankyo RD Novare, Tokyo, Japan | Scientist, Daiichi-Sankyo RD Novare, Tokyo, Japan |
| Tatsuya Okuzumi | 2008 | 2009 | Ajinomoto Inc. | Associate General Manager, Business Development and R&D Project Management, Ajinomoto Co. |