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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Stevenson | 2018 | 2023 | Postdoc, Shokat lab | Postdoc, Shokat lab | |
| Megan Moore | 2018 | 2023 | Postdoc, Gilead Sciences | Postdoc, Gilead Sciences | |
| Lawrence Zhu | 2018 | 2023 | Back to medical school at UCSF | Back to medical school at UCSF | |
| Eric Gonzalez | 2018 | 2019 | Graduated with MS | Program Coordinator, San Diego State University | |
| 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 | |
| Allison Wong | 2014 | 2018 | Back to medical school at UCSF | Fellow, UCSF Pulmonary/Critical Care | |
| 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 | |
| Rebecca Levin | 2012 | 2015 | Consultant, Boston Consulting Group | Director of Corporate Planning and Strategy, Eikon Therapeutics | |
| 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 | Assistant Professor, Molecular Bio and Microbiology, Tufts University | |
| Darien Reed-Perino | 2010 | 2015 | Back to medical school at UCSF | Instructor, Fred Hutch Hematology/Oncology | |
| Justin Meyerowitz | 2010 | 2014 | Back to medical school at UCSF | Medical Director, Revolution Medicines | |
| Jonathan Ostrem | 2009 | 2013 | Postdoc, Shokat lab | Assistant professor, UCSF Medicine | |
| 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 | |
| Quincey Justman | 2003 | 2009 | Postdoc, Harvard | Scientific Director, Klarman Cell Observatory, Broad Institute | |
| Eli Zunder | 2003 | 2008 | Postdoc, Stanford | Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia | |
| Jimmy Blair | 2003 | 2008 | Postdoc, Stanford | VP, Totus Medicines | |
| Jasmina Allen | 2003 | 2008 | Scientist, BASF | ||
| Beth Apsel Winger | 2003 | 2007 | Back to medical school at UCSF | Assistant Professor, Pediatric Heme/Onc, UCSF | |
| Justin Blethrow | 2002 | 2007 | Senior Marketing Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific | Staff Product Manager, PacBio | |
| Raynard Bateman | 2002 | 2006 | |||
| Jennifer Paulson Snead | 2000 | 2006 | Postdoc, OHSU | Director, Translational Discovery Biology, Velia Therapeutics | |
| Chao Zhang | 1999 | 2006 | Associate Professor, University of Southern California | ||
| Matthew Simon | 1999 | 2006 | Postdoc, Mass General Hospital | Associate Professor, Yale Medicine | |
| Zachary Knight | 1999 | 2005 | Postdoc, Rockefeller University | Professor, Physiology, UCSF | |
| Denice Kenski | 1999 | 2005 | Postdoc, Max Planck Insitute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics | VP Scientific Services, Nucleus Global | |
| Charles Kung | 1999 | 2004 | Postdoc, Novartis | VP, Remix Therapeutics | |
| Oleksandr Buzko | 1998 | 2002 | Research Scientist, San Diego Supercomputer Center | Head of Computational Biology, ImmunityBio | |
| Scott Ulrich | 1996 | 2001 | Assistant Professor, Ithaca College | Associate Professor, Chemistry, Ithaca College | |
| Laurie Witucki | 1995 | 2000 | Associate Professor, Grand Valley State University | Professor, Chemistry, Grand Valley State University | |
| Anthony Bishop | 1995 | 2000 | Postdoc, Scripps Research Institute | Assistant Professor, Biochemistry + Biophysics, Amherst College | |
| Brian Kraybill | 1995 | 1999 | Postdoc, Harvard Medical School | Principal Scientist, Wheeler Bio | |
| Feng Yang | 1994 | 1998 | Scientist, Merck | ||
| Yi Liu | 1994 | 1998 | Senior Scientist, CuraGen | CEO, Kumquat Biosciences |
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 |
| Alexander Statsyuk | 2006 | 2010 | Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Houston | |
| Dorothea Fiedler | 2006 | 2010 | Assistant Professor, Princeton | Director, Liebnitz Institude, Berlin, Germany |
| Tatsuya Okuzumi | 2008 | 2009 | Ajinomoto Inc. | Associate General Manager, Business Development and R&D Project Management, Ajinomoto Co. |
| Daniel Rauh | 2003 | 2005 | Junior Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology | Professor, Medchem + Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund |
| Tomoya Hirano | 2003 | 2004 | Assistant Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University | Professor, Pharmacy, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Kimberly Specht | 2003 | 2004 | Associate Professor, Chemistry + Biochem, Denison University | |
| Dustin Maly | 2001 | 2004 | Professor, Chemistry, University of Washington | |
| PJ Alaimo | 2000 | 2004 | Assistant Professor, Seattle University | Professor, Chemistry, Seattle University |
| Michael Shogren-Knaak | 2001 | 2003 | Postdoc, University of Massachusetts | Associate Professor, Biochem, Biophysics + Molecular Bio, Iowa State University |
| Scott Lazerwith | 2000 | 2003 | Scientist, Pfizer | Executive Dir. Medicinal Chemistry, Gilead Sciences |
| Kavita Shah | 1993 | 1999 | Group Leader, Novartis | Professor, Bioorganic Chem + Chemical Biology, Purdue University |