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Lab Members

Yuki Oka
Yuki Oka, Ph.D.

Principle Investigator

Bochuan Teng
Bochuan Teng, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar

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Daewon Lee, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar

Ukjin Choi
Ukjin Choi, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar

Tongtong Wang
Tongtong Wang

Graduate Student

Yameng Zhang
Yameng Zhang

Graduate Student

Wongyo Jung
Wongyo Jung

Graduate Student

Mari
Mari Oka, M.D.

Research Associate | Administrative Manager

Avedis Tufenkjian
Avedis Tufenkjian

Research Technician

Andrea
Andrea Olsen

Volunteer | Undergraduate Student

Saba Kolahdouzan
Saba Kolahdouzan

Volunteer | High School Student

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Ayush Natarajan

Volunteer | Undergraduate Student


Alumni

Alumni
Name Duration Current Role
Yuan Zhao, Ph.D. 2018-2024 Editor at Nature Communications
Lu Liu, Ph.D. 2022-2023 Postdoctoral fellow at Carlos Lab at Caltech
Luis Franco, Ph.D. 2022-2023 Research Associate at the Institute of Neuroscience at University of Oregon
Zhe Yang, Ph.D. 2020-2022 Engineer at WuXi Biologics
Haruka Ebisu, Ph.D. 2017-2021 Research scientist at Dainippon Pharmaceutical Co.
Takako Ichiki, Ph.D. 2017-2021 Assistant Professor at Niigata University, graduate school of Medical and Dental Science
Allan-Hermann Pool, Ph.D. 2015-2021 Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Sertan Kutal Gokce, Ph.D. 2016-2018 Engineer at Apple
Alumni
Name Duration Current Role
Sangjun Lee, Ph.D. 2015-2020 Assistant Professor at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Vineet Augustine, Ph.D. 2015-2019 Assistant Professor at UC San Diego
Dhruv Zocchi, Ph.D. 2015-2017 Postdoctoral Researcher at Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Alumni
Name Duration Current Role
Jacob Hauser 2022-2023 Medical Student at Loma Linda University
Ashil Koranne 2019-2021 Research Associate at Juvena Therapeutics
Brittany Ho 2015-2019 Teacher at James A. Garfield Senior High School
Nikki Cruz 2015 QC Specialist at Capsida Biotherapeutics
Alumni
Name Duration, Position Current Role
Alyssa Vidal 2024, SURF, Amgen Scholar Undergraduate at CSUN
Elin Kang 2022-2023, Volunteer Research Technician at Stanford
Noah George 2019-2021, Volunteer Undergraduate at UCS
Madelyn Stroder 2016, SURF; 2016-2019, Volunteer Medical Student at the University of Missouri
Ashley Qin 2017-2018, Volunteer Undergraduate at Yale
Mengyu Liu 2017, VURP Graduate Student at Caltech
Christian Lee 2016, Volunteer; 2017, SURF Graduate Student at the University of Toronto
Leanne Wang 2015-2016, Volunteer; 2017, SURF Undergraduate at MIT
Carlos Gomez 2016-2017, Volunteer
Janet Joy 2016, SURF Graduate Student at The Scripps Research Institute
Jisoo Mok 2015, SURF Undergraduate at Caltech