Postdoctoral Fellows
Hakan Ozadam
Research ScientistHakan was a research scientist in the lab who played critical roles in all projects and established the culture and infrastructure in the lab. He is currently Senior Scientist at Sail Biomedicines.
- 2013 - 2016, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Postdoctoral Fellow, Bioinformatics - 2008-2012, Middle East Technical University
PhD, Applied Mathematics - 2005-2008, Middle East Technical University
MS, Applied Mathematics - 2001-2006, Middle East Technical University
BS, Computer Engineering and Mathematics
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/Hakan-Ozadam-a9422090
Daniela Garcia
Postdoctoral FellowDaniela currently works at Thermo Fisher as a Staff Scientist.
- 2011-2018, Princeton University
PhD, Molecular Biology - 2006-2011, The University of Texas at El Paso
BS, Microbiology
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/pdanielagarcia
PhD Student
Ian Hoskins
PhD StudentIan currently works at Monoceros Biosystems as a Bioinformatics Scientist.
- 2023, University of Texas at Austin Ph.D.
- 2013, University of Colarado at Denver
B.S. Biology
Chemistry Minor
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/Ian-Hoskins-64253256
Yue Liu
PhD StudentYue is a Bioinformatics Scientist at Eclipse Bio.
- 2024, University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D
- 2014, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
M.S. Bioinformatics - 2011 Shanghai Ocean University,
B.S. Biotechnology
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/Yue-Liu-269a94147
Research Associate
Alia Segura
Research AssociateAlia worked on the Ribo-ITP project in the lab. She is currently a PhD student at UT Austin.
- 2021, University of Texas at Austin
B.S. Cell and Molecular Biology
Tori Tonn
Research AssociateTori is currently a medical student. Her research focused on the development of Ribo-ITP. Her current interests are in neonatology and public health.
- 2013 - 2018, Loyola University, Chicago
B.S. Biology
B.A. Spanish
Mathematics Minor
Michael Geng
Research AssociateMichael moved onto the EnMed program of Texas A&M. He is currently a surgery resident at UVA Health.
- 2020, University of Texas at Austin
B.S. Computer Science
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/MichaelJGeng
Undergraduate
Hosei Nakajima
Undergraduate Research AssistantHosei currently works at Baylor College of Medicine as a research associate.
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/Hosei-Nakajima-048b261b6
Ashley Hoffman
Undergraduate Research AssistantAshley was a student with the Dean’s Scholars program. She is currently a PhD student.
William Zhang
Undergraduate Research AssistantWilliam was a Computer Science major in the Turing Scholars and Dean’s Scholars program.
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/William-Zhang-2406801ba
Hansel Chiang
Undergraduate Research AssistantHansel was a chemistry major and educational psychology minor.
Muxin Wang
Undergraduate Research AssistantMuxin studied neuroscience at UT and wants to pursue a Ph.D. in neuroscience after graduating.
Brendan Panici
Undergraduate Research AssistantBrendan was a biology student interested in genetic diseases and computer science. His research in the lab focused on Diamond-Blackfan Anemia, a disease as intriguing as its name. He is currently a PhD student at Baylor College of Medicine.
Jonathan Chacko
Undergraduate Research AssistantJonathan studied computer science, and helped to create interactive front-end visualizations for the lab. He is the founding engineer of DayDream.
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/JonChacko
Charisma Tante
Undergraduate Laboratory AssistantCharisma wass a biochemistry major and Mandarin minor, interested in molecular biology and genetics.
Reiko Tachibana
Undergraduate Research AssistantReiko’s research at the Cenik Lab focused on ribosome profiling data analysis. Beyond research, Reiko likes to play violin and computer games. She is currently a research technician at the Chung Lab at UT Southwestern.
- 2024, University of Texas at Austin
B.S.A. Honors Biology
Kangsheng ("Hurley") Qi
Undergraduate Research AssistantHurley studied computer science and mathematics as an undergrad. He is currently pursuing a masters degree at ETH Zurich.
LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/Hurley-Qi