
Our People

Alanna Schepartz
Director, PI
- University of California, Berkeley

Sarah Smaga
Executive Director
- University of California, Berkeley

Jennifer Poo
Education and Outreach Manager
- University of California, Berkeley

Ara Abramyan
Seed Investigator
- Schrödinger

Christopher Alabi
Senior Investigator
- Cornell University

Jill Banfield
Collaborator
- University of California, Berkeley

Scott Blanchard
Seed Investigator
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Jamie Cate
Senior Investigator
- University of California, Berkeley

Julie Champion
Seed Investigator
- Georgia Institute of Technology

Abhishek Chatterjee
Senior Investigator
- Boston College

Matt Francis
Senior Investigator
- University of California, Berkeley

Yi He
PREC Co-Investigator
- University of New Mexico

Scott Miller
Senior Investigator
- Yale University

Mark Walker
PREC Investigator
- University of New Mexico

Meghna Bajaj
Graduate Student
- Cornell University

Mary Agnes Balogun
Graduate Student
- Georgia Institute of Technology

Kristina Boyko
Graduate Student
- University of California, Berkeley

Kanokporn Chattrakun
Postdoctoral Scholar
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Vincent Chim
Graduate Student
- University of California, Berkeley

F. Aarón Cruz Navarrete
Postdoctoral Scholar
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Taylor Dover
Graduate Student
- Yale University

Efren Garcia-Maldonado
Staff Scientist
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Eva Gerber
Graduate Student
- University of California, Berkeley

Catriona Gordon
Graduate Student
- University of New Mexico

Noah Hamlish
Graduate Student
- University of California, Berkeley

Alexandra Kent
Postdoctoral Scholar
- University of California, Berkeley

Tung Le
Postdoctoral Scholar
- University of California, Berkeley

Thomas Li
Graduate Student
- University of California, Berkeley

Riaz Mowzoon-Mogharrabi
Graduate Student
- University of California, Berkeley

Chandrima Majumdar
Postdoctoral Scholar
- University of California, Berkeley

Malavika (Malu) Nair
Graduate Student
- Boston College

Amos Nissley
Graduate Student
- University of California, Berkeley

Preeta Pratakshya
Postdoctoral Scholar
- University of California, Berkeley

Izzi Piper
Graduate Student
- University of California, Berkeley

Meghan Pressimone
Graduate Student
- University of California, Berkeley

Helena Roberts-Mataric
Graduate Student
- University of California, Berkeley

Leah Roe
Graduate Student
- University of California, Berkeley

Carly Schissel
Postdoctoral Scholar
- University of California, Berkeley

Christina (Pooreum) Seo
Graduate Student
- University of California, Berkeley

Kate Shulgina
Postdoctoral Scholar
- University of California, Berkeley

Alex Solivan
Graduate Student
- University of California, Berkeley

Chintan Soni
Graduate Student
- Boston College

Yiran Zhang
Graduate Student
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Scholars

2024
Diego Ruiz, Anika Accomando, Zahra Alujuboori, Jenn Tjung, Tiwalola Anawo, Shelby Giannamore, Zephyr Wu-Zucker, Etienne Martinez Gonzalez
Host labs: Adamala, Miller, Alabi, Francis, Cate, Schepartz
2023
Jared Balsz-Diaz, Abrienne Biondo, Madeline Carroll, Chuzube Edeh, Nathan Finegold, Isabella Goss, Berenice Guerra, Liam Hurlburt, Tara Kuponiyi, Payton Landre
Host labs: Adamala, Cate, Champion, M. Chang, Chatterjee, Marqusee, Miller, Schepartz


2022
Kaia Houtman, Deisy Garcia, Alyssa Walker, Syed Hasnain, Lixing Wang, Adrianna Hudyma
Host labs: Cate, M. Chang, Miller, Schepartz
2021
Emma Yin, Alyssa Virola-Iarussi, Yuna Lee, Kaitlyn Szalay, Nicole Rivera, Margaret Adenusi
Virtual program

External Advisory Board

Anne Baranger
- University of California, Berkeley

Rachel Green
- Johns Hopkins University, HHMI

Donald Hilvert
- ETH Zurich

Chaitan Khosla
- Stanford University

Dave Savage
- University of California, Berkeley

Jennifer Petter
- Arrakis Therapeutics
Industrial Affiliates Group
Amgen
Aralez Bio
GRO Biosciences
Schrödinger
