Genome Sciences Graduate Students
alphabetically | year of entry | by lab
2024

rotations: Noble
joined program: 2024
prior training: M.S. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine; B.A. Health Studies, UW Bothell
ayoaki [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Stergachis
joined program: 2024
prior training: B.A. Neuroscience, Northwestern University
cbiar [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: MacCoss
joined program: 2024
prior training: M.S. Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota; B.S. Biochemistry, Cell, and Molecular Biology, Drake University
kbrandt0 [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Queitsch/Cuperus
joined program: 2024
prior training: B.A. Biological Sciences, UC Davis
blcs [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Hamazaki, Pinglay
joined program: 2024
prior training: B.S. Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota
adonny [ a t ] uw.edu
rotations: Starita
joined program: 2024
prior training: B.A. Classical Studies, Hamilton College
aham7 [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Villen
joined program: 2024
prior training: B.S. Biology, University of Washington
rachwho [ a t ] uw.edu

joined program: 2024 (UW MSTP)
prior training: B.S. Chemical Biology, UC Berkeley
kerrdl [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Nunn
joined program: 2024
prior training: B.A. Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley
leipea [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Mostafavi
joined program: 2024
prior training: B.S. Biology and Mathematics, Western Washington University
cfmelend [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Srivatsan
joined program: 2024
prior training: MS. Environmental Toxicology, University of South Alabama; B.S. Biology, University of South Alabama
jyotirai [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Noble
joined program: 2024
prior training: M.S. Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University; B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin
ssontha2 [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Feder
joined program: 2024
prior training: B.S. MCD Biology, University of Washington
megant33 [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Feder
joined program: 2024
prior training: B.A. Biology, Reed College
youngkar [ a t ] uw.edu
2023

rotations: Stergachis, Queitsch, Pinglay
joined program: 2023
prior training: B.S. Cell, Mol, Dev Biology, UC Riverside
zamador [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Beliveau, MacCoss, Srivatsan
joined program: 2023
prior training: B.A. Biology, Franklin and Marshall College
chawm [ a t ] uw.edu

joined program: 2023 (UW MSTP)
prior training: B.S. MCD Biology, University of Washington
yhhc [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Noble, Baker, Trapnell
joined program: 2023
prior training: B.S. Mathematics, Duke University
mdcolon [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Shendure, Srivatsan, Trapnell
joined program: 2023
prior training: M.S. Computational Biology, Weill Cornell Graduate School; B.S. Mol & Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University
sanjayk [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Fowler, Starita, Srivatsan, MacPherson
joined program: 2023
prior training: B.S. Neurobiology, University of Kansas
ejm1990 [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Fowler, Shendure, Starita
joined program: 2023
prior training: B.S. Biological Engineering, MIT
amcgee1 [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Nunn, Abitua, Trapnell
joined program: 2023
prior training: B.S. Biology, Pomona College
slperez [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Dunham, Stergachis, Starita
joined program: 2023
prior training: B.S. Biology, Iowa State University
rlpowell [ a t ] uw.edu
rotations: Schweppe, MacCoss, Bruce
joined program: 2023
prior training: B.S. Biochemistry, University of Texas Arlington
csniezek [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Stergachis, Trapnell, Srivatsan
joined program: 2023
prior training: B.A. Biology, Whitman College
waltno [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations:
joined program: 2023 (UW MSTP)
prior training: B.A. Mol & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
rikuy [ a t ] uw.edu
2022

rotations: Beliveau, Starita, Schweppe
supervisory committee: Beliveau, Schweppe, J. Young (GSR), Hamazaki, Shendure
joined program: 2022
prior training: M.S. Neuroscience, King's College London; B.S. Linguistics, University of Washington
sahar60 [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: MacCoss, Schweppe, Queitsch & Fields
joined program: 2022
prior training: B.S. Chemistry, University of Virginia
erikjb [ a t ] uw.edu

supervisory committee: Bloom, N. King (GSR), Feder, Veesler
joined program: 2022 (UW MSTP)
prior training: B.S. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts
ccarr3 [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Setty, Beliveau, Trapnell
supervisory committee: Setty, Reh (GSR), Trapnell, Mostafavi, Lin
joined program: 2022
prior training: B.S. Biophysics, Biochemistry, & Molecular Biology, Whitman College
connof [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Starita, Dunham, Starita & D. Miller
supervisory committee: Starita, D. Miller, Blue (GSR), Eichler, Beliveau
joined program: 2022
prior training: B.A. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bryn Mawr College
sophiabg [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Trapnell, Queitsch, Beliveau
supervisory committee: Trapnell, Imaizumi (GSR), Abitua, Starita, Cuperus
joined program: 2022
prior training: B.S. Biology, UC San Diego
sgonzal [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Trapnell, Matsen, Feder
supervisory committee: Feder, Salipante (GSR), Bedford, Matsen, Willis
joined program: 2022
prior training: B.S. Biology, UC San Diego; MPH Epidemiology, University of Washington
t1jia [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Berger, Beliveau, Stergachis
supervisory committee: Beliveau, Disteche (GSR), Stergachis, Schweppe, Shendure
joined program: 2022
prior training: B.A. MCD Biology, University of Colorado
cokelly [ a t ] uw.edu

supervisory committee: Bloom, McGuire (GSR), Overbaugh, Bedford, Starita
joined program: 2022 (UW MSTP)
prior training: B.A. Biology, Barnard College
cskikawa [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Baker, Queitsch, Stergachis
supervisory committee: Baker, Queitsch, Mostafavi (GSR), Fields, Noble
joined program: 2022
prior training: B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University
joemin [ a t ] uw.edu

supervisory committee: Shendure, Horwitz (GSR), Harris, Maly
joined program: 2022 (UW MSTP)
prior training: B.S. Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University
jnathans [ a t ] uw.edu
rotations: Beliveau, Stergachis, Sinnott-Armstrong
supervisory committee: Beliveau, Thachuk (GSR), Stergachis, Sinnott-Armstrong
joined program: 2022
prior training: B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Tulsa
mwperez [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Noble, Trapnell, Queitsch / Cuperus
supervisory committee: Trapnell, K. Lin (GSR), Queitsch, Stergachis, Raible
joined program: 2022
prior training: B.S. Biochemistry & Applied Computational Math Sciences, University of Washington
crosto [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Noble, MacCoss, Baker
supervisory committee: MacCoss, Noble, Riley (GSR), Villen, Schweppe
joined program: 2022
prior training: B.S. Bioinformation Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
bwen1 [ a t ] uw.edu

Shendure Lab
rotations: Shendure, Trapnell
supervisory committee: Shendure, Doulatov (GSR), Feder, Trapnell, Beier
joined program: 2022
prior training: M.S., B.S. Biochemistry; B.A. Chemistry, Brandeis University
qiyu [ a t ] uw.edu
2021

rotations: Feder, Ha, Noble
supervisory committee: Feder, Bagheri (GSR), Monnat, Ha, Bozic
joined program: 2021
prior training: B.A. Biochemistry, University of Washington
huntc10 [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Beliveau, Baker, Shendure
supervisory committee: Baker, Shendure, Kueh (GSR), Dunham, Schweppe
joined program: 2021
prior training: M.S., B.S. Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
sjain2 [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Beliveau, Shendure, Abitua
supervisory committee: Shendure, Hamazaki, Mathieu (GSR), Abitua, Trapnell
joined program: 2021
prior training: B.S. MCD Biology, University of Washington
connork3 [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Shendure, Trapnell, Baker
supervisory committee: Baker, Shendure, Kueh (GSR), Berg, Hamazaki
joined program: 2021
prior training: B.S. Physiology and Neuroscience, UC San Diego
davidsl [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Schweppe, Starita, Beliveau
supervisory committee: Starita, Stergachis, Cherry (GSR), Beliveau, Fields, Ray
joined program: 2021
prior training: B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UC Davis
bmallo [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Hawkins, Eichler, Bloom
supervisory committee: Eichler, Bloom, Browning (GSR), Schweppe, O'Neal (U North Carolina), Riley
joined program: 2021
prior training: B.S. Biology, Regis University
plendere [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Trapnell, Shendure, Abitua
supervisory committee: Abitua, Rasmussen (GSR), Berg, Raible, Trapnell
joined program: 2021
prior training: B.S. Biology, Westminster College
sydsat [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Starita, Stergachis, Shendure
supervisory committee: Stergachis, Disteche (GSR), Shendure, Trapnell, Henikoff
joined program: 2021
prior training: B.S. Biology, Western Washington University
swansoe [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Starita, Beliveau, Fowler
supervisory committee: Fowler, Starita, Miller (GSR), Noble, Villen
joined program: 2021
prior training: B.A. Molecular Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
mtejura [ a t ] uw.edu
2020

(she/her/hers)
rotations: Beliveau, Malik, Dunham
supervisory committee: Dunham, Kerr (GSR), Beliveau, Raghuraman, Dudley
joined program: 2020
prior training: B.S. Molecular Genetics, Ohio State University
leaha3 [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Fowler, Villen, MacCoss
supervisory committee: Villen, Kerr (GSR), Bruce, Queitsch, J. Scott
joined program: 2020
prior training: B.S. Biochemistry, Western Washington University
alexisn1 [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Dunham, Doulatov, Harris
supervisory committee: Dunham, Harris, Leache (GSR), Berg, Feder
joined program: 2020
prior training: B.S. Applied Mathematics & Biology, Brown University
gferra [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Harris, Noble, Beliveau
supervisory committee: Noble, Hoofnagle (GSR), MacCoss, Villen, Oh
joined program: 2020
prior training: B.A. Biology, Swarthmore College
lincolnh [ a t ] uw.edu

(he/him/his)
rotations: Noble, Beliveau, Hawkins, MacCoss
supervisory committee: MacCoss, Hoofnagle (GSR), Fowler, Schweppe, Sweetwyne
joined program: 2020
prior training: B.S. Biochemistry, University of Washington
chrhsu [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Beliveau, Bloom, Shendure
supervisory committee: Shendure, Disteche (GSR), Beliveau, Starita
joined program: 2020
prior training: B.S. Biology, University of Washington
aidank2 [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Shendure, Fowler, R. Bradley
supervisory committee: Shendure, Seelig (GSR), Noble, Dunham, Stergachis
joined program: 2020
prior training: M.S. Bioinformatics, Johns Hopkins University; B.S. MCD Biology, UC Santa Cruz
tli824 [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: MacCoss, Schweppe, Villen
supervisory committee: Schweppe, Shechner (GSR), MacCoss, Beliveau, Stergachis
joined program: 2020
prior training: B.S. Biology, Northeastern University
cmcgann [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Dunham, Queitsch,Villen
supervisory committee: Berg, Rasmussen (GSR), Parkhurst, Abitua, Queitsch
joined program: 2020
prior training: B.S. MCD Biology, Microbiology, University of Washington
luanap [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Bamshad, Eichler, Stergachis
supervisory committee: Eichler, Stergachis, Jayadev (GSR), Jarvik, Schweppe
joined program: 2020
prior training: B.S. MCD Biology, UC Santa Cruz
tdreal [ a t ] uw.edu
rotations: Noble, Harris, Matsen
supervisory committee: Feder, Lehman (GSR), Harris, Matsen, Schiffer
joined program: 2020
prior training: B.S. Mathematical and Computational Biology, Harvey Mudd College
evromero [ a t ] uw.edu
2019

rotations: Beliveau, Shendure, Fowler
supervisory committee: Beliveau, Shechner (GSR), Fowler, Green, Shendure
joined program: 2019
prior training: B.S. Biochemistry, Cal Poly SLO
concamp [ a t ] uw.edu

(she/her)
rotations: Trapnell, Noble, Bloom
supervisory committee: Trapnell, Shojaie (GSR), Waterston, Shendure, Raible
joined program: 2019
prior training: B.S. Molecular Biology & Computer Science, MIT
duran [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Queitsch, Trapnell, Eichler
supervisory committee: Eichler, Leache (GSR), Dunham, Harris, Malik
joined program: 2019
prior training: BENGR Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University
guitarfx [ a t ] uw.edu

(he/him)
rotations: Queitsch, Trapnell, Villen
supervisory committee: Queitsch, Trapnell, Lee (GSR), Cuperus, Henikoff, Stergachis, Waterston
joined program: 2019
prior training: B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
mhamm [ a t ] uw.edu

(she/her)
rotations: Villen, Baker, Fowler
supervisory committee: Villen, Zalatan (GSR), Beliveau, Queitsch, Schweppe
joined program: 2019
prior training: B.S. Biochemistry, University of Victoria
smog [ a t ] uw.edu

supervisory committee: Fowler, Kueh (GSR), Beliveau, Stergachis
joined program: 2019 (UW MSTP)
prior training:
pendyala [ a t ] uw.edu

(he/him)
rotations: Noble, Matsen, Beliveau
supervisory committee: Matsen, Mostafavi (GSR), Bloom, Harris
joined program: 2019
prior training: B.S. Statistics, Virginia Tech
zorian15 [ a t ] uw.edu

(she/her/hers)
rotations: Noble, Shendure, Trapnell
supervisory committee: Shendure, Stevens (GSR), Beliveau, Trapnell
joined program: 2019
prior training: M.S. Bioengineering, UCLA; B.S. Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Illinois
weiy666[ a t ] uw.edu
2018

(he/him)
rotations: Dunham, Fowler, Shendure
supervisory committee: Fowler, Starita, Shirts (GSR), Doulatov, Yang
joined program: 2018
prior training: M.S. Genetic Counseling, Brandeis University; M.S. Human Genetics, McGill University
sfayer [ a t ] uw.edu

rotations: Noble, Trapnell, Fowler
supervisory committee: Fowler, Trapnell, Reh (GSR), Noble, Queitsch, Beliveau
joined program: 2018
prior training: B.S. ACMS - Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry, University of Washington
khj3017 [ a t ] uw.edu
affiliated students from other programs
Benazouz, Mariam - Starita Lab
Hancko, Arielle - Fowler Lab
Hang, Shengqi - Noble Lab
Liao, Hanna - Shendure Lab
Liu, Yuzhen - Beliveau Lab
Metzger, Bria - Abitua Lab
Mullen, Andrew - Trapnell Lab
Partington, Katie - Fowler Lab
Robertson, Alexander - Feder Lab
Sanchez-Forman, Madison - Beliveau Lab
Sanders, Justin - Noble Lab
Staker, Annie - Noble Lab
Suiter, Chase - Shendure Lab
Yilmaz, Melih - Noble Lab
Zhu, Luke - Harris Lab