People-Torii Lab Past Members
Past Postdoctoral Fellows Current Position and Awards
Dr. Elena Shpak Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2007 ABPB Early Career Award
Dr. Masahiro Kanaoka Assistant Professor
Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
Dr. Lynn Pillitteri Assistant Professor
Department of Biology, Western Washington University
USDA CSREES Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Jessie McAbee Biology Instructor, Seattle Central Community College/Bellevus College
Dr. Claire Woodward Research Associate, NOAA/University of Washington
Dr. Ali Sivitz Postdoc, Department of Biology, Dartmouth
Dr. Takeshi Kuroha Research Associate, Nagoya University Bioscience and Biotechnology Center
Dr. Amanda Rychel Senior Research Scientist, StratosGenomics, Seattle, WA


Past Graduate Student  
Dr. Linda Enns
(Prof. Robert Cleland, Supervisor) 		Postdoc,Univ. Washington School of Medicine


Past Research Techs  
Emi (Hill) Byern Research Associate, Allen Institute of Brain Atlas
Dan Sloan Postdoc, Yale University
Naomi Bogenschutz Ph.D. Student, Molecular & Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington
NSF Predoctoral Fellow
Shannon Bemis Pharma D., University of Washington, School of Pharmacy
Jessica Guseman Ph.D. Student, Biology Program, University of Washington
Rebecca Virata MD student, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Medical School
Ben Burrows Preparing for Grad School


Past Postgraduate Interns  
Nori Inoue Patent Officer, Japan Patent Office
Rae Yumul Graduate Student, University of California, Riverside


Past Postgraduate Interns  
Alesia Cloutier  
Helen Lai Mary Gates Undergrad Research Fellow, Ph.D. Student,Microbiology Program, Duke University
Janelle Sagawa ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow
Katie Richards NSF-REU Undergrad Research Fellow
Sarah Harvey Washington NASA Space Grant fellow
Benjamin Burrows Research Scientist Assistant, University of Washington. NSF-REU Undergrad Research Fellow/Mary Gates Undergrad Research Fellow/Sergant Awardee
Natalie Surichannon  
Weijun 'Michael' Huang Chemical Engineering Major
Suzanne Miller  
Marie Clifford Washington NASA Space Grant fellow Ph.D. Student, Biology Program, University of Washington
Alex Lin Washington NASA Space Grant fellow
Dharani Ranganathan HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellow
Ngoc Le Pharma D. Student, University of Washington, School of Pharmacy
Forrest Jespersen HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellow M. D. Student, University of Washington, School of Medicine.
Shilpa Coorg Univ. Southern California, Law School
Adam Dangler Preparing for Grad School
Gabriel Verdugo HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellow Univ. Washington, Law School
Jessica Guseman (nee Waite) Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Fellow
Kylee Peterson Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Fellow, NSF REU fellow. Ph.D. Student, Biology Program, University of Washington
Darlene Lu UW College of Arts and Science Research Award, currently at Ph.D. student, Statistics Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Andrew Hemmaplardh Genome Science, University of Washington, School of Medicine
Janessa Jussayan  
Teodora Tofoleanu Genome Science, University of Washington, School of Medicine
Joo Park  
Phong Dong Dental Student, University of Washington, School of Dentistry
Karen Peterson  
Yi-Hui Amy Chen Ph.D. Student, Graduate Program in Biomolecular Science and Engineering, UC-Santa Barbara
Chris Berthiaume Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Fellow, Research Scientist, University of Washington, School of Oceanography
Dai "Nancy" Lin  
Jamie Wong HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellow, NSF REU fellow. M.D. Student, University of Washington, School of Medicine
Shannon Bemis NSF REU fellow. see Research Tech section.
Emi Hill Merck Biology Undergraduate Award, see Research Tech section.
Laurel Hanson NSF REU fellow. Biotech company, Research Associate
Rob Schuster M.D. Student, University of Chicago, School of Medicine
Nelson Lau Washington NASA Space Grant fellow
Megan Anderson DNA forensic scientist, WA State Patrol
Mui-yung "May" Chen-Lee  
Natalie Fujii  
Carrie Hattenlocher  


Past High School Intern  
Alex Kaufman
 Washington State Student Biotech Competition, Biotech Expo 2002, Duke University


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