Members

Principle Investigator:

Takato Imaizumi

I obtained my Ph.D. from the Tokyo Metropolitan University in Japan under the supervision of Dr. Masamitsu Wada. I joined the Department of Biology at the University of Washington in 2008. Before I moved to Seattle, I worked with Dr. Steve Kay for seven years in San Diego. I am interested in studying molecular mechanisms by which organisms respond to surrounding environmental changes.


Postdoctoral researchers:

Nayoung Lee

Nayoung joined our lab in 2017. She received her Ph.D. from Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) by studying the molecular mechanisms of light regulated germination in Arabidopsis.





Graduate students:

We are accepting a new graduate student this year, since two of previsous graduate students just received Ph.D. and graduated. To apply, please see details in our Biology graduate program website.

Postbaccalaureate students:

Matthew Lincoln

Matt graduaetd from UW in 2017 and became a postbac researcher since then. He is preparing for the graduate schools right now.






Undergraduate students:

LeAnn Nguyen (since Summer 2015) through UW GebOM Project


Rachel Lee (since Fall 2017)


Kayla Arnold (since Winter 2017) 



Lab alumni

Postdocs:

Shogo Ito (2008-2012) - currently an Assistant Professor, Kyoto University, Japan

Young Hun Song (2009-2014) - currently an Associate Professor, Ajou University, Korea

Jae Sung Shim (2013-2017)

Akane Kubota (2014-2018) -  currently an Assistant Professor, NAIST, Japan

Graduate students: 

Hannah Kinmonth-Schultz (2010-2016) - currently a postdoc at Dr. Joy Ward lab at the University of Kansas

Myles Fenske (2011-2017) - currently a postdoc at Dr. Consuelo De Moraes lab at the ETH Zurich

Greg Goralogia (2012-2017) - currently a postdoc at Dr. Steve Strauss lab at the Oregon State University

Technicians:

Sasha Strait (2008-2010) - currently a graduate student at the University of Colorado, Denver

Kristen Hewett/Hazelton (2009-2010, 2013-2014)  - currently a lab technician at the Department of Biology, the University of Washington

Daniel Estrada (2013-2014) - currently studying at the University of Washington School of Dentistry

Undergraduate students:

Benjamin To (Summer 2009 - Winter 2011) - HHMI Integrated Research Internship Program, Undergraduate Research Symposium posters, currently a lab technician at University of Washington

Joseph Shen (Summer 2009 - Winter 2011)

Ricardo Guitierrez (Summer 2009 - Spring 2011) - Honors program, currently studying at a medical school at University of Southern California

Kristen Zimel (Fall 2009 - Spring 2010) - currently studying nursing at National University in San Diego

Anna Josephson-Day (Fall 2009 - Spring 2012) - The Space Grant Summer Undergraduate Research Program (WSGS) scholarship, currently a graduate student at University of California, Berkely

Edward Wang (Winter 2010 - Spring 2011)

Thao-Vy Vo (Winter 2010 - Spring 2011)

Diana Cha (Spring 2010 - Spring 2011) - currently agraduate student at Vanderbilt University 

Willow Bittner (Spring 2010 - Fall 2011)

Aswathypriya Nair (Spring 2010 - Spring 2011)

ShanShan Sun (Spring 2010 - Fall 2011)

Sheila Thomas (Winter 2011 - Summer 2011)

Emily Chau (Winter 2011 - Winter 2012)

Andy Hempton (Winter 2011 - Spring 2015) - Honors program, currently  a graduate student at Yale University

Richard Hsieh (Summer 2011 - Winter 2012)

Somi Kim (Spring 2012 - Winter 2012)

Daniel Estrada (Winter 2012 - Spring 2013) - Honors program

Tara Chandran (Spring 2012 - Spring 2013)

Nnadozie Okoroafor (Summer 2012 - Spring 2013)

David Kang (Fall 2012 - Spring 2013)

Jae Lee (Spring 2013 - Spring 2014)

Khan Mohammad (Spring 2013 - Spring 2014)

Micheal Kwon (Spring 2013 - Spring 2015)

John Villanueva (Summer 2013 - Spring 2014)

Elaine Kow (Spring 2013 - Spring 2014)

Ruihan Wang (Spring 2013 - Spring 2015) - Honors program

Xinran Tong (Spring 2013 - Summer 2015) - Honors program

Ron Nguyen (Spring 2013 - Spring 2014)

Roxanna Llinas (Fall 2013 - Spring 2014) - currently  a graduate student at Rice University

Loney Hill (Fall 2013 Winter 2014)

Leema Singh (Fall 2013 - Spring 2014)

Breanne Yamamoto (Spring 2014 - Summer 2015)

Mandee Yang (Winter 2014)

Uchechi Okoroafor (Fall 2014)

Ellie Taagen (Spring 2015)

Yash Bains (Spring 2015)

David Day (Summer 2015)

Dianne Laboy (Summer 2015 - Spring 2017)


Volunteers:

Amita Banerjee - currently a graduate student at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington

Masha Khy- currently agraduate student at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington

Richa Rai

Kayva Crawford 

Jimmy Grandinette (Summer 2015)

Savita Prushwani (2018-2019) - current a graduate student at the New York University

Delong Tsway (2018-2019) - current a graduate student at the University of San Francisco

© Takato Imaizumi 2013