People-Torii Lab Past Members
Past Postdoctoral Fellows Current Position and Awards
Dr. Elena Shpak Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
2007 ASPB Early Career Award
Dr. Masahiro Kanaoka Associate Professor
Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
Dr. Lynn Pillitteri Associate Professor
Department of Biology, Western Washington University
USDA CSREES Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Takeshi Kuroha Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
Dr. Jin Suk Lee

Assistant Professor
Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow; 2016 ASPB Early Career Award
Dr. Jessie McAbee Lecturer, Biology Program, University of Washington
Dr. Claire Woodward Research Associate, NOAA/University of Washington
Dr. Christine Shyu Research Scientist, Bayer (Monsanto)
Dr. Julian Avila Research Scientist, Metabolomics Unit, Broad Institute, MA
Dr. Amanda Rychel Project Manager, Prometrika LLC, MA
Dr. Robin Horst

Research Scientist, Weyerhaeuser, WA
DFG Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Soon-Ki Han Assistant Professor, ITbM, Nagoya University
Young Leaders Cultivation Program Faculty, Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University


Past Graduate Student  
Dr. Linda Enns
(Prof. Robert Cleland, Supervisor) 		Copywriter at McCann Regan Campbell Ward, NYC
Dr. Kylee Peterson
 Postdoc, Harvard University Herbaria


Past Research Techs  
Emi (Hill) Byern Research Associate, Allen Institute of Brain Atlas
Dr. Dan Sloan Assistant Professor
Department of Biology, Colorado State University
Dr. Naomi Bogenschutz ‎Program Manager at UW Professional & Continuing Education　　　NSF Predoctoral Fellow
Dr. Shannon Bemis, Pharma D. Pharmacist, The Everett Clinic
Dr. Jessica Guseman Postdoc, USDA , Appalachian Fruit Research Station
Dr.Rebecca Virata, M.D. MD. UCLA Medicine-Pediatrics
Dr. Ben Burrows Ph.D. Student, Biological Sciences Program, Washington State Univ.
Jacqueline Garrick Ph.D. Student, Environmental Toxicology Program, University of Washington 　　ARCS Fellow
Jonathan Dang MD Student, University of Corolado Medical School
Aaron Hernandez LSB Building and Equipment Manager, UW Biology
Alex Hofesttter Preparing for Medical School


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


Past Undergraduate Researchers  
Aden Kinne Reearch Associate, Sound Agriculture, CA
Evora Glenn Graduate student, Food-Energy-Water Nexus, University of Montana
Emily Lo Mary Gates Undergrad Research Fellow, UW Levinson Emerging Scholar, Biomedial Informatics PhD Program, John Hopkins School of Medicine
Milan Vu Mary Gates Undergrad Research Fellow, UW Levinson Emerging Scholar, Project Coordinator, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Dave Marshall Honor Thesis Undergraduate Researcher, Preparing for Medical School
Alecia Cloutier Owner, Flavor of Hawaii Culinary Adventures
Janelle Sagawa Mary Gates Undergrad Research Fellow, Research Scientist, Univ Connecticut
Helen Lai ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, Ph.D. Student, Microbiology Program, Duke University
Katie Richards NSF-REU Undergrad Research Fellow
Sarah Harvey Washington NASA Space Grant fellow
Dr. 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  
Dr. Marie Clifford Washington NASA Space Grant fellow Senior Data/Research Scientist at Amazon Web Services
Alex Lin Washington NASA Space Grant fellow
Dharani Ranganathan HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellow, Graduate. Student, George Washington Univ., School of Public Policy and Public Administration
Ngoc Le Pharma D. Student, University of Washington, School of Pharmacy
Dr. Forrest Jespersen, M.D. HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellow, UC Davis Medical Center/Denver VA Hospital
Shilpa Coorg, J.D. Laywer, Kirkland and Ellis, LLC
Adam Dangler Preparing for Grad School
Gabriel Verdugo, J.D. HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellow Lawyer, Washington State Supreme Court
Dr. Jessica Guseman Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Fellow Postdoc, USDA
Dr. 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  
Dr. Phong Dong, DDS 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  
Dr. Jamie Wong, M.D. HHMI Undergraduate Research Fellow, NSF REU fellow. M.D. Student, University of Washington, School of Medicine
Dr. Shannon Bemis, Pharm. D. NSF REU fellow. Pharmacist
Emi Hill Merck Biology Undergraduate Award, see Research Tech section.
Laurel Hanson NSF REU fellow. Biotech company, Research Associate
Dr. Rob Schuster, M.D. Anesthesiologist at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, CA
Nelson Lau Washington NASA Space Grant fellow
Megan Anderson DNA forensic scientist, WA State Patrol
Mui-yung "May" Chen-Lee  
Natalie Fujii  
   


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


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