Polly Fordyce

Principal Investigator.
She/Her
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Hobbies: Running, climbing, hiking, and spending time with my family

Patrick Almhjell

Postdoctoral Fellow
(joint with Herschlag Lab)
He/Him
Google Scholar

Hobbies: Snowboarding, climbing, general adventuring

Eliel Akinbami

Graduate Student
Bioengineering
He/Him

Hobbies: Baking, cooking, olympic weightlifting, drumming

Beatriz Atsavapranee

Graduate Student Bioengineering She/Her

Hobbies: walking with my dogs, learning to surf, going to yoga class, and dancing

Jennifer Ortiz Cárdenas

Microfluidics Foundry Director & Outreach Coordinator
She\Her

Hobbies: Discovering new restaurants and wine bars, taking my dogs to the beach in Half Moon Bay, cooking new recipes, and watching reality TV.

Minsung Cho

Graduate Student
Structural Biology
He/Him

Hobbies: Rock climbing, video games, eating food

Shawn Costello

Postdoctoral Fellow
(joint with Herschlag Lab)
He/Him

Hobbies: Reading, crafting, rewatching The West Wing

Matt DeJong

Graduate Student
Chemical Engineering
He/Him
Google Scholar

Hobbies: Running/racing, cooking, hiking, tossing frisbee, and solving the Monday NYT crossword puzzle

Nicole DelRosso

Graduate Student
(Joint w/Bintu lab)
Biophysics
She/Her

Renee Hastings

Graduate Student
Biophysics
She/Her

Hobbies: Backpacking, skiing, painting, snarking on reality TV, and board gaming

Michael Hayes

Graduate Student
Genetics
He/Him

Hobbies: Drumming, hiking with my dog, cooking

Caroline Horn

Fordyce Lab Manager
She/Her

Hobbies: Hiking, biking, and accumulating library cards all around the Bay Area

Devyn James

Administrative Assistant
Bioengineering
She/Her

Jessica Karaguesian

Graduate Student
Bioengineering
(Joint w/Dror Lab)
she/her

Hobbies: Hiking, skiing, eating any and all sweets

Karl Krauth

Postdoctoral Fellow
He/Him
Personal Site

Hobbies: charge they phone, eat hot chip & lie

Micah Lawrence

Graduate Student
Bioengineering
He/Him

Hobbies: Watching anime, playing basketball and volleyball, and live music

Albert Lee

Postdoctoral Fellow
(joint with Herschlag lab)
He/Him

Hobbies: Rock climbing, baseball, snowboarding

Byungjin Lee

Postdoctoral Fellow
Genetics
(He/Him)

Hobbies: Cooking

Youngbin Lim

Senior Research Technician
LinkedIn

Hobbies: Playing golf, going to the gym, and trying new hamburgers

Gabriela Lomeli

Postdoc
Chemistry
She/Her

Hobbies: Surfing, running, and assisting others in organizing their closets

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Conor McClune

Postdoctoral Fellow
(joint with Sattely Lab)
He/Him

Hobbies: Trail running, gardening, sparring with the HOA

Ana Morzan

Lab Administrator

Hobbies: Running, backpacking, climbing, and crocheting

Micah Olivas

Graduate Student
Genetics
He/Him
Personal Site

Hobbies: Live music, cooking, playing guitar, crashing weddings

Jack Diaz Shanahan

Graduate Student
Genetics

Hobbies: Hiking, backpacking, photography

Maya Sheth

Graduate Student | Bioengineering
She/Her
Personal Site

Hobbies: Hiking, dogs, crossword puzzles

Peter Suzuki

Graduate Student
(joint with Bintu Lab)
Bioengineering
He/Him
(LinkedIn)

Hobbies: Music of all sorts (guitar + violin, from Silvio Rodriguez to the Strokes), baseball, policy/politics podcasts

Samuel (Channel) Thompson

Postdoctoral Fellow
(joint with Baker Lab)
He/She/They
LinkedIn

Hobbies: Baking, drawing, writing, listening to lots of audiobooks

Daria Passow

Graduate Student
Biophysics
She/her

Hobbies: listening to audiobooks, walking and cycling, reading MotorTrend magazine

Alan Su

Graduate Student
(Join w/Petrov Lab)
Chemical & Systems Biology
He/Him

Hobbies: Basking in the glory of the sun, couch sitting with the dog, Formula 1, MTV's The Challenge, soup.

Yujia Bian

Graduate Student
Chemical Engineering

Hobbies: Baking, cooking, painting, swimming, playing computer games and ttrpg, learning fun facts about octopus.