Former Postdoctoral Fellows/Research Associates
Wendy Cao (Graduate Student 2014 – 2020; Postdoctoral Fellow 2020 – 2021; Ph.D. 2020 Toronto; Winner of the Barbara Vivash Award for the Most Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis in Molecular Genetics 2020/2021) Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, USA.
John Laver (Graduate Student 2009 – 2016; Ph.D. 2016 Toronto; Postdoctoral Research Fellow 2016 – 2017) Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Canada.
Claudia Walser (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2008 – 2013) Scientific Associate, Medicinal & Health Statistics, Kanton Thurgau, Zurich, Switzerland.
Najeeb Siddiqui (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2006 – 2007; Research Associate, 2007 – 2011, Toronto) Manager, Program in Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
Wael Tadros (Graduate Student, 1999 – 2007; Ph.D. 2007 Toronto; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2007 – 2009. Finalist, 2008 Larry Sandler Award for Best Ph.D Thesis, Genetics Society of America; Winner - 2008 Margaret Thomson Award for Outstanding Ph.D Thesis, Genetics Society of Canada) Principal Scientist, Shoreline Biosciences Inc., San Diego, California, USA.
Aaron Goldman (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2004 – 2009, Toronto) Chief Science Officer, DNALabs Canada Inc., Toronto.
Jill Hamilton (Post-MD Research Fellow, 1997 – 1999) Chief of Endocrinology, Hospital for Sick Children & Senior Associate Scientist, Research Institute; Professor of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Canada.
Bruce Reed (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1996 – 2001; Research Associate, 2001 – 2005, Toronto) Associate Professor of Biology, University of Waterloo, Canada.
Ronit Wilk (Graduate Student, 1996 – 2002; Ph.D. 2002 Toronto; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2002 – 2008) Owner, SciArt-Prints and Oxygen Yoga & Fitness, Toronto, Canada.
Amanda Pickup (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1999 – 2008, Toronto) Assistant Coordinator, Royal Ontario Museum, RIMBY, Toronto.
Leonora Rochwerger (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1995 – 1998, Toronto) Science teacher, Donview Middle School, Toronto.
Michele Lamka (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1994 – 1997, Caltech) Data Coordinator, Quality Outcomes, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Michele Zaccai (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1993 – 1995, Caltech) Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Joanne Topol (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1990 – 1992, Caltech) Artist, Pasadena, California, USA.
Susan Parkhurst (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1990 – 1991, Caltech) Member, Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Professor, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
David Mathog (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1988 – 1991, Caltech) Manager, Sequence Analysis Computing Facility, Division of Biology & Bioengineering, Caltech, Pasadena, California, USA.
Teresa Strecker (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1987 – 1990, Caltech) Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA
Former Graduate Students
Ph.D. Degree Students
Wendy Cao (Graduate Student 2014 – 2020; Postdoctoral Fellow 2020 – 2021; Ph.D. 2020 Toronto; Winner of the Barbara Vivash Award for the Most Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis in Molecular Genetics 2020/2021) Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, USA.
John Laver (Graduate Student 2009 – 2016; Ph.D. 2016 Toronto; co-supervisor: C. Smibert) Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Canada.
Linan Emily Chen (Graduate Student 2008 – 2015; Ph.D. 2015 Toronto; co-supervisor: C. Smibert) Postdoctoral Fellow in Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Xiao Li (Graduate Student, 2007 – 2013; Ph.D. 2013 Toronto; co-supervisor: Q. Morris) Assistant Professor, RNA Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Mariana Kekis (Graduate Student, 2006 – 2013; Ph.D. 2013 Toronto; co-supervisor: T. Hughes) Assistant Director of Cytogenetics & Molecular Genetics, Emory Genetics Laboratory & Assistant Professor (Clinical) of Human Genetics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Liang Ming (Graduate Student, 2004 – 2012; M.Sc. 2006; Ph.D. 2012 Toronto) Scientific Evaluator, Health Canada, Canada.
Jennifer Semotok (Graduate Student, 1999 – 2007; Ph.D. 2007 Toronto) Senior Genetic Counsellor, GeneDx, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA; Adjunct Lecturer (Genetic Counseling M.Sc. Program), Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Canada.
Wael Tadros (Graduate Student, 1999 – 2007; Ph.D. 2007 Toronto; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2007 – 2009. Finalist, 2008 Larry Sandler Award for Best Ph.D Thesis, Genetics Society of America; Winner - 2008 Margaret Thomson Award for Outstanding Ph.D Thesis, Genetics Society of Canada) Principal Scientist, Shoreline Biosciences Inc., San Diego, California, USA.
Ted Erclik (Graduate Student, 1997 – 2007, Ph.D. 2007 Toronto; co-supervisor: R.R. McInnes) Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Toronto, Mississauga.
Ronit Wilk (Graduate Student, 1996 – 2002; Ph.D. 2002 Toronto; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2002 – 2008) Owner, SciArt-Prints and Oxygen Yoga & Fitness, Toronto, Canada.
Ramona Cooperstock (Graduate Student, 1996 – 2002; Ph.D. 2002 Toronto) Real Estate Developer, Toronto.
Arash Bashirullah (Graduate Student, 1993 – 1999; Ph.D. 1999 Caltech) Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy & Program in Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
Kellie Whittaker (Graduate Student, 1991 – 1997; Ph.D. 1995 Caltech) Senior Associate, AmphibiaWeb; Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
Man Lun Richard Yip (Graduate Student, 1988 – 1995; Ph.D. 1995 Caltech) Field Applications Scientist, US Southwest at Sartorius, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Susan Halsell (Graduate Student, 1987 – 1995; Ph.D. 1995 Caltech) Associate Professor & Associate Head, Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA.
Dali Ding (Graduate Student, 1987 – 1993; Ph.D. 1993 – Ferguson Prize for Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis in Biology at Caltech) Partner, YiMei Capital, Shanghai, China.
Master’s Degree Students
Zhenglin Yang (Graduate Student 2013 – 2015; M.Sc. 2015 Toronto) PhD student, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Zhiyong Yang (Graduate Student 2012 – 2013; M.Sc. 2013 Toronto) Senior Project Manager, NexJ Health Inc., Toronto, Canada.
Liang Ming (Graduate Student, 2004 – 2012; M.Sc. 2006; Ph.D. 2012 Toronto) Scientific Evaluator, Health Canada, Canada.
Melissa Votruba (Graduate Student, 2007 – 2009; M.Sc. 2009 Toronto) Senior Territory Manager, Eppendorf, Inc., Toronto, Canada.
Sarah Votruba (Graduate Student, 2007 – 2009; M.Sc. 2009 Toronto) Regional Business Development Manager, Labstat International, Inc. - Labs-Mart Inc., Toronto, Canada.
Helen Chun Hua He (2006 – 2008) Research Technologist, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Farzad Yousefian (Graduate Student, 2005 – 2008; M.Sc. 2008 Toronto) Founder & President, Sport Performance Analytics Inc. & Performance Analyst, Ontario Regional EXCEL Program, Canadian Soccer Association, Toronto, Canada.
Stephanie Andrew (née Lake) (Graduate Student, 2003 – 2005; M.Sc. 2005 Toronto) Vice President, Finance at TIMIA Capital Corporation & Founding Partner, Women’s Equity Lab, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Fiona Menzies (Graduate Student, 2003 – 2004; M.Sc. 2004 Toronto) Chief, Geriatric Medicine, St. Joseph’s Health Centre, Toronto, Canada.
Simon Houston (Graduate Student, 1998 – 2000, M.Sc., 2000 Toronto) Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology, University of Victoria, BC, Canada.
Peter Becker (Graduate Student, 1994 – 98; M.S. 1998 Caltech)
Former Research Technicians (partial list only)
Jim Angus (Research Technician, 1988 – 1992, Caltech) Museum Communications and Technology Consultant, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Bill Fisher (Research Technician, 1987 – 1996, Caltech & Toronto) Senior Research Associate, Biological Systems & Engineering, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA.
Former Undergraduate Research Students
Raina Cui (2023, University of Toronto)
Alireza Khademi (2019 – 2021, University of Toronto)
Kiki Huang (2019 – 2020, University of Toronto)
Alireza Khademi (2018 – 2020, University of Toronto)
Simon Lam (2016 – 2017, Summer 2016 & 2017, University of Toronto)
Yu-Xi Xiao (Summer 2016, Zhejiang University)
Yujie Fan (Summer 2013; Tsinghua University)
Eva Lee (Summer 2012 and 2012-2103, University of Toronto)
Xueying Li (Summer 2012, Peking University)
Huayun Hou (Summer 2011, Peking University)
Ahmed Fahmy (2010 – 2011, University of Toronto)
Qiong Gao (Summer 2010, Peking University)
Michael Di Tomasso (2007 – 2008, University of Toronto)
Farzad Yousefian (2003 – 2004, University of Toronto)
Matthew Tse (Summer 2002, University of Toronto)
Rick Scavetta (2001 – 2002, University of Toronto)
Moshe Kim (2001 – 2002, University of Toronto)
Barbra Moss (Summer 2000, University of Toronto)
Wendy Lee (Summer 2000, University of Toronto)
Peggy Wang (Summer 1997, University of Toronto)
Anthony Shearing (MD student; Summer 1996, University of Toronto)
Jonathan Gabor (Summer 1996, University of Toronto)
Olga Hardy (Summer 1994, Minority Undergraduate Research Fellow, Caltech)
Kelly Eom (Summer 1994, Caltech)
Tuan Hoang (Summer 1994, Caltech)
Shaun Carstairs (1993 – 1994, Caltech)
William Zen (1992 – 1994, Caltech)
Andreja Volenec (1989 – 1993, Caltech)
Lindsey Dubb (Summer 1988, Caltech)
Thu Le (Summer 1987, Caltech)