Current lab members

Sergey Kryazhimskiy
Sergey Kryazhimskiy
Associate Professor
PhD
Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University
Evolution by natural selection is a fundamental property of life. I want to understand, predict and control how microbes evolve and adapt to their environment.
Joseph Matheson
Joseph Matheson
Postdoc
PhD
Ecology and Evolution, University of Arizona
TBD
Joseph Matheson
Jhelam Deshpande
Postdoc (starting Jan 2025)
PhD
Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution, Université de Montpellier,  France
TBD
Michael Overton
Michael Overton
PhD student
MS
Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University Pomona
I am interested in developing and testing models that predict the fitness effects of new mutations. I am also pursuing an improved lineage tracking system for long-term evolution experiments.
Elissa Heredia
Chen Hsiao
PhD student
MS
Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University
I’m interested in delving into phylogenetics and exploring how microbes adapt through genetic and phenotypic changes in dynamic environments. My current focus is on the adaptation of marine microbes.
Joseph Matheson
Xiaoyu Gui
Undergraduate Student
TBD
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Michael Overton
PhD student
MSc
California State Polytechnic University Pomona
I am interested in developing and testing models that predict the fitness effects of new mutations. I am also pursuing an improved lineage tracking system for long-term evolution experiments.
Sarah Ardell
Sarah Ardell
PhD student
BSc
Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, University of California San Diego
I am interested in using mathematical and computational models to understand evolution. I am currently working on a model to predict the evolution of cross-resistance and cross-sensitivity to antibiotics.
Joseph Matheson
Jhelam Deshpande
Postdoc (starting Jan 2025)
PhD
Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution, Université de Montpellier,  France
TBD
Joseph Matheson
Jhelam Deshpande
Postdoc (starting Jan 2025)
PhD
Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution, Université de Montpellier,  France
TBD

Former lab members

Postdocs
Sandeep Venkataram 2016–22. Next position: Hexagon Bio (LinkedIn)
Justin Shaffer 2017–18. Next position: Postdoc with Rob Knight (LinkedIn)
Georg Rieckh 2016–18. Next position: Accenture (LinkedIn)
Ph.D. students
Sarah Ardell 2020–24. Next position: Verdant associates (LinkedIn)
Huanyu Kuo 2017–23. Next position: N/A (LinkedIn)
Alena Martsul 2016–21. Next position: Illumina (LinkedIn)
Long-term visitors
Pavithra Venkataraman 2023–24. Next position: Postdoc with Christian Landry (LinkedIn)
Technicians/Lab managers
Shohreh H. Sikaroodi 2016–19. Next position: Fate Therapeutics (LinkedIn)
Krypton Carolino 2018–19. Next position: PhD student at UC San Diego (LinkedIn)
Undergraduate and Master's students
Lilith Sadil 2023–24. Next position: N/A (LinkedIn)
Anthony Ayala 2022–24. Next position: N/A
Elissa Heredia 2022–24. Next position: N/A
Minkyu Kim 2020–23. Next position: PhD student at USC
Xingsen Chen 2018–19. Next position: PhD student at University of Arizona
Sean Guy 2017–19. Next position: Bionano Genomics (LinkedIn)
College/High School summer interns
Leia Ryan (2023), Kaia Lam (2023), Cecilia Godinez Paz (2022 ENLACE), Carlos Ignacio Castillo Bock (2022 ENLACE), Kevin Luo (2021), Keerthana Sundar (2021), Sophia Rosemann (2019 STARS), Jesse Yu (2018 STARS), Lesly Delgado (2017 ENLACE), Kevin Longoria (2017 ENLACE), Zoe Ge (2016, 2017), Joshua Chung (2017), Jia Huang (2016), Eylul Karagoz (2016)