Jovanovic-Talisman Lab Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Ima Ghaeli, Ph.D.
    Current: Research Fellow at BIDMC, Harvard Medical School
  • Shelby Thompson, Ph.D.
    Current: Optical Microscopy Technician, ManTech International, Sunol, CA
  • Eugenia Romano, Ph.D.
    Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, INSERM, France
  • Wai Mak, Ph.D.
    Current: Senior Member of Technical Staff, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
  • Kiarash Rahmani Eliato, Ph.D.
    Current: Process Engineer, Intel, Hillsboro, OR
  • Matthew Brehove, Ph.D.
    Current: Lead Scientist, ChromoLogic LLC, Monrovia, CA
  • Devin Wakefield, Ph.D.
    Current: Sr. Associate Scientist, Amgen, South San Francisco, CA
  • Ottavia Golfetto, Ph.D.
    Current: Biomedical Scientist, Apple, Cupertino, CA
  • Raphael Jorand, Ph.D.
    Current: Customer Success Manager, Oxford Nanoimaging, Oxford, UK
  • Sunetra Biswas, Ph.D.
    Current: Senior Director at Instil Bio, Los Angeles, CA
  • Eliedonna Cacao, Ph.D.
    Current: Associate Professor, General Education, Arizona College of Nursing, Las Vegas, NV

Graduate Students

  • Adam Maddox, Ph.D.
    Current: Research Scientist, Molecular Instruments, Los Angeles, CA
  • Kathleen Lennon, Ph.D.
    Current: Head of Bioware at Stealth Startup
  • Steven Tobin, Ph.D.
    Current: Principal Investigator at Collins Aerospace, San Dimas, CA
  • Keegan (Gotto) Gold, M.S.
    Current: Lecturer II, University of Texas in San Antonio, TX

Undergraduate & High School Students

  • Samuel Villescas
    Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy, 2023
    Current: Undergraduate student, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
  • Reem Bagabas
    RAII, 2020-2022
  • Lynne Kim
    Research Lab Assistant, 2020-2021
    Current: Undergraduate student, Yale University, New Haven, CT
  • Ari Willner
    Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy, 2019
    Current: Undergraduate student, Columbia University, New York, NY
  • Benjamin Ann
    Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy, 2019; co-mentored with Dr. Seewaldt
    Current: B.S., Washington University in St. Louis, St.Louis, MO
  • Yonas Kalkum
    Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy, 2018
    Current: Undergraduate student, Cal State University, Fullerton, CA
  • Leya Solomon
    City of Hope-Pomona College Sumer Research Scholars Program, 2017
    Current: B.A., Pomona College, Claremont, CA
  • Grace Choo
    Summer Trainee, City of Hope, 2017, 2018
    Current: B.S., University of CaliforniaIrvine, Irvine, CA
  • Skylar Hess
    Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy, 2016, 2017
    Summer Trainee, Brown University LINK Award, 2018
    Current: B.A., Brown University, Providence, RI; M.D. Student, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Ronald Clinton
    Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy, 2016, 2017
    Current: M.D. student, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • Kelsey Hilton
    Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy, 2016, 2017
    Current: Drone Pilot, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
  • Jonathan Huang
    Summer Trainee, City of Hope, 2016
    Current: B.A., Harvard University, Boston, MA
  • Michelle Ko
    Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy, 2015
    Current: B.A., Harvard University, Boston, MA
  • Jennifer Gutierrez
    Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy, 2015
    Current: M.A. Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ; Mathematics Instructor at De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
  • Huiying Zhang, M.S.
    Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy, 2014
    Current: M.S. in Applied Mathematics, Columbia University; Statistician, Neustar MarketShare, New York, NY
  • Christopher Yee, M.A.
    Summer Trainee, UH Manoa, 2013
    Current: B.S. in Physics and M.A. in Teaching, Brown University, RI
  • Kellie Kurasaki, M.D.
    UH Manoa, Undergraduate Research, 2012-2013
    Current: M.D., John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI; Resident (Family Medicine) Kadlec Regional Med Ctr, Richland, WA
  • Aiwa Ono, M.D.
    UH Manoa, Undergraduate Research and BS Thesis, 2012-2013
    Current: M.D., John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI; Resident (Obstetrics-Gynecology) SUNY Upstate Med University, Syracuse, NY
  • Shawn Tahata, M.D.
    UH Manoa, Undergraduate Research, 2012-2013
    Current: M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA; Resident (Internal Medicine), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
  • Daniel Hong, M.D.
    University of HawaiiManoa, Undergraduate Research, 2012-2013
    Current: M.D., John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI; Resident (Internal Medicine), John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI
  • Taeyoung K. Hong
    University of HawaiiManoa, Undergraduate Research, 2012