Jovanovic-Talisman Lab Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows:

• Shelby Thompson, Ph.D.
  Current position: Optical Microscopy Technician, ManTech International, Sunol, CA

• Eugenia Romano, Ph.D.
  Current position: R&D Supervisor, DAMOR, Italy

• Wai Mak, Ph.D.
  Current position: Senior Member of Technical Staff, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA

• Kiarash Rahmani Eliato, Ph.D.
  Current position: Process Engineer, Intel, Hillsboro, OR

• Matthew Brehove, Ph.D.
  Current position: Lead Scientist, ChromoLogic LLC, Monrovia, CA

• Devin Wakefield, Ph.D.
  Current position: Sr. Associate Scientist, Amgen, South San Francisco, CA

• Ottavia Golfetto, Ph.D.
  Current position: Biomedical Scientist, Apple, Cupertino, CA

• Raphael Jorand, Ph.D.
  Current position: Customer Success Manager, Oxford Nanoimaging, Oxford, UK

• Sunetra Biswas, Ph.D.
  Current position: Senior Director at Instil Bio, Los Angeles, CA

• Eliedonna Cacao, Ph.D.
  Current position: Secondary Mathematics Teacher, Coral Academy of Science, Las Vegas, NV

 Graduate Students:

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

Undergraduate and High School Students: 

• Samuel Villescas
  Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy, 2023
  Current position: 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 California Irvine, Irvine, CA