Faculty



Associate Project Scientist
BRF-2, 3217 - Bay II
Joined the Palmer Lab in March 2017
Postdoctoral Fellows



Graduate Students

PhD Student (BISB)
BRF-2, 3A07-M
Joined the Palmer Lab in January 2015; entered graduate program in September 2022

PhD Student (BISB)
BRF-2, 3217 - Bay HH
Joined the Palmer Lab in March 2020; entered graduate program in September 2022

Bioinformatics Team




Genomics Team


Laboratory Technicians



Administrative Staff
Past Lab Members

Khai-Minh H. Nguyen, BS
Research Assistant
2019-2025

Beverly P. Peng, BS
Bioinformatician
2021-2023

Gabe Barrero, BA
Bioinformatician
2021-2022

Bonnie Lin, BA
Bioinformatician
2019-2021

Jianjun Gao, PhD
Biostatistician
2014-2019

Emily Leung, BA
Lab Technician
2012-2014

Greta Sokoloff, PhD
Research Associate
2007-2011

Michaelanne Woerner (Munoz), PhD
Lab Technician
2006-2008

2021-2024

Elizabeth Alcantara, MS
Lab Technician
2021-2023

Katarina Cohen, BA
Lab Assistant
2021-2023

Karina Cerda, MS
Lab Assistant
2022

Alison Sweet, BS
Research Associate
2019-2021

Celine St. Pierre, BA
Lab Manager/Technician
2012-2017

Emmanuel Aryee, MD
Lab Technician
2012-2013

Michael Demeyer, BA
Lab Technician
2009-2011

Kendra Shae Ziegler, BS
Bioinformatician
2022-2023

Haoyu Jia, MS
Bioinformatician
2022-2023

Ariana Page, BA
Research Associate
2018-2021

Hannah Bimschleger
Lab Manager
2017-2020

Jungkyun Seo, BA
Biostatistician
2015-2016

Garrett Birkhoff, BA
Lab Technician
2011-2012

Claudia Wing, MS
Lab Technician
2008-2009

Joel D Leal Gutierrez, PhD
Postdoc
2020-2024

Amanda Barkley-Levenson, PhD
Assistant Project Scientist
2016-2022

Yu-Yu Ren, PhD
Postdoc
2016-2019

Laura Sittig, PhD
Postdoc
2012-2017

Clarissa Parker, PhD
Postdoc
2009-2013

Amy Yang, MD
Postdoc
2008-2010

Pei-Chun Chen, PhD
Postdoc
2006-2007

Daniel Munro, PhD
Postdoc
2020-2023

Amelie Baud, PhD
Visiting Scholar
2017-2021

Kayla Chase, PhD
Postdoc
2015-2017

Shyam Gopalakrishnan, PhD
Postdoc
2011-2015

Riyan Cheng, PhD
Postdoc
2008-2012

Jackie Lim, PhD
Postdoc
2006-2008

Milad Mortazavi, PhD
Postdoc
2019-2022

Sandra Sanchez-Roige, PhD
Assistant Professor
2016-2019

April Williams, PhD
Postdoc
2015-2017

Peter Carbonetto, PhD
Postdoc
2013-2014

Camron Bryant, PhD
Postdoc
2007-2012

Ney Alliey-Rodriguez, MD
Postdoc
2007

Sabrina Mi, BS
Grad Student
2023-2024

Elizabeth Alcantara, MS
Biology Master’s Program
2021-2023

Xinzhu Zhou, PhD
Grad Student
2015-2020

Katherine Johnston McMurray, PhD
Grad Student
2012-2015

Margaret Distler, MD
Grad Student
2008-2012

Amanda L Yonan, PhD
Grad Student
2002-2005

Jean Gonzalez, BA
Grad Student
Spring 2024 rotation

Ishita Khatri, BS
Data Science Intern
Summer 2023

Alex Gileta, PhD
Grad Student
2013-2018

Camila Barrios Camacho, BA
Prep Scholar
2013-2014

Christine Ponder, PhD
Grad Student
2003-2007

Anjali Srinivasan, BS
Grad Student
Winter 2024 rotation

Zeljana Babic, MS
PhD Student
2021-2022

Natalia Gonzales, PhD
Grad Student
2011-2017

Amy Hart, PhD
Grad Student
2009-2013

Rathi Suresh, PhD
Grad Student
2003-2007
Sakina Muckadam - Undergraduate, 2022-2024 (ORCID iD: 0009-0002-0717-0507)
Faith Okamoto - Undergraduate, 2022-2024 (ORCID iD: 0009-0007-4163-6928)
Brandon Krieg - REHU Student, 2023
Mika Okamoto - REHU Student, 2023
Emily Cameron - Undergraduate, 2022-2023
Cristina Comacchio - Undergraduate, 2022-2023
Justin Park - Undergraduate, 2022-2023
Won Choi - Undergraduate, 2022-2023
Viet Nguyen - Undergraduate, 2021-2022
Billy Santoso - Undergraduate, 2022
Owen Tai - Undergraduate, 2022
Alan Lin - REHU Student, 2021
Sammy Myakishev-Rempel - REHU Student, 2021
Cole Stromberg - Undergraduate, 2021 - 2022
Alec Manzer - Undergraduate, 2022
Anne Ilustrisimo - Undergraduate, 2020 - 2022
Nili Farhadi - Undergraduate, 2018-2021
Alejandra Nicanor - Undergraduate, 2017 - 2021
Amy Lee - Undergraduate, 2017-2020
Jazlene Mallari - Undergraduate, 2016-2019
Frances Lagarda - Undergraduate, 2017-2018
Fangchao He - Undergraduate, 2017
John Shin - Undergraduate, 2017
Nishant Mysore - Undergraduate, 2017
Yuya Zhao - Undergraduate, 2017
Yvette Tan - Undergraduate, 2017
Elizabeth Lipschultz - Undergraduate / REHU, 2015-2016
Africa Mcleod - Undergraduate, 2015
Alex Ho - Undergraduate, 2014-2015
Alisha Ho - Undergraduate, 2014-2015
Brittny Bloomenstiel - Undergraduate, 2014-2015
Charissa Newkirk - Undergraduate, 2014-2015
Kate Krauss - Undergraduate, 2013-2015
Kyle Engel - Undergraduate, 2013-2015
Liz Joyce - Undergraduate, 2014-2015
Rachael Maguire - Undergraduate, 2015
Shibani Chettri - REHU Student, 2015
Matt Cheung - Undergraduate, 2012-2014
Phillip Stephens - Summer Student, 2014
Yeonhee Park - Undergraduate, 2011-2014
Emily Tixier - High School / Undergraduate, 2010-2013
Naomi Gorfinkle - Undergraduate, 2009-2013
Alexandra Dattilo - Undergraduate, 2011-2012
Joe Davis - Undergraduate, 2011-2012
Michael Guido - Undergraduate, 2009-2012
Loren Kole - High School / Undergraduate, 2009-2011
Marie Wu - Undergraduate, 2011
Kaitlin Samocha - Undergraduate, 2006-2010, Honors Thesis
Elizabeth Wagner - Undergraduate, 2010
Stacey Kirkpatrick - Undergraduate, 2008-2010
Ben Chang - Undergraduate, 2006-2009
Melissa Graham - Undergraduate, 2006-2009, Honors Thesis
Qian Zhang - Undergraduate, 2008
Andrew Lee Chen - Undergraduate, 2006-2007
Chetan Huded - Undergraduate, 2006
Michael Rempel, 2024
Eden Deng, 2019
Daniel Liu, 2017
Miranda Scarlata, 2014
Emily Tixier, 2010
Colin Walker, 2010
Loren Kole, 2009
Ben Postone, 2008