Palmer Lab Members (listed alphabetically in each section)
Faculty
Associate Project Scientist
BRF-2, 3217 - Bay II
Joined the Palmer Lab in March 2017
Associate Research Scientist
BRF-2, 3A32
Joined the Palmer Lab in January 2015
Postdoctoral Fellows
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Joined the Palmer Lab in Fall 2025
Bioinformatics Team
Genomics Team
Laboratory Technicians
Lab/Animal Assistant
BRF-2, 3217 - Bay GG
Joined the Palmer Lab in June 2025
Lab/Animal Assistant
BRF-2, 3217 - Bay FF
Joined the Palmer Lab in July 2024
Administrative Staff
Past Lab Members
Yizhi Wang, BS
Lab Assistant
2023-2025
Beverly P. Peng, BS
Bioinformatician
2021-2023
Katarina Cohen, BA
Lab Assistant
2021-2023
Karina Cerda, MS
Lab Assistant
2022
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
Khai-Minh H. Nguyen, BS
Research Assistant
2019-2025
Kendra Shae Ziegler, BS
Bioinformatician
2022-2023
Haoyu Jia, MS
Bioinformatician
2022-2023
Bonnie Lin, BA
Bioinformatician
2019-2021
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
2021-2024
Elizabeth Alcantara, MS
Lab Technician
2021-2023
Gabe Barrero, BA
Bioinformatician
2021-2022
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
Michelle Doyle, PhD
Postdoc
2022-2025
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
Riyan Cheng, PhD
Postdoc
2008-2012
Ney Alliey-Rodriguez, MD
Postdoc
2007
Joel D Leal Gutierrez, PhD
Postdoc
2020-2024
Amelie Baud, PhD
Visiting Scholar
2017-2021
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
Amanda Barkley-Levenson, PhD
Assistant Project Scientist
2016-2022
Kayla Chase, PhD
Postdoc
2015-2017
Shyam Gopalakrishnan, PhD
Postdoc
2011-2015
Camron Bryant, PhD
Postdoc
2007-2012
Jackie Lim, PhD
Postdoc
2006-2008
Brittany Leger, PhD
Grad Student
2021-2025
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
Jean Gonzalez, BA
Grad Student
Spring 2024 rotation
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
Sabrina Mi, BS
Grad Student
2023-2024
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
Yixuan (Ivy) Xin - Undergraduate/REHU Student, 2025
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
Jaxon Leighty, REHU student, 2025
Michael Rempel, 2024
Eden Deng, 2019
Daniel Liu, 2017
Miranda Scarlata, 2014
Emily Tixier, 2010
Colin Walker, 2010
Loren Kole, 2009
Ben Postone, 2008
