Former Members

Starr-Luxton Lab

Postdoctoral Fellows
    1. Rebecca McGillivary (2021-2025)
Visiting Scholars
    1. Chih-Fen Hu, M.D., Ph.D (2023-2024)
PREP Scholars
    1. Zoe Upham (2024-2025) – Grad student at Yale
Technicians
    1. Kevin Richardson (2022-2023)
    2. Patrick Neo Alinaya (2022-2024) — Grad student at Yale
Undergraduate Students
    1. Maryam Alani (2022-2023)
    2. Abby Kaur (2023-2024) – Grad Student at St. Jude
    3. Sweta Kumari (2023-2025)
    4. Julia Cameron (2024-2025)
    5. Moushmi Ramadoss (2024)

Starr Lab

Postdoctoral Fellows
    1. Jin Liu (2003-2005) — Postdoc at University of Utah
    2. Erin Tapley (2010-2014) — Grad Group Officer at UCD
    3. Shaun Murphy (2012-2014)
    4. Natalie Cain (2012-2017) — Editor at Cell Reports
Graduate Students
    1. Matt McGee (2003-2009) — Scientist at Pheronym
    2. Marina Meyerzon (2004-2009) — Scientist at ThermoFisher
    3. Heidi Fridolfsson (2005-2010) — Professor at Chaffey College
    4. Yu-Tai Chang (2006-2012) — Senior Researcher (Austin, TX)
    5. Erin Tapley (2005-2010) — Grad Group Officer at UCD
    6. Paul Kuehnert (2013-2015) — Biochemist for US Army
    7. Courtney Bone (2012-2016) — Regulatory Affairs at BioMarin
    8. Linda Ma (2016-2022) — Regulatory Affairs at Cepheid
    9. Hongyan Hao (2016-2022) — Postdoc in De Camilli Lab at Yale
    10. Ellen Gregory (2017-2023) — Associate Scientist at Conception
    11. Jamie Ho (2017-2023)
    12. Selin Gümüşderelioğlu (2019-2025) — Postdoc in Cheerambathur Lab at University of Edinburgh
PREP Scholars
    1. Alyssa Paparella (2019-2020) — Grad student at Baylor
Technicians
    1. Amy Anderson (2003-2004) — Lawyer
    2. Nate Offer (2005) — UCD Lab Specialist
    3. Regina Rillo (2004-2006) — PhD from UCB, Senior Researcher UCD
    4. Eve Ladwig-Scott (2006-2007) — MD from Loyola of Chicago
    5. Nina Ly (2007-2009) — PhD from Stanford, Biotechnology
    6. Ben Lorton (2012-2014) — Grad student at Albert Einstein
    7. Venecia Valdez (2017-2018) — Grad student at Princeton
    8. Leslie Herrera (2015-2018) — Grad student at UCD
    9. Shilpi Kalra (2020-2022) — Med student at California Northstate University
Undergraduate Students
    1. Karin Warltier (2003-2005) — MD/PhD student at NYU
    2. Lita Stephenson (2003-2005) — UCSF Clinical Lab Specialist
    3. Peter Hamilton (2004-2005) — Police Investigator
    4. Ida Soleimani (2005-2006)
    5. David Dranow (2004-2006) — UCB Senior Scientist (Bainbridge, WA)
    6. Dmitry Ratner (2006-2008) — MD/PhD student at UMass (Worcester, MA)
    7. Danny Dranow (2005-2008) — PhD from UCD, Postdoc at UCI
    8. Felicia Chan (2008) — Tech at Genentech
    9. Thomas Zhou (2008-2009)
    10. Armineh Stoner (2009) — Grad student at UCD
    11. Amandeep Kaur (2009 Summer, CBST Fellow)
    12. Yishan Lin (2008-2010)
    13. Esther Oh (2006-2010)
    14. Joe Nguyen (2010-2011) — DDS/PhD student at UMich
    15. Rita Jiang (2008-2011)
    16. Allen Wang (2010-2011) — MD
    17. Minh Ngo (2009-2012)
    18. Jon Kuhn (2010-2012) — PhD from UCSF, Postdoc at Johns Hopkins
    19. KC Hart (2010-2013) — PhD from Stanford
    20. Andrea Araujo (2011-2012) — Med student
    21. Sumitra Tatapudy (2012-2013) — Grad student at UCSF
    22. Lira Palmer (2012-2015) — Grad student
    23. Robert Monroy (2013-2015) — MS student at Sacramento State
    24. Qiming Yang (2015-2017) — Grad student at UCB
    25. Venecia Valdez (2013-2017) — Grad student at Princeton
    26. Kathy Nguyen (2016-2018) — Clinical Lab Technician
    27. Jonathan Blake Kirkland (2018-2019) — Research Associate at Arima Genomics
    28. Laura Jameson (2017-2020) — Lab Technician at ASU

Luxton Lab

Postdoctoral Fellows
    1. Nathan Harris (UMN, 2013-2015) – Laboratory Supervisor, LabCorp
    2. Kwang Ho Hur (UMN, 2016-2020) – Senior algorithm engineer, Zeiss Industrial Metrology
Graduate Students
    1. Cosmo Saunders (UMN MCDB&G, 2012-2017) – Abcam
    2. Aaron Duthoy (UMN MCDB&G, 2012-2014) – Life Science Research Professional, Long Lab, Stanford University
Technicians
    1. Brian Woolums (2011-2014) – PhD from Johns Hopkins University, Medical Writer at inScience Communications
    2. Patrick Willey (2014-2018) – Researcher 3, University of Minnesota Imaging Centers
    3. Amy Schoenhofen (2018-2020) – Lab Technician COVID-19 Testing
Undergraduate Students
    1. Joey Krenz (UMN, 2012-2015) – Medical Scribe at ScribeAmerica
    2. Adam Jaspersen (UMN, 2013) – Research Technologist at the Mayo Clinic
    3. Alexander McQuown (UMN, 2013-2016) – Graduate student in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University
    4. Evan Loukusa (UMN, 2014) – MD from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
    5. Christina Macenski (UMN, 2014) – MD from the University of Iowa
    6. Eric Martina (UMN, 2014) – RN from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
    7. Jacob Massop (UMN, 2014) – Emergency Medical Technician
    8. Dale Smith (UMN, 2014) — Business and Commercial Graduate at SSE plc
    9. Jared Erickson (UMN, 2014-2015) – Grad student in Microbiology at University of Wisconsin-Madison
    10. Amy Schoenhofen (UMN, 2014-2017) – Lab Technician
    11. Madeline Schutte (UMN, 2015-2016) – Lab Technician at Minnesota Gastroenterology
    12. Baila Elkin (UMN, 2015-2018) – MD student at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
    13. Chloe Adams (UMN, 2015) – Veterinary Technician at Animal Humane Society
    14. Theresa Kish (UMN, 2015) – Global Services Specialist, Delta Airlines
    15. Theresa Langworthy (UMN, 2015) – Direct Care Professional, REM Minnesota
    16. Mingming Li (UMN, 2015) – MD from the University of Minnesota
    17. Christopher Rodman (UMN, 2015) – Opioid Projects Coordinator at The Center for Construction Research and Training
    18. Thuy An Tran (UMN, 2015) – Medical Scribe at the University of Minnesota Emergency Department
    19. Revana Awadallah (UMN, 2016) – Admissions Associate at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
    20. Anna Sills (UMN, 2016) – Assistant Controller-Commercial Benefits at United Healthcare
    21. Nathan Stratton (UMN, 2016) – MD student at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
    22. Kiri Xu (UMN, 2016) – MD student at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
    23. Morretta O’Connell (UMN, 2016) – RN at Children’s Minnesota NICU
    24. Van Ly (UMN, 2016) – Packaging Project Manager at Target
    25. Emma Gooding (UMN, 2016) – Biocompatibility Scientist at Boston Scientific
    26. Natale Johnson (UMN, 2016) – Household and Family Management
    27. Kira Iwinski (UMN, 2016) – Law Student at Wake Forest University
    28. Patrick Massaman (UMN, 2016) – Emergency Medical Technician
    29. Sam Burciaga (UMN, 2016) – Associate Researcher at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
    30. Tim Brennhofer (Grinnell College, 2016) – MS, Patent Law student at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
    31. Danica Bojovic (Grinnell College, 2016) – BA from Grinnell College
    32. Emma Roszkowski (Grinnell College, 2016) – Grad student in Microbiology at Cornell University
    33. Tim Zaccaro (Boston College, 2017) – Technology Solutions Project Coordinator at ClinicalMind
    34. Sam Banick (UMN, 2017) – Manufacturing Engineer at Nonin Medical, Inc.
    35. Julia Lundquist (UMN, 2017) – Reliability Engineer at Medtronic
    36. Riley Lokrantz (UMN, 2017) – Account Manager at Protolabs
    37. Jordan Hoffland (UMN, 2017) – BS in Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
    38. Rachel Falade (UMN, 2017) – Event Coordinator for the American Association for the Advancement of Science
    39. Courtenay Fyffe-Williams (Grinnell College, 2017) – BA in Biology from Grinnell College
    40. Emily Burgess (Grinnell College, 2017) – Laboratory Technician at Michigan State University
    41. Ravi Maisuria (UMN, 2017-2019) – Researcher at the Schulze Diabetes Institute
    42. Cassie Morris (2018) – Lab Technician at the University of Minnesota COVID-19 Testing Lab
    43. Sierra Hammernick (UMN, 2018) – Undergraduate Researcher in the Largaespada Lab at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
    44. Trinh Nguyen (UMN, 2018-2020) – Volunteer at the Minneapolis Children’s Hospital
    45. Andrew Zhou (UMN, 2019-2020) – Grad student in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University
    46. Andrew Ekhart (UMN, 2019-2020) – BA in Biology, Society, and the Environment from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities