The Stites Lab is a team of individuals with backgrounds in
experimental biology, mathematics, physics, engineering, and clinical medicine.

  • Ed Stites

    M.D., Ph.D., University of Virginia
    Associate Professor

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  • Ivailo S. Mihaylov

    Ph.D., Institute
    of Molecular Biology, Bulgaria Academy of Sciences
    Research Associate 2
    Experimental Biology

  • Ken Nguyen

    B.S., Miami University
    Postgraduate Research Associate
    Experimental Biology

  • Adith Arun

    B.S., Johns Hopkins University
    Bioinformatician

  • Joyce Ker

    B.A. Johns Hopkins
    Postgraduate Research Associate

  • Max Leslie

    B.S., M.S. Clark University
    Postgraduate Research Associate

  • Andy Buzza

    Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
    Postdoctoral Associate

  • Nikan Riyahi

    Ph.D., Indiana University
    Postdoctoral Associate
    (coming soon)

  • Deep Patel

    Graduate Student
    Yale University

  • Tomer Grabiner

    B.S. Tel Aviv University
    Postgraduate Research Associate
    (coming soon)

  • Melinda Tong

    M.S., University of Southern California
    Bioinformatician

  • Mike Jones

    Ph.D., UC Santa Barbara
    Scientific Writer

  • David Liarakos

    M.S., UC Santa Cruz
    Bioinformatician

  • Chris Sacchi

    B.S., University of Connecticut
    Biomedical Data Scientist

  • Craig Allen

    B.S. University of Connecticut
    Computational Biologist

  • Ricardo Lopez

    Undergraduate
    Yale University

  • Valentina Zhang

    Undergraduate
    Yale University

  • Katie Gurney

    Undergraduate
    Yale University

  • Daniel Wang

    Undergraduate
    Yale University

  • Sean Chang

    Undergraduate
    Yale University

Lab Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

Gaurav Mendiratta, PhD (Computational, 2017-2022)
Next/Current Position: Research Scientist II, Takeda

Thomas McFall, PhD (Experimental, 2017-2020)
Next Position: Senior Scientist, Ideaya Biosciences
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin

Stacy Littlechild, PhD (Experimental, 2017-2019)
Next Position: Associate Director, Reveal Biosciences
Current Position: Associate Director, AI Product, Vivodyne

Michael Trogdon, PhD (Computational, 2018-2022)
Next/Current Position: Senior Scientist, Pfizer

Eugene Ke, PhD (Computational, 2018-2019)
Next Position: Assistant Professor, University of Virginia
Current Position: Director of Bioinformatics, Kinnate Biopharma

Meraj Aziz, MD (Computational, 2018-2019)
Next Position: Internal Medicine Resident, Meharry Medical College
Current Position: Hematology & Oncology Fellow, St. Luke’s University Health Network

Ryan Underwood, PhD (Experimental/Computational, 2018-2020)
Next/Current Position: Senior Data Analyst, General Dynamics Information Technology

Nehemiah Zewde, PhD (Computational, 2020-2021)
Next/Current position: Senior Informatics Analyst, Genentech

Kodye Abbott, PhD (Experimental, 2020-2022)
Next Position: Faculty, Research Ranks, Yale School of Medicine
Current Position: Patent Examiner, US Patent Office

Jianfeng Huang, PhD (Experimental, 2020-2022)
Next Position: Scientist, Regulus Therapeutics
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Sun Yat-sen University

Noah DeTal, PhD (Computational, 2021-2023)
Next/Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, BYU

Navneet Kaur, PhD (Experimental, 2022-2024)
Next/Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, UTSW

Research Assistants

Kendra Paskvan (Experimental, 2017-2018)
Next Position: Medical Student, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences
Current Position: Medical Resident

Laura Sisk-Hackworth (Experimental, 2018-2019)
Next/Current Position: Graduate Student, San Diego State University

David Liarakos (Computational, 2018-2022)
Next/Current Position: Graduate Student, University of California Santa Cruz

Patrick Flannery (Experimental 2020-2021)
Next Position: Medical Student, Rocky Vista University
Current Position: Emergency Medicine Resident, University of Connecticut

Postgraduate Researchers

Jodie Jepson (Computational, 2022-2024)
Next Position: Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University

Peter Carlip (Computational, 2022-2024)
Next Position: Graduate Student, Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University

Jacob Kim (Computational, 2023-2024)
Next Position: Postgraduate Researcher, Yale University

Craig Allen (Computational, 2023-2024)
Next Position: Computational Scientist and Engineer, Alexion Pharmaceuticals

Clinical Fellows and Clinical Volunteers

Nicholas Coley, MD, PhD (Experimental, 2019-2020)
Next/Current Position: Neuropathologist, Diagnostic Pathology Medical Group

Larry Greenfield, MD (Molecular Tumor Board, 2018-2021)
Next/Current Position: Molecular Tumor Board Volunteer, UC San Diego

Research Scientists

Cristine Chisholm, PhD (Experimental, 2020-2021)
Next Position: Field Application Scientist, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
Current Position: Staff Scientist, Salk Institute

Michael Jones, PhD (Experimental, 2021-2022)
Next Position: Research Scientist, Salk Institute
Current Position: Science Writer and Science Consultant

Undergraduates

Sasha Brownsberger (Helios Scholar, Summer 2011)
Stanford physics undergraduate
Next Position: Graduate Student, Harvard

Chelsey Poling (Helios Scholar, Summer 2011-2013)
Arizona State University biomedical engineering undergraduate
Next Position: Technical Analyst, Citrix
Current Position: Actuarial Analyst

Catherine May (Summer 2011-2012)
Arizona State University biology undergraduate
Next Position: Graduate Student, ASU
Current Position: Junior Bioinformatics Specialist, Tempus Labs

Jack Andrews (Helios Scholar, Summer 2012)
University of Arizona, molecular and cellular biology undergraduate
Next Position: Medical Student, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Current Position: Urologist, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale

Keith Dyson (Helios Scholar, Summer 2012)
Arizona State University biomedical engineering undergraduate
Next Position: Graduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis
Current Position: Machine Learning Engineer II, Centene Corporation

High School Students

Katherine Arnold (2018-2019)
Next Position: College student, University of Southern California
Current Position: Analyst, Maverix Medical