Kern Lab Alumni
Below is a list of Kern Lab alumni and their "last known" (and hopefully current) position. If you are an alumnus and want to update your listing, please contact
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Julia Apitz - Master Student
2023 - 2024
Clara Kursinski - Undergraduate Student
2023 - 2024
Current Position: Undergraduate Student @ Brandeis University
Carolyn Morningstar - Master Student
2022 - 2023
Current Position: Graduate Student @ Emory University
Ingrid Marko - Graduate Student
2017 - 2023
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow @ The University of Texas at Austin
Nick Buongiorno - Undergraduate Student
2021 - 2023
Emily Schmitz - Postdoctoral Fellow
2022 - 2023
Current Position: Scientist I @ Sanofi
Chansik Kim - Graduate Student / Postdoctoral Fellow
2017 - 2023
Current Position: Scientist @ NoveltyNobility
Nicholas Greco - Masters Student
2022 - 2022
Current Position: Master Student @ Brandeis University
Renee Otten - Postdoctoral Fellow
2011 - 2022
Current Position: Senior Scientist @ Treeline Biosciences
Austin Bannister - Graduate Student
2017 - 2022
Current Position: Scientist @ RADD Pharmaceuticals
Warintra Pitsawong - Postdoctoral Fellow
2015 - 2022
Current Position: Scientist II @ Relay Therapeutics
Zachary Boswell - Postdoctoral Fellow
2020 - 2022
Current Position: Scientist @ Arrakis Therapeutics
Joseph Irvin - Undergraduate Student
2018 - 2021
Current Position: Graduate Student @ University of Rochester
John Stiller - Graduate Student / Postdoctoral Fellow
2015 - 2021
Current Position: Scientist @ Prime Medicine
Patrick Finneran - Graduate Student
2015 - 2020
Current Position: Senior Scientist Biophysics @ Menten AI
Klarissa Hollander - Undergraduate Student
2018 - 2020
Current Position: Graduate Student @ Yale University
Liuyu Chen - Master Student
2019 - 2020
Hadar Ivanir-Dabora - Postdoctoral Fellow
2017 - 2019
Daniel Woldring - Postdoctoral Fellow
Julia Tartaglia - Undergraduate Student
2017 - 2019
Current Position: Graduate Student @ UC Berkeley
Marc Hoemberger - Graduate Student / Postdoctoral Fellow
2013 - 2019
Current Position: Senior Scientist @ Treeline Biosciences
Chiquita McCoy-Crisp - Undergraduate Student
2017 - 2018
Julius Rentergent - Postdoctoral Fellow
2016 - 2017
Current Position: Senior Data Scientist @ The Trade Desk, Inc.
Yizhi Sun - Postdoctoral Fellow
2015 - 2017
Current Position: Research Fellow - Spiegelman Lab @ Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School
Steffen Kutter - Postdoctoral Fellow
2009 - 2017
Current Position: Principal Scientist I @ Schrödinger
Christopher Wilson - Graduate Student / Postdoctoral Fellow
2011 - 2017
Current Position: Scientist @ Prime Medicine
Charlene Tribbett-Talley - Administrative Assistant
2005 - 2017
Current Position: Admin Lead to VP of Clinical Research, Head & Executive Director Portfolio Strategy @ Pfizer
Vy Nguyen - Graduate Student / Postdoctoral Fellow
2011 - 2017
Current Position: Senior Scientist I @ Relay Therapeutics
Sara Gelles-Watnick - Undergraduate Student
2015 - 2017
Current Position: Graduate Student @ School of Biological and Biomedical Science, Yale University
Ayantu Temesgen - Undergraduate Student
2015 - 2017
Current Position: Harvard Medical School
2009 - 2016
Current Position: Principal Scientist II @ Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
Roman Agafonov - Postdoctoral Fellow
2010 - 2016
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist II @ C4 Therapeutics
Camelia Zheng - Undergraduate Student
2014 - 2016
Current Position: MSTP student - School of Medicine @ Stony Brook University
Sarita Biswas - Undergraduate Student
2014 - 2016
Current Position: Manager, Business Development @ Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Timo Eichner - Postdoctoral Fellow
2011 - 2015
Current Position: Associate Director, Head of Data Science & Digitalization @ Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Germany
Vanessa Buosi - Postdoctoral Fellow
2011 - 2014
Current Position: Alliance Manager @ Evotec, France
Kalyan S. Chakrabarti - Postdoctoral Fellow
Michael Clarkson - Postdoctoral Fellow
2006 - 2012
Current Position: Staff Scientist @ University of Arizona
Young-Jin Cho - Postdoctoral Fellow
2008 - 2012
2004 - 2011
Current Position: Senior Scientist @ Zymergen, Inc.
2004 - 2011
Current Position: Director of Biological Science @ Emulate, Inc.
2005 - 2011
Current Position: Entrepeneur, (Bio-) Data Scientist
Ole Clausen - Exchange Graduate Student
2009 - 2009
Current Position: Chief Operator at Ole Clausen Produktion, Denmark
Ming Lei - Postdoctoral Fellow
2004 - 2009
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow - Karplus Lab @ Harvard University
2005 - 2009
Current Position: Senior Scientist II @ Relay Therapeutics
Sabine Akabayov - Postdoctoral Fellow
2007 - 2008
Current Position: Scientific and Medical Translator in Israel
Katherine Henzler-Wildman - Postdoctoral Fellow
2000 - 2008
Current Position: Staff Process Development Scientist @ Bayer Healthcare
Peter Carlsson - Postdoctoral Fellow
2005 - 2007
Current Position: Project Manager @ DeLaval International
Christian Steinbeck - Postdoctoral Fellow
2005 - 2007
Current Position: Senior Developer @ Nike Sporting Goods
Annette Sievers - Postdoctoral Fellow
2004 - 2007
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist @ Pfizer
Elan Eisenmesser - Postdoctoral Fellow
Francesco Pontiggia - Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Computing Specialist
2008 - 2017
Current Position: Head of HPC Infrastructure @ Roivant Sciences
Han Yang - Master Student
2015 - 2016
Current Position: Senior Associate Scientist @ Pfizer
2012 - 2014
Current Position: Consultant - Project Team Lead @ Health Advances
2011 - 2013
Current Position: MD/PhD @ University of Minnesota
1999 - 2005
Current Position: Director @ Accent Therapeutics
Magnus Wolf-Watz - Postdoctoral Fellow