Luke L. Lairson, PhD
      Associate Professor,
      Department of Chemistry
      California Campus
      The Scripps Research Institute

      TSRI Joint Appointments
      Department of Molecular Medicine    
      Faculty, Graduate Program
                                                                
     
     

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      Brittney Beyer, BS (University of San Diego)

      Graduate Student 

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      Emily Chin, BA (University of California, Berkeley), PhD (University of Wisconsin)
     
      Staff Scientist

      

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       Nathalia Gazaniga, BS (Florida Atlantic University)

       Graduate Student 

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        Erika James, BS (Northeastern University)

       Graduate Student

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      Mildred Kissai, BA (Bard College)
 
      Graduate Student ​

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      Francisco Martínez-Peña, BS (University of Castilla-La Mancha), MS (Complutense University of 
      Madrid), PhD (Autonomous University of Madrid)
      
      Copley Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow

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      Laura Pereira, BSc (University of Western Ontario), MSc (University of Western Ontario),
      JD (California Western School of Law)
      
      Research Assistant II

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     Philipp Sander, BSc (University of Bonn, Bonn Germany), MSc (University of Freiburg, Freiburg         
      Germany)

     Graduate Student 
     TRDRP Predoctoral Fellow
   
   
    

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     Stephan Spangenberg, BS (University of California, San Diego USA)

     Graduate Student ​
   
    

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     Amanda Sul, BS (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

     Graduate Student 

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     Tommy West, BS (University of Virginia)

     Graduate Student 
     Skaggs Predoctoral Fellow

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      Kristen Williams
      Administrative Assistant
      kristenw at scripps.edu

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 Alumni

Justin Anglin, PhD (Baylor University)                                                                            2013 - 2016, Postdoctoral Fellow
Present: Director of Medicinal Chemistry,
Baylor College of Medicine Center for Drug Discovery
 
Reza Beheshti Zavareh, PhD (University of Toronto)                                                 2012-2017, Institute Fellow
Present: HTS Scientist,
Janssen Pharmaceuticals

Zhaoqing (Ching) Ding, PhD (Stanford University)                                                      2012 - 2014, Postdoctoral Fellow
Present: Group & platform Leader -
                NGS of the Immune Repertoire,
                Janssen Pharmaceuticals
 
Chelsea Green, BS (San Diego State University)                                                          2012 - 2013, CIRM Bridges Intern
 
Ying Jia, MSc (Northeast Agricultural University)                                                        2018 - 2020, Research Assistant II
         
Natasha Lucki, PhD (Georgia Institute of Technology)                                               2012 - 2015, Postdoctoral Fellow
Present: Associate Product Manager,
Thermo Fisher Scientific
 
Lance Meitz, MS (CSU, Channel Islands)                                                                       2018 - 2019, CIRM Bridges Intern

Patrycja Michalska,  PhD (Autonomous University of Madrid)                           2019, IMFAHE Visiting Scientist 
Present: Postdoc, Karolinska Institute 
      
Katharine Moore, BS (San Diego State University)                                                     2012 - 2014, CIRM Bridges Intern
 
Warren Plaisted, PhD (University of California, Irvine)                                              2015 - 2017 Postdoctoral Fellow
Present: Investigator,
Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation
 
Benjamin, Sadrian, PhD (University of California, Davis)                                          2015 – 2017, Postdoctoral Fellow
Present: VP Research & Development (Neuroscience)
Koniku Inc.
 
Amandeep Sharma, MS (CSU, Channel Islands)                                                        2017-2018, CIRM Bridges Intern
Present: Research Assistant, Salk Institute

Naja Vergani; PhD (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)                                                 2014-2018, Postdoctoral Fellow/Scientist
Present: Scientist II,   
HD Biosciences, a WuXi AppTec Company

Tom Vokes, MS (Rutgers University)                                                                           2015 - 2016, Research Assistant
Present: Associate Scientist
Dart Neuroscience