McCormick Lab People

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Virginia Ursin - Technology Prospecting Lead,  Monsanto (Mystic, CT)
  • Rod Wing - Professor, University of Arizona
  • David Twell - Professor, University of Leicester (United Kingdom)
  • Guy Vancanneyt - Assistant Director, Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas CIB-CSIC
  • Salma Talhouk - Professor, American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
  • Jorge Muschietti - Professor, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  • Cathy Curie - Directeur de Recherche, CNRS, University of Montpellier (France)
  • Yoram Eyal - Scientist, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Israel
  • Susan Gorman - Principal, Gorman IP Law, APC, San Diego, CA
  • Keith Hamby - R&D Director, BioRad, Hercules, CA
  • Lori Dircks - Scientist, Biotech company
  • Hyun Uk Kim - Sejong University, Seoul, Korea
  • Peter Dodds - Scientist, CSIRO, Australia
  • Bauke Ylstra - Coordinator, Microarray Facility, VU Medical Center, The Netherlands
  • Jean-Louis Magnard - Maitre de Conferences, Univ. St. Etienne, France
  • Mineo Senda - Assoc. Professor, Hirosaki Univ., Japan
  • Inés Ezcurra - Assoc. Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
  • Ming Yang - Assoc. Professor, Oklahoma State
  • Sung Han Ok - Researcher, Korea University, Korea
  • Wei-hua Tang - Professor, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, China
  • Pulla Kaothien - Researcher, Nagasaki University, Japan
  • Michele Engel - Lecturer, California State University, Bakersfield
  • Rachel Holmes-Davis - Scientist, Biotech company
  • Bin Shuai - Associate Professor, Witchita State University
  • Heping Yang - Senior Scientist, Monsanto
  • Rajsree Mungur - Freelance Science Editor
  • Huanzhong Wang - Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut
  • Monica Alandete-Saez - Director of Analysis and Educucational Outreach, PIPRA, UC Davis
  • Jun-min He - Assoc. Professor, Shaanxi Normal Univ., Xi'an, China
  • Leonor Boavida - Senior Postdoc, Gulbenkian Institute, Oeiras, Portugal
  • Mily Ron - Associate Specialist, UC-Davis
  • Yue-feng Guan - Professor, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry U, China
  • Yan Zhang - Professor, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
  • Binglian Zheng - Professor, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
  • Hua Jiang - Postdoc, Swedish Univ. Agricultural Sci., Uppsala Biocenter
  • Guang Wu - Professor, Shaanxi Normal Univ., Xi'an, China
  • Yuan Chen - TBA

Technicians

  • Judy Yamaguchi
  • Dawn Banasiak, Genetic Counselor
  • Rima Kulikauskas, SRA, U.Washington
  • Robyn Cotter, Xoma, Berkeley
  • Sheila Johnson, visiting scientist, McCormick lab
  • Dior Kelley, Asst. Prof., Iowa State
  • Stephanie Kiriakopolos, graduate school, SF State
  • Navpreet Kaur, medical school, Dublin, Ireland
  • Teresa Mok, pharmacist
  • Tina Tran, pharmacist, Arizona
  • Waichoi Shek, BioRad

Graduate Students

  • Yun-Chia Sophia Chen, Ph.D. 1997, Lawyer
  • Sheila Johnson-Brousseau, Ph.D. 2007

Undergraduates (Fall 2001-Fall 2015)

  • Alex Agelidis 2007-2008
  • Billal Ahmed 2014
  • Kimberly Barnash 2009
  • Lauren Bartlow 2001-2003
  • Rebecca Belloso, 2010
  • Miranda Broz 2009-2010, graduate school, UCSF
  • Leslie Carter 2007
  • Sarah Chan 2010-2012
  • Kevin Chang 2011
  • Parisa Chavoshi 2007
  • Connie Chen 2002
  • Louis Chen 2008-2010, medical school, Uniformed Services Univ. of Health Sci.
  • Phillip Chen 2012
  • Tony Chen 2014
  • Lilian Chiang 2002
  • Thomas Choi 2010
  • Monica Chowdary 2011
  • Peter Chukwu 2009
  • Kenny Chung 2007
  • Allison Clark 2007
  • Brianna Clark, 2010
  • Alicia Clum 2005-2006
  • Peter Conte 2001
  • Catey Coppini 2006-2007
  • Dan Dengrove 2002
  • Zoya Derebenskiy 2007-2008
  • Prasadi Edirippulige 2005-2006
  • Kathryn Fang 2002-2003
  • Aimee Farria 2009-2010, graduate school, Univ. Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • Rowena Feng 2012
  • Ying Feng 2006
  • Lindsay Finger 2003-2004
  • Garth Fisher, 2013-2014
  • Cynthia Foust 2003
  • Emily Fox 2007-2008, graduate school, UCSF
  • John Gahagan 2005-2006
  • Shan Girn 2009
  • Alex Guo 2005-2006
  • Gunjan Goel 2003
  • Raymond Gong 2009-2011
  • Feny Gunawan 2002-2003
  • Amy Hassenberg 2008-2009
  • Tracy Hoang 2002
  • Calliope Holingue 2011
  • Hugo Hua, 2009-2010
  • David Huang 2009-2011, graduate school, USC
  • Iris Huang 2005-2006
  • Carolyn (Miaoqi) Jin 2009
  • Rohan Jonnalagadda 2011-2012
  • Korey Kassir 2006
  • Navpreet Kaur 2004, medical school, Dublin, Ireland
  • Clara Kim 2001-2002
  • Jessica Kim 2005-2006
  • Hanjun Kim 2007
  • Diana Lac 2003-2004
  • Alix LaCoste 2007
  • Vision Lan 2006-2007
  • Colleen Lau 2006-2007, graduate.school, Columbia
  • Eric Lau 2014
  • Duong Le 2001-2002
  • Truong Le 2007-2008, graduate school, George Washington University
  • Chih-Han Lee 2009
  • David Lee 2007-2010
  • Jungsun Lee 2005
  • Lawrence Lee 2012
  • Sam Leiboff 2008-2009
  • Christopher Leong 2004-2005, graduate school, UC-Davis
  • Raymond Lew 2006-2007
  • Kitty Hoi Yan Li 2005-2006
  • Judy Liu 2007
  • Michael Liu 2005-2006
  • Sarah Liu 2008-2009
  • Doris Lo 2004-2005, pharmacy school, USC
  • Lina Ma 2007
  • Laura Mahoney 2007-2008
  • Jenny Marino, 2014-2015
  • Mayuka Matsumoto 2005
  • Michelle Meador 2004-2005, pre-dentistry program, SF State
  • Kate Messer 2003
  • Megha Miglani 2002
  • Emi Minijima 2003-2004
  • Siu Wai Mok 2004-2005, pharmacist
  • Maria Mouchess 2003, postdoc, UCSF
  • Sophie Mukadam 2002
  • Vivian Ng 2003-2004, medical school, UCLA
  • Andre Nghiem 2012
  • Eric Suang Pang 2004, graduate school, UCLA
  • James Pao, 2008-2009
  • Daniel Park 2009-2010
  • Sungkook Park 2004
  • Priti Patel 2003
  • Frazier Phillips 2009
  • Nishant Prasad 2002-2003
  • Chase Quam 2010
  • Cary Opel 2002
  • Sumedha Ravishankar, 2014-2015
  • Meghan Reddy, 2015
  • Tanida Rojchanakasetchai 2007
  • Casey Roos 2013-2014
  • Andrew Shieh 2010-2011
  • Jamison Smith 2008
  • Elizabeth Story 2001-2002
  • Won Sang (Thomas) Tahk 2010-2011
  • Dylan Ting 2010-2011
  • Tyson Torres 2006-2007
  • Jeffrey Tsao 2002-2003
  • Seinn Tun 2010
  • Pierre Van Der Haeghen 2009
  • Shruti Vora 2006
  • Marian Wahba 2008-2009, research assistant, NIH
  • Isabelle Walrand 2005-2006
  • Julia Wei 2009
  • Jason Wexler 2006-2007
  • Maple Wong 2004
  • John Yoon 2006-2007
  • Yuan-Sheng Yu 2006
  • Zara Zelenko 2006

Undergraduates (Pre-2001)

  • Ryan Alfonso, 1987-1988
  • Audrey Bersot
  • Michael Chan, 1987, M.D.
  • Carolyn Choi
  • Kitty Cheung
  • Maureen Cyrot, 1992-1994
  • Katherine Fang
  • Cecilia Fairley, 1990-1993, genetic counselor
  • Nikkisha Faulcon
  • Laura Franciosi, 1989
  • Cherine Fu, 1992-1994
  • Keith Fukanaga
  • Elise Grenier, 1993-1994
  • Paul Guth, 1994
  • Lee Harris
  • Rachel Holmes, 1988-1990
  • Andrew Hou, 1994-1995
  • Dennis Hsueh, 1992-1994
  • Gayle Hunter, 1991-1993, artist
  • Ruzaik Ibrahim, M.D.
  • Connie Kim
  • Sooneui Kim, 1994-1995
  • Roger Kirkpatrick
  • Su Larabell, 1987-1989, genetic counselor
  • Elisha Larez
  • Duong Le
  • Sumi Lee
  • Michele Leary
  • Muriel LeBlanc
  • Jimmy Leung
  • Joy Liang
  • Margaret Liu, 1995
  • Zoli Lundy
  • Hemlata Mistry, 1992
  • Roy Nattiv
  • Dan Nguyen, 1993-1994
  • Charlotte Nussbaum
  • Adeline Seah, graduate school, Cal Tech
  • Ruthie Su
  • Manish Thakur
  • Rebecca Tin, 1996
  • Hendry Ton, 1992-1993
  • James Ushiba, 1989-1990, M.D.
  • Flora Wan, 1996
  • Elizabeth Wang, 1987
  • Katie Wheeler
  • Michelle White, 1989
  • Lily Wong
  • Tiffany Wong
  • Sothy Yi

High School Students

  • Katie Augustyn, 2001
  • Erika Choy, 2006
  • Jennifer Cribbs, 2000
  • Valentina Garcia, 2008
  • Abdul Jandali, 1999
  • Michelle Knudsen, 1995
  • BinBin Liang, 2002
  • LaShawn Martin, 1994
  • Zan Morris, 2003
  • Loretta Nguyen, 1995
  • Casey Oto, 2005
  • Sam Rosette, 1997
  • Laura Sextro, 1992
  • Katelyn Walker, 2003
  • David Wilson, 1992

High School Teachers

  • Anne Bengtson, 1991
  • Kristen Daehl, 1992
  • John Forte, 1993

Visiting Graduate Students

  • Jaap Kooijman, Univ. Nimegen, Holland, 1994
  • Giuliana La Rotonda, Univ. Naples, Italy, 1997-1998
  • Diego Wengier, Univ. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2004, 2007
  • Vladimir Bondarenco, Institute of Genetics and Plant Physiology, Moldava, 2005
  • Anja Kombrink, Wageningen Univ., Holland, 2008
  • Peng Qin, Sichuan Agricultural Univ., Chengdu, China, 2009-2011
  • Ting Zou, Sichuan Agricultural Univ., Chengdu, China, 2014-2015

Sabbatical and other short-term visitors

  • Michael Christianson, 1988
  • Debu Basu, Bose Institute, India, 1990
  • Eliezer Lifschitz, Technion University, Israel, 1995
  • Zaure Aytasheva - Inst. Genetics, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2001
  • Ed Butler, Eastern Arizona College, 2009
  • Shaul Yalovsky, Tel Aviv University, 2009
  • Ming Xu, Shenyang Agricultural University,  China, 2010
  • Shuizhang Fei, Iowa State University, 2011
  • Jianxiong Jiang, Hunan Agricultural Univ., 2011
  • Dongqiao Shi, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2013-2014
  • Weijiang Luan, Tianjin Normal Univ., 2014
  • Haifeng Peng, South China Agric. Univ., 2014