Former lab members
Lukas Fuentes
Cell Biology Ph.D. (BQBS track of BBS program). Graduated (2023)
Moved on to a new position as Research Scientist at Bexorg, Inc. (https://bexorg.com/) in July 2023
Kenny Chung
Associate Research Scientist 2019-2022
Moved on to a new position as Senior System Engineer at Acuity Spatial Genomics, Inc. (https://acuityspatialgenomics.com/) in January 2023
Zach Marin
PhD - Biomedical Engineering, Graduated (2022)
Moved on to a Postdoctoral Fellow postion in Kevin Dean's lab at University of Texas Southwestern (https://www.dean-lab.org/) in Jun 2022
Dong-Ryoung Lee
Associate Research Scientist 2018-2022
Moved on to become an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Soongsil University, Korea, in March 2022
Ons M'Saad
PhD - Biomedical Engineering, Graduated (2021)
Moved on to become a Co-founder & CEO at Panluminate Inc (https://bioct.org/member/panluminate-inc/) in November 2021
Kevin Hu
PhD - Biomedical Engineering, Graduated (2021)
Moved on to a Senior R&D Engineer postion at Inflammatix, Inc. (https://inflammatix.com/) in November 2021
Mark Lessard
Research Associate 2015-2021
Moved on to a position at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine.
Edward Courchaine
PhD - Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University - 2020
Moved on to a postdoctoral fellow position with Roy Parker, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Mengyuan (Helen) Sun
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Graduated (2021)
Andrew Barentine
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Graduated (2021)
Moved on to a post-doctoral position in the Moerner group, at Stanford.
Yongdeng Zhang
Associate Research Scientist in our lab until September 2020
PhD (Biophysics) – Huazhong University of Science & Technology, 2013
Research Assistant – Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2013 - 2014
Moved on as an Assistant Professor in the School of Life Sciences at Westlake University October 2020
Lena Schroeder
Associate Research Scientist in our lab until January 2020
PhD (Cell Biology) – Yale University, 2014
Moved to Staff Scientist position at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center February 2020
Shaocong Liu
Postgraduate Fellow in our lab until December 2019
Kasey Hancock
PhD rotation student. Completed her rotation December 2019.
Juliana Rios Chen
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Graduated 2019
Xiongchao Chen
PhD rotation student. Completed his rotation December 2019.
Yao Xue
PhD rotation student. Completed his rotation December 2019.
Mary Grace Velasco
Ph.D Biomedical Engineering, Graduated (2019)
Moved on to work for Abberior Instruments America
Arunima Chaudhuri
PhD Postdoc in our lab until September 2019.
Sonja Piehler
B.Sc. Student in our lab until July 2019.
Grace Swaim
PhD rotation student. Completed her rotation March 2019.
Xiang Hao
PhD (Optical Engineering) Postdoc in our lab until October (2018)
Moved on to a position as Professor at Zhejiang University. His web page can be found here.
Tobias Stenz
University of Applied Sciences in Regensburg - M.Sc. Medical Engineering student (practical work completed in our lab;2018)
Julia Neuwirth
Johannes Kepler University, Physics - M.Sc. Physics student (practical work completed in our lab;2017)
Michael Graff
University of Applied Science Munich (2015) - B.S. Computer Science
University of Applied Science Munich (2017) - M. Sc. (practical work completed in our lab; 2017)
Yu Lin
Ph.D Biomedical Engineering, Graduated (2017)
Moved on to a Postdoc position in the Ellenberg Group at EMBL Heidelberg
Michael Grace
B.S. Physics - Yale University (2015)
Moved on to graduate school at University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences.
Emil B. Kromann
Ph.D Biomedical Engineering, Graduated (2017)
Moved on to become an Assistant Professor, Technical University of Denmark
Jiaxi Zhao
Tsinghua University, Physics - B.Sc. student (2016)
Continued his studies at Tsinghua University
Sarah Schweighofer
University of Vienna, Austria, Molecular Biology - B.Sc. (2013)
University of Vienna, Austria, Molecular Biology - M. Sc. (practical work completed in our lab; 2016)
Sabine Becker
University of Applied Science Regensburg, Biomedical Engineering - B.Eng. student (2016)
Continued her studies in Regensburg
Alexander Goryaynov
PhD Biophysics and Biochemistry. Postdoc in our lab until April (2016)
Moved on to a position as Senior Scientist at 4Catalyzer.
Edward Allgeyer
Ph.D. Physics. Postdoc in our lab until December (2015)
Moved on to a position as Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge
Fang Huang
Ph.D. Physics. Postdoc in our lab until August (2015)
Moved on to a position as Assistant Professor at Purdue University
Stefan Maier
University of Applied Science Regensburg, Mechanical Engineering - M.Sc. student (2015)
Continued his studies in Regensburg
Florian Schroeder
University of Applied Science Regensburg, Biomedical Engineering - B.Eng. student (2015)
Continued his studies in Regensburg
Jordan Myers
Graduate student in our lab until May (2015)
Moved on to an Applications Scientist position at Semrock, Inc.
Vladimir Shteyn
Cell Biology Ph.D. student, graduating December (2015)
Currently a postdoc in the Karatekin Lab
Thomy Phan
Hochschule Munich, Germany, Scientific Computing - B.Sc. student (2015)
Continued his studies in Munich
Dominik Huber
University of Applied Science Regensburg, Mechanical Engineering - B.Eng. student (2014/15)
Continued his studies in Regensburg
Johannes Reschke
University of Applied Science Regensburg, Electrical Engineering - B.Eng. student (2014/15)
Continued his studies in Regensburg
George Sirinakis
Ph.D. Physics. Postdoc in our lab until July (2014)
Moved on to a position as Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge
Tobias Wagner
University of Applied Science Regensburg, Mechanical Engineering - M.Sc. student (2014)
Continued his studies in Regensburg
Stefan Politzka
University of Applied Science Regensburg, Mechatronics - B.Sc. student (2013/14)
Continued his studies in Regensburg
Markus Schwarzhuber
University of Applied Science Regensburg, Mechanical Engineering - B.Sc. student (2013)
Continued his studies in Regensburg
Whitney Duim
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry. Postdoc in our lab until October (2013)
Moved on to a position as postdoctoral associate in the Arnold Lab
Since 2015, Visiting Assistant Professor at Harvey Mudd College
Jane Long
Undergraduate researcher until August (2013). Graduated from Yale College (2013)
Continued her studies at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence
Travis Gould
Ph.D. Physics. Postdoc in our lab until July (2013)
Moved on to a position as Assistant Professor at Bates College
Tobias Hartwich
Physics Ph.D. student, graduated January (2013)
Moved on to a postdoc position in the Baddeley Lab
Robert Muth
Hochschule Munich, Germany, Computer Science - B.Sc. student (2013)
Continued his studies in Munich
Christian Edhofer
University of Applied Science Regensburg, Electrical Engineering - B.Eng. student (2013)
Continued his studies in Regensburg
Manuel Juette
Physics Ph.D. student, graduated December (2012)
Moved on to a postdoc position in the Blanchard Lab
Stephanie Schumacher
University of Heidelberg, Biotechnology - M.Sc. student (2012)
Continued her studies in Heidelberg
Mike Mosbacher
University of Applied Science Regensburg, Mechanical Engineering - B.Sc. student (2012)
Continued his studies in Regensburg
Christopher Jost
University of Applied Science Regensburg, Mechanical Engineering - B.Sc. student (2012)
Continued his studies in Regensburg
Felix Dietrich
Hochschule Munich, Germany, Scientific Computing - B.Sc. student (2011)
Continued his studies in Munich
Michael Mlodzianoski
Research assistant (2009-2011)
Moved on to become a Ph.D. student in the Hess Lab
Jennifer Reardon
Rochester Institute of Technology, Biotechnology - B.Sc. student (2010/11)
Continued her studies in Rochester
Marika Kuschan
University of Heidelberg, Germany, physics - Diploma student (2009/10)
Moved on to become a Ph.D. student in Munich