Kimmey Lab

People

Team members

Current lab members are listed in order of joining the lab.

Alumni

Former lab members

Listed by category.

Graduate Students (Thesis Lab)

  • Colin McEachen — MS Student (Sept 2023 - Jun 2025). Defended thesis Jun 2025! Next: applying to PhD programs
  • Jaden Knight — MS student, 4+1 track (Sep 2022 - Mar 2025). Defended thesis Mar 2025! Next: applying to industry
  • Raina Sacksteder — MS student (Mar 2021 - Mar 2023). Defended thesis Mar 2023! Next: Dancer / Choreographer / Ballet Instructor
  • Ti Lam — MS student (Mar 2020 - Dec 2021). Defended thesis Dec 2021! Next: Research Associate at Exai Bio
  • Tiffany Thisner — PhD Student (Mar 2020 - Mar 2021). Withdrew from program to pursue non-academic paths

Graduate Students (Rotation students; joined other lab for thesis work)

  • Katie Miller (METX; 2024 entry). Thesis lab: Fitnat Yildiz
  • Ana Ponce (METX; 2024 entry). Thesis lab: Karen Ottemann
  • Cristina Vargas (METX; 2024 entry). Thesis lab: Vicki Auerbuch Stone
  • Joshua Shaffer (MCD; 2019 entry). Thesis lab: Upasna Sharma
  • Stephanie Aguiar (MCD; 2019 entry). Thesis lab: Raquel Chamorro-Garcia

Undergraduates, Postbac, and Other Pre-Graduate Trainees

  • Eric Delgado (Jan 2025 - June 2026). Graduated June 2026! Next: Postbac in the Palm Lab at Yale
  • Pratheeka Budamagunta (Oct 2024 - June 2026). Graduated June 2026! Next: MS program in Southern CA
  • Philip Kovelman-Ottilie (Oct 2023 - Jun 2025). Graduated June 2025! Next: MS program in Germany
  • Corey Witt — Undergraduate Scholar (Jun 2024 - Jun 2025). Graduated June 2025! Next: research program at the NIH
  • Charu Sharma — Undergraduate (MCD) (May 2024 - Sep 2024)
  • Kate Wolsfeld — ACCESS Scholar (Jun - Aug 2024). Next: finishing undergrad at Cabrillo College
  • Kevin Halim — Undergraduate (Jan 2023 - Jun 2024). Graduated June 2024! Next: applying to med school
  • Mariana Tominaga Pereira — Undergraduate Visiting Scholar (Jan - May 2024). Next: back at U. São Paolo finishing her B.S.
  • Emily Pasion — Undergraduate (Apr - Dec 2023). Graduated Dec 2023! Next: Stayed in the lab as a Jr. Specialist!
  • Griffin Bohman — GAIN Scholar (Jun - Aug 2023). Next: Undergrad at CSUMB, class of 2024
  • Hailey Christian — GAIN Scholar (Jun - Aug 2023). Next: Undergrad at CSUMB, class of 2025, applying to grad school
  • Jared Kolahi — Undergraduate (Sep 2022 - Sep 2023). Graduated Summer 2023!
  • Jaden W. Knight — Undergraduate (Jun 2022 - Jun 2023). Graduated Spring 2023! Next: Continued as an MS student in the lab!
  • Ziad Kedkad — Undergraduate (Aug 2021 - Mar 2023). Graduated Winter 2023! Next: Technician at UCSF
  • Nathan Boucher — Undergraduate (Jan 2022 - Dec 2022). Graduated Winter 2023! Next: PA school, entry 2025
  • Hadassah Legaspi — ACCESS Scholar (Jun - Aug 2022). Next: Graduated UCLA, class of 2024
  • Brittany Gomez — PREP Scholar (July 2020 - Mar 2021). Next: PhD program, U Colorado
  • Manasa Handady — Undergrad (Oct 2019 - Mar 2021). Graduated Spring 2021! Next: Med School, St. Louis University (entry 2021)

Staff

  • Santiago Ruiz Solis — Jr. Specialist (June 2025 - June 2026). Next: TBD
  • Andy (Andrew) Diamos — Project Scientist (Aug 2024 - Mar 2025). Next: Video Game Streamer (YouTube and Twitch)
  • Emily Pasion — Technician (Apr 2023 - Jan 2025). Next: MS student, Genomic Data Analysis @ Keck Graduate Institute (entry 2025)
  • Lisa Sudek — Technician (Sep 2020 - May 2021). Next: Specialist in Carpenter Lab, UCSC
  • Meredith Klashman — Jr. Specialist (Sep 2019 - Jul 2020). Next: MD/MS program at UCSF and Berkeley (entry 2020)