Lab Members

Current Lab Members

Dr. David H. Raulet, Ph.D.



Esther and Wendy Schekman Chair
in Basic Cancer Biology

Distinguished Professor of Immunology and Molecular Medicine

Faculty Director of Immunotherapeutics
and Vaccine Research Initiative

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

Education:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Ph.D. Biology;
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: B.S. Microbiology
http://mcb.berkeley.edu/faculty/IMM/rauletd.html

Lab Manager

 
Lily Zhang
 
 
 
Position: Lab Manager
Education: Nankai University: B.S. Biochemistry
Peking Union Medical College: M.S. Molecular Biology
Project: T-cell receptor rearrangement
 
Postdoctoral Researchers

Yeara Jo

 
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Education: University of California, San Diego, PhD Biological Sciences
Project: Molecular mechanisms underlying NK cell energy and reprogrammability
Alexandros Karampatzakis
 
 
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Education: University of Thessaly, Greece, B.S.Biochemistry and Biotechnology
University of Uppsala, Sweden, M.S. Molecular medicine and Medical Research
Lydia Becker Institute of Inflammation, University of Manchester, PhD NK Cell Killing Kinetics
Project: Mechanisms of NK cell exhaustion and desensitization

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Hannah Ghasemi
 
 
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Education: University of California, Santa Barbara, PhD Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology 
Project: A novel mechanism of immune activation

 

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Graduate Student Researchers

Chenyu Zhang

 

Position: Graduate Student Researcher
Education: Lafayette College, B.S.
Project: Cross-talk between NK Cells and Regulatory T cells in the Tumor Microenvironment 
Contact: chenyu_zhang@berkeley.edu
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Abigail Mende

 

Position: Graduate Student Researcher
Education: University of California, Davis, BS Microbiology
Project: Molecular mechanisms of NK cell exhaustion
Contact: abigail_mende@berkeley.edu

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Elle Andrews

 

Position: Graduate Student Researcher
Education: UC San Diego, B.S. Molecular Biology; M.S. Biological Sciences
Project: Mechanisms of NK Cell Desensitization
Contact: elizabeth.andrews@berkeley.edu
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Kaleb Jen

 

Position: Graduate Student Researcher
Education: UC Berkeley, B.S. Chemical Engineering; M.S. Bioprocess Engineering, in progress
Contact: kjen19@berkeley.edu
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Staff Research Associates 

 

Erik Seidel

Position: Staff Research Associate
Education: Colorado State University, M.S. Biochemistry

 

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Seungwon Lee


 

 

Position: Staff Research Associate
Education: UC Berkeley, B.A. Molecular and Cell Biology and Haas Scholar
Contact: seungwon_lee@berkeley.edu
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Undergraduate Student Researchers

Natalie Liang


 
Position: Undergraduate Student Researcher
Education: UC Berkeley, Molecular and Cell Biology, in progress
Contact: njliang@berkeley.edu

Jenny Lu
 

 
 
Position: Dr. Raulet's Lab Assistant 
Education: UC Berkeley, Integrative Biology, in progress
Contact: jennylu3632@berkeley.edu
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Sooyun Cho

 

Position: Undergraduate Student Researcher and Lab Assistant
Education: UC Berkeley, Molecular and Cell Biology, in progress
Contact: sooyun.cho@berkeley.edu
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Michael Jiang


 

Position: Undergraduate Student Researcher
Education: UC Berkeley, Molecular and Cell Biology, in progress
Contact: michaelzjiang@berkeley.edu

Julianna Sitha

 

Position: Lab Assistant
Education: UC Berkeley, Microbial Biology, in progress

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Lauren Dove

 

 
Position: Undergraduate Student Researcher 
Education: UC Berkeley, Molecular and Cell Biology, in progress

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Zexuan Lu

 

 

Position: Undergraduate Student Researcher
Education: Peking University, Molecular biology in progress; UC Berkeley, exchange in Molecular and Cell Biology, in progress
Project: Mechanisms of NK cell exhaustion and desensitization

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Helen Zhang

 

 

 

Position: Undergraduate Student Researcher
Education: UC Berkeley, Molecular and Cell Biology, Data Science, in progress

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Koharu Sakiyama

 

 

Position: Undergraduate Student Researcher
Education: UC Berkeley, Molecular and Cell Biology, Music, in progress

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Past Lab Members

Ife Desamours Adeyari

Lina Alfonso

Michele Ardolino, Ph.D.

David Asarnow, Ph.D.

Jeanne Baker, Ph.D.

Lawrence Bai

Jennifer Beck, B.S. 

Mark Bix, Ph.D.

Cristina Blaj, PhD

Mike Blakesley

Nick Cacalano, Ph.D.

James Carlyle, Ph.D.

Mabel Chan, Ph.D.

Beth Chang

Allen Chen 

Arthur Chiu

Augustine Choy

Mark Coles, Ph.D.

Tobey Colston

Laura Corral, Ph.D.

Isabel Correa, Ph.D.

Naomi Cruz

Jackie Dailey

Susanna Dang

Weiwen Deng, Ph.D.                               

Frederic Delebecque, Ph.D.

Andreas Diefenbach, Ph.D.

Peter Dietzen

Jeffrey Dorfman, Ph.D.

Sam Dubensky

Elizabeth Ellis-Falik

Alec Ethell

Elizabeth Fan                               

Crystal Feng

Nadine Fernandez, Ph.D.

Stephan Gasser, Ph.D.

Aimee Ginley, M.S.

Era Goel

Jacki Goldman, Ph.D.

Benjamin Gowen, Ph.D.

April Griffith, B.A.

Josephine Groslambert

Nadia Guerra, Ph. D.

Thomas Hanke, Ph.D.                              

Oliver Haworth, Ph.D.

William Harkin

Werner Held, Ph.D.

Curtis Hodge, Ph.D.            

Matthew Holsti, Ph.D.                        

Lucas Horan, Ph.D.                                  

Jen Hsia, B.A.                                             

Joy Hsu

Yun-Hui (Henry) Hsiang, Ph.D.               

Ben Hsiung, B.S.

Kristen Huang, B.A. 2017

Kevin Huynh

Alex Iannello, Ph. D.                                 

Patricia Isnard, Ph.D.                                

Ben Jackson

Alyssa Jaffer                                              

Amanda Jamieson, Ph.D.                        

Eric Jensen, Ph.D.

Nathalie Joncker, Ph.D.

Tiffany Juarez, Ph.D.               

Heiyoun Jung, Ph.D.               

Joonsoo Kang, Ph.D.               

Alexander Kim, B.A. 2017

Georgia Kirn, B.A.

Djem Kissiov, Ph.D

Daniell Kline

Joanna Kritikou, PhD

Stephanie Lau, B.S.  

Sophie Lehar, Ph.D.        

Monisha Lensink-Vasan        

Andrew Lee

Harmony Lee                             

Sang-Ho Lee, Ph.D.

Susan Lee

Jonathan Li, B.A. 2017

Joy Li

Sophia Li          

Elizabeth Lin                    

Nan-Shih Liao, Ph.D.  

Isabella Lin, B.A.     

Frank Liu, B.A.     

Scot Liu, Ph.D.        

Rutger Luteijin, PhD  

Katrine Madsen               

Malvika Marathe

Assaf Marcus Ph.D

Amy Mao, B.A.

James McArthur, Ph.D.           

Christopher McMahon, Ph.D.

Edna Miao, B.S.                        

Deborah Moniot, M.S.

Becky Moon 

Madison Moss                            

Yanina Natanzon, B.A.

Lester Ng

Diana Nguyen

Tu (Jenny) Nguyen

Tim Nice, Ph.D.    

Chris Nicolai                   

Tao Ning  

Liberty Onia

 Ishan Paranjpe, B.A. 2017                       

Kathleen Pestal, B.S.                

Emily Procyk, B.S.

Natasha Puri                             

Jessica Rakijias                         

Claude Roth, Ph.D.

Arslan Sagheer                 

Dan Serna, B.S.                         

Nataliya Shifrin, Ph.D.      

Chloe Slichter, Ph.D.     

Gail Synder

Agnes So, B.A.                          

David Spencer, Ph.D.              

Darren Sun

Shengxi Sun

Hisao Takizawa, Ph.D.           

Dawn Tanamachi, Ph.D.  

Thornton Thompson, Ph.D.      

Karen Tkach                             

Emmanuel Trenier, Ph.D.    

Troy Trevino  

Alan Tubbs, Ph.D.

Russell Vance, Ph.D.  

Victoria Vo             

Arianne Volkmann, Ph.D.

Edward Wang                          

Jessica (Jia Xi) Wang, B.A. 2017

LeeAnn Wang

Lin Wang, Ph.D.                      

Stephanie Wang

Nimangie Weerakoon

Michael Whang, Ph.D.  

Natalie Wolf, Ph.D   

Johannes Wolff     

Na Xiong, Ph.D.

Jianfeng Xu 

Parastou Yaghoubi

Xiaoping (Amy) Yang, B.A.

Ashley Yang

Chris Yang                 

Jens Zerrahn, Ph.D.

Irisa Zhang

Jennifer Zhang

Sarah Zhang