header

The Martin Lab

The Martin lab welcomes students, post-docs, and all researchers regardless of race, religion, gender identification, sexual orientation, age, or disability status.

Pricipal Investigator

Andreas Martin, Ph.D.

Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology
HHMI Investigator

NSF CAREER Award (2012)
Searle Scholar (2009)
Postdoctoral Research, Sauer Lab (MIT)
Graduate Research, Schmid Lab
(Universitaet Bayreuth, Germany)

Staff

Ken Dong, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist


Scientist, Plexxikon
Postdoc, Hymowitz Lab (Genentech)
Graduate Research, Berger Lab (UCB)
M.S. Chemistry (UCSD)
B.S. Biochemistry/Chemistry (UCSD)
B.A. Political Science (UCSD)

Gang Xie, Ph.D.

Research Specialist

Graduate Research in Chemistry
(South Dakota State University)
B.S. Chemistry
(Nanjing University)

Christine Gee, Ph.D.

Research Specialist
Lab Safety Officer

Postdoctoral Research, Alber Lab (UCB)
Postdoctoral Research, Martin Lab
(Institute for Molecular Biosciences,
University of Queensland, QLD, Australia)
PhD, Biochemistry, de Jersey Lab
(University of Queensland, QLD, Australia) B.S. Biochemistry
(University of Queenland, QLD, Australia)

Postdocs

Connor Arkinson, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Graduate Research, Walden Lab (University of Glasgow)
M.Res. Molecular and Cell Biology (University of Birmingham)
B.Sc. Biology (University of Worcester)

Hao-Hsuan Hsieh, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Graduate Research, Shu-ou Shan Lab (California Institute of Technology)
B.S. in Chemistry and Physics(National Taiwan University)

Graduate Students

Nitin Daniel

Biophysics

B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular biology
(university of Georgia)

Erika M. López-Alfonzo

Molecular Cell Biology

Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellow

B.S. Industrial Biotechnology
B.S. Chemistry
(University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez)

Diego R. Ramos Ortiz

Biophysics

NSF Graduate Research Fellow

B.S. Chemistry
(University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez)

A. Paula Vargas-Ruiz

Biophysics

B. Sc. Biology
(Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia - Lima, Peru)

Santiago Yori

Chemical Biology/MCB

HHMI Gilliam Fellow

B.S. Biology/Chemistry
(Florida Gulf Coast University)

Undergraduate Researchers

Nicole McRae

Mentor: Ken

Major: Molecular and Cell Biology
(University of California, Berkeley)

Alumni
  • Cameron Williams (Graduate Student, 2023)
  • Sahar Zarafshan (Undergraduate, 2023)
  • Miranda Escobar (Undergraduate and Technician, 2023)
  • Ethan Yu (Undergraduate and Technician, 2023)
  • B. Rad (Protein Purification Expert, 2022)
  • Hiro Harimonto (Undergraduate, 2022)
  • Hisham Alshoybe (Graduate Student, 2022)
  • Zaw Htet (Postdoc, 2022)
  • Stephanie Gates (Postdoc, 2022)
  • Erik Jonsson (Postdoc, 2021)
  • Chris S. Lim (Postdoc, 2021)
  • Sam Kwok (Undergraduate, 2020)
  • Bastian Moellers (Visiting Scholar, 2020)
  • Dom Castanzo (Graduate Student, 2020)
  • Eric Greene (Graduate Student, 2020)
  • Vani Topkar (Undergraduate, 2019)
  • Ellen Goodall (Graduate Student)
  • Emily Blythe (Visiting Graduate Student)
  • Brooke Gardner (Postdoc, 2019)
  • Nicole Madrazo (Undergraduate, 2018)
  • Matt Steffely (Graduate Student)
  • Michal Olszewski, Ph.D. (Graduate Student, 2018)
  • Jared Bard, Ph.D. (Graduate Student, 2018)
  • Kaili Carr (Undergraduate, 2018)
  • Mike Lawson, Ph.D. (Berger/Martin Graduate Student, 2016)
  • Evan Worden, Ph.D. (Graduate Student, 2016)
  • Dezhen (Lynn) Kong (Undergraduate, 2016)
  • Kathy Bach (Undergraduate, 2016)
  • Kris Nyquist, Ph.D. (Graduate Student, 2015)
  • Charlene Bashore, Ph.D. (Graduate Student, 2015)
  • Mary Matyskiela, Ph.D. (Postdoc, 2014)
  • Robyn Beckwith, Ph.D. (Graduate Student, 2014)
  • Eric Estrin, Ph.D. (Graduate Student, 2014)
  • Chris Padovani (Research Associate, 2014)
  • Minh Lee (Undergraduate, 2014)
  • Melissa Steele-Ogus (Undergraduate, 2013)
  • Allan Wetzel (Undergraduate, 2010)
aside
footer