OUR TEAM

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Ethan Bier, Ph.D.
​Principal Investigator

​Ethan Bier is a professor in the section of Cell and Developmental Biology at UC San Diego. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa as a Regents Scholar from UCSD in 1978 with degrees in Biology and Mathematics.  He received his Ph.D. from Harvard Medical School where he studied regulation of immune genes in Dr. Allan Maxam’s laboratory from 1978-1985.  He did his postdoctoral studies on development of the nervous system at UCSD with Drs. Lily and Yuh Nung Jan (1985-90) and then assumed a faculty position at UCSD in 1990.  He is an Alfred P. Sloan and Basil O’Connor Scholar and an Allen Distinguished Investigator.

Annabel Guichard, Ph.D.

Project Scientist
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Sushil Devkota, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
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Ankush Auradkar, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
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Alice (Zhiqian) Li, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher 
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Mansi Malik, Ph.D.

TIGS Visiting Scientist
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Shannon (Xiang-Ru) Xu, M.S.

Research Associate
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Tisha Haque, B.S.

Research Associate
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Dave Kosman, B.S.

Research Associate
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Curtis Sera, B.S.

Laboratory Assistant

Sara Werner, Ph.D.

TIGS Project Coordinator
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Cristiana Cuccurullo, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
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Saluja Kaduwal, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
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Sitara Roy, Ph.D. 

Postdoctoral Researcher 
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Harvinder Khera, Ph.D.

TIGS Visiting Scientist
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Emily Bulger, B.S.

Research Associate
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Carissa Klanseck, M.S.

Research Associate
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L. Ashley Miller, M.S.

Lab Manger
​Area Safety Coordinator

Jessey Cortez

Laboratory Assistant
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Prashant Jain, Ph.D.

Project  Scientist
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Surashree Kulkarni, Ph.D. 

Postdoctoral Researcher
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Gerard Terradas, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
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Raja Kushwah, Ph.D.

TIGS Visiting Scientist
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Ruth Schwartz, Ph.D.

Research Associate
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Sarah Leahy, B.S.

Research Associate
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Stephanie Heimler, B.S.

Research Associate
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Jamal Abu-Kazneh, B.S.

BS/MS Student
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