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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Tisha Haque, B.S.

Research Associate
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Dave Kosman, B.S.

Research Associate
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Raja Kushwah, Ph.D.

Visiting Scientist
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Jessey Cortez

Laboratory Assistant
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Sara Werner, Ph.D.

TIGS Project Coordinator
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Cristiana Cuccurullo, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
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Shannon (Xiang-Ru) Xu, M.S.

Research Associate
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Carissa Klanseck, M.S.

Research Associate
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Ruth Schwartz, Ph.D.

Research Associate
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L. Ashley Miller, M.S.

Lab Manger
​Area Safety Coordinator

Prashant Jain, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
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Surashree Kulkarni, Ph.D. 

Postdoctoral Researcher
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Emily Bulger, B.S.

Research Associate
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Sarah Leahy, B.S.

Research Associate
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Jamal Abu-Kazneh, B.S.

BS/MS Student
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Curtis Sera, B.S.

Laboratory Assistant