Irvine Lab – Alumni
Celebrating the Scientists Who Helped Shape Our Discoveries
The Irvine Lab is proud to recognize the outstanding researchers, engineers, and staff who have contributed to our mission over the years and have since gone on to pursue impactful careers around the world.
Our alumni have played a vital role in advancing our research in immunoengineering, vaccine development, and cancer immunotherapy. Their work continues to influence the fields of immunoengineering, immunology, and translational medicine—both within academia and beyond.
We are grateful for their contributions and remain inspired by the paths they’ve forged after their time at Scripps Research.
Postdoctoral Fellows and Associates
Yousefpour, Parisa | 2019–2025
Lei, Kewen | 2022–2025
Ben-Akiva, Elana | 2022–2025
Kim, B.J. | 2019–2024
Lam, Jon | 2023–2024
Mao, Tianyang | 2023–2024
Aung, Aereas | 2017–2023
Jalili, Sasan | 2019–2023
Kocabiyik, Ozgun | 2019–2023
Maiorino, Laura | 2019–2023
Li, Yingzhong | 2016–2022
Backlund, Coralie | 2018–2022
Ma, Leyuan | 2016–2021
Dane, Eric | 2015–2021
Kumari, Sudha | 2012–2021
Silva, Murillo | 2017–2021
Wang, Chensu | 2017–2021
Chang, Jason | 2017–2021
Hartwell, Brittany | 2017–2021
Martin, Jacob | 2015–2020
Moyer, Tyson | 2014–2019
Rakhra, Kavya | 2011–2019
Fichter, Michael | 2017–2019
Watkins, Hannah | 2017–2019
Tokatlian, Talar | 2013–2018
Boopathy, Archana | 2014–2017
Tang, Li | 2013–2016
Zhang, Yuan | 2013–2016
Szeto, Greg | 2011–2015
Jones, Brad | 2012–2015
Golan, Sharon-Paz | 2012–2013
Pejawar-Gaddy, Sharmila | 2011–2013
Liu, Haipeng | 2009–2013
Jewell, Christopher | 2009–2012
Stephan, Matthias | 2008–2012
Moon, James | 2008–2012
Um, Soong Ho | 2007–2009
Maheshwari, Anurag | 2004–2006
Zhao, Xiaojun | 2003–2004
Graduate Students
Romanov, Anna | 2020–2025
Buckley, Maureen | 2021–2025
Zhang, Yiming (Jason) | 2021–2025
Hostetler, Alex | 2021–2025
Santollani, Luciano | 2019–2024
Pires, Ivan | 2019–2024
Liu, Bingxu | 2017–2023
Rodrigues, Kristen | 2019–2023
Bhagchandani, Sachin | 2019–2023
Agarwal, Yash | 2017–2022
Liang, Simon | 2019-2021
Zhang, Angela | 2017–2021
Read, Ben | 2017–2021
Milling, Lauren | 2015–2021
Mehta, Naveen | 2013–2019
Kraemer, Martin | 2017-2018
Zmolek, Andrew | 2013–2017
Mandal, Anasuya | 2012–2017
Moynihan, Kelly | 2012–2017
Yang, Yu-Sang | 2011–2016
Zheng, Yiran | 2011–2015
Hanson, Melissa | 2010–2015
Ke, Chyan Ying | 2009–2015
DeMuth, Peter | 2009–2013
Atukorale, Prabhani | 2007–2014
Huang, Bo Bonnie | 2005–2013
Su, Xingfang | 2005–2012
Kwong, Brandon Wai-Sing | 2005–2012
Li, Adrienne | 2006–2012
Foley, Maria | 2006–2012
Bershteyn, Anna | 2006–2010
Wang, Yana | 2004–2011
Hori, Yuki | 2004–2009
Hu, Yuhua | 2004–2008
Miller, Andrew | 2004–2008
Mahajan, Vinay | 2003–2009
Stachowiak, Agnieszka | 2002–2007
Doh, Junsang | 2002–2006
Jain, Sidhaartha | 2002–2006
Kim, Heejae | 2002–2005
Staff
Lewis, Vanessa | 2023–2024
Jeong, Jae Yung | 2023–2024
Ledbetter, Amir | 2023–2024
Kaczmarek-Michaels, Kasia | 2022–2024
Dye, Jonathan | 2022–2024
Qureshi, Kashif | 2022–2023
Amlashi, Parastoo | 2021–2023
Gregory, Justin | 2021–2023
Hosn, Ryan | 2021–2023
Yeung, Rachel | 2021–2023
Wu, Shengwei (Sam) | 2021–2022
Remba, Tanaka | 2020–2022
Zhang, Libin | 2019–2021
Xiao, Shuhao | 2020–2021
Sulkaj, Ina | 2019–2020
Bukenya, Maurice | 2019–2020
Garafola, Dan | 2018–2020
Adams, Josetta | 2018–2020
Thomas, Ayush | 2018–2019
Cosette, Ben | 2017–2019
Su, Zhijun | 2017–2019
Donahue, Nathan | 2017–2018
Liang, Simon | 2017–2018
Thai, Nikki (now Lee) | 2016–2018
Dichwalkar, Tanmay | 2016–2018
Subbiah, Naren | 2016–2017
Jones, Chris | 2016–2017
Kosta, Angela | 2016–2017
Li, Yuting | 2016–2016
Mutafyan, Andrew | 2014–2018
Zhang, Michael | 2014–2016
Marbardi, Llian | 2014–2016
Baldeon, Alex | 2014–2016
Li, Na | 2014–2022
Melo, Mariane | 2013–2022
Abraham, Wuhbet | 2011–2022