Lein Lab: Our most valuable asset - the people who work here

Alumni

Alumni

Donald Bruun holding retirement cake and colorful 'On to New Adventures' balloons in office

Donald Bruun

Academic Program Management Officer - Lab Manager

Retired and enjoying the good life!

 

 

Lukas Skuja

Lukas Skuya, PhD

UC Davis Graduate Student

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Denali Therapeutics

 

 

Jessie Badley in dress

Jessie Badley, PhD

UC Davis Graduate Student

Research Scientist at Charles River Laboratories

 

 

 

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Mei-Yun Cheng, PhD

UC Davis Graduate Student

Associate Toxicologist at the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.

 

 

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Ryan Hogans, PhD

UC Davis Graduate Student 

 

 

 

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Pedro Negri Bernardino, DVM, PhD

UC Davis Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Researcher

Postdoctoral research associate at the New York Blood Center Vascular Inflammation and Thrombosis Lab.

 

 

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Jeremy MacMahon, PhD

UC Davis Graduate Student

Toxicology consultant at Intertox.

 

 

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Peter Andrew, PhD

UC Davis Graduate Student

Toxicology consultant at Gradient.

 

 

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Xiuzhen Liu, PhD 

UC Davis Postdoctoral Researcher

At the National Center for Toxicological Research 

 

 

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Hannah Saeger, MS 

UC Davis Graduate Student

Currently a doctoral student at Oregon Health & Science University.

 

 

An Nguyen

An Nguyen, BS

UC Davis Junior Specialist

Currently a doctoral student in the Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate Program at UC Davis. 

 

Yi-Hua (Teresa) Tsai

Teresa Tsai, PhD

UC Davis Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Researcher

Currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Molecular Biosciences at the University of California, Davis.

 

Ilknur Dursun

Ilknur Dursun, PhD

UC Davis Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Istanbul Istinye University, Turkey

 

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Harman Panesar, DVM, PhD

UC Davis Graduate Student

Scientist in the Pathology Division of Altos Labs

 

Felipe da Costa Souza

Felipe da Costa Souza, PhD

UC Davis Postdoctoral Fellow

Academic Project Manager at the Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.

 

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Zabrisky Roland, BS

Project Scientist

Principal Research Associate at IDEAYA Biosciences, South San Francisco, CA

 

Paige Mundy

Paige (Mundy) Santos, PhD

UC Davis Postdoctoral Researcher

Global Regulatory Toxicologist at Corteva Agriscience, Indianapolis, IN

 

Lauren Matelski

Lauren Matelski, PhD

UC Davis Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently a Scientist at Flagship Biosciences, Denver, CO

 

Jason Loxtercamp

Jason Loxterkamp, MS

UC Davis Graduate Student

Currently an analytical chemist at BD, Salt Lake City, UT

Lan Liu

 

Lan Liu, PhD

UC Davis Postdoctoral Fellow

Currently an Associate Research Professor at the Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China

Jonas Calsbeek

 

Jonas Calsbeek, PhD

UC Davis Graduate Student

Research Scientist, State of California.

Eduardo Gonzalez

 

Eduardo Gonzalez, PhD

UC Davis Graduate Student and Post Doctoral Scholar

Currently a Senior Regulatory Toxicologist for Victoria's Secret & Co cosmetics 

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Thomas Blackmon, MS

UC Davis Graduate Student

Currently a Consultant at WSP USA, Sacramento, CA

Kelley Patten, PhD

 

Kelley Patten, PhD

UC Davis Graduate Student and Post Doctoral Scholar

Project Scientist Toxicologist, Genentech

Annalisse VonDerembse

 

Annalise vonderEmbse, PhD

UC Davis Post Doctoral Scholar

Senior Scientist of Toxicology at Revolution Medicines

Kyla Walter

Kyla Walter, DVM, PhD

Post Doctoral Scholar-DVM Student

Currently a Small Animal Surgery Resident at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA

Dr. Carolyn Klocke

Carolyn Klocke, PhD, DABT

UC Davis Post Doctoral Scholar

Currently a Principal Scientist at Bausch Health Companies, Rochester, NY

Michelle Guignet

Michelle Guignet, PhD

UC Davis Graduate Student

Federal Medical Science Liaison, Braeburn

Dr Rhianna Morgan

Rhianna (Morgan) Carty, PhD

UC Davis Post Doctoral Scholar

Currently a Global Project Leader at Boehringer Ingelheim

Dr Dennis Carty and two tanks of fish

Dennis Carty, PhD, DABT

UC Davis Post Doctoral Scholar

Currently a Senior Advisor at Eli Lilly and Company


Christine Shieh

Christine Shieh, MS

UC Davis Graduate Student

Currently a Senior Automation Engineer at Curve Biosciences, San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Janice Ott

Janice Ott

UC Davis Graduate Student

Currently a Scientist at Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Boston, MA

Sunjay Sethi

Sunjay Sethi, PhD, DABT

UC Davis Graduate Student

Associate Director at IDEAYA Biosciences, South San Francisco, CA

Francis Schaffo

Francis Schaffo, PhD

UC Davis Graduate Student

Currently a Principle Scientist at Roche, Basel, Switzerland

Kim Keil

Kimberly Keil Stietz, PhD

UC Davis Post Doctoral Scholar

Currently an Assistant Professor in Comparative Biosciences at  University Wisconsin-Madison

Martin Schmuck

Martin Schmuck, PhD

UC Davis Post Doctoral Scholar

Currently an Artificial Intelligence Developer, Bayer, Frankfurt, Germany

Katharina Dach

Katharina Dach, PhD

UC Davis Post Doctoral Scholar

Currently: Head of Research and Development, DNTOX, Dusseldorf, Germany; Postdoc, Leibniz Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany

Brad Hobson

Brad Hobson, PhD

UC Davis Graduate student

Assistant Project Scientist joint appointment at the UC Davis Imaging Research Center and the Center for Molecular and Genomic Imaging.

Suang Sudapassa

Suang Supasai, PhD

UC Davis Post Doctoral Scholar

Currently a lecturer in the Department of Molecular Tropical Medicine and Genetics, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Suren Bandara

Suren Bandara, PhD, DABT

UC Davis Post Doctoral Scholar

Currently a Senior Principal Scientist at Amgen, San Francisco, CA

Galen Miller

Galen Miller, PhD

UC Davis Post Doctoral Scholar

Principal Scientist and Project Manager at Jonah Ventures, Boulder, CO

Hao Chen, PhD, DABT

UC Davis Graduate Student

Currently an Associate Director / Toxicologist at Ionis Pharmaceuticals in Carlsbad, CA

Keri Hayakawa, PhD

UC Davis Post Doctoral Scholar

Daniel Frank

UC Davis Graduate Student

Limnologist in Munich, Germany

Alexa Rindy, MS

UC Davis Graduate Student

Currently a Senior Environmental Scientist at the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, Sacramento, CA

Tiani (Calip) Le, BS

UC Davis Undergraduate Research Associate

President, Level Up IVietnam

Yvonne Chang, PhD

UC Davis Undergraduate Research Associate

Consultant, Rancho BioSciences

Karin Streifel, PhD

UC Davis Post Doctoral Scholar

Currently an Associate Professor of Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Regis University, Denver, CO

 Adrienne Bautista, PhD, DVM, DABVT

UC Davis Post Doctoral Scholar-Fellow

Mars PetCare Global Chemical Risk Manager for New/Novel Ingredients

Kiran Dhakal, PhD, MPH, NRCC, DABT

UC Davis Post Doctoral Scholar

President, 2SD Toxicology Services LLCApex, NC

Christopher Barnhart, PhD

UC Davis Graduate Student

Health Science Policy Analyst at the NIH Tribal Health Research Office, Bethesda, MD

Marianna Stamou, PhD, DABT, MBA

UC Davis Graduate Student

Director, Project Toxicologist at AstraZeneca

Nikki (Levoe) Slade, MS

UC Davis Graduate Student

Senior scientist in a national engineering services firm delivering infrastructure solutions to customers who own, develop and maintain the built environment

Brenna Flannery, PhD

UC Davis Post Doctoral Scholar

Currently a Senior Toxicologist at FDA, College Park, MD

Paula Goines, PhD

UC Davis Post Doctoral Scholar

Currently Scientific Director - Precision Medicine at symplr, Bend, OR

Dongren Yang

Dongren Yang, PhD

UC Davis Project Scientist

Currently Information Analyst, Kaiser Permanente, Portland, OR

Chris Banks, PhD

UC Davis Post Doctoral Scholar

Currently a Senior Toxicologist at California EPA, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Sacramento, CA

Atefeh Ghogha, MS

UC Davis Junior Specialist

Currently a Regulatory Affairs Manager at Kite Pharma, Santa Monica, CA

Rachel Shaffer, PhD, MPH

UC Davis NIEHS Undergraduate Research Program 2011

Environmental Health Scientist, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, D.C. 

Linley Mangini

Linley Mangini, BS

UC Davis NIEHS Undergraduate Research Program 2010

Scientist at BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Walnut Creek, CA

Lauren Courter, PhD

OHSU Post Doctoral Scholar

Currently a Toxicologist and Co-Founder at Mt Hood Environmental, Portland OR

Veronica Ledoux, PhD

OHSU Post-Doctoral Scholar

Currently a Science Teacher at Catlin Gaben School, Portland, Oregon

Michelle Garred, MS

OHSU-Staff Research Associate

Currently Associate Director, Global Software Product Marketing, Genetic and Rare Disease Testing, Oncology, at Illumina in Foster City, CA

Melissa Moholt-Siebert, BA

OHSU- Staff Research Associate

Currently an owner of Ancient Oak Cellars, Santa Rosa CA

Holly Lauridsen, PhD

OHSU-CROET Undergraduate Summer Reseach Program

Senior Product Manager - Upstream Marketing, Shockwave Medical 

Angela Howard

Angela Howard, PhD, DABT

Johns Hopkins-PhD Candidate-Environmental Health Sciences

Toxicology Manager at Church & Dwight Co., Inc., Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Kroshona Tabb

Kroshona Tabb, PhD

Johns Hopkins Undergraduate Research Program

Chief of Whole Health,U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Birmingham, AL

Robert Bucelli, MD, PhD

Johns Hopkins Undergraduate Research Program

Currently an Professor, Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO