People

Principal investigator

Summer Gibbs

Summer Gibbs, Ph.D.
Douglas Strain Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Knight Cancer Institute
School of Medicine
Faculty Profile

Scientists, Research Staff, Postdoc Scholars & Graduate Students

Connor Barth

Connor Barth, Ph.D.
Research Scientist

Jocelyn Jones

Jocelyn Jones
Senior Research Associate

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Mingchong Dai, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate 

Gourav Kumar

Gourav Kumar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

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Ashley Anderson
M.D./Ph.D. student 

William Greer

William Greer
Graduate Student

Lei Wang

Lei Wang, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor

Grace Hubbell

Grace Hubbell, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar

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Bryce Timm, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar

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Brady Jin
Research Intern

Alannah Maher

Alannah Maher
Research Intern

Nathan McMahon

Nathan McMahon, Ph.D.
Research Scientist

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Ge Huang, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate

Gauri Malankar

Gauri Malankar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

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Nikki Rueb, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Anas Masillati

Anas Masillati
Graduate Student

Antonio Montaño

Antonio Montaño
Graduate Student

Dani Szafran

Dani Szafran
Graduate Student

Sam Cooper

Sam Cooper
Research Assistant II

Patrizia Alpapara

Patrizia Alpapara
Research Intern

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Biruk Mengesha
Research Intern

Seseel Gergis

Seseel Gergis
Research Intern

Undergraduate Interns

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Laurie Akubuiro
Portland State University

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Marc Morgan
Portland State University

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Stevie Huynh
Portland State University

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Cam Nguyen
Portland State University

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Kyle Milnes
Portland State University

Gibbs Lab Alumni

Devaneyan Joseph, Ph.D.
Postdoc Scholar (2023-2024)

Grace Hubbell, Ph.D.
Postdoc Scholar (2023-2024)
Current Position: Staff Scientist at Trace Biosciences

Jenny Eng, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student (2018-2022)
Current Position: Postdoc Scholar at OHSU

Nicholas Kochanski
Research Assistant II (2021-2022)
Current Position: M.S. student at King's College London

Noura Shams
Research Assistant II (2021-2022)

Anas Masillati
Research Assistant II (2021-2022)
Current Position: Ph.D. student at OHSU

Allison Solanki, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate (2016-2021)
Postdoc Scholar (2014-2016)
Current Position: Assistant Director of Precision Oncology at Knight Cancer Insititue

Antonio Mantaño
Research Assistant II (2019-2021)
Current Position: Ph.D. student at OHSU

Marcus Kwon
Research Assistant II (2019-2020)

Broderick House
Research Assistant II (2018-2020)
Current Position: Ph.D. student at University of Cambridge

Jesse Korber, M.S.
Senior Research Assistant (2015-2020)
Current Position: Technical Manager at Genetech

Jasmin Schaefer, M.S.
Ph.D. Student (2015-2018)

Emily Schultz
Research Assistant II (2015-2018)
Current position: M.F.A. student at University of Chicago

Amy Bittel, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student (2012-2017)
Current Position: Process Engineer, Intel

Hyun Ji Kim
Reed Undergraduate Student (2016-2017)
Current Position: Nursing Student, Case Western Reserve

Michael Litwin
Research Assistant II (2016-2017)
Current Position: Sales, True North Therapeutics

Dianmu Zhang, M.S., Ph.D.
Senior Research Assistant (2013-2015)
Current Position: Researcher at Microsoft

Haiyan Li, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate (2014-2015)
Current Position: Product Development Chemist at Fujimi Corporation

Matthew Creech
Research Assistant II (2014-2015)
Current Position: Research Assistant, University of Miami

Vyom Shukla
Reed Undergraduate Student (2013-2014)
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Scripps Research Institute

Kayla Hackman
Research Assistant II (2012-2014)
Current Position: M.D./Ph.D. Student, Hofstra University

Interns

William Greer 2021 - 2022
Currently: Ph.D. student at OHSU

Dani Szafran 2021 - 2022
Currently: Ph.D. student at OHSU

Anas masillati 2020 - 2021
Currently: Ph.D. student at OHSU

Jason Combs 2018 - 2019
Currently: Ph.D. student at UC Irvine

Antonio Montano 2017 - 2019
Currently: Ph.D. student at OHSU

Mubark Mebrat 2017-2018
Currently: Ph.D. student at University of Arizona

Robert Sheperd 2017

Broderick House 2017-2018
Currently: Ph.D. student at University of Cambridge

Catherine Kitts 2016-2018; M.D. student

Kristen Warden 2015-2016 (Murdock Scholar)

Ashley Davis 2015-2016
Juno Therapeutics, Quality Control Microbiologist Associate

Richik Neogi 2013-2014

Angelina Patterson – URISE Internship Program Intern

Lauren Brenner – ASE Saturday Academy Intern

Grace Jackson – Murdock Scholars Program Intern

Isabelle Lu – PSI Program Intern

Simone Del Carlo – ASE Saturday Academy Intern

Nicholas Ferguson – EQUITY Program Intern

Jakai Kazmende – CURE Program Intern

Eleanor Clements – PSI Program Intern

Janice Lee – Fluorescence Molecular Imaging Internship Program Intern

Brady Jin-Smith – EQUITY Program Intern

Kiara Sherlin Salas Moreno – CURE Program Intern

Ashvika Singhal – Fluorescence Molecular Imaging Program Intern

Janice Lee – Fluorescence Molecular Imaging Program Intern

Nadia Nechiporuk – Fluorescence Molecular Imaging Program Intern

Palak Shah – Fluorescence Molecular Imaging Program Intern

Fiona Wang – Fluorescence Molecular Imaging Program Intern

Owen Shaffer – ASE Saturday Academy Internship Program Intern

Mackenzie Devereux – ASE Saturday Academy Internship Program Intern

Sophia Fall – StemPrep Internship Program Intern

Iyana Melendez – Knight Scholar Internship Program Intern

Kiona Blaubergs – Knight Scholar Internship Program Intern

Brady Jin-Smith – EQUITY Program Intern

Hayden Ledvina – Murdock Scholars Program Intern

Kiara Sherlin Salas Moreno – CURE Program Intern

Hayden Ledvina – Murdock Scholars Program Intern

Kiara Sherlin Salas Moreno – CURE Program Intern

Kaye Obando – EQUITY Program Intern

Mitali Chaudhari – ASE Saturday Academy Intern

Kalista Whildin – ASE Saturday Academy Intern

Kiara Sherlin Salas Moreno – CURE Program Intern

Britanie Butts – EQUITY Program Intern

Lakshmi Adiga – PSI Program Intern

Janice Lee – PSI Program Intern

Eliza Daigle – Jesuit High School Student, Virtual Internship

Janusha Cooray – Camas High School Student, Virtual Internship

Fionn O’Longaigh – Summer Undergraduate Research Intern

Nic Lisi – Summer Undergraduate Research Intern

Bereket Getachew – CURE Program Intern

Kristina Thach – ASE Program Intern

Amelia Costello – ASE Program Intern

Josh Rodgers – Summer Undergraduate Research Intern

Meaghan McCoy

Nabiha Qureshi

Gemma Gonzalez-Kmetz

Gudalupe Duran (CURE Program)

Trevor Bingham

Jason Combs

Diana King

Huy Nguyen (ASE Internship – Saturday Academy)

Sachin Pillai (ASE Internship – Saturday Academy)

Victoria Haynes

Anandi Williams (ASE Internship –Saturday Academy)

Carrie Anne Jones

Britney He

Rebecca Panwala

Amen Mangistu

Gemma Gonzalez-Kmetz

Guadalupe Duran (CURE Program)

Meaghan McCoy

Britney He (ASE Internship –Saturday Academy)

Guadalupe Duran (CURE Program)

Ben Saeks
Masters Student, Columbia University

Evan Muschler
Undergraduate Student, University of Washington

Ian Langer

Meaghan McCoy

Daniel Kwon

Ian Langer

Meaghan McCoy

Mohit Dangeti

Rahul Chandwani (ASE Internship –Saturday Academy)

Haley Moss

William Liu (ASE Internship –Saturday Academy)

Isaac Saldivar
M.D./Ph.D. Student, UC Irvine

William Liu (ASE Internship –Saturday Academy)

Isaac Saldivar
M.D./Ph.D. Student, UC Irvine

Sarah Cook (ASE Internship –Saturday Academy)
Undergraduate Student, Stanford University

Brandon Lei