People
Principal investigator
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, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Jocelyn Jones
Senior Research Associate
Mingchong Dai, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Gourav Kumar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ashley Anderson
M.D./Ph.D. student
William Greer
Graduate Student
Lei Wang, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Grace Hubbell, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar
Bryce Timm, Ph.D.
Visting Scholar
Brady Jin
Research Intern
Alannah Maher
Research Intern
Nathan McMahon, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Ge Huang, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Gauri Malankar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Nikki Rueb, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Anas Masillati
Graduate Student
Antonio Montaño
Graduate Student
Dani Szafran
Graduate Student
Sam Cooper
Research Assistant II
Patrizia Alpapara
Research Intern
Biruk Mengesha
Research Intern
Seseel Gergis
Research Intern
Undergraduate Interns
Laurie Akubuiro
Portland State University
Marc Morgan
Portland State University
Stevie Huynh
Portland State University
Cam Nguyen
Portland State University
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