Group Members

David Van Valen

Assistant Professor
vanvalen@caltech

• B.S. in Math and Physics at MIT
• M.D. at UCLA
• Ph.D. in Applied Physics with Rob Phillips at Caltech
• Postdoctoral Fellowship with Markus Covert at Stanford University

Ross Barnowski

Senior Research Scientist
rossbar@caltech.edu

• B.S.E. in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Science at University of Michigan
• Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering, UC Berkeley

Edward Pao

Lab Manager/Staff Scientist
epao@caltech

• B.S. in Chemical Biology at UC Berkeley
• M.S. in Bioengineering at UCSD

Ada Ates

Data Technician
aates@caltech

• B.A. in Neuroscience & Computer Science at Oberlin College

Danielle Gallandt

Lab Technician
dgalland@caltech

• B.S. in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology at UCLA

Caitlin Brown

Data Technician
caitlinb@caltech.edu

• B.S. in Biology at Notre Dame
• Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA

Martin Abt

Data Technician
mabt@caltech.edu

• B.A. at Philipps-University Marburg

Uriah Israel

Postdoctoral Scholar
ulisrael@caltech.edu

• B.S. Physics at UNC - Charlotte
• Ph.D. in Applied Physics at University of Michigan

Rohit Dilip

PhD Candidate in Computer Science
rdilip@caltech

• A.B. in Physics at Princeton University

Emily Laubscher

PhD Candidate in Chemistry
elaubsch@caltech

• B.S. in Chemistry at UC Berkeley

Qilin Li

PhD Candidate at Caltech
qilinli@caltech

• B.Eng. in Electronic and Communications Engineering at the University of Hong Kong
• M.S. in Electrical Engineering at Caltech

Joud Mar’i

PhD Candidate in Computation and Neural Systems
jmari@caltech

• B.A. in Neuroscience & Engineering Nexus at Mount Holyoke College

Morgan Schwartz

PhD Candidate in Biology
msschwartz@caltech

• B.A. in Biology at Smith College

Xuefei (Julie) Wang

PhD Candidate in Computation and Neural Systems
xwang3@caltech.edu

• B.S. in Computer Science at Fudan University

Changhua Yu

PhD Candidate in Bioengineering
cyu7@caltech.edu

• B.S in Bioengineering at UC Berkeley

Ellen Emerson

USC-Caltech MD/PhD Candidate
eemerson@caltech.edu

• B.S. in Computer Science and B.S. in Physics, USC

Manav Kant

Undergraduate Student
mkant@caltech.edu

• Caltech, Class of 2024, Math

Pranay Satya

Undergraduate Student
psatya@caltech.edu

• Caltech, Class of 2024, Bioengineering

Ayan Bandyopadhyay

Undergraduate Student (Class of 2020)
abandyop@caltech

• B.S. in Computer Science at Caltech

Dylan Bannon

Masters Student
bbannon@caltech.edu

• B.S. in Biology and Economics at MIT
• M.S. in Computer Science at Caltech

Enrico Borba

Undergraduate Student (Class of 2019)
enricozb@gmail

• B.S. in Computer Science at Caltech

Isabella Camplisson

Undergraduate Student (Class of 2021)
icamplisson@gmail

• B.S. in Computation and Neural Systems at Caltech

Brian Chang

Software Engineer
bhchang@caltech

Sunny Cui

Undergraduate Student (Class of 2020)
ccui@caltech

• B.S. in Computer Science at Caltech

Jing Ding

Undergraduate Student (Class of 2020)
jding@caltech

• B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science at Caltech

Tom Dougherty

Schmidt Scholar
tdougherty@caltech

• B.S. in Computer Science and Math at Harvey Mudd

William Graf

Software Engineer
willgraf@caltech

• B.S. in Physics at UCSB
• M.S. at UCLA

Jadon Hale

Undergraduate Student
jhale@caltech.edu

• Caltech, Class of 2025, Computation and Neural Systems

Nora Koe

Undergraduate Student (Class of 2021)
nkoe@caltech

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering at Caltech

Daniel Kyme

Undergraduate Student (Class of 2021)
ddkim@caltech

• B.S. in Computer Science at Caltech

Geneva Miller

Research Assistant
gemiller@caltech

• B.S. in Chemistry and Biology at Harvey Mudd

Erick Moen

Postdoctoral Scholar
emoen@caltech

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Math, and Journalism at TCU
• M.S. in Electrical Engineering at USC
• M.S. in Computer Science at USC
• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering - Electrophysics with Andrea Armani at USC

Lincoln Ombelets

Masters Student
lombelets@caltech

• B.S. in Chemistry at Northeastern University
• M.S. in Chemistry at Caltech

Ekta Patel

Undergraduate Student
epatel@caltech.edu

• Caltech, Class of 2024, Biology

Cole Pavelcheck

UCSD (Class of 2019)
cpavelch@ucsd

• Neuroscience and Physiology

Elora Pradhan

Data Technician
epradhan@caltech

• B.S. in Bioengineering at Caltech

Nicolas Quach

Undergraduate Student
nquach@stanford

• B.S. in Chemistry and Bioengineering at Stanford University

Nitzan Raizen

Postdoctoral Scholar
nitzanr@caltech.edu

• B.S. in Physics and Mathematics at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• M.S. in Physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science
• Ph.D. in Physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science with Nir Gov

Johnathan Soro

Undergraduate Student
jsoro@caltech.edu

• B.S. in Biology at Caltech

Jannie Yu

Undergraduate Student (Class of 2022)
jannie@caltech

• B.S. in Computer Science at Caltech

Kevin Yu

Schmidt Academy Scholar
kyu3@caltech

• B.S. in Chemistry and Computer Science at Caltech

Shenyi Li

Schmidt Academy Scholar
sli5@caltech

• B.S. in Computer Science at Caltech

KC Huang

Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford
email: kchuang@stanford

Michael Angelo

Assistant Professor of Pathology at Stanford
email: mangelo0@stanford

Long Cai

Professor of Biology and Bioengineering at Caltech
email: lcai@caltech

Yisong Yue

Professor of Machine Learning at Caltech
email: yyue@caltech.edu

Leeat Keren

Professor of Molecular Cell Biology at the Weizmann Institute
email: leeat.keren@weizmann.ac.il

Noah Greenwald

PhD Candidate in Cancer Biology at Stanford
email: nfgreen@stanford

• A.B. in Biophysics at Harvard University

Erik Osterman

CEO/Cloud Architect
email: hello@cloudposse

Abriana Sustaita

Administrative Assistant
asustait@caltech.edu
Department: Biology and Biological Engineering