Cimprich Lab

Lab Members

Karlene Cimprich

Karlene Cimprich

Professor

Email: cimprich@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-498-4720
Where are you from? Canton, OH – home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Hobbies: My family, travel, working out, reading, wine, cooking, and eating what we cook!
Lab Superpower: Sequencing gels?! #throwback
Education: BS in Chemistry from University of Notre Dame, PhD in Chemistry from Harvard University, Postdoc in Molecular Biology/Biochemistry at Harvard with Stuart Schreiber
Research Interest: All things genome stability, replication stress and DNA damage
Fictional soulmate: Sherlock (as played by Benedict Cumberbatch)

 

Cameron Chee

Lab Manager

Email: cjchee@stanford.edu
Phone:650-498-5011
Where are you from? Berkeley, CA
Hobbies: basketball, tennis, crochet, baking, foooood
Lab Superpower:
Education: UC Berkeley – Molecular and Cell Biology
Research Interest: undecided
Fictional soulmate: TBA

 

Jada Lauren Garzon

Jada Lauren Garzon

Graduate Student

Email: jgarzon@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-498-5011
Where are you from? New York
Hobbies: learning how to play instruments (not well), cooking
Lab Superpower: counting cells and making gels
Education: University of Rhode Island
Research Interest: DNA Damage, Immune Signaling, Autoimmunity
Fictional soulmate: Scooby Doo

 

Gonshi Bai

Gongshi Bai

Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: gbai@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-498-5011
Where are you from? Beijing, China
Hobbies: archery, sport climbing among many others
Education: B.S. Peking University, China. Ph.D. Cornell University
Research Interest: DNA replication, DNA damage tolerance, Cancer biology
Fictional soulmate: Top Gear era Jeremy Clarkson dressed up as Darth Vader


Madzia Crossley

Madzia Crossley

Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: mpcross@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-498-5011
Where are you from? London, UK
Hobbies: hiking, tennis, cycling, swimming, family time
Lab Superpower: R-loops: mapping, imaging, digesting, isolating
Education: BA, MA, PhD University of Cambridge, UK
Research Interest: Linking R-loops, nuclease processing and genome instability
Fictional soulmate: Hercule Poirot

 

Joshua Saldivar

Chenlin Song

Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: songc@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-498-5011
Where are you from? Shanghai, China
Hobbies: traveling, cooking, swimming
Lab Superpower: In vitro assay, methods studying R-loop biology
Education: Ph.D. German Cancer Research Center (Dkfz), M.S. and B.S. Tongji University, China
Research Interest: R-loop biology, Genome stability, Transcription, DNA replication

Joshua Brickner

Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: jrbrick@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-498-5011
Where are you from? Appleton, Wisconsin
Hobbies:
Lab Superpower:
Education: B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
Research Interest:
Fictional soulmate:

Hyunje Kang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: hjkang90@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-498-5011
Where are you from? Gunpo-si, South Korea
Hobbies: soccer, Music band (Lead vocal), Watching movie
Lab Superpower: 
Education: B.S. UNIST (South Korea), PhD. UNIST (South Korea)
Research Interest: Replication stress, DNA damage response
Fictional soulmate: Sherlock Holmes

Theresa Endres

Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: tendres@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-498-5011
Where are you from? Wuerzburg, Germany
Hobbies: cooking, BBQ, biking, running, gardening, socializing
Lab Superpower: Performing well-controlled and -organized experiments in a timely manner
Education: PhD University of Wuerzburg, Germany; BS and MS University of Ulm, Germany
Research Interest: Genome Stability, R loop biology, transcription
Fictional soulmate: Monica Geller meets Luna Lovegood

Ulrike Kühbacher

Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: ukueh@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-498-5011
Where are you from? Tramin, South Tyrol, Italy – Home of the Gewürztraminer
Hobbies: crocheting, drawing, Muay Thai, kitesurfing
Lab Superpower: Working with Xenopus egg extracts
Education: BSc & MSc in Molecular Medicine from Medical University of Innsbruck; PhD from University of Copenhagen
Research Interest: DNA replication and DNA damage that is related to it
Fictional soulmate: Miss Marple

Kate Macdonald

Postdoctoral Fellow

Email: kate.macdonald@stanford.edu
Phone: 650-498-5011
Where are you from? Vancouver, Canada
Hobbies: Yoga, hiking, going out to eat
Lab Superpower: Histone acid extractions
Education: PhD from the University of Toronto, BSc from the University of British Columbia
Research Interest: DNA replication and transcription, endogenous sources of genome instability
Fictional soulmate: Amy Santiago

Vanessa Perez

Administrative Associate

Email: vjperez@stanford.edu
Where are you from? Bay Area, CA
Hobbies:
Education: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Fictional soulmate:

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Lab Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

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Name Years Current Position, Employer Contact
Michelle Badura 2012-2016 Professor, College of Alameda LinkedIn
Robert Driscoll 2008-2013 Research Analyst, Wedbush Securities LinkedIn
Anja Duursma 2008-2012 Advisor, Zorginstituut Nederland LinkedIn
Angela Hahn 2008-2009 Biology Teacher, BASIS Independent Schools LinkedIn
Stephan Hamperl 2012-2018 Junior Group Leader/Assistant Professor, Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells, Helmholtz-Zentrum Munich Institution
Chames Kermi 2018-2020 Senior Scientist, Pfizer LinkedIn
Andrew Kile 2010-2015 Investigator II, Novartis LinkedIn
Jia-Ren Lin 2012-2013 Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School LinkedIn
Joshua Saldivar 2013-2018 Associate Specialist at Oregon Health and Science University LinkedIn
Julie Sollier 2009-2011 Assistant Scientific Editor, Molecular Cell at Cell Press LinkedIn
Deen Soni 2005-2008 Global Marketing Manager, Sony Biotechnology Inc. LinkedIn
Martin Russell Gareth Taylor 2015-2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology LinkedIn
Daniel Warmerdam 2010-2011 Scientist, Academic Medical Center LinkedIn
Thomas Wechsler 2010-2011 Director of Rare Disease, Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. LinkedIn
Tricia Windgassen 2018-2020 Scientist at Codexis LinkedIn


Graduate Students

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Name Years Current Position, Employer Contact
Debbie Chang 2003-2009 Scientist, Bristol-Myers Squibb LinkedIn
Hyo Jei Claudia Choi 2007-2013 N/A N/A
Anna Guan 2004-2011 Data Quality Scientist, 23andMe Company
Yung-Hsin (Melody) Kao 2013-2019 Oncology R&D, Cepheid LinkedIn
Jia-Ren Len 2005-2012 Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School LinkedIn
Christina MacDougall 2002-2007 Associate, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP LinkedIn
Renee Darlene Paulsen 2004-2010 Self-Employed, Scientific Researcher, Writer, and Editor LinkedIn
Caroline Townsend Stork 2009-2016 Senior Associate, Achaogen LinkedIn
Christopher Van 2003-2010 Medical Writing Scientist, Vertex Pharmaceuticals LinkedIn
Michelle Zeman 2007-2013 Clinical Genomics Scientist, Invitae LinkedIn


Additional Alumni

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Name Years Current Position, Employer Contact
Steffi Fas N/A N/A N/A
Judith Haarhuis N/A Postdoc, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek N/A
Cindy Leung N/A N/A N/A
Sharon South N/A N/A N/A
MC Yee N/A Staff, Stanford Functional Genomics Facility N/A
Ulrike Rieder N/A Principal Scientist – Project Leader, Novartis LinkedIn

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