Alumni Lab Members

Ryan A. Adams, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
2003-2007, National Multiple Sclerosis Society Postdoctoral Fellow
UCSD
Ph.D., UCSD
Current Position: Associate Director, In Vitro Biology, aTyr Pharma, San Diego, CA
Kim Baeten, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Gladstone Institutes/UCSF
Ph.D. University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Current Position: Deputy Director and Research Development Specialist, University of California, Berkeley
Bernat Baeza-Raja, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Spanish Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Gladstone Institutes/UCSD
Ph.D., University of Barcelona, Spain
Current Position: Scientist II, Second Genome, Inc., South San Francisco, CA
Sophia Bardehle, Ph.D
Postdoctoral Fellow
2013-2017, NMSS Postdoc Fellow
2014 -2016, DFG (German Research Foundation) Postdoctoral Fellow
Gladstone Institutes
Ph.D., Humboldt University of Berlin
Current Position: Senior Scientist Neuroimmunology, Merck Research Laboratories, Boston, MA
Michael Caponegro, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Gladstone Institutes
Current Position: Scientist, Genentech, San Francisco, CA
Dimitrios Davalos, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Postdoctoral Fellowship
Nancy Davis Foundation Young Investigator Award; American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant
Gladstone Institutes
Ph.D., New York University, New York, NY
Current Position: Assistant Staff, Department of Neurosciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Terry Dean, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
2018-2019, Thraser Award
Gladstone Institutes
M.D., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Children's National Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Karuna Dixit, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist, Vertex
Fanny Elahi, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
2018-2019 UCSF Clinical Fellow, Memory and Aging Center
UCSF / Gladstone Institutes
M.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Natacha Le Moan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
2008-2012, National Multiple Sclerosis Society Postdoctoral Fellow
Gladstone Institutes/UCSF
Ph.D., Orsay University, Paris, France
Current Position: Senior Director, Translational Research, Catalyst Biosciences, South San Francisco, CA
Jerry Lu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
2006-2008, UCSD/NIH Cardiovascular Training Grant Postdoctoral Fellow
UCSD
Ph.D, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Research and Innovation, Biomatrica, San Diego, CA
Mario Merlini, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
2011-2013 Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
Gladstone Institutes
Ph.D., University of Zurich, Switzerland
Current Position: Junior Team Leader at INSERM
Victoria Rafalski, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
06/01/2013 – 05/31/2014, UCSF Immunology NIH Training Grant Postdoctoral Fellow
07/01/2014 – 06/30/2016, American Heart Association Postdoctoral fellow
UCSF / Gladstone Institutes
Ph.D., Stanford University
Current Position: Principle Scientist, Abbvie, Boston MA
Christian Schachtrup, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
2005-2010, DFG (German Research Foundation) Postdoctoral Fellow
Gladstone Institutes/UCSF
Ph.D., University of Muenster, Germany
Current Position: Heisenberg Profesor (W3) of Anatomy focusing on experimental neuroregeneration, University of Freiburg
Renaud Schuck, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position: Scientist, Alector
Reshmi Tognatta, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Paz Lab / Gladstone Institutes
Ph.D., University of Bonn, Germany
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scientist
Yu Yong, PhD, UVA
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position: Scientist, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, China