Kern Lab Alumni


Below is a list of Kern Lab alumni and their "last known" (and hopefully current) position. If you are an alumnus and want to update your listing, please contact the webmaster or submit an Issue / PR on GitHub.

Carolyn Morningstar - Master Student
2022 - 2023
Current Position: Graduate Student @ Emory University

Ingrid Marko - Graduate Student
2017 - 2023
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow @ The University of Texas at Austin

Nick Buongiorno - Undergraduate Student
2021 - 2023

Emily Schmitz - Postdoctoral Fellow
2022 - 2023
Current Position: Scientist I @ Sanofi

Chansik Kim - Graduate Student / Postdoctoral Fellow
2017 - 2023
Current Position: Scientist @ NoveltyNobility

Nicholas Greco - Masters Student
2022 - 2022
Current Position: Master Student @ Brandeis University

Renee Otten - Postdoctoral Fellow
2011 - 2022
Current Position: Senior Scientist @ Treeline Biosciences

Austin Bannister - Graduate Student
2017 - 2022
Current Position: Scientist @ RADD Pharmaceuticals

Warintra Pitsawong - Postdoctoral Fellow
2015 - 2022
Current Position: Scientist II @ Relay Therapeutics

Zachary Boswell - Postdoctoral Fellow
2020 - 2022
Current Position: Scientist @ Arrakis Therapeutics

Joseph Irvin - Undergraduate Student
2018 - 2021
Current Position: Graduate Student @ University of Rochester

John Stiller - Graduate Student / Postdoctoral Fellow
2015 - 2021
Current Position: Scientist @ Prime Medicine

Patrick Finneran - Graduate Student
2015 - 2020
Current Position: Senior Scientist Biophysics @ Menten AI

Klarissa Hollander - Undergraduate Student
2018 - 2020
Current Position: Graduate Student @ Yale University

Liuyu Chen - Master Student
2019 - 2020

Hadar Ivanir-Dabora - Postdoctoral Fellow
2017 - 2019

Daniel Woldring - Postdoctoral Fellow
2017 - 2019
Current Position: Assistant Professor @ Michigan State University

Julia Tartaglia - Undergraduate Student
2017 - 2019
Current Position: Graduate Student @ UC Berkeley

Marc Hoemberger - Graduate Student / Postdoctoral Fellow
2013 - 2019
Current Position: Senior Scientist @ Treeline Biosciences

Chiquita McCoy-Crisp - Undergraduate Student
2017 - 2018

Julius Rentergent - Postdoctoral Fellow
2016 - 2017
Current Position: Senior Data Scientist @ The Trade Desk, Inc.

Yizhi Sun - Postdoctoral Fellow
2015 - 2017
Current Position: Research Fellow - Spiegelman Lab @ Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School

Steffen Kutter - Postdoctoral Fellow
2009 - 2017
Current Position: Principal Scientist I @ Schrödinger

Christopher Wilson - Graduate Student / Postdoctoral Fellow
2011 - 2017
Current Position: Scientist @ Prime Medicine

Charlene Tribbett-Talley - Administrative Assistant
2005 - 2017
Current Position: Admin Lead to VP of Clinical Research, Head & Executive Director Portfolio Strategy @ Pfizer

Vy Nguyen - Graduate Student / Postdoctoral Fellow
2011 - 2017
Current Position: Senior Scientist I @ Relay Therapeutics

Sara Gelles-Watnick - Undergraduate Student
2015 - 2017
Current Position: Graduate Student @ School of Biological and Biomedical Science, Yale University

Ayantu Temesgen - Undergraduate Student
2015 - 2017
Current Position: Harvard Medical School

Adelajda Hadzipasic-Zorba - Graduate Student / Postdoctoral Fellow

Thesis: Mechanism of Aurora A kinase activation and catalysis
2009 - 2016
Current Position: Principal Scientist II @ Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)

Roman Agafonov - Postdoctoral Fellow
2010 - 2016
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist II @ C4 Therapeutics

Camelia Zheng - Undergraduate Student
2014 - 2016
Current Position: MSTP student - School of Medicine @ Stony Brook University

Sarita Biswas - Undergraduate Student
2014 - 2016
Current Position: Manager, Business Development @ Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

Timo Eichner - Postdoctoral Fellow
2011 - 2015
Current Position: Associate Director, Head of Data Science & Digitalization @ Pieris Pharmaceuticals, Germany

Vanessa Buosi - Postdoctoral Fellow
2011 - 2014
Current Position: Alliance Manager @ Evotec, France


Michael Clarkson - Postdoctoral Fellow
2006 - 2012
Current Position: Staff Scientist @ University of Arizona

Young-Jin Cho - Postdoctoral Fellow
2008 - 2012

2004 - 2011
Current Position: Senior Scientist @ Zymergen, Inc.

Jordan Kerns - Graduate Student / Postdoctoral Fellow

Thesis: The Catalytic Energy Landscape of Adenylate Kinase
2004 - 2011
Current Position: Director of Biological Science @ Emulate, Inc.

2005 - 2011
Current Position: Entrepeneur, (Bio-) Data Scientist

Ole Clausen - Exchange Graduate Student
2009 - 2009
Current Position: Chief Operator at Ole Clausen Produktion, Denmark

Ming Lei - Postdoctoral Fellow
2004 - 2009
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow - Karplus Lab @ Harvard University

Janice Villali - Graduate Student / Postdoctoral Fellow

Thesis: Mechanism of activation at atomic resolution of the signaling protein NtrC
2005 - 2009
Current Position: Senior Scientist II @ Relay Therapeutics

Sabine Akabayov - Postdoctoral Fellow
2007 - 2008
Current Position: Scientific and Medical Translator in Israel

Katherine Henzler-Wildman - Postdoctoral Fellow


2000 - 2008
Current Position: Staff Process Development Scientist @ Bayer Healthcare

Peter Carlsson - Postdoctoral Fellow
2005 - 2007
Current Position: Project Manager @ DeLaval International

Christian Steinbeck - Postdoctoral Fellow
2005 - 2007
Current Position: Senior Developer @ Nike Sporting Goods

Annette Sievers - Postdoctoral Fellow
2004 - 2007
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist @ Pfizer

Elan Eisenmesser - Postdoctoral Fellow

Francesco Pontiggia - Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Computing Specialist
2008 - 2017
Current Position: Head of HPC Infrastructure @ Roivant Sciences

Han Yang - Master Student
2015 - 2016
Current Position: Senior Associate Scientist @ Pfizer

Padraig Murphy - Undergraduate Student

Thesis: Mechanistic Characterization and Evolution of Adenylate Kinase
2012 - 2014
Current Position: Consultant - Project Team Lead @ Health Advances

2011 - 2013
Current Position: MD/PhD @ University of Minnesota

Alexandra Gardino - Graduate Student

Thesis: Mechanism and energetics of phosphorylation-mediated signaling
1999 - 2005
Current Position: Director @ Accent Therapeutics

Magnus Wolf-Watz - Postdoctoral Fellow