People
Principal Investigator:
Ilias Tagkopoulos, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associates:
Konstantinos Markakis, Ph.D.
Shanghyeon Kim, Ph.D.
Graduate Students:
Cheng-En Tan(Ph.D., CS)
Trevor Chan(Ph.D., CS)
Fangzhou Li(Ph.D., CS)
Arielle Soomi Yoo(Ph.D., BME)
Muhammad Adil Salim(Ph.D., Microbiology)
Bobby Missirian(Ph.D., CS)
Michael Gunning(Ph.D., CS)
Keer Ni(CS)
Kaichi Xie(CS)
![Konstantinos Markakis](http://tagkopouloslab.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/markakis.png)
![Shanghyeon Kim](http://tagkopouloslab.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/kim.png)
![Cheng-En Tan](http://tagkopouloslab.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/tan-active2.png)
![Trevor Chan](http://tagkopouloslab.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/chan.png)
![Arielle Soomi Yoo](http://tagkopouloslab.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/yoo.png)
![Muhammad Adil Salim](http://tagkopouloslab.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/salim.png)
![Bobby Missirian](http://tagkopouloslab.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/missirian.png)
![Michael Gunning](http://tagkopouloslab.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/gunning.png)
Michael Gunning
Ph.D. Student,
Department of Computer Science
![Keer Ni](http://tagkopouloslab.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/ni.png)
![Kaichi Xie](http://tagkopouloslab.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/profile_kaichi.png)
- Erol Kavvas, 2020-2022, currently Data Scientist at Envisagenics
- Bo Mi Lee, 2019-2021, currently Faculty at UCF
- Navneet Rai, 2012-2018, currently Principal Scientist at EQUII
- Athanasios Tsoukalas, 2012-2017, currently Professional Researcher at NYU-Abu Dhabi
- Violeta Zorraquino Salvo, 2013-2015, currently Postdoctoral Associate at UC Davis
- Semarhy Quinones-Soto, 2012-2014, currently Faculty at CSU, Sacramento
- Javier Carrera, 2012-2013, currently Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University
- Vadim Mozhayskiy, 2010-2013 currently Scientist at Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Jiyeon Park, Postdoctoral Associate, 2011-2012, currently with PPNL
- Martin Dragosits, Postdoctoral Associate, 2010-2011, currently with University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
- Jason Youn, Ph.D., 2018-2024, currently Machine Learning Scientist at TikTok
- Christian Millsop, Ph.D., 2020-2022, currently Lead Machine Learning Engineer at Treatment.com Inc.
- Tarini Naravane, Ph.D., 2019-2022, currently Scientific Researcher at US Department of Agriculture
- Gabriel Simmons, M.S., 2020-2022, currently with Dr. Dipak Ghosal at UC Davis
- Yue Jin, B.S., 2020-2022
- Ameen Eetemadi, Ph.D., 2014-2021, currently Data Scientist at Ancestry
- Beatriz Pereira, Ph.D., 2014-2020, currently Project Manager at LakePharma, Inc.
- Simon Kit Chu, Ph.D. student, 2018-2020, currently with Siegel Lab at UC Davis
- Xiaokang Wang, Ph.D., 2013-2020, currently Quantitative Analyst at Point72 Asset Management
- Rishi Subramanian, BS, 2018-2019
- Shweta Das, BS, 2018-2019
- Minseung Kim, Ph.D., 2018, currently with Pipa Corp
- Nick Joodi, MS, 2017-2018
- Supriya Shri Shree Prakash, BS, 2017-2018, currently with Intel Inc.
- Linh Huynh, Ph.D., 2010-2017, currently Postdoctoral Associate at UC Davis
- Vivek Dubey, MS, 2016-2017, currently with Nvidia Inc.
- Mackenzie Perkins, BS, 2015-2017
- Anthony Orona, BS, 2016
- Carl Glahn, BS, 2016
- Kenan Nalbant, BS, 2016
- Rhys Lee 2015-2016
- Weston Selna, BS, 2015-2016
- Ryan Sha, BS, 2014-2016
- Arlo Lobascio, BS, 2012-2014, currently with Elite Medical Scribes
- Christopher Chen, BS, 2013, currently with Digital Insight
- Daniel Lewis, Ph.D. BME rotation student, 2013, currently Ph.D. candidate at UC Davis
- Davis Shih, BS, 2013
- Janina Mejia, BS, 2013, currently with Smiths Detection
- Lingshu Tang, BS, 2013
- Runyu (Roy) Shi, BS, 2013
- Steven Hung, BS, 2013, currently with Dishcraft Robotics
- Vann Teves, BS, 2013
- Arun Durvasula, BS, 2012-2013, currently Ph.D. Student at UCLA
- Jing Luo, BS, 2012-2013, currently with quickshift.io
- Eren Gultepe, MS, 2011-2013, currently with University of Ontario Institute of Technology
- Daniel Nicklas, Ph.D. BME rotation student, 2011-2012, currently Ph.D. Student at UC Davis
- Ladan Doroud, Ph.D. CS rotation student, 2011-2012, currently Engineer with Ancestry DNA
- IGEM 2016: Alexis Caligiuri, Amanda Everitt, Brent Weyers, Jonathan Chen, Samir Akre
- IGEM 2015: Andrew Michelmore, Andrew Shephard, Gabriel Freund, Joanne Wu, Logan Vinson, Muntaha Samad
- IGEM 2014: Brian Tamsut, E. Aaron Cohen, James Lucas, Julie Yeonju Song, Lucas Murray, Sarah Ritz, Simon Staley
- IGEM 2013: Alex Neckelmann, Amy Soon, Aura Ferreiro, David Hwang, Lucas Murray
- IGEM 2012: Akshay Sethi, Christine Olson, Colin Deniston, Deborah Park, Mattan Hamou, Nick Csicsery, Pui Yan Ho, Sahar Hojjat, Sergio Waqued, Spencer Wong
- IGEM 2011: Aaron Heuckroth, Keegan Owsley, Nick Csicsery, Tim Fenton
- IGEM 2010: Tim Fenton, Keegan Owsley, Arjun Nair, Jennifer Lau, Holly Lam, Justin Tantiongloc
- Ki-Jo Kim, Visiting Assistant Professor, 2016-2018, currently an Associate Professor, The Catholic University of Korea
- Masataka Saito, Visiting Scholar, 2013-2014, currently Assistant Director, Japan’s Patent Office
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Life moments
Life in The Tagkopoulos Lab is not only about science but shared moments as well!