Lab Alumni
Former members of the Sabri Ülker Center and Hotamışlıgil Lab
Genichi Atsumi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2001-2002
Alessandro Arduini, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2011-2017
Ana Paula Arruda, PhD
Research Associate, 2010-2022
Alexander Bartelt, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2017
Ozgur Cakici, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015-2018
Ediz Calay, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2019
Qiong Cao, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2002-2006
Haiming Cao, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2003-2010
Andrea Caricilli, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014 - 2019
Khanichi Charles, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2014
Kathryn Claiborn, PhD
Scientific Writer, 2013-2017
Kosei Eguchi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2017
Feyza Engin, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2014
Ebru Erbay, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2004-2010
Zeynep Betül Ersoy, MD
Visiting Scientist, 2018
Meric Erikci Ertunc, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2015
Suneng Fu, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow 2004-2014
Masato Furuhashi, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow 2004-2008
Cem Z. Gorgun, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000-2007
Margaret Gregor, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2016
Ekin Güney, PhD
Sabri Ülker Fellow, 2015-2019
Jiro Hirosumi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000-2001
Xenia Hom, MD
Visiting Scientist, 1996-2002
Sarah Hummasti, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2012
Kornelia Johann, PhD
Visiting Scientist, 2017
Mollie Jurewicz
Laboratory Manager, 2010-2013
Keita Kono, PhD
Visiting Scientist, 2004-2006
Min-Dian Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016-2019
Ping Li, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2010
Kazuhisa Maeda, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1999-2002
Nimet Maherali, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2012
Liza Makowski-Hayes, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1998-2004
Martin McGrath, PhD
Associate Director for Strategic Alliances, 2012-2019
Benedicte Mengel Pers, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2011-2015
Carlos Morgan, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2005-2007
Takahisa Nakamura, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2006-2013
David Mwai Ndegwa
Laboratory Manager, 2013-2017
Lale Ozcan, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2004-2007
Umut Ozcan, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2005-2006
Fahri Saatcioglu, MD
Visiting Scientist, 2000, 2010
Ludger Scheja, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1996-2001
Christian Schlein, PhD
Visiting Scientist, 2017
Motohiro Sekiya, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2015
Jeswinder Sethi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1996-2000
Brendon Smith, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015-2017
Guo Tan, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000-2002
Henrik ten Freyhaus, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2010
Amir Tirosh, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2017
Qiang Tong, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1997-2002
Judy Tsai, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1999-2004
Sara Vallerie, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow 2003-2010
Joesph Virbasius, PhD
Research Associate, 2017-2018
Steven Watkins, PhD
Visiting Scientist on Sabbatical, 2011-2012
Katy Wellen, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2000-2006
Scott Widenmaier, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2018
Haiyan Xu, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 1996-2000
Abdullah Yalcin, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2012
Chih-Sheng Yang, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2014
Ling Yang, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2007-2014
Graduate Students
Vanessa Byles
Khanichi Charles
Judy (Tsai) Chuk
Nurdan Dağtekin
Margaret Gregor
Liza Makowski-Hayes
Nataniel Otoo
Lauren Robertson
Sara Vallerie
Kathryn Wellen
Erkan Yilmaz
Mustafa Yilmaz
Research Assistants
Michael Alcala
Defne Arslan
Brenna Baccaro
Arielle Bauer
Priscilla Bejo
Joshua Blanco
Erika Cagampan
Mu Xian Chen
Gökhan Dalgin
Carla Julieta Dominguez Gonzalez
Jason Fan
Raquel Fucho
Kristin Gerhold
Lily Greene
Ted Goh
Sasha Lee
Catherine May
Jared Mayers
Danielle McLaurin
Emily Misch
Jessica Moore
Truc Nguyen
Aybike Onur
Emily Otterbeck
Ariane Panzer
Lisa Rickey
Melinda Sitnow
Ross Smith
Nikki Snyder
Teoman Uysal
Eric Vaillancourt
Sarah Wiesbrock
Ariel White
Alonya Yermalovich