Quake Group - People

Stephen Quake, D.Phil.
Professor of Bioengineering
Co-Chair, Department of Bioengineering
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

quake#stanford.edu
(650) 736-7890

D. Phil., Physics, University of Oxford, 1994.
MS, Mathematics, Stanford University, 1991.
BS, Mathematics, Stanford University, 1991.

Jody Joseph
Administrative Assistant

jodyj#stanford.edu
(650) 736-1809

Paul Blainey, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar

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(650) 724-8890

PhD, Chemistry, Harvard University, 2007

Ning Jenny Jian, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar

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(650) 724-7383

PhD, Bioengineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007

Tomer Kalisky, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar

tkalisky#stanford.edu
(650) 724-7383

PhD, Bar Ilan University, Israel

Anne Leyrat, PhD
Research Associate

aleyrat#stanford.edu
(650) 724-8890

Matthias Meier, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar

matmeier#stanford.edu
(650) 724-8890

Jessica Melin, PhD
Stanford Microfluidics Foundry, Director Research Associate

melin#stanford.edu
(650) 704-8724

PhD, Microsystem Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, 2004
BASc, Simon Fraser University, 1998

Norma Neff, PhD
Research Technical Manager

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Savas Tay, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar

savas.tay(at)gmail(.)com
(650) 724-8890

Ph.D. in Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, 2007
M.S. in Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, 2005
B.S. in Physics and Education, Marmara University, Istanbul, 2000

Thomas Snyder, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar

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(650) 724-8890

PhD, Chemistry, Harvard University, 2007
BS, Chemistry and Economics, California Institute of Technology, 2002

Steve Bates
Graduate Student, Applied Physics

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MS, Applied Physics, Stanford University, 2006
BA, Physics, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biological Basis of Behaviour, University of Pennsylvania, 2004

Christina Fan
Graduate Student, Bioengineering

chfan#stanford.edu
(650) 724-8890

BS, Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 2005

Cheng-Chung (Frank) Lee
Graduate Student, Bioengineering, Caltech

clee717#stanford.edu
(626) 395-4837

BS, Engineering, Harvey Mudd College, 2002

Dmitry Pushkarev
Graduate Student, Physics

umka#stanford.edu
(650) 724-7383

Aaron Streets
Graduate Student, Applied Physics

streets#stanford.edu
(650) 724-7383

BS, Physics, UCLA, 2004.

Jianbin Wang
Graduate Student, Bioengineering

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(650) 724-8890

BS, Chemistry, Peking University, 2008

Joshua Weinstein
Graduate Student, Biophysics

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(650) 724-7383

BA, Physics and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, 2006

Angela Wu
Graduate Student, Bioengineering

angelawu#stanford.edu
(650) 724-8890

BS, Bioengineering, UC Berkeley

Danh Tran
Research Assistant

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Alumni

Name	Position After Graduation	Current Position	Dates	Degree


Hou-Pu Chu (S)	Senior Scientist, Fluidigm	same	1997-2001	PhD
Anne Fu (A)	Staff Scientist, Quest Diagnostics	USC Law School	1997-2002	PhD
Charles Spence	Consultant	same	1997-2002	PhD
Todd Thorsen (A,R)	Ass't Prof Mech. Eng., MIT	same	1997-2003	PhD
Guillaume Lessard	Postdoc, U. Rochester	same	1997-2003	PhD
Carl Hansen	Postdoc, Inst. for Systems Biology	Ass't Prof, UBC	2000-2004	PhD
Emil Kartalov	Postdoc, USC	Ass't Prof, USC	1999-2004	PhD
Mark Adams (S)	Dir., Nano-Bioeng., ENSCO Inc.	same	1999-2004	PhD
Chris Lacenere	Kaye Scholer LLP	same	2003-2005	PhD
Mike van Dam	Postdoc, Caltech	Ass't Prof, UCLA	1999-2005	PhD
Joshua Marcus	Scientific Advisor, Darby Law	same	2002-2006	PhD
Jian Liu	Postdoc, Emory University	same	2000-2006	PhD
Xiaoyan Robert Bao	Postdoc, Harvard University	same	200?-2007	PhD
Frederick Balagadde	Postdoc, Lawrence Livermore	same	2001-2007	PhD
Sebastian Maerkl	Ass't Prof, EPFL	same	2001-2007	PhD
Ziyang Ma	Postdoc, Stanford University	same	2001-2007	PhD
Luigi Warren	Postdoc, Harvard University	same	2003-2007	PhD
Megan Anderson	Staff Scientist, Fluidigm	same	2003-2008	PhD
Jerrod Schwartz	Postdoc, U of Washington	same	2003-2009	PhD

Benedict Hebert	Grad Student, McGill, Physics	same	2000-2002	MS
Brandon Birdwell	Yale Law School	same	2002-2004	MS
Saurabh Vyawahare	Grad Student, Caltech	same	2002-2004	MS

Marc Unger	Senior Scientist, Fluidigm	same	1999-2000	Postdoc
Jens-Christian Meiners	Ass't Prof Physics, U. Mich.	same	1997-2000	Postdoc
Jason Yang	Staff Scientist, Oplink Comm.	Vis-a-Vis	1998-2000	Postdoc
Alex Groisman	Ass't Prof Physics, UCSD	same	2000-2002	Postdoc
Markus Enzelberger	Ass't Prof Biochem, U. Stuttgart	Morphosys AG	2001-2002	Postdoc
Jordan Gerton	Ass't Prof Physics, U. Utah	same	2001-2004	Postdoc
James Brody	Ass't Prof Biom. Eng., UC Irvine	same	1998-2000	Postdoc
Ido Braslavsky	Ass't Prof Physics, Ohio U.	same	2000-2003	Postdoc
Jong Wook Hong	Ass't Prof Mech. Eng., Auburn	same	2002-2004	Postdoc
Michael Diehl	Ass't Prof Bioeng., Rice	same	2002-2005	Postdoc
Mehmet Fatih Yanik	Ass't Prof EE and CS, MIT	same	2005-2006	Postdoc
Yann Marcy	Project Manager, Genewave	same	2005-2006	Postdoc
Yanyi Huang	Associate Prof. Mat. Sci., Peking U.	same	2005-2006	Postdoc
Yinthai Chan	Ass't Prof Nat. University of Singapore	same	2006-2008	Postdoc
Rafael Gomez-Sjoberg	Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley	same	2004-2008	Postdoc
Stavros Stavrakis	Postdoc, Dundee University	same	2007-2009	Postdoc
Doron Gerber	Ass't Prof, Bar-Ilan University	same	2006-2009	Postdoc


S = Axel Scherer, co-advisor A = Frances Arnold, co-advisor R = Richard Roberts, co-advisor

Past and Present Collaborators:	Frances Arnold, Caltech James Berger, UC Berkeley Bruce Hay, Caltech Jim Heath, Caltech Jared Leadbetter, Caltech Henry Lester, Caltech Milan Mrksich, University of Chicago Axel Scherer, Caltech Joel Stavans, Weizmann Institute Brian Stoltz, Caltech David Tirrell, Caltech Barbara Wold, Caltech Lingchong You, Duke