Staff
Maria Razumova, Senior Scientist, 2004-2017
Meredith Redd, Acting Instructor, 2023-2024
Postdoctoral Fellows
| Postdoc | Dates | Title of Project | Current Position |
| Bishow Adhikari | 2002-2004 | Regulation of cardiac thin filament activation | Program Director, NIH NHLBI |
| Todd E. Gillis | 2002-2005 | Cardiac TnC-TnI interactions that regulate contraction | Professor of Integrative Biology, U Guelph, CA |
| Frederick S. Korte | 2006-2011 | Cell- and gene-based cardiac therapeutics | Aortic Sector Leader, W.L. Gore & Associates |
| Vijayisimha Rao | 2009-2013 | Molecular mechanisms of cardiac thin filament regulation | Director, Worldwide Hematology Marketing, Bristol Myers Squibb |
| Yuanhua Cheng | 2012-2018 | Molecular mechanisms of myofilament-based cardiac disease | Scientist, Lamprogen Inc |
| Farid Moussavi-Harami | 2013-2016 | R1R2 gene therapy for heart failure | Associate Professor of Cardiology, UW |
| Mardi Nenni | 2014-2015 | Cell mediated delivery of dATP for treating myocardial infarct | Xenbase, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital |
| Jordan Klaiman | 2014-2016 | Mechanical analysis of sarcomere mutations in cardiomyopathies | Project Manager, Heart Regeneration Program, UW |
| Xuan Guan | 2015-2017 | Engineered stem cells for cardiac repair | Resident, AdventHealth Medical Group, Orlando, FL |
| Chen-Cheng Yuan | 2017-2019 | Radial strain effects on acto-myosin function in striated muscle | Post-doctoral fellow, Mottha lab, Harvard Medical School |
| Ketaki Mhatre | 2018-2023 | Engineered stem cells to elevate 2-deoxy-ATP in infarcted hearts | Unknown |
Graduate Students
| Student | Degree | Dates | Title of Project | Current Position |
| Steven Bathiche | MS | 9/95-6/97 | Aerobic capacity, fatigue in isometic human knee extension | VP Microsoft Windows, Surface, Duo & Hub, Redmond, WA |
| Emilie Warner Clemmens | PhD | 1/98-10/03 | Isolated cardiac/skeletal muscle protein mechanics | Research Consultant; Faculty – Cascadia Community College |
| Alicia Moreno-Gonzalez | PhD | 9/02-5/07 | Mechanical properties of cardiac muscle strips | Sr. Principal Scientist, Galvanize Therapeutics, Redmond, WA |
| Kareen Kreutziger | PhD | 4/02-10/07 | Tissue Engineering/Gene Therapy Targeting Cardiac Myofilaments | Associate Professor, Brown University. |
| Bertrand Tanner | PhD | 4/03-11/07 | Computational/Experimental Models for Ca2+ Regulation of Striated Muscle contraction | Associate Professor, Washington State University |
| Alice Racca | MS | 9/07-4/09 | Muscle contractile abnormalities due to embryonic myosin mutations | Scientist, Kainomyx |
| Jordon Kuester | MS | 9/07-5/09 | Novel Method to Measure Sub-cellular Cardiac Mechanics. | Principal EP/TSS, Abbot, Seattle, WA |
| Anthony Rodriguez | PhD | 1/06-8/11 | Mechanical cues in development of early-stage cardiomyocytes | Project Manager, Gore Biomedical, Austin, Texas |
| David Williams | PhD | 6/07-3/12 | Radial forces in mechanical properties of cardiac and skeletal muscles | Data & Applied Scientist, Microsoft, Redmond |
| Dan Wang | PhD | 1/08-9/12 | Protein Engineering to Improve Cardiac Function. | Biotech Industry, China |
| Kassandra Thompson | PhD | 1/08-5/13 | Cardiac Tissue Engineering | Director, Center for Dialysis Innovation, Seattle, WA |
| Scott Lundy | PhD | 6/08-5/13 | Engineering HESC-CMs for Heart Repair. | Clinician & Scientist, Cleveland Clinic |
| Erik Feest | PhD | 9/07-8/13 | Engineering troponin C to treat infarcted hearts | Biotech Industry, San Francisco |
| Sarah Nowakowski | PhD | 9/08-6/14 | Elevation of 2 deoxy-ATP for heart failure | Managing Director/Partner, Boston Consulting |
| Alice Racca | PhD | 9/09-3/15 | Contractile properties of fetal heart and skeletal muscle | Scientist, Kainomyx |
| Joe Powers | PhD | 6/14-12-18 | Experimental and computational models of myofilament function. | Postdoctoral Fellow, UCSD, K99/R00 – August 2021 |
| Becky Zaunbrecher | PhD | 4/14-12-18 | Genetically Engineered hiPSC-CMs to study novel titin isoform Cronos | Scientist, Allen Institute for Cell Science. |
| Jason Murray | PhD | 6/14-11/19 | Applications of a Nucleotide-based Heart Failure Therapy. | Postdoctoral Fellow, Fred Hutch, Seattle, UW |
| Dasom (Christine) Yoo | PhD | 9/16-12/20 | Sarcomere development in non-contractile myocytes | Senior Associate, Propel Bio Partners, Seattle, WA |
| Saffie Mohran | PhD | 6/19-8/23 | Myofilament abnormalities in models of DMD and DA muscle | Postdoctoral Fellow, UW |
| Carina Mae | BS/MS | 9/22-6/23 | Motility assessment of myosin with disease-causing mutations | Process Development Engineer, Pluristyx, Inc. |
| Sonette Steczina | PhD | 4/20-12/24 | Using hiPSC-CM to model HCM disease causing MYBPC mutations |
Undergraduate Students
- Dan Boster, B.S. Biochemisty – Graduated 1999, Employed in Biotech Industry
- Mandy Bates, B.S. Cell & Molecular Biology – Graduated 2000 – Research 1998-2000, resulted in one abstract and one submitted paper to date. Medical School – Graduated 2004.
- Scott Myrick (BIOE) – Graduated 2002. Research resulted in one abstract and one paper in preparation to date. Graduated Medical School 2006.
- Jennifer Fredlund, Microbiology – Graduated 2003. Research resulted in two abstracts and one paper. D. from UCSD 2009.
- Isaia Infante, Mechanical Engineering – Graduated 2004. Currently in the U.S. Navy.
- Kristina Bezold (BIOE), Graduated 2006, Current position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University.
- Megan Ham (BIOE), Graduated 2006, J.D. UW Law School 2012
- Mark Schrader (BIOE), Graduated 2006, Current position: Industry
- Elizabeth Miller (BIOE), Graduated 2006, Current position: unknown
- Brian Ho (BIOE), Graduated 2007. Current position: Industry
- Steve Strickroth, Jean Lo, Graduated 2008
- Daria Pavlov, Graduated 2009, Current position: Graduate Student, Isreal
- Victoria McAardle, Graduated 2009
- Kate Buckley, Graduated 2010, Current position: MD/PhD program (MSTP), University of Washington
- Gabrielle Robinson, Graduated 2010, Current position; UW Medical School
- Jon McMichael, Graduated 2011, Law School ASU
- Kaylin Takata, Graduated 2011
- Cameron Turtle, Graduated 2012, current position: Ph.D. Program at Oxford, Rhodes Scholar
- Bryce Johnson, Graduated 2012, current position: Medical School, U. Washington
- Mike Hsieh, Graduated 2012
- Chris Hargrave, Graduated 2013
- Jacqueline Robinson-Hamm, Graduated 2013, Current position: Bioengineering Ph.D. Program, Duke University
- Elizabeth Gay, Graduated 2014
- Greg Medlock, Graduated 2014, Current position: Bioengineering Ph.D. Program, U. Virginia
- Lucas Oxenford, Graduated 2015
- Minjung Kim, Graduated 2016
- Soley Olafsson, Graduated 2016, Current Position: Harvard Medical School
- Sonette Steczina, Graduated 2016, MS 2017 UCSC, Current position: Bioengineering PhD Program, U Washington
- Ben Cashdollar, Graduated 2017
- Haseeb Malik. Graduated 2017
- Yarid Mera, Graduated 2017
- Isaac Clark, Graduated 2018
- Peter Schultz, Graduated 2018
- Aimee Ellis
- Romi Castillo, Graduated 2019
- Sabrina Do, Graduated 2019
- Elsa McMahon, Graduated 2020
- Laila Stoddart
- Isela Garcia, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Graduated 2022
- Isha Bapat, Biochemistry, Graduated 2023
- Eesha Murali, Bioengineering, Graduated 2023
- Nayeli Rivas-Ramos, Biology
- Elizabeth Choi, Biochemistry, Graduated 2023
- Carina Mae, Bioengineering, Graduated 2023
- Aditi Prabhala, Bioengineering, Graduated 2024
- Chloe Lawrence, Bioengineering, Graduated 2024