Jafar-Nejad Lab Members

Yaniv Faingelernt, M.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (2023-2025)
Current position: Clinical Assistant Professor, Schneider’s Hospital, Israel

Dhruv Pathak
Undergraduate student from Baylor University (2026)

Yoksha Muruganantham, B.Sc.
Undergraduate student from Rice University (2025-2026)
Current position: Graduate Student, UT Southwestern

Soomin Cho, Ph.D.
Graduate Student (2021-2025)

Nima Niknejad, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (2016-2023) 
Current position: Senior Scientist, Nitto BioPharma, Inc.
Current position: Principal Scientist, ARNATAR Therapeutics

Seung-Yeop Han, Ph.D. 
Graduate Student (2014-2020) 
Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2023) 
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Baylor College of Medicine

Joshua Adams, M.D., Ph.D. 
Graduate Student (2016-2019) 
Postdoctoral Fellow (2020) 
Current position: Gene Therapy Fellow, Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Yuanyuan Li, Ph.D. 
Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2020) 
Current position: Principal Investigator, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Antonio Galeone, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (2013-2018)
Current position: Assistant Professor, National Research Council, Lecce, Italy

Kimia Pourebrahimabadi
Summer Student from Dulles High School (2018)
Current position: Undergraduate Student, UT Austin

Alexa Kristan
Summer Student from Lamar High School (2018)
Current position: Undergraduate Student, UT Austin

Madeline Canfield
Summer Student from Emery/Weiner High School (2018)
Current position: Undergraduate Student, Brown University

Shakeel Thakurdas, M.B.B.S.
Postdoctoral Fellow (2012-2017)

Tom V. Lee, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-2015)
Current position: Assistant Professor of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine

Amanda R. Haltom, Ph.D.
Graduate Student (2011-2015)
Current position: Scientist, Atreca, Inc.

Yi-Dong Li
Senior Research Assistant (2007-2014)

Edgar Gonzalez
Summer Intern (2013)

Jessica Leonardi, Ph.D.
Graduate Student (2007-2012) 
Postdoctoral Fellow (2012-2013) 

Rodrigo Fernandez-Valdivia, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (2007-2011) 
Instructor (2011-2012)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Wayne State University

Respina Vaezian
Summer Student from Stratford High School (2011)
Current position: Associate Engineer, PepsiCo

Amin Samarghandi, M.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-2010)
Current position: Assistant Professor of Radiology, University of Kentucky

Min-Dian Li, Ph.D.
Summer Student From Peking University (2008)
Current position: Deputy Head, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; Director, Center for Circadian Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease, Southwest Hospital, Chongqing, China