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Department Manager

Friciello Maria Friciello
UCSF Box 0912
513 Parnassus Avenue, Room S-840
Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-0912 USA
tel: (415) 476-8180
fax: (415) 502-4322
e-mail: maria.friciello@ucsf.edu

Financial Manager

Neely William Neely
UCSF Box 0912
513 Parnassus Avenue, Room S-840
Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-0912 USA
tel: (415) 502-4365
fax: (415) 502-4322
e-mail: william.neely@ucsf.edu

Administrative Support Manager

Cabahug (Maria) Lisa Cabahug
UCSF Box 0912
513 Parnassus Avenue, Room S-840
Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-0912 USA
tel: (415) 476-0208
fax: (415) 502-4322
e-mail: lisa.cabahug@ucsf.edu

Academic Coordinator, Assistant Adjunct Professor

Floren Leslie Floren, PharmD
UCSF Box 2911
1550 4th Street, Rock Hall, Room 584
Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-2911 USA
tel: (415) 514-3559
fax: (415) 514-4361
e-mail: leslie.floren@ucsf.edu

Executive Assistant to
Department Co-chair Kathy Giacomini, PhD

Jeanne Powers
UCSF Box 2911
1550 4th Street, Rock Hall, Room 584
Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94158 USA
tel: (415) 476-1936
fax: (415) 476-6632
e-mail: jeanne.powers@ucsf.edu

Executive Assistant to
Department Co-chair Sarah Nelson, PhD

Laura Beth Riehman
UCSF Box 2532
1700 4th Street, Byers Hall, Room 303
Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-2532 USA
tel: (415) 514-2143
fax: (415) 514-1028
e-mail: laura.riehman@ucsf.edu

Administrative Staff and Laboratory Personnel

Staffmembers Sylvester, Lu, Ruivivar, Lopez

Administrative Staff

Name Title Program/Lab/Faculty Member(s) Supported

Debbie Acoba-Idlebi

Program Coordinator

PSPG Graduate Program

Maria Elisa Cabahug

Administrative Services Coordinator

Central Administration

Christina Chen

Financial and Academic Personnel Analyst

Central Administration

Diana Cresci

Financial Analyst

Central Administration

Ashley Custer

Administrative Analyst

Patricia Babbitt and Tanja Kortemme

Leslie Floren

Academic Coordinator

Central Administration

Maria Friciello

Department Manager

Central Administration

Winnie Gee

Associate Director

Drug Studies Unit

Name Title Program/Lab/Faculty Member(s) Supported

Steven Ha

Administrative Assistant

Nadav Ahituv, Frances Brodsky, Xin Chen, Betty-Ann Hoener, Anthony Hunt, and Francis Szoka

Jaime Kenyon

Program Coordinator

ACDRS, PKPS Course, Department Events

Katherine Krebs

Editorial Assistant

Langmuir Editorial Office

Kyle Kurpinski

Program Coordinator

MTM Graduate Program

Peter Lu

Administrative Assistant

Su Guo, Deanna Kroetz, and Chao Tang

Hilary Smith-Mahon

Administrative Analyst

Andrej Sali

William Neely

Financial Manager

Central Administration

Frances Peterson

Administrative Assistant

Leslie Benet, Leslie Floren, Yong Huang, Emil Lin, Nancy Sambol, and Davide Verotta

Name Title Program/Lab/Faculty Member(s) Supported

Kim Pham

Department Assistant

Central Administration

Jeanne Powers

Assistant to Co-chair Kathy Giacomini

Central Administration

Laura Beth Riehman

Assistant to Co-chair Sarah Nelson

Central Administration

Rachelle Ruivivar

Financial Analyst

Central Administration

Hubert Sylvester

Purchasing Analyst

Central Administration

SarahJane Taylor

Program Coordinator

UCSF/UCB Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering

Liz Willey

Administrative Assistant

Adam Abate, Michael Fischbach, and Ryan Hernandez

Name Title Program/Lab/Faculty Member(s) Supported

Debbie Acoba-Idlebi

Program Coordinator

PSPG Graduate Program

Maria Elisa Cabahug

Administrative Services Coordinator

Central Administration

Christina Chen

Financial and Academic Personnel Analyst

Central Administration

Diana Cresci

Financial Analyst

Central Administration

Ashley Custer

Administrative Analyst

Patricia Babbitt and Tanja Kortemme

Leslie Floren

Academic Coordinator

Central Administration

Maria Friciello

Department Manager

Central Administration

Winnie Gee

Associate Director

Drug Studies Unit

Steven Ha

Administrative Assistant

Nadav Ahituv, Frances Brodsky, Xin Chen, Betty-Ann Hoener, Anthony Hunt, and Francis Szoka

Jaime Kenyon

Program Coordinator

ACDRS, PKPS Course, Department Events

Katherine Krebs

Editorial Assistant

Langmuir Editorial Office

Kyle Kurpinski

Program Coordinator

MTM Graduate Program

Peter Lu

Administrative Assistant

Su Guo, Deanna Kroetz, and Chao Tang

Hilary Smith-Mahon

Administrative Analyst

Andrej Sali

William Neely

Financial Manager

Central Administration

Frances Peterson

Administrative Assistant

Leslie Benet, Leslie Floren, Yong Huang, Emil Lin, Nancy Sambol, and Davide Verotta

Kim Pham

Department Assistant

Central Administration

Jeanne Powers

Assistant to Co-chair Kathy Giacomini

Central Administration

Laura Beth Riehman

Assistant to Co-chair Sarah Nelson

Central Administration

Rachelle Ruivivar

Financial Analyst

Central Administration

Hubert Sylvester

Purchasing Analyst

Central Administration

SarahJane Taylor

Program Coordinator

UCSF/UCB Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering

Liz Willey

Administrative Assistant

Adam Abate, Michael Fischbach, and Ryan Hernandez

Laboratory Personnel

Name Title Lab Supported

Eyal Akiva

Postdoc

Kortemme Lab

Daniel Almonacid

Postdoc

Babbitt Lab

Daniel Bernards

Postdoc

Desai Lab

Simone Bianco

Postdoc

Tang Lab

Richard Bonderud

Staff Research Associate

Drug Studies Unit

Shoshana Brown

Associate Specialist

Babbitt Lab

Rich Castro

Specialist

Giacomini Lab

Sean Cater

Junior Specialist

Abate Lab

Name Title Lab Supported

Darren Chan

Staff Research Associate

Szoka Lab

Justin Chan

Postdoc

Szoka lab

Kelly Chavez

Postdoc

Desai Lab

Chih-Ying Jean Chen

Associate Specialist

Brodsky Lab

Ligong Chen

Postdoc

Giacomini Lab

Jan Claesen

Postdoc

Fishbach Lab

Amber Dahlin

Postdoc

Giacomini Lab

Zhiqiang Dong

Assistant Specialist

Guo Lab

Name Title Lab Supported

Mohamed Donia

Postdoc

Fischbach Lab

Winnie Gee

Specialist

Drug Studies Unit

Natalie Geeter

Laboratory Assistant

Ahituv Lab

Illya Gordon

Staff Research Associate

Roy Lab

Sierk Haenisch

Postdoc

Kroetz Lab

James Heller

Laboratory Assistant

Roy Lab

Daniel Hoersch

Postdoc

Kortemme Lab

Yao-Ming Huang

Postdoc

Kortemme Lab

Name Title Lab Supported

Debbie Jeon

Staff Research Assistant

Kortemme Lab

Holly Jiang

Laboratory Assistant

Chen Lab

Lingli Jiang

Junior Specialist

Tang Lab

Derrick Johnson

Laboratory Assistant

Drug Studies Unit

Rishi Kant

Postdoc

Roy Lab

Eun Jung Kim

Postdoc

Roy Lab

Karen Kuncze

Staff Research Associate

Drug Studies Unit

Florian Lauck

Assistant Specialist

Babbitt Lab

Name Title Lab Supported

Yvonne Lei

Staff Research Associate

Drug Studies Unit

Jonathon Liu

Laboratory Assistant

Roy Lab

Yingmei Liu

Associate Specialist

Kroetz Lab

Sen Liu

Postdoc

Kortemme Lab

Alexander Louie

Staff Research Associate

Drug Studies Unit

Rachel Lowe

Postdoc

Desai & Roy Labs

Sophie Lumb

Postdoc

Giacomini Lab

Joe Mancilla

Laboratory Helper

Guo Lab

Name Title Lab Supported

Svetlana Markova

Postdoc

Kroetz Lab

Nicholas Massenkoff

Staff Research Associate

Drug Studies Unit

Priya Mathur

Assistant Specialist

Guo Lab

Cristina Melero-Heras

Specialist

Kortemme Lab

Michael Munchua

Laboratory Assistant

Guo Lab

Juliane Nguyen

Postdoc

Szoka lab

Shane O'Connor

Associate Specialist

Kortemme Lab

Sunil Ojha

Associate Specialist

Babbitt Lab

Name Title Lab Supported

Hideaki Okochi

Associate Specialist

Drug Studies Unit

Roland Pache

Assistant Specialist

Kortemme Lab

Ben Parcher

Junior Specialist

Desai Lab

Jisong Peng

Assistant Specialist

Guo Lab

Ursula Pieper

Associate Researcher

Sali Lab

Alexandra Schnoes

Assistant Specialist

Babbitt Lab

Volkan Sevim

Postdoc

Tang Lab

Robert Shi

Specialist

Drug Studies Unit

Name Title Lab Supported

Ula Soegianto

Laboratory Assistant

Kortemme Lab

Amélie Stein

Postdoc

Kortemme Lab

Toshiyuji Takeuchi

Postdoc

Giacomini Lab

Morgan Thompson

Laboratory Assistant

Hernandez Lab

Elina Tjioe

Specialist

Sali Lab

Anthony Tsao

Programmer Analyst

Drug Studies Unit

Robert Tucker

Postdoc

Desai Lab

Vuk Uskokovic

Assistant Specialist

Desai Lab

Name Title Lab Supported

Yug Varma

Postdoc

Fischbach Lab

Vincent Venditto

Postdoc

Szoka Lab

Mahendra Wagle

Postdoc

Guo Lab

Chunmei Wang

Postdoc

Chen Lab

Ben Webb

Academic Coordinator

Sali Lab

Matthias Wittwer

Postdoc

Giacomini Lab

Alan Wolfe

Associate Specialist

Benet Lab

Dong Xi

Junior Specialist

Tang Lab

Name Title Lab Supported

Qiyun Yang

Assistant Specialist

Drug Studies Unit

Xiaojing Yang

Postdoc

Tang Lab

Shirley Yee

Staff Research Associate

Drug Studies Unit

Sook Wah Yee

Postdoc

Giacomini Lab

Kwangchae Yoon

Staff Research Associate

Drug Studies Unit

Yao Zhao

Junior Specialist

Tang Lab

Wu Zhuping

Associate Specialist

Drug Studies Unit

Arik Zur

Postdoc

Giacomini Lab

Name Title Lab Supported

Eyal Akiva

Postdoc

Kortemme Lab

Daniel Almonacid

Postdoc

Babbitt Lab

Daniel Bernards

Postdoc

Desai Lab

Simone Bianco

Postdoc

Tang Lab

Richard Bonderud

Staff Research Associate

Drug Studies Unit

Shoshana Brown

Associate Specialist

Babbitt Lab

Rich Castro

Specialist

Giacomini Lab

Sean Cater

Junior Specialist

Abate Lab

Darren Chan

Staff Research Associate

Szoka Lab

Justin Chan

Postdoc

Szoka lab

Kelly Chavez

Postdoc

Desai Lab

Chih-Ying Jean Chen

Associate Specialist

Brodsky Lab

Ligong Chen

Postdoc

Giacomini Lab

Jan Claesen

Postdoc

Fishbach Lab

Amber Dahlin

Postdoc

Giacomini Lab

Zhiqiang Dong

Assistant Specialist

Guo Lab

Mohamed Donia

Postdoc

Fischbach Lab

Winnie Gee

Specialist

Drug Studies Unit

Natalie Geeter

Laboratory Assistant

Ahituv Lab

Illya Gordon

Staff Research Associate

Roy Lab

Sierk Haenisch

Postdoc

Kroetz Lab

James Heller

Laboratory Assistant

Roy Lab

Daniel Hoersch

Postdoc

Kortemme Lab

Yao-Ming Huang

Postdoc

Kortemme Lab

Debbie Jeon

Staff Research Assistant

Kortemme Lab

Holly Jiang

Laboratory Assistant

Chen Lab

Lingli Jiang

Junior Specialist

Tang Lab

Derrick Johnson

Laboratory Assistant

Drug Studies Unit

Rishi Kant

Postdoc

Roy Lab

Eun Jung Kim

Postdoc

Roy Lab

Karen Kuncze

Staff Research Associate

Drug Studies Unit

Florian Lauck

Assistant Specialist

Babbitt Lab

Yvonne Lei

Staff Research Associate

Drug Studies Unit

Jonathon Liu

Laboratory Assistant

Roy Lab

Yingmei Liu

Associate Specialist

Kroetz Lab

Sen Liu

Postdoc

Kortemme Lab

Alexander Louie

Staff Research Associate

Drug Studies Unit

Rachel Lowe

Postdoc

Desai & Roy Labs

Sophie Lumb

Postdoc

Giacomini Lab

Joe Mancilla

Laboratory Helper

Guo Lab

Svetlana Markova

Postdoc

Kroetz Lab

Nicholas Massenkoff

Staff Research Associate

Drug Studies Unit

Priya Mathur

Assistant Specialist

Guo Lab

Cristina Melero-Heras

Specialist

Kortemme Lab

Michael Munchua

Laboratory Assistant

Guo Lab

Juliane Nguyen

Postdoc

Szoka lab

Shane O'Connor

Associate Specialist

Kortemme Lab

Sunil Ojha

Associate Specialist

Babbitt Lab

Hideaki Okochi

Associate Specialist

Drug Studies Unit

Roland Pache

Assistant Specialist

Kortemme Lab

Ben Parcher

Junior Specialist

Desai Lab

Jisong Peng

Assistant Specialist

Guo Lab

Ursula Pieper

Associate Researcher

Sali Lab

Alexandra Schnoes

Assistant Specialist

Babbitt Lab

Volkan Sevim

Postdoc

Tang Lab

Robert Shi

Specialist

Drug Studies Unit

Ula Soegianto

Laboratory Assistant

Kortemme Lab

Amélie Stein

Postdoc

Kortemme Lab

Toshiyuji Takeuchi

Postdoc

Giacomini Lab

Morgan Thompson

Laboratory Assistant

Hernandez Lab

Elina Tjioe

Specialist

Sali Lab

Anthony Tsao

Programmer Analyst

Drug Studies Unit

Robert Tucker

Postdoc

Desai Lab

Vuk Uskokovic

Assistant Specialist

Desai Lab

Yug Varma

Postdoc

Fischbach Lab

Vincent Venditto

Postdoc

Szoka Lab

Mahendra Wagle

Postdoc

Guo Lab

Chunmei Wang

Postdoc

Chen Lab

Ben Webb

Academic Coordinator

Sali Lab

Matthias Wittwer

Postdoc

Giacomini Lab

Alan Wolfe

Associate Specialist

Benet Lab

Dong Xi

Junior Specialist

Tang Lab

Qiyun Yang

Assistant Specialist

Drug Studies Unit

Xiaojing Yang

Postdoc

Tang Lab

Shirley Yee

Staff Research Associate

Drug Studies Unit

Sook Wah Yee

Postdoc

Giacomini Lab

Kwangchae Yoon

Staff Research Associate

Drug Studies Unit

Yao Zhao

Junior Specialist

Tang Lab

Wu Zhuping

Associate Specialist

Drug Studies Unit

Arik Zur

Postdoc

Giacomini Lab

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