Stanford
Durmus Lab

Lab Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Kazim Kerim Moncal, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, MIPS, Stanford University (June 2020- February 2022)
    • Current position: Scientist II, Metagenomi
  • Zhuoran Ma, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, MIPS, Stanford University (April 2021-October 2021)
    • Current position: Scientist II, 10X Genomics

Life Science Research Scientist

  • Malavika Ramarao, Life Science Research Scientist, MIPS, Stanford University (2023-June 2025)
    • Current position: grad student at Harvard University

Undergraduate Students - Primary Mentor

  • Ana Doga Dogan, Canary CREST Intern, University of Florida, (June 2025-August 2025)
  • Erin Loh, Canary CREST Intern, Stanford University, (June 2025-August 2025)
  • Erin Takeshima, Summer Intern, UC Berkeley, (July 2025-August 2025)
  • Begum Bulgurlouglu, Summer Intern, University of Pennsylvania, (May 2025-June 2025)
  • Milo Pesce Areas, Canary CREST Intern, University of Denver (June 2024-August 2024)
  • Anisa Cole, Canary CREST Intern, Prairie View A&M University (June 2023-August 2023)
  • Elsa McElhinney, Canary CREST Intern, Stanford University (June 2023-August 2023)
  • William Suh, Canary CREST Intern, Brown University (June 2023-August 2023)
  • Ian Mcgregor, Summer Intern, UC San Diego, (June 2023- September 2023)
  • Tessa Devoe, Canary CREST Intern, Brown University (June 2022-August 2022)
  • Jackeline Cuadra, Canary CREST Intern (June 2022-August 2022)
  • Colin Grant, Stanford University (June 2019 - 2022)
  • Deniz Yagmur Urey, Stanford University (2020-2021)
    • Current position: PhD student at Columbia University
  • Lawrence Shue, Princeton University, Canary CREST intern (June 2020-August 2021)
    • Current position: PhD student at Harvard Medical School
  • Giray Ogut, Canary CREST intern, Bogazici University (2018- 2020)
    • Current position: PhD student at Stanford Electrical Engineering
  • Brandon Cai, Undergraduate student at UC Berkeley, Summer Intern (June 2019- August 2019)

High School Students - Primary Mentor 

  • Daniel Mamchik, High School student at Jesuit High School, (August 2025)
  • Shristi Dhawan, High School student at The Harker School, (July 2025-August 2025)
  • Naz Avsar, High School Student, (June 2024)
  • Emma Foster, High School Student at the Castilleja School, (January 2023-August 2024)
    • Current position: Undergraduate student at Howard University
  • Kerem Teker, High School Student at the British School of Brussels, (July 2023-August 2023)
  • Shruthi Paulmurugan, High School Student at the Palo Alto High School, (July 2023-December 2023)
  • Elliot Chin, High School Student at the Nueva School, (June 2019-August 2021)
    • Current position: Undergraduate student at Harvard University
  • Hsi-Min Chan, High School Intern, (July 2019-August 2019)
    • Current position: Undergraduate student at UC Berkeley
  • Ekin Atilla, High School Student at Robert Louis Stevenson High School, Summer Intern, (June 2019-June 2022)
    • Current position: Undergraduate student at UC Irvine
  • Matthew Dinaburg, SIMR Summer Research Program, Stanford University (June- August 2017)
    • Current position:  Undergraduate student at Stanford University