WRF Innovation Fellowships

Protein Design

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

Hua Bai

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

Mentors
David Baker, Department of Biochemistry and Institute for Protein Design
David Galas, Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute

Education
Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience (physiology emphasis), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2015
B.Sc., Biological Sciences, Peking University, China, 2005

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

Ralph Cacho

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

Mentors
David Baker, Department of Biochemistry and Institute for Protein Design
Michael Gelb, Department of Chemistry

Education
Ph.D., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2015
B.S., Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 2010

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

Zachary Crook

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

Mentor
Jim Olson, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Education
Ph.D., Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013
B.A., Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, 2007

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

A. Gerard Daniel

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

Mentors
Thomas Spiro, Department of Chemistry
Karen Goldberg, Department of Chemistry
David Baker, Department of Biochemistry and Institute for Protein Design

Education
Ph.D., Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2013
M.Sc., Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India, 2005
B.Sc., University of Madras, Chennai, India, 2003

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

Glenna Foight

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

Mentor
Dustin Maly, Department of Chemistry

Education
Ph.D., Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015
B.S., Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, 2009

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

Hannah Gelman

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

Mentors
Doug Fowler, Department of Genome Sciences
David Baker, Department of Biochemistry and Institute for Protein Design

Education
Ph.D., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015
B.A., Physics, Dartmouth College, 2006

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

Jason Gilmore

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

Mentors
Michael MacCoss, UW Genome Sciences
David Baker, Department of Biochemistry and Institute for Protein Design

Education
Ph.D., Genetics, Dartmouth College, 2014
B.A., Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 2007

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

Luke Helgeson

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

Mentor
Trisha Davis, Department of Biochemistry

Education
PhD, University of Oregon, 2014
BS, Iowa State University, 2009

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

Anindya Roy

Innovation Fellow in Protein Design

Mentors
David Rawlings, Immunology, Seattle Children’s Hospital
David Baker, Department of Biochemistry and Institute for Protein Design

Education
Ph.D., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University
M.S., Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, India
B.Sc., Chemistry, Calcutta University, India