Lewis Lab Team
Samantha Cleopatra Lewis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology
Tejashree Waingankar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral scholar
Priya Gatti, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral scholar
Eve Kakudji, M.S.
Ph.D. candidate, MCB Program
Cancer Research Coordinating Committee Predoctoral Fellow
Camryn Zurita
Ph.D. candidate, MCB Program
Chancellor's Fellow
Ahmad Shami
Lab Manager/Staff Technician
Hera Saqub, M.S.
Staff Technician
Gabrielle White
Undergraduate researcher
MCB Honors Thesis
Rosha Rastgar
Undergaduate researcher
Shivah Sundar
Undergraduate researcher
Noel Sason
Undergraduate researcher
Under construction...
Lab Graduates
Jaewon Lee, B.S. (2026), now Medical Assistant, UCSF
Casadora Boone, Ph.D. Metabolic Biology (2026), Faculty, Contra Costa Jewish Day School
Adam Begeman, Ph.D. Molecular and Cell Biology (2024), now at McKinsey & Company
Vita Chou, M.S. Biotechnology (2025), now a Research technician at Northwestern University
Caitlin Putvin, M.S. Biotechnology (2025), now at Agilent Technologies
Sophie Judge, M.S. Biotechnology (2025), now Ph.D. student, UC Berkeley MCB
Jackie Lanzalotto, B.S. Molecular and Cell Biology (2022), now Biology PhD. candidate at UC San Diego