Lewis Lab Team
Samantha Cleopatra Lewis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Development and Physiology
Tejashree Waingankar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral scholar
United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation Postdoc fellow
Priya Gatti, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral scholar
Eve Kakudji, M.S.
Ph.D. candidate, MCB Program
Cancer Research Coordinating Committee Predoctoral Fellow; Rare Disease Diversity Coalition Predoctoral Fellow
Cam Zurita
Ph.D. candidate, MCB Program
Chancellor's Fellow
Ahmad Shami
Lab Manager/Staff Technician
Hera Saqub, M.S.
Staff Technician
Yuxin Yang
M.S. Biotechnology student
Lab Graduates
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 entering Ph.D. student, UC Berkeley MCB
Jackie Lanzalotto, B.S. Molecular and Cell Biology (2022), now Biology PhD. candidate at UC San Diego