Grad Students
Suhaas Anbazhakan
suhaasa@stanford.edu
Hometown: Atlanta, GA
Joined May 2017
Bioengineering Ph. D. student
B.S. Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Tech, 2016
Computational investigations of coronary artery growth mechanisms
Pam Rios
prios@stanford.edu
Hometown: San Francisco, CA & Callao, Perú
Joined June 2018
Biology Ph.D student
B.A Molecular & Cell Biology
University of California, Berkeley
Brian Raftrey
braftrey@stanford.edu
Hometown: Palo Alto, CA
Joined April 2015
Biology Ph. D. student
B.A. Biology
Whitman College 2014
I study the molecular mechanisms of coronary artery development.
Ragini Phansalkar
raginip@stanford.edu Hometown: Stamford, CT Joined July 2018 Genetics MD/PhD student B.S. Computer Science, Biological Sciences University of Connecticut
Karen Gonzalez
gkaren@stanford.edu
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Joined March 2019
Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine PhD student
B.S. Molecular, Cell, Developmental Biology UCLA
Andy Renteria
arenteri@stanford.edu
Hometown: Emporia, KS
Joined June 2019
Biochemistry Ph.D. student
B.S. Chemistry and Physics
Emporia State University, 2018
Mohammed Ahmed Gaafarelkhalifa
mgaafar@stanford.edu Hometown: Khartoum, Sudan/ Rochester, MN, USA Joined October, 2020 Cellular & Molecular Biology B.S, Winona State University Biology M.S, Minnesota State University, Mankato Studying the role of CXCR4 and CXCL12 in arterial collateral formation