Faculty

Kristy Red-Horse, Ph. D.

Associate Professor
Department of Biology
Stanford University
kredhors@stanford.edu

Hometown: Benton, Arkansas
B.A Microbiology University of Arkansas
M.S. Biology San Francisco State University
Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences University of San Francisco
Postdoctoral Training Stanford University

Post Docs

Gaetano D'Amato, Ph. D.

damatog@stanford.edu
Hometown: Salerno, Italy
Joined September, 2016
B.S. in Biological Sciences, University of Naples, 2007
M.S. in Molecular Biology, University of Naples, 2007
Ph.D. in Molecular Biosciences, Autonomous University of Madrid, 2016
Studying the signaling pathways involved in endocardial-endothelial differentiation

Siyeon Rhee, Ph. D.

syr@stanford.edu

Ian Williams, Ph.D.

ianmw@stanford.edu
Hometown: Petaluma, CA
Joined June 2019
B.S. in Neuroscience, University of California, Los Angeles, 2013
Ph.D. in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University 2018
Molecular mechanisms of flow-induced arterialization

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