Leadership & Staff
Executive Leadership
Ali Khademhosseini
Chief Executive Officer | ali@terasaki.org
Maurizio Vecchione
Chief Innovation Officer | mvecchione@terasaki.org
Lawrence Brogan
Chief Financial Officer | lbrogan@terasaki.org
Stewart Han
President | shan@terasaki.orgStewart Han
President | shan@terasaki.org
Rene Castro
Head of Operations | rcastro@terasaki.orgRene Castro
Head of Operations | rcastro@terasaki.org
Janet Hiroshima
Director of Development | jhiroshima@terasaki.orgCore Faculty
Amy Waterman
Deputy Director, TREC, Professor, UCLA Nephrology | awaterman@mednet.ucla.eduAmy Waterman
Deputy Director, TREC, Professor, UCLA Nephrology | awaterman@mednet.ucla.edu
Eggehard Holler
Professor | eholler@terasaki.org
Mehmet R. Dokmeci
Associate Professor | mdokmeci@terasaki.org
Samad Ahadian
Assistant Professor | sahadian@terasaki.org
Hanjun Kim
Assistant Professor | hkim@terasaki.org
Vadim Jucaud
Assistant Professor | vjucaud@terasaki.org
Vahid Hosseini
Terasaki Fellow | vhosseini@terasaki.org
Wujin Sun
Terasaki Fellow | wsun@terasaki.orgScientific Team
Ariana Murillo
Research Associate | amurillo@terasaki.org
Elham Davoodi
Affiliate Graduate Student Researcher | edavoodi@terasakicolab.org
Junmin Lee
Postdoctoral Researcher | jlee@terasaki.org
Mohammad Ali Darabi
Postdoctoral Researcher | mdarabi@terasaki.org
Praveen Bandaru
Chemical Technician | pbandaru@terasaki.orgPraveen Bandaru
Chemical Technician | pbandaru@terasaki.org
Satoru Kawakita
Data Scientist | skawakita@terasaki.org
Tyler Hoffman
Affiliate Graduate Student Researcher | thoffman@terasakicolab.org
Amir Ahari
Postdoctoral Researcher | aahari@terasaki.org
Behnam Benjamin Zamanian
Affiliate Scientist | bzamanian@terasakicolab.org
Ezgi Yalcintas
Postdoctoral Researcher | eyalcintas@terasaki.org
John Gozal
Data Scientist | jgozal@terasaki.orgJohn Gozal
Data Scientist | jgozal@terasaki.org
Kalpana Mandal
Postdoctoral Researcher | kmandal@terasaki.org
Martin Hartel
Affiliate Graduate Student Researcher | mhartel@terasakicolab.org
Natan Barros
Postdoctoral Researcher | nbarros@terasakicolab.org
Reihaneh Haghniaz
Postdoctoral Researcher | rhaghniaz@terasaki.orgReihaneh Haghniaz
Postdoctoral Researcher | rhaghniaz@terasaki.org
Shailesh Advani
Principal Data Scientist | sadvani@terasaki.org
Wei Huang
Research Associate | whuang@terasaki.orgWei Huang
Research Associate | whuang@terasaki.org
Ana Lopez Hernandez
Postdoctoral Researcher | ahernandez@terasaki.org
Erica Ho
Research and Education Associate | eho@terasaki.orgErica Ho
Research and Education Associate | eho@terasaki.org
Hossein Montazerian
Affiliate Graduate Student Researcher | hmontazerian@terasakicolab.orgHossein Montazerian
Affiliate Graduate Student Researcher | hmontazerian@terasakicolab.org
Judy Hopfield
Lab Manager, Clinical Laboratory Scientist | jhopfield@terasaki.orgJudy Hopfield
Lab Manager, Clinical Laboratory Scientist | jhopfield@terasaki.org
Marvin Mecwan
Postdoctoral Researcher | mmecwan@terasaki.org
Natashya Falcone
Postdoctoral Researcher | nfalcone@terasaki.org
Rasoul Seyed Mahmoud
Postdoctoral Researcher | seyedmahmoudr@terasaki.orgRasoul Seyed Mahmoud
Postdoctoral Researcher | seyedmahmoudr@terasaki.org
Solmaz Karamikamkar
Affiliate Scientist | solmazkk@terasakicolab.org
Yangzhi Zhu
Postdoctoral Researcher | yzhu@terasaki.orgYangzhi Zhu
Postdoctoral Researcher | yzhu@terasaki.orgInnovation Team
Megan Bettilyon
Innovation Consultant | mbettilyon@terasakicolab.org
Paul Terasaki
Innovation Consultant | pterasaki@terasaki.org
Ramadan Assi
Senior Innovation Strategist | rassi@terasakicolab.orgRamadan Assi
Senior Innovation Strategist | rassi@terasakicolab.orgAdministrative Team
Anh Nguyen
Assistant Director of Research Services | anguyen@terasaki.orgAnh Nguyen
Assistant Director of Research Services | anguyen@terasaki.org
Jennifer Magana
Marketing Communications Coordinator | jmagana@terasaki.orgJennifer Magana
Marketing Communications Coordinator | jmagana@terasaki.org
Shari Denham
Grant Coordinator | sdenham@terasaki.orgShari Denham
Grant Coordinator | sdenham@terasaki.org
Angela Zhang
Senior Fund Manager | azhang@terasaki.orgAngela Zhang
Senior Fund Manager | azhang@terasaki.org
Keiko Takahashi
Accounting Associate | ktakahashi@terasaki.orgKeiko Takahashi
Accounting Associate | ktakahashi@terasaki.org
Samantha Montinola
Executive Office Manager | smontinola@terasaki.orgSamantha Montinola
Executive Office Manager | smontinola@terasaki.org
Jacqueline Barbosa
Senior Executive Administrative Assistant | jbarbosa@terasaki.orgJacqueline Barbosa
Senior Executive Administrative Assistant | jbarbosa@terasaki.org
Melanie Khim
Operations Generalist | mkhim@terasaki.orgMelanie Khim
Operations Generalist | mkhim@terasaki.org
Veronica Gozal
Accounting ManagerVeronica Gozal
Accounting ManagerFacilities Team
Anwar Titodipoero
Facilities Associate | atirta@terasaki.orgAnwar Titodipoero
Facilities Associate | atirta@terasaki.org
Marvin Escobar
Facilities Assistant | mescobar@terasaki.orgMarvin Escobar
Facilities Assistant | mescobar@terasaki.org