UCSD

Listed alphabetically by first name

LIG Alumni

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Adrija Mamidipalli, MBBS, MS

Adrija was a research associate with the lab from 2015 to 2020. Adrija is currently a Senior Clinical Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb in Seattle, WA.

LAB MANAGER

Alexandra Schlein

Alex was LIG Lab Manager from 2016 to 2021. She is currently Lab Manager of the Women's Imaging Laboratory (Dr. Rebecca Rakow-Penner) at UCSD.

IMAGE ANALYST

Andrew Boehringer, MSc

Andrew was an image analyst in the lab from 2017 to 2020. Andrew went on to receive his Master's degree in Neuroscience at the Geneva University Hospitals in Switzerland. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Geneva.

Clinical coordinator

Ashley Louie

Ashley was an image analyst and clinical research coordinator with the lab from 2017 to 2023.

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

Beverly Sastri, MBA

Beverly was administrative assistant for Dr. Sirlin and Dr. Fowler from 2016 to 2020.

Clinical coordinator

Celene Gonzalez

Celene was a clinical research coordinator with the lab from 2021 to 2023.

IMAGE ANALYST And Clinical Coordinator

Chetan Potu, MD

Chetan was image analyst and clinical research coordinator with the lab from 2017 to 2019. Chetan went on to medical school at Stony Brook University and is currently completing his Psychiatry residency at Stanford University.

Research Assistant

Colter Sirlin

Colter worked with the lab from 2020 to 2022 as a computer programmer and research assistant.

IMAGE ANALYST AND CLINICAL COORDINATOR

Ethan Sy, DO

Ethan was an image analyst and clinical research coordinator with the lab from 2016 to 2018. Ethan went on to medical school at A.T. Still University and is currently completing his Diagnostic Radiology residency at UCSD.

postdoctoral scholar

Guilherme Moura da Cunha, MD

Dr. Moura da Cunha first joined the lab in 2012 as a postdoctoral fellow and again from 2018 to 2021 as a research scientist. Dr. Moura da Cunha is currently Associate Professor of Radiology at the University of Washington in Seattle.

IMAGE ANALYST

Jennifer Cui, MD

Jennifer was an image analyst in the lab from 2016 to 2018. Jennifer went on to medical school at Wayne State University and is currently completing her General Surgery residency at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in Cleveland, OH.

SENIOR IMAGE ANALYST

Jonathan Hooker, DC

Jonathan Hooker was Image Analyst and Senior Image Analyst with the lab from 2013 to 2018. Jonathan went on to chiropractic school at Life Chiropractic College West in Hayward, CA and is currently a practicing chiropractor in Danville, CA.

Investigator

Kathryn Fowler, MD

Dr. Fowler was Liver Imaging Group Co-Director from 2018 to 2023. Dr. Fowler is currently a Diagnostic Radiologist at Scripps Health and is Senior Deputy Editor of Radiology.

POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR

Kyle Hasenstab, PhD

Dr. Hasenstab was a postdoctoral fellow with the lab from 2017 to 2020. Dr. Hasenstab is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at San Diego State University.

RESEARCH OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

Michelle Balanay, MALT

Michelle was research operations coordinator with the lab from 2017 to 2020. Michelle is a clinical research coordinator with Dr. Jiang Du's lab at UCSD.

PHYSICIST

Nikolaus Szeverenyi, PhD

Dr. Szeverenyi was an MR Physicist and Project Scientist with the lab from 2008 to 2023. 

Postdoctoral scholar

Patricia Burns, MD

Dr. Burns was a postdoctoral fellow with the lab from 2021 to 2023. Dr. Burns is currently completing her Family Medicine residency at the University of Texas San Antonio. 

IMAGE ANALYST

Robby Lubenow, MS

Robby was an image analyst and programmer with the lab from 2021 to 2022. Robby went on to receive a Master's degree in Applied Artificial Intelligence and is currently an AI Engineer at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Research Assistant

Sam Liew

Sam was a research assistant with the lab from 2020 to 2023.

Postdoctoral scholar

Sara Kassani, PhD

Dr. Kassani was a postdoctoral fellow with the lab from 2022 to 2023. Dr. Kassani is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Raji Lab at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis.

Postdoctoral scholar

Sedighe Hosseini Shabanan, MD, MPH

Dr. Hosseini Shabanan was a postdoctoral fellow in the lab from 2022 to 2024. Dr. Hosseini Shabanan is currently completing her internship year in General Surgery at Stanford University and will begin her Diagnostic Radiology residency at Yale University in 2025.

image ANALYST

Timoteo Delgado, BA

Timo was an image analyst and programmer with the lab from 2021 to 2022. Timo is currently pursuing a PhD in Medical Physics at UCLA.

clinical COORDINATOR

Vivian Montes, MSPAS, PA-C

Vivian was a clinical research coordinator with the lab from 2018 to 2020. Vivian went on to receive her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from A.T. Still University and is currently a practicing primary care PA in San Marcos, CA.

POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR

Yingzhen (Nancy) Zhang, MD

Dr. Zhang was a postdoctoral fellow with the lab from 2017 to 2019. Dr. Zhang went on to complete her residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, CA. Dr. Zhang is currently a Diagnostic Radiologist at Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center in San Jose, CA.