October 2023
Opportunities
We have an opening for a postdoc. If you are interested, please email Max.
Openings are available for graduate students enrolled in UC Berkeley PhD programs. We are not accepting direct admission students at this time.
Summer openings for UC Berkeley undergraduates are available via email. For openings during the semester, look for openings on URAP.
Please email: mstaller [at] berkeley [dot] edu
Assistant Professor in Residence
Max Valentín Staller, PhD
Center for Computational Biology, UC Berkeley
Max’s lab experience began with Sean Connolly and Jorge Benach at Stony Brook University. Max graduated from Princeton University with a major in Molecular Biology and a minor in Quantitative and Computational Biology, completing a senior thesis with David Botstein. Max completed graduate studies in the Systems Biology program at Harvard University, where he worked with Angela DePace. Max pursued his postdoctoral work at Washington University in St. Louis working with Barak Cohen and Rohit Pappu. Outside of lab, Max enjoys hiking, skiing and cooking.
Por qué uso la bandera vieja?
En mi oficina esta colgada la bandera Venezolana de mi abuelo. Mi abuelo, Valentín Hernández Acosta trabajó para el gobierno de Venezuela durante muchos años. Él fue quien como ministro de Petróleo y Minas nacionalizó la industria petrolera en Venezuela en 1976. Para honrar esa parte de la historia de mi familia, colgué la bandera Venezolana en mi oficina. Yo no apoyo al gobierno de Maduro ni el legado de Chávez, por eso uso la antigua bandera, la de mi abuelo Valentín.
Kimber Benasutti
Kimber graduated from West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Integrative Biology. She is studying activation domains in human cell culture.
Aditya Udupa
Aditya is a PhD student in MCB.
Emily Chase
Emily graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology. She is studying activation domains in yeast.
Margot Galle
Margot is a PhD student in Bio-engineering sciences at VIB-VUB CSB, working with Remy Loris and in Biochemistry and Biotechnology at VIB-UGhent PSB working with Lieven De Veylder. She visited the lab in February-March 2022 and remains a close collaborator.
Darren Kahan
Darren is a PhD student in Biophysics at UC Berkeley, working with Susan Marqusee.
Sanjana Kotha
Sanjana is a SEED Honors Scholar at UC Berkeley, currently a junior, majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology.
Melvin Soriano
Melvin is a SEED Honors Scholar, currently a junior, and majoring in bioengineering at UC Berkeley.
Touss Majidi
Touss is currently a junior majoring in bioengineering at UC Berkeley.
Joel Castro
Joel is first year student from San Diego majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley.
Lab Alums
Jordan Stefani 2021-2023 Software Developer, 10x Genomics
Undergraduates
Daniel Lopez UC Berkeley 2021
Gurleen Kaur UC Berkeley 2023
Giovani Pimentel-Solorio UC Berkeley 2023
Angelica Lam UC Berkeley 2023
Ananya Bahugudumbi UC Berkeley 2024
Adi Vunnum UC Berkeley 2024
Samhith Kakarla UC Berkeley 2025
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