Team

Sid Venkatesh, PhD

Sid Venkatesh

Assistant Professor, ISB
Affiliate Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Washington

PhD, Virology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA (2014)
PhD, Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA (2008)
BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Madras, Madras, India (2003)

Email: Sid.Venkatesh@isbscience.org

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Omari Weems

Omari Weems

Research Associate II

BS, Biomedical Engineering (Minor in Health and Medical Sciences), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA (2021)

Research Interests: Tissue and organoid culturing, molecular biology, deciphering causal roles for gut microbes

Hobbies: Embroidery, mixology, scrolling on social media

EmailOmari.Weems@isbscience.org

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Yoonjung Lee

Yoonjung Lee

Research Scientist

PhD, Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea (2021)
BM, Cello Performance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA (2014)

Research Interests: Molecular biology, LC-MS/MS-based proteomics and metabolomics, and X-ray crystallography.

Hobbies: Cooking, Pilates, and reading books.

Email: Yoonjung.Lee@isbscience.org

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Naomi Gutierrez

Undergraduate Intern

BA Candidate, Biology, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA (Expected Graduation: 2031)

Research Interests: Molecular biology, Social anxiety disorder, ADHD, Autism, Chronic pain, Chronic migraines, Postpartum depression/Postpartum psychosis, and OCD.

Hobbies: Reading, cooking, listening to music, singing, volleyball, watching movies/TV.

Email: ngutierr@systemsbiology.org


Yewon Kang

Undergraduate Intern

BA Candidate, Biology and minor in Sociology, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY (Expected Graduation: 2026)

Research Interests: Molecular biology, microbiome metabolites, virome therapeutics.

Hobbies: Watching movies, gaming, crocheting.

Email: ykang@systemsbiology.org

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Nathaniel Ritz

Nathaniel Ritz

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD, Anatomy and Neuroscience, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland (2023)
MSc, Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA (2014)
BS, Biology (Minor in Chemistry), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA (2012)

Research Interests: The microbiota–gut–brain axis, social anxiety disorder, virome therapeutics, gut hydrogenotrophs

Hobbies: Dog life, rock climbing, bouldering development, sci-fi, skiing

EmailNate.Ritz@isbscience.org

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Jeremy Johnson

Senior Executive Assistant, ISB

Hobbies: Music, writing, cooking, baseball

Email: Jeremy.Johnson@isbscience.org

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