Our People
The Marson lab is a highly collaborative team with expertise in genomics, immunology, infectious diseases, and related fields, driven by a shared interest in applying cutting-edge technologies to understand and engineer cells of the human immune system.

Alex Marson
Principal Investigator
Alex Marson is an Associate Professor at UCSF and the Director of the Gladstone-UCSF Institute of Genomic Immunology. As a physician-scientist with a background in immune genomics, Alex’s lab is focused on adapting CRISPR genome editing techniques to human immune cells in order to understand the genetic programs controlling immune cell function and to manipulate T cells to generate cell-based therapies for a wide range of diseases.

Post-Doctoral Fellows and Students

Sagar Bapat
Clinical Instructor

Franziska Blaeschke
Postdoctoral Fellow

Jacob Freimer
Postdoctoral Fellow

Joe Hiatt
MD/PhD Student, UCSF

Youjin Lee
Postdoctoral Fellow

Murad Mamedov
Postdoctoral Fellow

Edward Marsh
Postdoctoral Fellow

Cody Mowery
MD/PhD Student, UCSF

David-Huy Nguyen
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Ujjwal Rathore
Postdoctoral Fellow

Ralf Schmidt
Postdoctoral Fellow

Eric Shifrut
Postdoctoral Fellow

Brian Shy
Clinical Fellow

Zach Steinhart
Postdoctoral Fellow

Jennifer Umhoefer
PhD Student, UCSF BMS

Carl Ward
Postdoctoral Fellow

Tori Yamamoto
Postdoctoral Fellow

Ruby Yu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Staff

Daniel Carr
Research Technician

Amy Chen
Research Technician

Yan Yi Chen
Research Technician

Veronica Cruz
Lab Helper

Stacie Dodgson
Scientific Strategy Manager

Christian Garrido
Research Technician

Alvin Ha
Research Technician

Vigneshwari Kumar
Research Technician

Madeline Layeghi
Research Technician

Zhongmei Li
Research Technician

Mitchell Lipke
Research Technician

Jennifer Okano
Executive Analyst, UCSF

Jackie Sawin
Executive Assistant, Gladstone Institutes

Bruce Schaar
Scientific Project Manager

Shane Vedova
Research Technician

Vivasvan Vykunta
Research Technician

Caroline Whitty
Research Technician

Jon Woo
Lab Manager
Interested in joining us?
We are always open to applications from post-doctoral fellows with strong backgrounds in cellular immunology. Applicants with backgrounds in genomics, molecular biology, computational biology and genome engineering who have a research interest in immunology are also welcome to apply. MD or PhD or equivalent doctoral degree required.
Alumni
People we've had the privilege of working with in the Marson Lab.
Ryan Apathy Research Technician
Current position: Medical Student, University of Washington
Devin Cavero Research Technician
Current position: Research Associate, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Jessica Cortez PhD Student, UCSF BMS
Current position: Discovery Scientist, Sonoma Biotherapeutics
Jonathan Li Research Technician
Current position: Medical Student, UCSF
Michelle Nguyen Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current position: Scientist, ArsenalBio
Sid Raju Bioinformaticist
Current position:
Theo Roth MD/PhD Student
Current position: Clinical training, UCSF
Oren Shaked Resident
Current position: Chief Resident, General Surgery, UCSF
Dimitre Simeonov PhD Student, UCSF BMS
Current position: Co-founder, Beeline Therapeutics
Victoria Tobin Research Technician
Current position: Veterinary Student, UC Davis
Ian Vogel Research Technician
Current position: PhD Student, Institute for Research in Biomedicine
Francis Wright Medical Rotation Student
Current position: Medical Student, UCSF
Jasper Nies Visiting Student
Current position: Medical Student, University of Hamburg
Kathrin Schumann Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current position: Professor, Technical University of Munich
Michael Lauber Visiting Graduate Student
Current position: PhD Student, Technical University of Munich
Eric Boyer Staff Research Assistant
Current position: Summer Associate at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
Ninnia Lescano Staff Research Associate
Current position: Research Scientist, Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.
Genevieve Haliburton Post-Doctoral Fellow
Current position: Computational Biologist, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub