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Postdoctoral Program Alumni

Genentech's Postdoctoral Fellows gain valuable experience and excellent credentials to create the careers they desire.

After the program, postdoc program alumni build careers in the research organization at Genentech, become leaders in academia and the biotechnology industry as well as the fields of investment banking and venture capital. Read commentary from past postdocs to learn more about their experiences.

• Alumni Who Have Remained at Genentech

  • 
    • Avi Ashkenazi
    • Director, Senior Staff Scientist
    • Molecular Oncology
  • 
    • Paul J. Carter
    • Senior Director, Staff Scientist
    • Antibody Engineering
  • 
    • Frederic de Sauvage
    • Vice President
    • Molecular Biology
  • 
    • Charlie Eigenbrot
    • Senior Scientist
    • Protein Engineering
  • 
    • Sanjeev Mariathasan
    • Scientist
    • Translational Oncology
  • 
    • Paul Polakis
    • Director, Staff Scientist
    • Cancer Targets and Pathways
  • 
    • Sarah Hymowitz
    • Associate Director
    • Structural Biology
  • 
    • Melissa Starovasnik
    • Vice President
    • Research Operations & Structural Biology
  • 
    • Ingrid Wertz
    • Scientist
    • Protein Engineering
  • 
    • Minhong Yan
    • Senior Scientist
    • Tumor Biology & Angiogenesis
  • 
    • Weilan Ye
    • Principal Scientist
    • Tumor Biology & Angiogenesis

• A Sampling of Alumni Now in Academia

  • • Kathleen Gallo
    • Assistant Professor
    • Departments of Physiology & Biochemistry
    • Michigan State University
  • • Christopher Garcia
    • Assistant Professor
    • Departments of Microbiology &Immunology and Structural Biology
    • Stanford University School of Medicine
  • • Su Guo
    • Assistant Professor
    • Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences
    • University of California, San Francisco
  • • Craig Jordan
    • Associate Professor of Medicine
    • James P Wilmot Cancer Center
    • University of Rochester School of Medicine
  • • Yves Muller
    • Lehrstuhl fur Biotechnik
    • Institut fur Microbiologie, Biochemie und Genetik
    • Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat, Erlangen-Nuernberg
    • Germany
  • • Jeremy Nathans
    • Professor
    • Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
    • Department of Neuroscience
    • Department of Ophthalmology
    • Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • • Timothy Palzkill
    • Professor
    • Department of Molecular Virology & Microbiology
    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    • Baylor College of Medicine
  • • Celia Schiffer
    • Associate Professor
    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
    • University of Massachusetts Medical School
  • • Avraham Yaron
    • Senior Scientist
    • Department of Biological Chemistry
    • Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
  • • Gregory Weiss
    • Associate Professor, Chemistry
    • School of Biological Sciences
    • University of California, Irvine

• A Sampling of Alumni Now in Other Industries

  • • Tim Clackson
    • Chief Scientific Officer
    • ARIAD Phamaceuticals, Inc.
  • • Max Murone
    • Chief Operating Officer
    • Apotech Corporation
    • Switzerland
  • • Bjorn Nilsson
    • President
    • Karo Bio
  • • James Treanor
    • Associate Director
    • Department of Neuroscience
    • Amgen Inc.