Tommy Long-Chen Li
Sc.M. Student
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan
Undergrad Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Complementation Group: Tinkerer
Project(s): Tool Development (Project 4)
Favorite Book: Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World
Favorite Podcast: Y Combinator Startup Podcast
Fun Fact: I started a startup when I was 17.
email: lli149@jh.edu
Dharitri Sarma, M.Sc.
Research Specialist
Hometown: Guwahati, Assam, India
Undergrad Major: BiotechnologyÂ
Complementation Group: Watchmaker
Project(s): Tool Development (Project 4)
Favorite Book: Sapiens
Favorite Podcast: The Diary of a CEO
Fun Fact: I love sports.
email: dsarma2@jh.edu
Olivia Weissenfels, M.Sc.
Research Technologist
Hometown: Tri-Cities, WA
Undergrad Major: Cellular, Molecular, Developmental Biology
Complementation Group: Watchmaker
Project(s): Tool development (Project 4)
Favorite Book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Favorite Podcast: N/A
Fun Fact: Try as I might, I cannot get brain freezes.
email: oliviaweissenfels@gmail.com
Raey Yeneabat
Research Specialist
Hometown: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Undergrad Major: Biopsychology
Complementation Group: Thinker
Project(s): Establishing pathogenicity of novel disease genes and understanding in vivo consequences (Projects 2 & 3)
Favorite Book: Man's Search for Meaning
Favorite Podcast: Breaking Points
Fun Fact: I can fly a plane.
email: raeyayana55@gmail.com
Sandeep N. Wontakal, M.D., Ph.D.
Head Cheerleader & Zebra Hunter
Hometown: NYC (Shaolin & Da Boogie Down) via Bangalore, India
Undergrad Major: Molecular Biology & Biochemistry w/Minors in Mathematics & Philosophy
Complementation Group: Thinker and wannabe Tinkerer
Project(s): I've been banned from the bench so I mostly encourage, read, think, & write.
Favorite Book: Thinking, Fast and Slow
Favorite Podcast: Radiolab & Throughline
Fun Fact: I was co-captain of my high school tennis team.
Bluesky: @darkgenome.bsky.social
email: sandeep.wontakal@jhmi.org