Current Lab Members
Bahar Eryilmaz
Junior Specialist
Lab Snowman
Morale Booster
Lab snowman is a crucial member of the lab. They just finished up their degree in clogging up the freezers. Their primary interest in lab is morale. Outside of our lab, you can find them melting on our collaborators’ desks.
Past Members
Jun Hyung Sin
BMS Graduate Student
Jun received his undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley, majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology. He then worked at a pharmaceutical company before joining UCSF as a Staff Research Associate. In 2021, he started graduate school in the Biomedical Sciences Program at UCSF in the Waterfield Lab and has now graduated. His research interests included looking at the epigenetics of mTEC and T cell development. In his free time, Jun enjoys playing tennis, exploring new restaurants, and traveling. He is now working as a post-doc at Genentech!
Sloan Phillips
Staff Research Associate
Sloan graduated from Bates College in 2025 with a Bachelor's of Science in Biochemistry and Human Rights and Social Justice. They were interested in understanding how different transcription factors effect the development of the thymus and consequently effect central tolerance. Outside of lab, you can find them running, playing frisbee, and doing sewing projects! They have now moved on to a clinical research associate position at Stanford.
Ethan Greenberg
High School Intern
Ethan Greenberg is currently a Senior at San Francisco University High School. Diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis when he was 10, Ethan became curious about why the immune system turns against its own tissues. In his free time, you can find Ethan running, cooking, or playing jazz on the trombone and piano! He has gotten into University of Chicago and will be attending in fall of 2027.
Kathleen Gomez - Undergrad Researcher
Sujit Kashyap, PhD - Postdoctoral Scholar
Taran Ramadoss - Junior Specialist
Nidhi Navaratna - Junior Specialist
Cassandra Zuckerman - SRA
Jess Cortez, PhD - SRA
Are you interested in joining the Waterfield Lab? Postdocs and Rotation Students are welcome to apply. Please send your CV to [email protected]