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  • Joe Kesler

    Joe Kesler

    Ph.D. Student in Biology, admitted Autumn 2024

    BioI am a Ph.D. student studying evolutionary ecology and biogeography in the Daru Lab. My research focuses on how species assemblages evolve and shift with changing environments across temporal and spatial scales. My current project integrates biogeographic analyses and phylogenetic data to understand the evolutionary and ecological forces shaping the biodiversity of the world's marine life.

    In June 2023, I received a B.S. in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution from UC San Diego, where I worked primarily with Professor Elsa Cleland, researching the demography of the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) and how its traits vary across different climates within the state. I also participated in two other labs, broadly investigating plant-pollinator interactions and plant genetics respectively. After graduating, I assisted the Green Biome Institute at CSU East Bay by collecting DNA samples of endangered California plant species, followed by work as a habitat restoration technician for Recon Environmental in the marshes around the San Francisco Bay Area.

    In the Daru Lab, I am excited to investigate how marine species respond to environmental changes over varied timescales, with the ultimate goal of informing habitat restoration management and conserving biodiversity worldwide.

  • Andrew Kesselman

    Andrew Kesselman

    Clinical Associate Professor, Radiology

    Current Research and Scholarly InterestsCurrently studying the role of interventional therapies in caval filtration, venous thromboembolism and primary and metastatic hepatic malignancies.

  • Elizabeth Kessler

    Elizabeth Kessler

    Advanced Lecturer, American Studies

    BioElizabeth Kessler’s research and teaching focus on twentieth and twenty-first century American visual culture. Her diverse interests include: the role of aesthetics, visual culture, and media in modern and contemporary science, especially astronomy; the interchange between technology and ways of seeing and representing; the history of photography; and the representation of fashion in different media. Her first book, Picturing the Cosmos: Hubble Space Telescope Images and the Astronomical Sublime, on the aesthetics of deep space images, was published in 2012. She’s currently writing on book on extraterrestrial time capsules, as well as developing a new project on fashion photography.

  • Alex Ketley

    Alex Ketley

    Advanced Lecturer, Dance

    BioAlex Ketley is an independent choreographer, filmmaker, and the director of The Foundry. Formerly a classical dancer with the San Francisco Ballet and LINES Ballet, he left dancing professionally to create The Foundry as a platform to explore his interests in alternative methods of devising performance. The company has allowed Ketley the freedom to pursue projects that would be difficult to realize within his commissioning career. A few examples of these are: Syntax, an hour long duet systemically using the mechanics of language as an organizing mechanism; Lost Line researched how the application of environment affects the generation of movement and studied in direct response to California's diverse physical landscapes; Please Love Me jettisoned the structure of performing in a theater context and was developed with a curiosity about how people genuinely connect and experience artwork; the No Hero Trilogy which was a multi-year project that explored what dance and performance means to the lives of people living throughout rural America, and Distal Imprint was a film created in collaboration with artist and Death-Row inmate Bill Clark. The Foundry’s diverse work has been enthusiastically received by audiences, the press, and funders.

    For his independent work as a choreographer he has been commissioned extensively throughout the United States, as well as projects in Germany and Italy, and has received acknowledgement from the Hubbard Street National Choreographic Competition, the International Choreographic Competition of the Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur, the Choo-San Goh Award, the Princess Grace Award for Choreography, four Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography Residencies, the Gerbode-Hewlett Choreographer Award, the Eben Demarest Award, the National Choreographic Initiative Residency, a Kenneth Rainin Foundation New and Experimental Works Grant, three CHIME Fellowships, the Artistry Award from the Superfest International Disability Film Festival, and his work was featured on national television through an invitation from the show So You Think You Can Dance. His pieces and collaborations have also been awarded Isadora Duncan Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the categories of; Choreography, Company, and Ensemble, as well as nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Design. In 2020 he became a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, one of the most prestigious honors in the United States recognizing “individuals who have demonstrated exceptional creative ability in the arts”.

    As an educator he has taught extensively throughout the country and currently holds the position of Advanced Lecturer at Stanford University’s Theater and Performance Studies Department. He was the founding Resident Choreographer at the San Francisco Conservatory of Dance for fourteen years until its closure in 2018.

    Since 2020 he has been collaborating with his friend Bill Clark who is a prolific artist and writer that has been incarcerated on Death Row for the past 33 years. Alex invited Bill as a guest for his Stanford University class called DanceAcution: Performance Practice, Death Row, and the Evolution of Cultural Reform. The class used Bill’s vast experience as an artist and incarcerated individual as the platform for the students to develop new performance work. Bill is now collaborating with The Foundry on a new evening length work titled An Approximation of Resilience set to premiere in 2025. The project has won the prestigious National Dance Project Award from the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) and generous support from the Luger Charitable Trust.

    He is also on the Board of Directors of Death Penalty Focus, an organization whose work focuses on abolishing both the death penalty and LWOP (Life Without Parole).

  • Kian Keyashian

    Kian Keyashian

    Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Gastroenterology & Hepatology

    BioThe management of inflammatory bowel disease continues to evolve, with the introduction of biologic and small molecule therapies and new goals of treatment, with an emphasis on healing the bowel. My career goal since my graduation from IBD fellowship in 2012 has been to improve the outcomes and quality of life of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. In line with these goals, my research has focused investigating new noninvasive diagnostic test, finding factors early in the disease course that might predict a more aggressive disease course and need for different therapies, and investigating new promising effective medications with less side effects.

  • Timothy Keyes

    Timothy Keyes

    MD Student, expected graduation Spring 2027
    Ph.D. Student in Cancer Biology, admitted Winter 2018
    MSTP Student

    BioTimothy is an MD/PhD student studying cancer biology and biomedical informatics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He is a joint member of Kara Davis's laboratory in the Department of Pediatrics and Garry Nolan's Laboratory in the Department of Pathology.

    As a biomedical data scientist, Timothy's research focuses on the application of machine learning to single-cell data analysis in the context of pediatric leukemia. Through the use of emerging, high-throughout single-cell technologies such as mass cytometry and sequence-based cytometry, Timothy's research is designed to build predictive models of patient outcomes - such as relapse or minimal residual disease (MRD) - at the point of diagnosis. To do so, he uses a variety of computational tools including generalized linear models, clustering, and deep learning. In addition, his work prioritizes constructing easy-to-use, highly-reproducible data analysis pipelines that can be shared as open-source tools for the scientific community.

    Outside of science, Timothy has a longstanding interest in human rights and social justice work among members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community. He currently serves as the resident data scientist for the Medical Student Pride Alliance (MSPA), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that advocates for diversity, equity, and inclusion for LGBTQ+ medicals students in medical schools across the United States. As a data scientist at MSPA, Timothy analyzes and visualizes data to guide MSPA's strategic decision-making as well as for academic publication. He also advises and mentors other student members of MSPA performing data analysis in Python and R.

    In recognition of his accomplishments, Timothy has received several institutional and national award for both research and advocacy. These include a National Research Service Award (NRSA) from the National Cancer Institute, a Junior Leadership Award from the Building the Next Generation of Academic Physicians (BNGAP) LGBT Workforce, Stanford Medicine’s Integrated Strategic Plan Star Award, and a Point Foundation Scholarship.

  • Harold Keyserling

    Harold Keyserling

    Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated), Rad/Veterans Affairs
    Neuroradiologist, Radiology - Diagnostic Radiology

    BioHarold Keyserling, MD is a diagnostic radiologist with subspecialty certification in neuroradiology. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Keyserling is actively engaged in resident education and is a consulting radiologist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Global Migration Health.

  • Stephanie Tieu Kha

    Stephanie Tieu Kha

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery

    BioDr. Stephanie Kha is a Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is dual-fellowship trained in pediatric limb deformity and reconstruction as well as pediatric orthopedic surgery. She completed her limb deformity fellowship at the International Center for Limb Lengthening in Baltimore, Maryland under the mentorship of Dr. Philip McClure, following a Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery fellowship at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego. During her fellowship, she received the Lena Sefton Clark Award by Rady Children's Hospital for outstanding performance in patient care, teaching, and research. She was recently awarded the 2026 Limb Deformity Education scholarship by the Lengthening and Reconstruction Society (LLRS). She completed her orthopaedic surgery residency at Stanford University, her medical education at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from the University of Arizona.

    Dr. Kha's research include over 21 peer-reviewed publications which encompasses topics in pediatric limb deformity, physeal injury, trauma, and hip preservation. Nationally, she serves as a peer reviewer for the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics and is currently Vice Chair of the Core Curriculum Committee of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America (POSNA).

  • Steve Khachi, M.D.

    Steve Khachi, M.D.

    Adjunct Lecturer, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development

    BioDr. Steve Khachi is a double board-certified child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist. He is the Founder, CEO, and Medical Director of Mind Study Center (est. 2017) and Mind Pulse Center (est. 2024) in Pasadena, California. Mind Study Center is an integrated outpatient clinic offering psychiatric evaluation, medication management, psychotherapy, neuropsychological evaluation, and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS); Mind Pulse Center is an insurance-based clinic specializing in TMS and medication management for treatment-resistant depression.

    He serves as Adjunct Lecturer in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he has trained child and adolescent psychiatry fellows in transcranial magnetic stimulation and lectures on developmental psychopathology, psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and neuroscience, and as Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, where he supervises child and adolescent psychiatry fellows. His interests include neuromodulation and TMS, precision and measurement-based psychiatry, and the translation of neuroscience into outpatient care.

    His research training spans cellular and systems neuroscience, including studies of bipolar disorder using patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells at UC San Diego and the Salk Institute (with John Kelsoe, M.D., and Fred Gage, Ph.D.), two-photon microscopy and electrophysiology as an HHMI-NIH Research Scholar, and cerebrovascular research at UCSF.

    CLINICAL FOCUS: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Adult Psychiatry; TMS and Neuromodulation; Treatment-Resistant Depression; Mood Disorders; ADHD; Anxiety Disorders; Precision and Measurement-Based Psychiatry.

    TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION: Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2016) and Psychiatry (2015). Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Stanford University (2016), Chief Fellow 2015-2016. Residency, General Psychiatry, UC San Diego (2014). M.D., University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (2011). HHMI-NIH Research Scholar, National Institutes of Health (2008-2009). B.S., Biochemistry-Molecular Biology, UC Santa Barbara (2004).

    HONORS: Top Doctors, Pasadena Magazine (2018, 2019); Chief Fellow, Stanford University (2015-2016); Trainee Advisory Board, Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (2012-2015); PRITE Scholar Award, UC San Diego (2012); Advanced HHMI-NIH Research Scholar Fellowship (2009); Excellence in Research and Scholarly Activity Award, Des Moines University (2007).

    SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: Chang K, Hall R, Khachi S, Howe M, Singh M. Bipolar and Mood Disorders in Adolescents. In: Treating Adolescents, 2nd ed. 2014:223-51. | Khachi S, Gubbels SP, Robinson RA, Hansen MR. Ganglion Cyst Presenting as an External Auditory Canal Mass. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011;144(1):131-2. | Zhu W, Khachi S, et al. Upregulation of EMMPRIN after permanent focal cerebral ischemia. Neurochem Int. 2008;52:1086-91. | Khachi S, Zhu Y, Yang GY. Preparation and analysis of endothelial progenitor cells associated with angiogenesis. Methods Mol Biol. 2010;621:139-48.

    PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; American Psychiatric Association; American Medical Association.

    WEB: mindstudycenter.com | mindpulsecenter.com

  • Khizer Khaderi MD, MPH

    Khizer Khaderi MD, MPH

    Clinical Associate Professor, Ophthalmology

    BioDr. Khizer Khaderi is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford University. Khaderi is the Founding Director of the Stanford Human Perception Laboratory (HPL) and the Stanford Vision Performance Center (VPC). He also serves as faculty at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI and the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance (HPA)

    Khaderi is a renowned Neuro-Ophthalmic surgeon, technologist and futurist. Dr. Khaderi is pioneering the field of Symbiotics, defined as the convergence of human science + computer science. Khaderi developed the discipline of Symbiotics following initial interest from CS students interested in his research at the Stanford Human Perception Lab. Symbiotics involves a deep understanding in the principles of human systems and applying these principles computationally, to design and develop the next generation of human-centric technologies, where machines perceive, understand and respond to optimize the human experience. Dr. Khaderi envisions the application of Symbiotic principles as the key to unlocking ambient intelligence.

    Khaderi has extensive domain expertise in artificial intelligence (AI), spatial computing (virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MxR)), wearables, gaming, IoT, Web3, applied neuroscience, human factors, and human-machine interfaces/interaction. His research interests include developing personalized human intelligent systems based on the human brain and sensory systems, developing technologies to optimize human performance, and combining biological and computational principles to expand our capabilities in research, clinical practice, and everyday life. Dr. Khaderi's approach to advance research interests and develop practical applications for everyday use is building technology, companies and collaborative partnerships across academia and industry.

    Dr. Khaderi’s experience across industry sectors include consumer electronics, gaming, retail, life science, sports/Esports health care, Pharma, e-commerce, to name a few. He has developed novel technologies in these areas, and generated multiple invention patents. Selected as a “40 under 40”, he contributed to President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology regarding vision technology and the aging population. He also advises multiple companies, venture firms and organizations including Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Riot Games, Intel, Activision, Unity, Epic Games, NBA, Glaukos, the Global Esports Federation, the World Health Organization, the International Olympic Committee, the International Telecommunication Union, and the World Bank.

  • Ali Raza Khaki, MD

    Ali Raza Khaki, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Oncology

    BioDr. Khaki is a medical oncologist and clinical assistant professor at Stanford University School of Medicine.

    In his clinical practice, he treats patients with all forms of genitourinary cancer, including kidney, bladder, prostate, and testicular. He also regularly attends on the inpatient oncology service at Stanford Hospital.
    With each patient, he is devoted to providing exceptional, humanistic care and has been recognized throughout his career for his humanism. As a medical student, he was named to the national Gold Humanism Honor Society and he received the Reza Gandjei Humanism Award as a medical resident at UCSF.

    His research interests include novel therapies for genitourinary cancers, with a focus on urothelial cancer outcomes. He is the site principal investigator for multiple clinical trails investigating new therapies for genitourinary cancers.

    Dr. Khaki is also active working clinically in inpatient oncology and is a Unit Based Medical Director for G1, an oncology hospital unit and is the Director of Inpatient Oncology. In this role, he oversees the inpatient oncology teams, works closely with the cancer center to develop new transitions of care pathways from inpatient to outpatient and has co-led an inpatient oncology research group to study quality improvement, care delivery and end-of-life care for patients with cancer.

    Dr. Khaki has earned honors and recognition from the American Association for Cancer Research, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network, Conquer Cancer Foundation, and other organizations.

    He has authored numerous articles on topics such as immunotherapy for urothelial cancer, management of cancer patients with COVID-19, and utilization of end-of-life care by cancer patients. In addition, he is an editor for HemOnc.org and theMednet, a physician-only online community where members share clinical questions and answers.

  • Aysha Hidayatullah

    Aysha Hidayatullah

    Affiliate, Islamic Studies

    BioAysha Hidayatullah is Associate Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Francisco. Hidayatullah is the author of *Feminist Edges of the Qur'an* (Oxford University Press, 2014), a study of feminist exegesis of the Qur'an. Her forthcoming book, *This Body Called Muslim*, is a study of Islamic ritual practices in relation to the body. Her other publications and research interests span constructions of gender and sexuality in Islamic traditions; literary representations and self-representations of Muslims in relation to gender; constructive Muslim theology; and methodologies and epistemologies in the study of Islam. She was the founding co-chair of the Islam, Gender, Women program unit of the American Academy of Religion.