Logan Williams is the POD Center's Pre-Doctoral Fellow and a second year PhD student in the Integrative Genetics and Genomics Group at UC Davis, working to investigate the fetal epigenome's relationship to neurological conditions with The LaSalle Lab. He has undergraduate research and industry experience in dPCR-based diagnostics, NGS applications in industrial quality control, and expanded genetic code technologies.

Logan investigates how prenatal exposures influence fetal neurodevelopment at the epigenetic level by analyzing cell-free fetal DNA. He's interested in cultivating a greater understanding of human genetics and genomics for applications in high-impact diagnostics and therapeutics.

Fun Facts about Logan:

• Where did you grow up?
• San Jose, CA
• What drew you to this field?
• Having witnessed firsthand how impactful prenatal health technologies have been in the lives of my friends and family, I strive to perform scientific work that strengthens our ability to support pregnant people and their children.
• Where are you happiest at work? 
• On the clock, you’ll find me happiest at the lab bench, executing new procedures whose results I can’t wait to interpret!
• Where are you happiest outside of work? 
• Outside of work, I relax and unwind through reading and playing board games with friends.
• What is something your colleagues generally don’t know about you? 
• I’m an incurable dog person. Few things brighten my day as much as getting cute pictures from my girlfriend of her adorable miniature labradoodle.