Lab Members
Sundeep Kalantry, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Human Genetics
Co-founder, University of Michigan Chromatin Club
kalantry@umich.edu
734-615-9578
Milan Samanta
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Postdoctoral Fellow
734-615-2193
Rebecca Malcore
B.S., University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
Ph.D. Graudate Student
rmalcore@umich.edu
734-615-2193
Valerie Sponyoe
M.S., Eastern Michigan University
Research Laboratory Technician Intermediate
sponyoev@umich.edu
734-615-2193
Itzaira Mercado-Hernandez
B.S., University of Puerto Rico - Aguadilla
PhD Graduate Student
itzaira@umich.edu
734-615-2193
Lab Alumni
Post-doctoral Fellows
Srimonta Gayen, Ph.D. (2011-2017) (Current position: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India)
Mrinal Kumar Sarkar, Ph.D. (2011-2014) (Current position: Research Investigator, Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan Medical School)
Archana Kumari, Ph.D. (2011-2012) (Current position: Assistant Professor, Rowan University)
Surinder Kumar, Ph.D. (2012-2014) (Current position: Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine)
Graduate Students
Emily Maclary, Ph.D. (2011-2016) (Awarded Weintraub Graduate Student Award for outstanding achievement during graduate studies in the biological sciences) (Current position: Jane Coffin Childs post-doctoral fellow in the Shapiro lab at the University of Utah)
Michael Hinten, Ph.D. (2011-2016) (Current position: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Kansas City, MO)
Aaron Williams, M.S. (2017-2018) (Current position: Physician)
Kritika Kasliwal, M.S. (2020 - 2021) (Current position: PhD student, Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences)
Marissa Cloutier, Ph.D. (2017 - 2022) (Current position: Lab Director, PreventionGenetics, Marshfield, Wisconsin)
Megan Trotter, Ph.D. (2018 - 2023) (Current position: Associate Human Molecular Geneticist, PreventionGenetics, Marshfield, Wisconsin)
Undergraduate Students
Ali T. Zreik, B.S. (2009-2010)
April Brockman, B.S., Ph.D. (Summer, 2010)
Enyioma Okechukwu, B.S., M.D. (Summer, 2010) (Current position: Resident, Emergency Medicine, Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN)
Emily Buttigieg, M.D. (2009-2013) (Current position: Resident, Ob-Gyn, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Miguel Pedraza, B.A. (2009-2014)
Alim Leung, B.S. (2011-2012)
Lori Donnelly, B.S., D.D.S. (2011-2014) (Current position: Resident, UNC School of Dentistry)
Hassan Bazzi, B.A., L.L.B. (2012-2015)
Brandon Lee, B.S. (2014-2016)
Brooke Huisman, B.S. (2013-2017) (Current position: NSF GRFP Graduate Fellow, Biomedical Engineering, MIT)
Holley Ong, B.S. (2016-2020)
Nicolas Kamel (2021-2022)
Reina Brodeur (2019 - 2023)
Allison Ingman (2022 - 2023)
Mehul Kedia (2022 - 2023)
Niyati Patel (2023 - Present)
Kesha Patel (2023 - Present)
Farah Kareem (2024 - Present)