Lab Members

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)