Graduate Students

1. Tao Yang - PhD awarded May, 2005; Genetics Program

2. Wenjie Chen - PhD awarded May, 2006; Genetics Program

3. Hela Azaiez - PhD awarded March, 2008; Genetics Program

4. Colleen Campbell - PhD awarded May, 2010; Genetics Program

5. Maria Abrera-Abeleda - PhD awarded May, 2010; Genetics Program

6. Megan Ealy - PhD awarded May, 2011; Genetics Program  (University of Iowa recipient of D.C. Spriesterbach Award for best thesis) 

7. Abe Sheffield - PhD awarded December, 2011; MSTP

8. Tara Maga - PhD awarded December, 2011; Genetics Program

9. Eliot Shearer - PhD awarded December, 2012; MSTP (University of Iowa recipient of the Rex Montgomery Award for best thesis) 

10. Christina Sloan - PhD awarded December, 2016; MSTP

11. Fengxiao Bu - PhD awarded December, 2016; Genetics Program

12. Xue Xiao - PhD awarded December, 2017; Genetics Program

13.  Paul Ranum - PhD awarded December, 2017; Genetics Program

14.  Kevin Booth - PhD awarded December, 2018; Physiology Program (University of Iowa recipient of D.C. Spriesterbach Award for best thesis)       

15.  Bertha Martin - PhD awarded December, 2020; Anatomy and Cell Biology Program

16.  Jill Hauer - PhD awarded December, 2021; Genetics Program

17.  Jin-Young Koh - PhD awarded May, 2022; Biomedical Engineering Program

18.  Sofiya Pisarenka - PhD awarded May, 2023; Immunology Program

19.  Monique Weaver - Masters awarded December, 2023; Genetics Program

20.  Joseph Chin - PhD candidate; MSTP

21.  Maria Wong - PhD candidate; Bioinformatics Program

22.  Amanda Heiderscheit - PhD candidate; Immunology Program

Post-doctoral Scholars

 1. Arabandi Ramesh, PhD – 1992-1995

 2. Srikumari Srisailpathy, PhD – 1995-1999

 3. Kunihiro Fukushima, MD – 1996-1998

 4. Norio Kasai, MD – 1998-2001

 5. Huijun Yuan, PhD – 2000-2002

 6. Yuzhou Zhang, PhD – 2002-2005

 7. Yukehide Maeda, MD, PhD – 2003-2006

 8. Tao Yang, PhD – 2005-2009

 9. Michael Hildebrand, PhD – 2006-2011

 10. Hela Azaiez, PhD – 2008-2010

 11. Frederic Venail, MD, PhD – 2008-2009

 12. Megan Ealy, PhD – 2011-2012

 13. Fatemeh Alasti, PhD – 2010-2014

 14. Colleen Campbell, PhD – 2010-2014

 15. Hideaki Moteki, MD, PhD – 2012-2014

 16. Seiji Shibata, MD, PhD – 2012-2014

 17. Elisa Rubinato, MD – 2014-2015

 18. Hidekane Yoshimura, MD, PhD – 2015-2018

 19. Paul Ranum, PhD – 2017-2018

 20. Fengxiao Bu, PhD – 2017-2019

 21. Xue Xiao, PhD – 2017-2019

 22. Ryotaro Omichi, MD, PhD – 2018-2020

23. Yoh-ichiro Iwasa, MD, PhD – 2018-2020

 24. Ryan Thorpe, MD – 2019-2021

 25. Miles Klimara, MD – 2020-2022

 26. Jacquelyn DeVries, MD – 2022-2024

 27. Corentin Affortit, PhD – 2022-

28. Héctor Martín Merinero, PhD - 2025-

Other Previous Lab Members

  • Jon Aanestad 

  • Dina Ahram 

  • Tayo Akinbo 

  • Rachel Albers 

  • Blake Anderson 

  • Emily Anderson 

  • Graham Ausdal 

  • Matt Avenarius 

  • Hela Azaiez

 

  • Alexa Bacha 

  • Risa Banasik 

  • Brian Bane 

  • Chloe Beck 

  • Eric Bishop 

  • Elizabeth (Ann) Black-Ziegelbein 

  • Samantha Blain

  • Kevin Booth

  • Mary Bradford 

  • Matt Brown 

  • Brianna Brun 

  • Jacob Buatti 

  • Zac Builta 

  • Daniel Burke 

 

  • Benjamin Cable 

  • Parker Chamberlain 

  • Eugene Chang 

  • Achih Chen 

  • Arthur Chen 

  • Jacky Chen 

  • Jing (Grace) Cheng 

  • Johnny Cruz Corchado 

  • Bob Cucci 

 

  • Roger Davis 

  • Alexis DiVincenzo 

  • Andi Doane 

  • Christina Dominguez 

  • Cobey Donelson

  • Chaeli Doughrtey

  • Tyler Draayer

  • Lindsey Dunlay 

  • Hannah Dunlop 

 

  • Bradley Edeal 

  • Holly Engelstad 

  • Sean Ephraim 

  • Bob Eppsteiner 

  • Stephen Eyler 

 

  • Rong Fan 

  • Andrea Ferguson 

  • Lauren Ferguson 

  • Brittany Fett 

  • Stephanie Fischer 

  • Kathy Frees 

 

  • David Gallegos 

  • Hilary Gehin 

  • Chad Geller 

  • Chantal Giguere 

  • Alexander Goodwin 

  • Glenn Green 

  • John Greinwald 

  • Matthew Grunewald 

  • Jose Gurrola 

  • Meagan Hartman 

  • Noah Hartman 

  • Paige Harlan 

  • Lisa Harrison 

  • Judy He 

  • Andy Heaford 

  • Shady Henien 

  • John Henrich 

  • Luan Heywood 

  • Brieanna Hilkin 

  • Stephen Hone 

  • Luke Hovey 

  • Susanna Howard 

  • Zhaohui Hu 

  • Sunny Huang 

  • Murad Husein 

 

  • Yoh Iwasa 

 

  • Virgil Jackson 

  • Alec James 

  • Mary-Kayt Jones 

  • Michael Jones 

  • Ben Jorgensen 

 

  • Ryan Kavlie 

  • Adam Keenan 

  • Jonathan Kim 

  • Amit Kochhar 

  • Karen Kolln Bednarski 

  • Michelle Kraft 

  • Bradley Krivit 

  • Samantha Krysa 

 

  • Madeline LaPage 

  • John (Jack) Lesniewski 

  • Elizabeth Leslie 

  • Abby Lewis

  • Erica Li 

  • Yingyue (Annie) Li 

  • Naomi Lohr 

  • Greizy Lopez 

  • Katie Lynch 

 

  • Hide Maeda 

  • Aidan Manaligod 

  • Joseph Manaligod 

  • Jacquie Marietta 

  • Robert Marini 

  • Janine Martin 

  • Kristofer May 

  • Wyman McGuirt 

  • Sarah McMordie 

  • Mateo McMeen

  • Rachel McNamara 

  • Maithilee Menezes 

  • Madi Morrin

  • Racheal Munoz

     

  • Pavitra (Pavi) Narasimha 

  • Carla Nishimura

     

  • Rossella Piras 

  • Will Postler 

  • Sai Prasad 

 

  • Clayton Riggleman

  • Shawn Safdar 

  • Chris Sarno 

  • Van Schaefer 

  • Brian Sherry 

  • Joseph Sia 

  • Jannik Sichau

  • Allen Simpson 

  • Rachel Sippy 

  • Jenna Smith 

  • Jessica Smith 

  • Luke Smith 

  • Rion Smith 

  • Ryan Smith 

  • Jessica Sorenson 

  • Dana Soukup 

  • Zach Sperstad

  • Michelle Stolzoff 

 

  • Erika Takanami (Clark) 

  • Lauren TeGrootenhuis 

  • Mark Thorn 

  • Lorenzo Tomasiello 

  • Tucker Trefz 

 

  • Jenny Valdez 

  • Cameron Vannoy 

  • Katherine Vega 

  • Jana Van Rybroek

  • Lynn Vining

  • Fiza Virk

  • Abe Vore 

 

  • Yixi Wang 

  • Sigrid Wayne  

  • Zachary Weaver 

  • Rebecca Webber 

  • Chelsea Welp 

  • Cody West 

  • Alyssa Wetzel

  • Heather Widmayer 

  • Nick Wilson 

 

  • Grace Yang 

  • Suhyoung (Young) Yoon 

 

  • Michelle Zeiner 

  • Sarah Zeiner 

  • Yan Zhang 

  • Xinchang Zhou