Lab Alumni
Jennifer Adam (Ph.D 2000) Joint with John Pringle
Postdoc with Denise Montell,Johns Hopkins Currently raising three energetic children jennifercadam@msn.com
Kathryn Akong (Ph.D 2003, MD 2005)
Resident in Pediatric Medicine and Pediatric Pulmonary Fellow, Victor Nizet lab, UCSD
Currently: Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and associate director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center , UCSD and site PI at Rady Children’s Hospital for the Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutics Development Network
kaakong@ucsd.edu
Kelly Alexandre Lefave (M.S., 2009)
Editor, American Journal Experts, kmalexan@email.unc.edu
Colleen Bilancia (Postdoc, 2009-2014)
ABMG Clinical Cytogenetics Fellow at Columbia University Medical Center
Currently: Laboratory Director and Clinical Cytogeneticist and Molecular Geneticist, Bionano Genomics
colleengbilancia@gmail.com
Teresa Bonello (Postdoc, 2014-2019)
Currently: Research Fellow – The Thompson Group
EMBL-Australia
Teresa.Bonello@anu.edu.au
Toni Bowerman (Lab Manager Extraordinaire, 2010-2015)
Masters in International Security, University of Denver
Currently: Employed by US Government
Covington Brown (Postbac researcher, 1996-1998)
MPH, UNC-CH and MPP, Duke
Currently: PhD Program at UNC School of Public Health
Rob Cavallo (Ph.D. 2000)
Head, Scientific Engagement and Communications, Sanofi Genzyme
cavallorob01@hotmail.com
Wangsun Choi (Postdoc, 2009-2016)
Currently: Senior Scientist at Sound Biologics Previous: Instructor, Harvard Medical School and Associate Scientist, Turner Lab, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
wangsunchoi@gmail.com
Whitney Christian, Res. Tech 2001-3
(Ph.D.,Toxicology, Ballatori Lab, Univ. of Rochester 2012) Currently Director of Global Toxicology and Biocompatibility at Medtronic
whitney.christian@cardno.com
Rachel Cox (Ph.D. 1998)
Postdoc with Alan Spradling
Currently: Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Uniformed Services University
Rachel.Cox@usuhs.mil
Don Fox (Ph.D. 2006)
Postdoc with Alan Spradling, Carnegie Insitute
Currently: Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University
fox@ciwemb.edu
Julie Gates (Postdoc, 2002-2006)
Currently: Associate Professor of Biology
Bucknell University jg042@bucknell.edu
Lizz Grevengoed (Ph.D. 2003)
Postdoc with Deb Andrew, Johns Hopkins
PA-C Degree, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Director of Clinical Services, Private Health Management egrevengoed@gmail.com
Karen Hales (Postdoc, 1998-2000)
Currently: Professor of Biology
Davidson College
kahales@davidson.edu
Nathan Harris (Ph.D. 2012)
Postdoctoral Fellow with Gant Luxton,University of Minnesota
Currently: Laboratory Supervisor, LabCorp
njharris@gmail.com
Tony Harris (Postdoc, 2001-2005)
Currently: Professor of Cell and Systems Biology
University of Toronto tony.harris@utoronto.ca
Melissa Hayden (Ph.D. 2007)
Postdoc with Akira Chiba, University of Miami-Coral Gables and Clinical Cytogenetics Fellow, UNC-CH School of Medicine
Currently: Technical Director, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, Lab Corp
Haydem1@LabCorp.com
Catarina Homem (Ph. D. 2009)
Postdoc with Jürgen Knoblich, IMBA Austria
Currently: Principal Investigator, CEDOC, Lisbon Portugal
catarina.homem@nms.unl.pt
Traci Jesse Stevens (Postdoc 2000-2004)
Currently: Professor and Associate Chair of Biology
Randolph Macon College
tstevens@rmc.edu
Erin Jezuit (Res. Tech 2004-2005)
M.S, University of Washington (2009)
PhD student, von Dassow Lab University of Oregon
Kuo-chen Kacy Jung (MS, 2011) Artist extraodinaire
kuochenjung@gmail.com
Catherine Kirkpatrick (Postdoc 1995-99)
Currently: Teaching Associate Professor
College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota
cakirkpa@cbs.umn.edu
Joe Loureiro (Ph.D., 1998)
Postdoc with Frank Gertler, MIT
Currently Senior Investigator I, Computational Biology, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
joseph.loureiro@novartis.com
Brooke McCartney (Postdoc 1998-2000)
Currently: Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Carnegie-Mellon University brookem@andrew.cmu.edu
Don McEwen (Postdoc 1999-2004)
Assistant Professor till his all to early death in 2014
University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio
mcewen@uthscsa.edu
Elizabeth Metzger (Lab Manager 2016-2017)
Scientific Program Manager, the Geneva Foundation emetzge2@gmail.com
Steve Myster (Postdoc 1998-2003)
Staff Manufacturing Scientist, Beckman Coulter
Lathiena Manning Nervo (Postdoc 2015-2019)
Currently: Assistant Professor of Biology
Pacific Lutheran University
lnervo@plu.edu
Stephanie Nowotarski (Ph.D. 2014)
Postdoc with Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, Stowers Institute/HHMI
Currently: Scientist in the Stowers Institute’s Microscopy Technology Center. stn@stowers.org
Sandra Orsulic (Ph.D., 1996)
Postdoc with Harold Varmus, NIH and Sloan Kettering
Initial Appt: Asst. Professor of Pathology, Harvard Med and Mass General
Currently: Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UCLA
sorsulic@mednet.ucla.edu
Li-Mei Pai (Ph.D., 1997)
Postdoc with Trudi Schupbach
Currently: Professor of Developmental Biology
Chang-Gung University, TAIWAN
pai@mail.cgu.edu.tw
Kia Perez-Vale (Ph.D., 2021)
Currently: Postdoc with Ben Sanger at the University of Pennsylvania
Kia.Perez-Vale@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Gordon Polevoy (M.S., 2001)
Currently: Research Project Coordinator with Julie Brill
The Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto
polevoy@sickkids.ca
John Poulton (Postdoc, 2009-2016)
Currently: Research Asst. Professor, UNC Dept. of Medicine and Kidney Center
Meredith Price (Undergraduate and Res Tech II 1999-2004)
Ph.D. Student, Bowerman lab, University of Oregon
Currently: Imaris Product and Business Manager, Bitplane Scientific Software
meredith.price@bitplane.com
Mira Pronobis (Ph.D., 2016)
Currently: LSRF Postdoctoral Fellow with Ken Poss
HHMI/Duke University,
mira.pronobis@duke.edu
Dave Roberts (Postdoc 2005-2010)
Currently: Associate Professor
Franklin and Marshall College
david.roberts@fandm.edu
Ed Rogers (Postdoc 2006-2012)
Currently: Research Specialist, Reiser lab
Janelia Research Campus, HHMI
rogerse10@janelia.hhmi.org
Jeremiah Roeth (Postdoc 2005-2007)
Past: Vice President, UltraVector Division, Intrexon Corp
Currently: President at aerialPLOT and CEO, Buckeye Ag Testing LLC
jfroeth@gmail.com
Dave Rubenstein (Postdoc 1996-1997)
Skinner Distinguished Professor of Dermatology-UNC-CH. Currently: Chief Scientific Officer at Dermavant Sciences, Inc. druben@med.unc.edu
Nasser Rusan (Postdoc 2005-2010)
Currently: Senior Investigator and Head of Laboratory of Molecular Machines and Tissue Architecture
NHLBI/NIH, Bethesda MD nasser@nih.gov
Jessica Sawyer (Ph.D. 2010)
Postdoc with Don Fox, Duke University Currently: Research Assistant Professor, Duke
jessica.k.sawyer@gmail.com
Anja Schmidt (Postdoc 2019-2023)
Currently: Research Specialist
Janelia Research Campus, HHMI
schmidta@janelia.hhmi.org
Mycah Sewell (Postbac student, 2015-2016)
Currently: Ph.D. student, Molecular, Cell, Developmental, and Genetics (MCDG) track, Yale University
mycah.sewell@yale.edu
Hsin-Pei Shih (Ph.D., 2001) Joint with John Pringle
Postdoc with Chris Doe, University of Oregon
Currently: Director, Search and Evaluation, Business Development, GlobalBioPharm, Novo Nordisk
hsinpshih@verizon.net
Joan Shields, Res Tech 1994-6
Ph.D., Environ. Health Science, UC-Irvine, 2003; Crrently: Staff Fellow, Food and Drug Administration
jshields@uci.edu
Andrew Spracklen (Postdoc 2015-2019)
Currently: Lecturer in Biology
UMass Amherst
aspracklen@umass.edu
Kaelyn Sumigray (Postdoc 2012-2013)
Res. Asst Prof. with Terry Lechler, Duke University (2013-2019) Currently: Asst Professor, Yale Dept. of Genetics kaelyn.sumigray@yale.edu
Wei Wang (MS, 1998)
MS Bioinformatics, Georgia Tech. Currently: Molecular Profiling and Bioinformatics, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Hui-Chia Yu-Kemp (Postdoc 2017-2021) Currently: Scientist II, Protein Chemistry at Life Edit Therapeutics
Shiping Zhang (Postdoc 2016-2017) Currently: Senior Scientist, Ho Lab, ShanghaiTech University
HONORARY LAB MEMBERS (they work elsewhere but sometimes use flies )
None current (see Alumni below)
HONORARY ALUMNI (they worked elsewhere but sometimes used flies and we miss them)
Kim (Peters) Marston (Graduate Student with Steve Rogers )
Associate Director, Project Management , Nuventra
Derek Applewhite (Postdoctoral Fellow with Steve Rogers )Associate Professor, Reed College
Greg Rogers (Postdoctoral Fellow with Steve Rogers )
Professor and Associate Department Head, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona GRogers@azcc.arizona.edu
Hanna (Johnny) Fares (Graduate Student with John Pringle)
Professor, University of Arizona. Currently Dean of Arts and Sciences at Saint George University– Beirut
Omayma Al-Awar (Graduate Student with John Pringle)
Regional Sales Director, Southern Region, Illumina
oalawar@illumina.com