Current Lab Members
Sagalowsky Professor of Biology
Associate Professor of Biology
Indiana University
B.S. Chemistry, Eastern Illinois University
Ph.D. Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship, HHMI/University of Utah
Alfa Dhakal
Cell, Molecular and Cancer Biology Graduate Student
M.S. Biological Sciences, Purdue University Northwest
M.Sc. Biotechnology, National Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
B.Sc. Biosciences, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, India
Emily Erdmann
Genome, Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Student
B.S. Biology, lllinois Wesleyan University
Ananya Mahapatra
Genome, Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Student
B.S. Biological Sciences, University of California - Irvine
Priyanka Mukherjee
Cell, Molecular and Cancer Biology Graduate Student
B.S., M.S. Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata India
Aika Noguchi
Volunteer Researcher
Bloomington North High School
Expected 2023
Dyuti Pant
B.S./M.S. Biotechnology Student
Indiana University (Estimated August 2024)
Sarina Perez
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Biology, Indiana University
Expected May 2023
Chinnu Salim, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
B.S. Kerala University
M.S. Mahatma Gandhi University
Ph.D. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (ACSIR)
Mary Skelly
Undergraduate Researcher
Jazmine Susana
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Biochemistry, B.S. Pyschology
Expected May 2024
Boyoon Yang
Biochemistry Graduate Student
B.S. Biological Science, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, South Korea
Former Lab Members
If you are missing from this list, please contact Heather and give her an update on where you are!
She would love to hear from you.
Mike Washburn, Ph.D. (former graduate student) – currently Associate Director of Innovation at Invitae, Boulder CO
Emily Wheeler (former undergraduate student) – currently a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard
Jingyi Chen (former undergraduate exchange student) – currently a graduate student at The Scripps Research Institute
Amber Thomas (former graduate student) – currently a lab manager at the University of Colorado, Denver
Nick McCrory (former volunteer researcher) – currently a medical student at Duke University School of Medicine
Ashanti Matlock (former undergraduate student) – completed her Ph.D. at Ohio State University
Haider Al-Awadi (former undergraduate student) – currently a M.D./M.P.H. student at IU School of Medicine
Ashley Anderson (former undergraduate student) – currently enrolled in the B.S./M.S. STEM Education Program at IU
Sarah Deffit, Ph.D. (former postdoctoral fellow) – currently an adjunct faculty member at Tacoma Community College
Eimile Oakes, Ph.D. (former graduate student) – currently a Medical Writer at Global Medical Writing and Translation
Aidan Manning (former research associate) – currently a graduate student at University of California, Santa Cruz
Justin Peterson, M.S. (former graduate student) – currently a Scientist II at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Pranathi Vadlamani, M.S. (former research associate) – currently a graduate student at Northwestern University
Whitney Carroll (former laboratory technician) - currently a medical student at Marian University
Suba Rajendren, Ph.D. (former graduate student) - currently a postdoctoral fellow at Vanderbilt University
Halle Stump, M.S. (former research associate) - currently a graduate student at Wake Forest University
Amanda Lawson (former undergraduate student) - currently a graduate student at Vanderbilt University
Rachel Michelson (former high school student) - currently in the B.S. Computer Science program at Columbia University
Reshma Raghava Kurup, Ph.D. (former graduate student) - currently an application scientist at EclipseBio, San Diego CA