PI
Rupa Sridharan
Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Postdoctoral Research, Eli and Edythe Broad Stem Cell Institute, UCLA
Postdocs
Stefan Pietrzak
Ph.D., Cell and Molecular Biology
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Thomas Olender
Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of Ottawa, Canada
Graduate Students
Harshini Cormaty
B.S., Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Dallas
Khagani Eynullazada
(Shared with Sushmita Roy Lab)
B.S. Medical Biology, Azerbaijan Medical University
M.S. Medical Genetics, University of Glasgow
Andrew Tak
B.S. Biochemistry, Baylor University
M.S. Biotechnology, Georgetown University
Xiaoya Zhang
B.S. Biological Sciences, University of Science and Technology, China
Undergraduate Students
Vivian Trach
Undergrad
UW SCRMC -SURF fellow 2024
Kaashvi Aggarwal
Undergrad
Krithika Senthil
Undergraduate
UW-Genetics and Genomics Distinguished Undergraduate Fellowship 2024
Alumni
Postdocs
Coral Wille
2023
UW-SCRMC postdoctoral scholar
Discovered
that the H3K79 methylase DOT1L prevents hypertranscription and hyperacetylation in somatic cells.
Next Position
Assistant Professor , Dept. of Genetics, Univ. Of Alabama, Birmingham
Steven Jackson
2016
UW-SCRMC postdoctoral scholar
Discovered
that different somatic cell types use alternate routes to become iPSCs
Next Position
Education degree, Melbourne Australia
Grad Students
Caleb Dillingham
2023
UW-SCRMC predoctoral scholar
Discovered
that the histone demethylases KDM3A and KDM3B have an unexpected function in RNA splicing
Next Position
Scientist, Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics
Zafirah Zaidan
2020
American Heart Association predoctoral scholarDept of Genetics Schlimgen best thesis award
Discovered
that the heterochromatin protein 1 family modulates transcription elongation associated histone modifications.
Next Position
Postdoctoral Scholar, Kristin Baldwin lab, Columbia University
Khoa Tran
2018
NSF- GRFP award
Discovered
Discovered that histone demethylation and DNA demethylation are coordinately removed during acquisition of pluripotency.
Next Position
Postdoctoral Scholar, Shelly Berger Lab, U Penn
| Undergraduate Students | Years Active | Next Position | Last Known Position |
| Amulya Suresh | 2019-2022 | Medical School-Creighton University | |
| Ellen Morgan | 2019-2021 | NIH post baccalaureate | Grad Student, Stanford University |
| Hailey Thurston | 2019-2021 | Research Specialist-Andre Sousa Lab, UW–Madison | Grad Student, UW–Madison |
| Brenton Halvorson | 2019-2020 | MS Biotechnology UW–Madison | |
| Nikita Patel | 2017-2019 | Medical School, University of Illinois-Chicago | |
| Simone Shen | 2017-2019 | Graduate School UW–Pharmacology | |
| Edwin Neumann | 2017-2019 | Research Specialist, Feng Zhent Lab- MIT | Graduate Student, MIT |
| Jaime Brown | 2015-2017 | Medical School, UW–Madison | |
| Cesar Martinez | 2015-2017 | Medical School, Medical College of Wisconsin | |
| Michael Diny | 2014-2016 | Dental School, Marquette University | |
| Paul Ehrlich | 2014-2015 | Phlebotomist, Madison | |
| Michael Zaiken | 2014-2015 | PhD Student, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | |
| Summer Students | |||
| Pratyush Mishra, Khorana Fellowship | 2023 | PhD at Max Planck Institute | |
| Amelie Albrecht, DAAD German Fellows | 2016 | PhD Student, University of Texas | |
| Research Specialists | |||
| Daniel Devine | 2015-2017 | Masters Student, University of Illinois-Chicago | |
| Kolin Walker | 2015-2016 | Scientist, Trecora Chemicals, Houston, TX | |
| Zach Olufs | 2013-2015 | Research Specialist, UW–Madison | |
| Di Huang | 2012-2013 | PhD student, University of Massachusetts, Amherst | |
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