People

PI

Rupa Sridharan
Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Postdoctoral Research, Eli and Edythe Broad Stem Cell Institute, UCLA
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Postdocs

Stefan Pietrzak
Stefan Pietrzak
Ph.D., Cell and Molecular Biology
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Thomas Olender
Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of Ottawa, Canada
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Graduate Students

Harshini Cormaty
B.S., Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Dallas
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Khagani Eynullazada
Khagani Eynullazada
(Shared with Sushmita Roy Lab)
B.S. Medical Biology, Azerbaijan Medical University
M.S. Medical Genetics, University of Glasgow
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Andrew Tak
Andrew Tak
B.S. Biochemistry, Baylor University
M.S. Biotechnology, Georgetown University
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Xiaoya Zhang
Xiaoya Zhang
B.S. Biological Sciences, University of Science and Technology, China
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Undergraduate Students

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Vivian Trach
Undergrad
UW SCRMC -SURF fellow 2024
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Kaashvi Aggarwal Portrait
Kaashvi Aggarwal
Undergrad
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Krithika Senthil Portrait
Krithika Senthil
Undergraduate
UW-Genetics and Genomics Distinguished Undergraduate Fellowship 2024
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Alumni

Postdocs

Coral Wille
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
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Steven Jackson
2016
UW-SCRMC postdoctoral scholar
Discovered
that different somatic cell types use alternate routes to become iPSCs
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Education degree, Melbourne Australia

Grad Students

Caleb Dilllingham
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
Zafirah Zaidan
2020
American Heart Association predoctoral scholar
Dept 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
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 StudentsYears ActiveNext PositionLast Known Position
Amulya Suresh2019-2022Medical School-Creighton University
Ellen Morgan2019-2021NIH post baccalaureateGrad Student, Stanford University
Hailey Thurston2019-2021Research Specialist-Andre Sousa Lab, UW–MadisonGrad Student, UW–Madison
Brenton Halvorson2019-2020MS Biotechnology UW–Madison
Nikita Patel2017-2019Medical School, University of Illinois-Chicago
Simone Shen2017-2019Graduate School UW–Pharmacology
Edwin Neumann2017-2019Research Specialist, Feng Zhent Lab- MITGraduate Student, MIT
Jaime Brown2015-2017Medical School, UW–Madison
Cesar Martinez2015-2017Medical School, Medical College of Wisconsin
Michael Diny2014-2016Dental School, Marquette University
Paul Ehrlich2014-2015Phlebotomist, Madison
Michael Zaiken2014-2015PhD Student, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Summer Students
Pratyush Mishra, Khorana Fellowship2023PhD at Max Planck Institute
Amelie Albrecht, DAAD German Fellows2016PhD Student, University of Texas
Research Specialists
Daniel Devine2015-2017Masters Student, University of Illinois-Chicago
Kolin Walker2015-2016Scientist, Trecora Chemicals, Houston, TX
Zach Olufs2013-2015Research Specialist, UW–Madison
Di Huang2012-2013PhD student, University of Massachusetts, Amherst