Current Members:
Bethlehem Abebe, Ph.D. Candidate
Graduate Student
Joined the lab in January, 2023
Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Office: L3080
Email: abebe@uchc.edu
Wen Liu, Ph.D. Student
Graduate Student
Joined the lab in August, 2023
Area of Concentration: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Office: L3080
Email: wenliu@uchc.edu
Melissa Scanlon, Ph.D. Student
Graduate Student, co-mentored by Dr. Laurinda Jaffe
Joined the lab in March, 2025
Area of Concentration: Cell Biology
Office: L3080
Email: mescanlon@uchc.edu
Zachary Halstead
Undergraduate Student, HRP Fellow
Joined the lab in May, 2024
Office: L3083
Email: zachary.halstead@uconn.edu
Andrew Kim
Undergraduate Student, HRP Fellow
Joined the lab in May, 2025
Office: L3083
Email: andrew.j.2.kim@uconn.edu
Affiliates:
Mia Bell, Affiliated Undergraduate Student, Email: mia.bell@uconn.edu
Adam Chen, Affiliated Undergraduate Student, Email: adam.chen@uconn.edu
Jieun Park, Affiliated Undergraduate Student, HRP Fellow, Email: jieun.park@uconn.edu
Former Members:
Jenny Guo, SRIP student from New York University, 2023 summer, jenguo0218@gmail.com
Venessa Ochieng, SRIP student from Wesleyan University, 2024 summer, vochieng@wesleyan.edu
Seyam Naim, Undergraduate Student from UConn Storrs, 2024 summer, seyam.naim@uconn.edu
Stabonia Maji, rotation student, 2023 summer, maji@uchc.edu
Nina Wang, rotation student, 2024 spring, xiaonwang@uchc.edu
Hiep Le Dang Nguyen, rotation student, 2025 spring, hinguyen@uchc.edu