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Current Members:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

\"Steven<\/div>
\"Bethlehem<\/div>
\"Wen<\/div>
\"Melissa<\/div>
\"Gabriella<\/div>
\"Andrew<\/div>
\"Marenn<\/div><\/div>
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Steven Chou, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n

Principal Investigator<\/p>\n

Office:\u00a0 L3081
\nPhone: 860-679-8898<\/a>
\nEmail: schou@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Bethlehem Abebe, Ph.D. Candidate<\/h3>\n

Graduate Student, appointed to the T32 grant (2023-2025)
\nJoined the lab in January, 2023
\nArea of Concentration: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
\nOffice:\u00a0 L3080
\nEmail: abebe@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Wen Liu, Ph.D. Student<\/h3>\n

Graduate Student
\nJoined the lab in August, 2023
\nArea of Concentration: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
\nOffice:\u00a0 L3080
\nEmail: wenliu@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Melissa Scanlon, Ph.D. Student<\/h3>\n

Graduate Student, co-mentored by Dr. Laurinda Jaffe
\nJoined the lab in March, 2025
\nArea of Concentration: Cell Biology
\nOffice:\u00a0 L3080
\nEmail: mescanlon@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Gabriella Chatman, YIIP Student<\/h3>\n

Graduate Student
\nJoined the lab in August, 2025
\nArea of Concentration: Molecular Biology and Biophysics
\nOffice:\u00a0 L3083
\nEmail: gchatman@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Andrew Kim<\/h3>\n

Undergraduate Student, HRP Fellow
\nJoined the lab in May, 2025<\/p>\n

Office:\u00a0 L3083
\nEmail: andrew.j.2.kim@uconn.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Marenn Ek<\/h3>\n

Undergraduate Student, SRIP Fellow
\nJoined the lab in May, 2025<\/p>\n

Office:\u00a0 L3083
\nEmail: mek@uchc.edu<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Affiliates:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mia Bell, Affiliated Undergraduate Student, Email: mia.bell@uconn.edu<\/p>\n

Adam Chen, Affiliated Undergraduate Student, Email: adam.chen@uconn.edu<\/p>\n

Jieun Park, Affiliated Undergraduate Student, HRP Fellow, Email: jieun.park@uconn.edu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Former Members:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jenny Guo, SRIP student from New York University, 2023 summer, jenguo0218@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Venessa Ochieng, SRIP student from Wesleyan University, 2024 summer, vochieng@wesleyan.edu<\/p>\n

Seyam Naim, Undergraduate Student from UConn Storrs, 2024 summer, seyam.naim@uconn.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Stabonia Maji, rotation student, 2023 summer, maji@uchc.edu<\/p>\n

Nina Wang, rotation student, 2024 spring, xiaonwang@uchc.edu<\/p>\n

Hiep Le Dang Nguyen, rotation student, 2025 spring, hinguyen@uchc.edu<\/p>\n

Hayden DiMaio, rotation student, 2025 spring, dimaio@uchc.edu<\/p>\n

Zachary Halstead, HRP student from UConn Storrs, 2024-2025, zachary.halstead@uconn.edu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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