Students

 

Sanjucta Adak
Previous Education: BA, Biotechnology, IIT Guwahati
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jean-Denis Beaudoin
Email:  adak@uchc.edu

Sarah Alshawi
Previous Education: BS, Neurobiology, Georgetown University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jean-Denis Beaudoin
Email: alshawi@uchc.edu

Allison Andrade
Previous Education: BS, Biology, Castleton University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Pedro Miura
Email:  alandrade@uchc.edu

Charles Arends
Previous Education: BS, Animal Science, Iowa State University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Youngmok Lee
Email: arends@uchc.edu

Redwan Bhuiyan
M.D./Ph.D. Student
Previous Education: BA, Moleculaar Biology and Biochemistry, Neuroscience, Wesleyan University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Michael Stitzel
Email:  rbhuiyan@uchc.edu

Tylor Brewster
Previous Education: MS, Molecular Cell Biology & Genetics, Drexel University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Christine Beck
Email:  brewster@uchc.edu

Megan Callender
Previous Education: BS, Biomolecular Sciences, Central Connecticut State University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Frederick Varn
Email:  brewster@uchc.edu

Cullen Clairmont
M.D./Ph.D. Student
Previous Education: BS, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Ching Lau
Email:  clairmont@uchc.edu

Rachel Cohn
M.D./Ph.D. Student
Previous Education: MS, Applied Genomics, University of Connecticut
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Laura Haynes
Email: rcohn@uchc.edu

Benjamin Coleman
M.D./Ph.D. Student
Previous Education: BS, Physics, Cedarville University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Peter Robinson
Email: bcoleman@uchc.edu

Monica Davé
Previous Education: BA, Neuroscience, Hamilton College
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Paul Robson
Email: modave@uchc.edu

Eden Francoeur
Previous Education: BS, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Christine Beck
Email: efrancoeur@uchc.edu

Nathan Gasek
M.D./Ph.D. Student
Previous Education: BS, Biological Sciences, University of Vermont
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Ming Xu
Email: gasek@uchc.edu

Titas Grabauskas
M.D./Ph.D. Student
Previous Education: BA, Biology, Whittier College
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Duygu Ucar
Email: tigrabauskas@uchc.edu

Sadik Karma
M.D./Ph.D. Student
Previous Education: BA, Biology, Johns Hopkins University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Eric Wang
Email:   karma@uchc.edu

Emilie Karovic
Previous Education: MS, Microbial Systems Analysis, University of Connecticut
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Yanjiao Zhou
Email:   ekarovic@uchc.edu

Tae Wan Kim
Previous Education: MS, Biochemistry, Yonsei University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Ming Xu
Email:  takim@uchc.edu

Sai Nivedita Krishnan
Previous Education: MSc, Human Anatomy & Cell Science, University of Manitoba
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Michel Stitzel
Email: skrishnan@uchc.edu

Zichao Liu
Previous Education: MS, Computational Biology, Carnegie Mellon University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Chuang
Email:  zliu@uchc.edu

Kevin Liu
M.D./Ph.D. Student
Previous Education: BA, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Wesleyan University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Michael Stitzel
Email:   keliu@uchc.edu

Zichao Liu
Previous Education: MS, Computational Biology, Carnegie Mellon University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Chuang
Email:   zliu@uchc.edu

Avinash Satyanarayan Mahajan
Previous Education: MS, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Wright State University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Duygu Ucar
Email:   amahajan@uchc.edu

Bianca-Maria Marin
M.D./Ph.D. Student
Previous Education: BA, Biological Sciences, Psycology, Northwestern University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Roel Verhaak
Email:  marin@uchc.edu

Rachael Massey
Previous Education: MS, Health Care Genetics, University of Connecticut
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Stefan Pinter
Email: rmassey@uchc.edu

Martina Ysabel Miranda
Previous Education: BS, Biology, Grand Canyon University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. James Li
Email: mmiranda@uchc.edu

Zengshuo Mo
Previous Education: MS, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Xiaoyan Guo
Email:  zmo@uchc.edu

Nuala Peterman
Previous Education: BS, Biology, Trinity College
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Arthur Gunzl
Email:  peterman@uchc.edu

Sakthi Harini Rajendran
Previous Education: MS, University at Buffalo
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Eric Wang
Email:  srajendran@uchc.edu

Pooja Sonawane
Previous Education: MS, Biological Sciences, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Chuang
Email: sonawane@uchc.edu

Anna Struba
Previous Education: BSc, Biochemistry and Molecular & Cell Biology, University of Maine
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jean-Denis Beaudoin
Email:  struba@uchc.edu

Adam Thiesen
M.D./Ph.D. Student
Previous Education: MS, Biochemistry, Occidental College
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Justin Cotney
Email: Thiesen@uchc.edu

Isha Walawalkar
M.D./Ph.D. Student
Previous Education: BA, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Public Health Science, Boston University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Olga Anczukow
Email:  walawalkar@uchc.edu

Xiaonan Wang
Previous Education: MS, Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jean-Denis Beaudoin
Email:  xiaonwang@uchc.edu

Xiyue Wang
Previous Education: BS, Clinical Medicine, Tongji University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Paul Robson
Email:  xiywang@uchc.edu

Ruoyun Xiong
Previous Education: BS, Biomedical Sciences, Zhejang University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Julia Oh
Email: xiong@uchc.edu

Hanshu Yuan
Previous Education: MS, Applied Genomics, University of Connecticut
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Yanjiao Zhou
Email: hyuan@uchc.edu

Dacheng Zhao
Previous Education: MA, BA, Wesleyan University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Roel Verhaak
Email: dzhao@uchc.edu

Jie Zhou
Previous Education: MS, Neuroscience, East Chine Normal University
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Chuang
Email: Jizhou@uchc.edu

 

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