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Members of the Hamza Lab

Oct 2022
Andrew, Audrey, Jonathan, Indira, Sandeepan, Ran, Iqbal, Sohini, Melissa, Aidan, Xuedi, Xiaojing

Principle Investigator

Professor Iqbal Hamza

Assistant Research Professor

  • Xiaojing Yuan, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Audrey Belot, Ph.D. (Cooley's Anemia Foundation Fellow)
  • Sohini Dutt, Ph.D.

Research Assistant

  • Gia Haemmerle

Graduate Students

  • Indira Bhattacharya
  • Sandeepan Ghosh
  • Melissa Perry
  • Andrew Rock
  • Jonathan Soldemyr
  • Ran Yu
  • Xuedi Zhang

Visiting Scholars/Sabbaticals

2003-04    Caren Chang, Professor University of Maryland
2004        Joseph Pitula, Professor University of Maryland Eastern Shore
2005        Roy Gravel, Professor University of Calgary, Alberta
2006        Wayne Van Voorhies Professor New Mexico State University
2007        Anna Rothert, student University of Madison Wisconsin; PI: Roger Sunde
2012        Zelia Gouveia, student Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal PI: Miguel Soares
2012        Julia Cricco, Professor Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
2013        Oleh Khalimonchuk, Professor University of Nebraska, Lincoln
2013        Yuta Watanabe, student Hokkaido University, Japan; PI: Koichiro Isimori
2014        Ana B. Walter-Nuno, student UFRJ, Brazil; PI: Gabriela Paiva-Silva
2014        Hitomi Sawai, Professor University of Hyogo, Japan
2017-18    Yudai Nishitani, student Hokkaido University, Japan; PI: Koichiro Isimori
2017-18     Amelie Wissbrock, student University of Bonn, Germany; PI: Diana Imhof
2023        Marta Bogacz, Postdoc Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany; PI: Ute Hellmich
2024        Isabella Suijker, student Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands; PI: Janneke Langendonk
2024-25    Katherine de Villiers, Professor Stellenbosch University, South Africa (Simons Foundation Fellow)

 

Hamza Lab Alumni

Postdoctoral:

  • Anita Rao 
  • Scott Severance, NIH/NRSA Recipient
  • Caiyong Chen
  • Carine White, NIH/NRSA Recipient
  • Tamika Samuel
  • Tamara Korolnek
  • Jason Sinclair
  • Nicole Rietzschel, DFG Fellow
  • M. Fernanda da Silva
  • Jianbing Zhang
  • Ana Ribeiro

Doctoral:

  • Abbhi Rajagopal, 2008, MOCB
  • Caiyong Chen, 2009, ANSC
  • Xiaojing Yuan, 2012, ANSC
  • Tamara Korolnek, 2014, MOCB
  • Jason Sinclair, 2014, ANSC
  • Jianbing Zhang, 2017, ANSC
  • Rini Pek, 2019, MOCB
  • Ian Chambers, 2021, ANSC
  • Sohini Dutt, 2024, ANSC

Master's:

  • Cornelia Ellefson Kelley, 2007, ANSC
  • Sandra Kirsch, 2007, ANSC
  • Jason Sinclair, 2008, ANSC
  • Jonathan Walston, 2010, ANSC
  • Haifa Bensaidan, 2014, MOCB
  • Simon Beardsley, 2016, ANSC

Undergraduate:

  • Laura Goldstein, 2003-05, CBMG
  • Jasdeepinder Sidhu, 2003-04, CBMG
  • Suji Uhm, 2004-07, CBMG
  • Brian Le, 2005-06, PHNB
  • Diana Newsom, 2005-06, PHNB
  • Yike Jiang, 2007-08, CEBG
  • Talia Lewis, 2007-09, IVSP
  • Margaret Ellen Johnson, 2009, PHNB
  • Kevin Meng, 2010-13, CMNS
  • Raquel Millet, 2010-12, CMNS
  • Somdutta Mukherjee, 2010-13, CMNS
  • Simon Beardsley, 2010-12, CMNS
  • Mitchelle Etchison, 2013-14, CMNS
  • Jennifer Reukauf, 2015-16, ANSC
  • Heyam Abadir, 2016-2017, CMNS
  • Abisha Dowla, 2016-19, CMNS
  • William O'Connor, 2015-18, CMNS
  • SiJia Chen, 2018-2021, CMNS

Technician:

  • Melissa Winn, 2003-06
  • Caitlin Hall, 2006-11
  • Elda Kwong, 2015-16
  • Kate Pinter, 2011-2017
  • David Drescher, 2017-19
  • Andrew Rock, 2019-24