The Fehon Lab
Cellular organization and function of the Hippo Pathway in tissue growth controlCurrent lab members

Rick Fehon
Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
Postdoctoral, Developmental Genetics, Yale University
PhD, Developmental Biology, University of Washington
BS, Zoology, Duke University
Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program
Committee on Development, Regeneration and Stem Cell Biology
Committee on Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology
Developmental Biology Training Program
Molecular and Cellular Biology Training Program
Genetic Mechanisms and Evolution Training Program

Hitoshi Matakatsu
Staff Scientist, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
Postdoctoral, U. Wisconsin, Madison
PhD, Osaka Prefecture University

KathyAnn Lee
Graduate Student, Committee on Development, Regeneration and Stem Cell Biology
B.S, Biology, Ithaca College (2015)
Research Assistant, Marlow Lab, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2016-2021)

Aimee Smith
Research Technician
B.S, Biology, Bethel University (2024)

Victoria Sullivan
Undergraduate researcher
B.S, Biology University of Chicago (Expected June 2026)
Former lab members






Sushmita Maitra
Senior Research Scientist, Magnitude Biosciences, Ltd.

Piotr Fabrowski
Research Scientist, DKFZ German Cancer Research Center

Jakub Nowak
Application Specialist, NanoTemper Technologies

Kenzi Oshima
Assistant Professor, Nagoya University

Julian Boggiano
Medical Science Liaison, Sanofi

Kasia Lepeta
Postdoctoral Fellow, Affolter Lab, Biozentrum, Basel

Amanda Neisch
Research Assistant Professor, U. Minnesota


Ting Su
IT industry


William Yee
Associate Director, Corporate Strategy and Business Operations, AbbVie

Annie Ullyot
Masters Student, Illinois Institute of Technology

Arden Feil
Educator, DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Labs


Nicki Nouri
Dental Student, U. Minn.

Niranjan Joshi
Research Technician, Di Talia Lab, Duke University Medical Center