Former Undergraduate Students
Amanda Hill
Undergraduate Student
Biochemistry Major, UChicago Class of 2024
I’m interested in how transcription factor signaling and protein interactions drive cell fate specification. My project focuses on determining how levels of the transcriptional repressor Yan and the activator Pnt are modulated during the transition from progenitor to more specific cell fate.
Current Position: Lab tech at Icahn School of Medicine, NYC in Marek Mlodzik’s lab. Applying to MD/PhD programs.
Christine Cao
2020-2022 Chicago undergrad
B.A. and B.S., UChicago 2022
Honors & Awards: BSCD Fellowship,
Current Position: PhD graduate student, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology, Duke University.
Daisy Maslan
2021-2022 UChicago undergrad
Honors & Awards: BSCD Fellowship, Quad College Fellowship
Current Position: Fullbright Scholar, France
Saman Tabatabaee
2019 – 2021, UChicago undergrad
B.A. & B.S. University of Chicago 2021
Honors & Awards: BSCD Fellowship, Beckman Scholar
Publications: Manuscript in preparation
Current Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student in Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford
Juana Delao
2017 – 2019, UChicago undergrad
B.A. & B.S. University of Chicago 2019
Honors & Awards: Odyssey Scholar, BSCD Fellowship, Beckman Scholar
Publications: Manuscript in preparation
Current Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student in Biology, MIT
Billie Mills Reneker
Summer 2018 NSF REU Program in Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
B.S. Georgia College
Current Position: PhD Graduate student in Molecular Biology, Princeton
Carmelita Villalobos
Summer 2017 NSF REI Program in Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
B.S. Dominican University
Current Position: Response and Outreach Coordinator, The Marine Mammal Center, Hawaii; 2021 MS in Tropical Conservation Biology & Environmental Science, University of Hawaii
John Paul Bugay
Summer 2016 NSF REU Program in Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
B.S. San Francisco State University
Current Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student in Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Sherzod Tokamov
Summer 2015 NSF REU Program in Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
Publications: Hope et al., Elife 2018
B.S. Florida Gulf Coast University
Current Position: Post-doc in Britt Glausinger’s lab, University of California-Berkey
Madison Olmsted
Summer 2015 UChicago BSCD Fellowship Program
B.S. University of Chicago
Current Position: Health Equity Fellow, Minnesota Department of Health
Xintong "Mushroom" He
Summer 2015 UChicago International REU Program
B.S. Tsinghua University
Current Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins University
Xiaoying Yu
Summer 2014 UChicago International REU Program
B.S. Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Current Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student, Scripps Research Institute
Nora Peterson
Summer 2014 NSF REU Program in Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
B.A. St. Olaf College
Current Position: Associate Consultant, ZS Associates; 2021 Ph.D. in Cell Biology, Duke University
Miles Barney
2013-2014 UChicago BSCD Fellowship Program
B.A. University of Chicago
Current Position: MSTP Program, University of Illinois at Chicago
Marielle O'hara-Hulett
Summer 2013 NSF REU Program in Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
B.A. Carroll College
Current Position: unknown
Courtney Burnside Hershberger
Summer 2012 NSF REU Program in Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
B.A. University of Mount Union
Current Position: Research Associate, Cleveland Clinic
Xiaowei Jia
Summer 2011 UChicago International REU Program
B.A. University of Science & Technology of China
Current Position: unknown
Sean Mcguire
Summer 2011 NSF REU Program in Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology
B.A. Earlham College; M.D. Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago
Current Position: Medical Resident, Indiana University School of Medicine
Miriam Genuth
2009-2011 UChicago BSCD Fellowship Program
B.A. University of Chicago; Ph.D. University of California at San Francisco
Current Position: Postdoc in Scott Holley’s Lab, Yale University
James Porter
2011-2013 UChicago BSCD Fellowship Program & Goldwater Scholarship
B.A. University of Chicago
Current Position: Facilitator, Recurse Center
Alex Muir
2008-2009 UChicago BSCD Fellowship Program & PCBio Program
B.A. University of Chicago; Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Ben May Department for Cancer Research, University of Chicago
https://cancerbio.uchicago.edu/program/faculty/alexander-muir
Will Vaughan
Summer 2008 UChicago BSCD Fellowship Program
B.A. University of Chicago
Current Position: unknown
Thomas Graham
2006-2009 UChicago BSCD Fellowship Program & Beckman/PCBio Fellowship Program
B.A. University of Chicago; MPhil University of Cambridge; Ph.D. Harvard University
Publications: Zhang et al., Molecular Cell Biology 2010; Graham et al., Development 2010
Current Position: Postdoc (Robert Tjian & Xavier Darzacq) University of California at Berkeley
Jasper Weinberg
Summer 2004
B.S. Carnegie Mellon University; Ph.D. in Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley
Current Position: unknown
David Rawnsley
Summer 2004
B.S. Duke University; M.D./Ph.D. Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Current Position: Clinical Fellow in Cardiology, Washington University St. Louis
Eric Henckels
2002 – 2004
B.A. Tufts University; M.D. Columbia University
Current Position: Director, Technology Strategy & Innovation, Amgen
Laura Doyon
Summers 2000 – 2003
B.A. New York University; M.D. Tufts University
Publications: Silver et al., Molecular Cell Biology 2003; Silver et al., Genesis 2004
Current Position: Surgeon, Emerson Hospital
Cameron Marshall
Summer 2003
B.A. Williams College; M.D. Columbia University
Current Position: Pain Medicine & Anesthesiology, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
Emily Ludwig Serazin
Summer 2002
B.A. Williams College; M.Phil. Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar)
Current Position: Partner & Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group
Xiao Tan
Summers 2000 – 2001
B.A. Williams College; Ph.D. University of Cambridge; M.D. Stanford University
Current Position: Clinical Fellow, Wyss Institute, Harvard University
Francis "Char" Decroos
1998 – 2000
B.S. MIT; M.D. Duke University
Current Position: Opthalmologist, Southeastern Retina Associates
http://www.southeasternretina.com/our-doctors/francis-c-decroos-m-d/
Richard DeSouza
1998 – 2000
B.S. MIT; M.D. University of Massachusetts Medical School
Current Position: Internal Medicine, Yale New Haven Hospital
Jillian Pesin-Fulop
Summer 1998
B.A. Williams College; Ph.D. MIT; J.D. University of California at Berkeley
Current Position: Associate at Morrison Foerster