Past Students

Name Dissertation Started Sort descending PhD earned Current position
Joseph Giacalone Treating retinal disease
Kimberly Bekas Missing the Marx: The role of Groucho proteins in Wnt polarized asymmetric cell division
Zachary W. Kockler A unified alternative telomere lengthening pathway in yeast survivor cells IRTA Postdoctoral Fellow, Mechanisms of Genome Dynamics Group, Genome Integrity & Structural Biology , National Institute of Environmental Health Services
Tanner S. Koomar Genetic Signatures of Neurodevelopment and Language
James Mrkvicka Genetic modifiers of fly voltage-gated sodium channel mutant phenotypes
Alyssa S. Wetzel (Hahn) A Data-Driven Framework for CNV Pathogenicity Classification
Karen C. Clark Genetic Basis of Cardiometabolic Disease in the Lyon Hypertensive Rat
Adam J. Hefel RPA complexes and tool development for the study of DSB repair in the Caenorhabditis elegans germline
Alexander Greiner Genetic and Molecular Basis of Sudden Cardiac Death Syndromes Resident Physician, University of Iowa
Ashley L. Parker
Ethan Bahl
Jill Hauer Novel Insights into the Genetic and Immunologic Drivers of C3 Glomerulopathy
Jacob L. Schillo Genetic Characterization of Therapeutic Resistance in Cutaneous Melanoma
Leo Brueggeman Identifying genomic risk factors for neurodevelopmental disorders using machine learning MSTP Student, University of Iowa
Valerie Wagner Genetic Considerations in Bisphenol F (BPF) Exposures Research Scientist, Medical College of Wisconsin
Samuel Mellentine
Taylor R. Thomas Understanding the Polygenic Architecture of Autism Through Dimensional Measures of Behavior and Gender Research Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital
Matthew J. Miller Identification of molecular mechanisms driving skeletal muscle atrophy
Elizabeth O'Saurus (Melton)
Sara Mayer Using animal models to examine mechanisms and treatments of Retinitis Pigmentosa
Elana Bernholtz
Athena Kvamme