Lab members

Katherine leads the Unit on Developmental Signaling.

Postdoc Developmental optogenetics with Patrick Müller at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society in Tübingen, Germany
Ph.D. Nodal-mediated germ layer patterning with Alexander F. Schier at Harvard University
B.S. C. elegans developmental genetics with David S. Fay at the University of Wyoming

Will is a research technician in the Unit on Developmental Signaling.

Three years of zebrafish husbandry experience at the National Institutes of Health with Charles River Laboratories
B.S. Marine Biology and Aquaculture at the Florida Institute of Technology

Selvaraj is a post-doctoral visiting fellow in the Unit on Developmental Signaling.

Ph.D. in Genetic Engineering “Development of strategies for enhanced CRISPR-Cas9 targeted mutagenesis in zebrafish” at SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRM IST), Chennai, India.
M.Sc. in Genetics “Generation of novel morphological pattern by changes in cis and trans regulatory regions in Drosophila melanogaster-An overview” with Shyamala B. V at Developmental Genetics Lab, University of Mysore, Mysuru, India.
“Effect of Artificial sweeteners on inconstant gut microbiota and related physiological and behavioural changes in Drosophila melanogaster” with Krishna M. S at Stress Biology Lab, University of Mysore, Mysuru, India
B.Sc. (Chemistry, Botany, Zoology) “Antimicrobial activities of mannich bases of some fluorinated heterocycles derived from 1,2,4 – Triazoles and Arylfurans” with Alphonsus D’Souza and Agnes Sylvia D'Souza at St. Philomena’s College (Affiliated to University of Mysore), Mysuru, India.

Caitlin is a postdoctoral fellow in the Unit on Developmental Signaling.

Ph.D. Application of an Optogenetic Tool to Increase Intracellular pH and Investigate pH-dependent Cell Movement with Katharine White at the University of Notre Dame
B.S. Biochemistry at Roanoke College

Kaia is a post baccalaureate fellow in the Unit on Developmental Signaling.

B.A. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at Gustavus Adolphus College
Undergraduate research
Environmental stress tolerance of the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica, in Yuta Kawarasaki’s lab and the role of minor splicing in embryonic limb development in Rahul Kanadia’s lab

Keon is a post baccalaureate fellow in the Unit on Developmental Signaling.

B.S. Biology and Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology
Undergraduate research Mechanisms of amyloid formation in yeast in Yury Chernoff’s lab, molecular mechanisms of Hedgehog signaling in Tamara Caspary’s lab, and factors involved in biofilm formation in Jeseth Delgado Vela’s lab

UDS Alumni

Matt T. Monaghan

UDS postbac 2024 - 2026, Currently: MD student at Medical University of South Carolina
Micaela R. Murphy

UDS postbac 2024 - 2026, Currently: PhD student at University of North Carolina
Catherine E. Campbell

UDS postbac 2021 - 2023, JHU-NIH GPP Master’s student 2024-2026,
Currently: Private sector
Leanne E. Iannucci

UDS postdoc 2023 - 2026, Currently: Postdoc at NIBIB

Allison J. Saul

UDS postbac 2022 - 2024, Currently: PhD student at University of Utah
Daria Lukasz

UDS postdoc 2022-2022,
Currently: Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, & Rosati

Rogers Lab 2024