Lab members

Katherine W. Rogers, Ph.D.

Katherine leads the Unit on Developmental Signaling.

William K. Anderson, B.S.

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

Leanne E. Iannucci, Ph.D.

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

  • Ph.D. Biomedical polarimetry & biomechanics of musculoskeletal soft tissues (e.g. tendons & ligaments) with Spencer P. Lake at Washington University in St. Louis

  • M.Eng 
    Orthopaedic
    (meniscal enthesis) tissue engineering with Lawrence J. Bonassar at Cornell University

  • B.S.
    Biological Engineering at Cornell University

Velanganni Selvaraj Maria Thomas, Ph.D.

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.

Catherine E. Rogers, B.S.

Cat is a graduate student in the NIH-JHU Graduate Partnership Program doing her dissertation work in the Unit on Developmental Signaling.

  • B.S. Bioengineering at Stanford University

  • Undergraduate research Planarian regeneration in Bo Wang’s lab and acorn worm body plan development in Chris Lowe’s lab

  • Postbac Testing of optogenetic signaling activators in zebrafish in Katherine Rogers’s lab

Micaela R. Murphy, B.S.

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

  • B.S. Biology at Villanova University

  • Undergraduate research Neuronal circuits controlling female mating behavior in Drosophila melanogaster in Troy Shirangi’s lab

Matthew T. Monaghan, B.S.

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

  • B.S. Biochemistry at the Clemson University Honors College

  • Undergraduate research

    Pathogenic free-living amoebae in Jim Morris’s lab and computational biomechanics of carotid stenosis in Ethan Kung’s lab

Caitlin E.T. Donahue, Ph.D.

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

Priscacara serrata

  • Temperate bass

  • From Wyoming

  • 52 million years old

Rogers Lab 2023

Thanks to Christoph Hodel for the photo!

Rogers Lab 2022

Rogers Lab 2021

UDS Alumni

  • Daria Lukasz

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

  • Allison Saul

    Allison J. Saul

    UDS postbac 2022 - 2024
    Currently: PhD Student at the University of Utah