Current Lab Members
Previous Lab Members
Postdocs
Dia Beachboard: postdoc from 2015-2020, now an assistant professor at DeSales University.
Graham Williams: postdoc from 2017-2020, now a research scientist at Eli Lilly and Company, based in Indiana.
Madhuvanthi Vijayan: postdoc from 2017-2018, was a postdoc with Aravind Asokan at Duke.
Graduate students
Matt Sacco: graduate student (Molecular Genetics and Microbiology program) from 2016-2022. Now working at KBI Biopharma.
Daltry Snider: graduate student (Molecular Genetics and Microbiology program) from 2017-2022. Now working at KBI Biopharma.
Michael McFadden: graduate student (Molecular Genetics and Microbiology program) from 2015-2020. Now a Michigan Pioneer program postdoc with Dr. Mary O’Riordan and Dr. Teresa O’Meara at U. Michigan.
Christine Vazquez: graduate student (Molecular Genetics and Microbiology program) from 2013-2019. Now a Penn Provost postdoc with Dr. Kellie Jurado at U Penn.
Nandan Gokhale: graduate student (Molecular Genetics and Microbiology program) from 2013-2019. Now a Helen Hay Whitney postdoc and K99 awardee with Dr. Ram Savan at U of Washington, Seattle.
Allison Roder: graduate student (Molecular Genetics and Microbiology program) from 2013-2018. Now a staff scientist with Dr. Elodie Ghedin at NIH.
Lab staff
Jason Willer: research technician and lab manager, 2015-2016. Currently a senior lab specialist at U Michigan.
Mounavya Aligeti: research technician and lab manager, 2013-2015. Currently a manager in business development and project development at Bharat Biotech, India.
Undergraduates
Kristen Murphy: 2020-2023. Now working at McKinsey & Co.
Michelle Kim: 2018-2021. Now a medical student at the Mayo Clinic.
Kevin Labagnara: 2016-2018. Now a medical student at Albert Einstein Medical School.
Dillon Fernando: 2016- 2017. Now working in NYC in communications/TV.
Sydney Stanley: 2017-2018. Now a PhD student at Harvard School of Public Health.
Sirena Tran: Summer, 2017. Now a PhD student at Vanderbilt.
Graham (Mawuli) Attipoe, MD, MBA: 2015-2017. After a combined MD/MBA at Vanderbilt and Wharton, now at Tekla Capital Management.
Bianca Lupan PhD: 2014-2017. After a PhD at Duke, now traveling.
Alie Fink: 2016-2017. Now doing PhD in neuroscience at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Matt Lanahan: Summer, 2014-15. Received PhD from UTSW; was a scientist at Iconovir. Now back at the Horner Lab!