Current Lab Members Dr. Nathan Chasen Postdoctoral Researcher Novel tools, CRISPR (2017 PhD University of Georgia) Poulomi Das Graduate Student Structure and function of the Chlamydomonas PKD2 complex (2019 MSC. National Institute of Science Education and Research, Jatani, Odisha, India) Dr. Karl F. Lechtreck Principal Investigator (1991 University of Cologne) faculty page. Tara Tauqir Malik Graduate Student Chlamydomonas TULP3 and lipidated protein transport (B.S. Georgia State 2016) Oranti Ahmed Omi Graduate Student CDKL5 and cilia length control (B.S. Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) 2019) Dr. Sunita Sharma Postdoctoral Researcher Regulation of gene expression by cilia (2023 Ph.D. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India) Kang Sun Graduate Student ARMC2 and radial spoke assembly Gui Zhang Research Professional everything else Undergraduate researchers and assistants Hannah Bohlin Biochemical analysis of the Chlamydomonas PKD2 complex Natasha Coronado Ciliary lipidated protein trans port Kiersten geis Biochemical characterization of LF5 cilia Paul J. Griffin Analysis of kinesin II Lab alumni Jack Butler MS Graduate student (201-2024). Now: University of Chicago PhD program Jin Dai Ph.D. Graduate student (2016-2021). Now: postdoc, Brown lab, Harvard. Peiwei Liu Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher (2015-2020) Now: Assistant Professor, College of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, China Jenna L. Wingfield Ph.D. Graduate Student (2016-2020); Now: Postdoctoral Associate, The Scripps Institute, FL Kewei Yu MS Graduate MS Student (2018-2020; Now: PhD student Simon Fraser University, Vancouver) Ilaria Mengoni Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate (2015-2019). Now: Nicolas Minc lab, Institut Jacques Monod, Paris. Abha Vivek Ingle MS Computer Science (MS, graduated Spring 2023) Dipna Venkatachalam MS Graduate MS Student (2017 -2019) Julie M. Craft PhD Graduate student (2011-2015) Now: Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 J. Aaron Harris Ph.D. Graduate student 2012-2018 Now: Bowdoin Group, Boston Batare Okivie Research Technician II, (now: MD, Family Medicine, Greenville, SC) Blair E. Workman Undergraduate Researcher (graduated Spring 2024; now: MS program at Columbia U) Hannah Nyuyen Student worker (graduated Fall 2023) Mansi Bharatkumar Patel Undergraduate Researcher (graduated Spring 2024) Betlehem T. Mekonnen Undergraduate researcher (graduated Spring 2022; now: CDC, Atlanta) Rama Alkhofash Undergraduate Researcher (graduated Fall 2021; now: Georgetown University, School of Medicine) Libin C. Joseph Undergraduate Researcher (graduated Spring 2023; ow: Master's of Public Health (UGA DoubleDawg program) Spencer Olson Undergraduate Researcher (graduated Spring 2023; now: laboratory Technician, University of Alabama, Sahana Saravanan Undergraduate Researcher (graduated Spring 2023; now: Master's of Public Health, George Washington University Rohan Kumar Nuthakki Undergraduate Researcher Maiah A. Wiley Undergraduate Researcher (Medical College of Georgia) Emilia Kayris (Undergraduate Assistant) Vanessa Lewis (Undergraduate Researcher) Shannon Freeland Golden work study student and lab aid (2015 - 2019; Mercer University School of Medicine, MD, now: Emory University School of Medicine, Family Medicine) John V. Dzimianski (Master's program in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, UGA) (Research Technician II) Alec Feather Undergraduate Researcher/Assistant Researcher Denae Kappers Undergraduate Researcher Kiersten B. Hilderhoff (Undergraduate Researcher) Gehrig Broxton (Undergraduate Researcher) Erika Lattimore (Undergraduate Researcher) Anneliese Blevins (UGA Young Dawgs Program Intern) Anna Hollis (Summer Intern UGA Young Dawgs Program) Sebastian Hyman (Mercer University School of Medicine) (Research Technician II) Kathryne N. Wren (Research Technician II 2011-2013)
