Francisco Pelegri
Principal Investigator
Professor & Chair, Laboratory of Genetics
fjpelegri@wisc.edu
Cara Moravec
Postdoctoral Research Associate
cmoravec@wisc.edu
Christina Hansen
Postdoctoral Research Associate
chansen24@wisc.edu
Ryan Trevena
Graduate Research Assistant
rtrevena@wisc.edu
Trevor Chamberlain
Graduate Research Assistant
tjchamberlai@wisc.edu
Caroline Barry
Graduate Research Assistant
ccbarry@wisc.edu
Sara Faterioun
Research Specialist & Lab Manager
sfaterioun@wisc.edu
Erin Miners
Graduate Research Assistant
miners@wisc.edu
Undergraduate Researchers:
Emily Connell
Megan Moskal
Halle Bush
Molly Hansen
Iris Lor
Zihan Zheng
Fish Husbandry Team:
Gavin Schopf, Leo Blouin, Riley Kelley, & Michael Hekmat
Lab Alumni:
Grad students/Postdocs/Research Staff:
- Gabby Voit, former research intern
> PhD student in the Gutzman lab at UW-Milwaukee - Dr. Elaine Welch, former grad student
> Associate Research Scientist (Gene & Cell Therapy) at PPD - Dr. Celeste Eno, former grad student
> Associate Director (Pathology) at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Dr. Andrew (Drew) Hasley, former grad student
> Postdoctoral Teaching Scholar (Biotechnology) at NCSU - Dr. Danielle Grotjahn, former research specialist
> Assistant Professor at Scripps Research - Dr. Sreelaja Nair, former postdoc
> Associate Professor (Biosciences & Bioengineering) at IITB - Dr. Robin Lindeman, former grad student
> Supervisor (Development Science) at Beckman Coulter - Dr. Lance Urven, visiting scientist
> Professor (Biology) at Marian University - Dr. Bharti Solanki, former grad student
> Staff Scientist (R&D) at Thermo Fisher Scientific - Dr. Xiaoyan Ge, former grad student
> Assistant Professor (Genetics & Genomics) & Assistant Director (Molecular Genetics) at Mount Sinai - Dr. Emily Putiri, former grad student
> Associate Director (Clinical Research) at Mersana Therapeutics - Dr. Jamie Lyman Gingerich, former grad student
> Associate Professor (Biology) at UW-Eau Claire
Undergraduate Researchers:
- Aaron Thompson > Conservationist at Madison Parks Dept.
- Abby Janey > Educator at Wisconsin DNR Natural Resource
- Robert (Rob) Hall > Grad student at Stanford Univ.
- Sam Moran > Medical student at Univ. of Rochester
- Benton Veire > Research Associate at 10X Genomics
- Jarred Otterlee
- Monica Selvaraj > Research Assistant in the Lehmann Lab
- Julia Oelke > Masters student (Lifestyle Medicine)
- Jacky Lor > PharmD student at UW-Madison
- Kelsey Rahe > Student at the UIC College of Dentistry
- Clara Garcia > Medical student at Carver College of Medicine
- Mykala Conroy > Medical student at Des Moines University
- Destiny Baars > Forensic Scientist
- Erica Weber > Regulatory Analyst at 3M
- Jonathon Heir > Medical student at the Univ. of Pittsburgh
- Dr. Elizabeth Theusch – Assistant Researcher at UCSF
Visiting Students:
- Camila Diaz; International undergraduate student from UC Chile in the Visiting International Student Program
- Lizette Arroyo; DePaul Univ. undergraduate student in the Biological Interactions Summer Research Program through WISCIENCE
- Morgan Banks; Xavier Univ. undergraduate student in the Biological Interactions Summer Research Program through WISCIENCE
- Melisa Dehuma; high school student in PEOPLE (Precollege Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence)
- S. Isaac; Washington & Jefferson College undergraduate student in the Biological SIGNALS Program through WISCIENCE