Jillian Pearring, PhD

Principal Investigator

Postdoctoral Fellow with Vadim Arshavsky, Duke University

PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Louisville

BA in Biology, Boston University

Enjoys going to baseball games, a good cup of coffee and biking to work

pearring@umich.edu

Molly Thorson, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Michigan

BS in Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, Drake University

Enjoys cooking (not baking) and taking extra long walks with her stubborn dog Sunny

mttho@umich.edu

Jorge Martínez-Márquez, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan

Post-Baccaulaureate Research Education Program, UNC-Chapel Hill

BS in Biology, University of Puerto Rico-Cayey

Enjoys basketball and video games

majorge@umich.edu

Kevin Cruz-Colón

Graduate Student, Neuroscience

BS in Biological Sciences, University of Puerto Rico-Ponce

Enjoys reading comic books and manga, watching movies and going to the beach whenever I have the chance

cruzk@umich.edu

Ila Ghoshal

Graduate Student, Cell and Developmental Biology

MS in  Biology, McGill University

BS in Computer Science and Biology, McGill University

Enjoys running, trying new recipes and traveling

ighoshal@umich.edu

Dacia Flores

Graduate Student, Cell and Developmental Biology

MS in Physiology and Behavioral Biology, San Francisco State University

BA in General Biology, San Francisco State University

Enjoys cooking, dancing and listening to podcasts

daciaflo@umich.edu

Jack Weiner

Undergraduate Research 

Pursuing a BS in Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience

Enjoys making art, rock climbing and listening to music 

Andreea Beu

Undergraduate Research 

Pursuing a BS in Neuroscience and Spanish

Enjoys exploring new places, playing sports and taking long walks on the beach

Junseo Park

Undergraduate Research 

Pursuing a BS in Neuroscience and BA in International Relations

Enjoys traveling and learning new languages

Daniel Lee

Undergraduate Research 

Pursuing a BS in Neuroscience

Enjoys playing tennis, origami, playing the viola and composing music

Ellie Zhang

Advanced Research Program at Greenhills High School 

Enjoys photography, tennis and building legos


Jason Willer

Senior Laboratory Specialist

BFA in Photography, University of Louisville

Research Analyst II, Duke University

Research Technician, University of Louisville

Enjoys NCAA Basketball, collecting records and listening to funk in the lab 

willerja@med.umich.edu


Lab Alumni

Nafisa Nuzhat, PhD

Graduate Student in CDB

Current Postdoctoral Fellow in the Kodani Lab

Stephanie Wei

Undergraduate Research

Samiya Manocha

Undergraduate Research

Current Medical Student at Northwestern University

Sandy Hua

Undergraduate Research 

Trevor Ziehm

Undergraduate Research 

Hanh Truong, PhD

Graduate Student in CMB

Current Postdoctoral Fellow in the Caspary Lab

Amanda Travis, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Current Lab Manager in the Hill Lab

Valeria De Jesus

Summer NURO Student

Julia Woodson

Undergraduate Research

Fatima Kassem

Masters Student, MCDB

Current Graduate Student at McGill University

Riley O'Keefe

Undergraduate Research


Karen Hug

Research Lab Associate

Current Graduate Student at UC-Santa Cruz

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