Current Members
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor of Biology
Member, Institute of Molecular Biology
PhD, Harvard University
BSc, University of California, Los Angeles
Research Staff
Assistant Research Professor
PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
BSc, Oregon State University
Research: Sex-specific responses to environmental stress during meiosis
John Conery, PhD
Emeritus Professor
PhD, University of California Irvine
Research: Bioinformatics
PhD Students
PhD Student- Genetics Training Program
BSc, University of Texas, Austin
Research: The role of the cytoskeleton in DNA repair
PhD Student - Genetics Training Program
NIH F31 NRSA Fellowship
Research: Investigating heat-induced DNA damage repair in developing sperm
BSc, University of Iowa
PhD Student - Developmental Biology Training Program
BSc, Washington State University, Pullman
Research: Sexual dimorphisms of the Heat Shock Response pathway during meiosis
NIH F31 NRSA Fellowship
PhD student - Genetics Training Program
BS, University of Houston
Research: Heat hormesis and male fertility
Post-bacc
PREP Scholar
BS, Oregon State University
Research: SMC5/6 DNA damage complex components in meiotic DNA repair and transgenerational fertility
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Researcher
University of Oregon Honors College Biochemistry Major
Hui Research Scholar
Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholar
HHMI Cech Scholar - Yamashita Lab (MIT)
Undergraduate Researcher
University of Oregon Biochemistry Major
Oregon Pathways to Industry Research Careers (OPIRC) Scholar
Undergraduate Researcher
University of Oregon Biology Major with minors in computer science and bioengineering
Undergraduate Researcher
University of Oregon Biology Major with minors in biochemistry and bioengineering
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Alumni
Postdoctoral Scholars
Zachary Bush – Postdoctoral Scholar at University of Oregon (Phillips Lab)
Cori Cahoon – Assistant Professor at Colorado State University; Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellow; NICHD K99 Awardee
Nicole Kurhanewicz – Assistant Research Professor at University of Oregon; NRSA/F32 NIGMS Postdoctoral Fellow
Alice Naftaly – Instructor at Oregon State University; visiting Professor at Pacific University; visiting professor at Western Oregon University
Graduate Students
Zac Bush – Postdoctoral Scholar in Phillips Lab (UO)
Acadia DiNardo – Postdoctoral Scholar in Colin Conine Lab (UPENN)
Austin Harvey – Scientist III at ThermoFisher Scientific
Erik Toraason – LSRF Postdoctoral Fellow in Colleen Murphy Lab (Princeton University)
Research Assistants
Victoria Adler – PhD student at UNC, Chapel Hill
Marissa Glover – PhD UCSC (NSF GRFP Fellow); now Scientist at Exai Bio
Jackie Helm – stay at home mother
Jennifer Lawson – InVivo Biosystems
Colette Richter – InVivo Biosystems
Vashti Stutsman – OHSU Nursing Program
Sabbatical Faculty
Kenneth Hillers – Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (Chair of Biology)
David Wynne – University of Portland
Staff Scientists
Devin Dinwiddie – Lead Bioinformatician for the Center for Noninvasive Diagnostics at Translational Genomics Institute
Nicole Kurhanewicz – NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow; Asst. Research Professor at UO
Undergraduates
Kamuela Akeo – M.A. in ethnomusicology at University of Hawaii, Manoa
Cora Albers – PhD student at Ohio State University; research technician at Ohio State University
Veronica Berg
Joshua Brilon
Fountane Chan – Ophthalmology Residency Program at University of Wisconsin Medical School; received MD from OHSU Medical School; NIH IRTA post-baccalaureate program (Judith Kassis’ lab)
Cordell Clark – PhD student in Rebecca Heald Lab at UC Berkeley; Technician II in Sue Biggins Lab (HHMI, Hutch Cancer Center);
Alexandra Cohen – DiscoverOrg
Coohleen Coombes (SPUR/MARC summer student 2017) – PhD student at University of Washington
Karys Corsale
Sophia Cox
Rachel David – Ventura Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program; received MD from OSHU
Amelia Dayton – Bioinformatics Analyst at Allen Institute in Seattle; M.Sc. from University of Oregon; technician at Plasmidsaurus
Hannah Dougill
Ashley Epstein
Cailan Feingold – Orthopaedic Surgery Resident at USC Keck Medical School; MD from New York Medical College
Quincey Fish – owner/founder of EZ Machine & Tool
Ella Fliesler – Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholar in Guilleman Lab
Lily Francis
Reem Gerges
Breenah Goldberg – Thermo Fisher Scientific
Lauren Hodges – University of Washington M.Sc. program in Fisheries Sciences; US Fish and Wildlife
Anna Horacek – PhD student in Dirk Hockemeyer Lab at UC Berkeley; NIH IRTA post-baccalaureate program (Judith Kassis’ lab)
Ryan Kozak – WestPac Wealth Partners
Elena Kuypers – Research Scientist at Fall Creek Nursery Molecular Research Division
Nicolas Lee – UCSF PhD student (NSF GRFP Fellow); Hutch Cancer Research Center Post-Bacc Program (Harmit Malik lab)
Dylan Legg – Asset Management/GIS Technician for City of Bremerton
Julia Lo – JD student at Northwestern School of Law
Zach Marshall – Student Researcher in Adrienne Huxtable Lab (UO)
Colin Maxwell – Technical Account Manager at Qualtrics
Alex McGowan
Adriana Mendizabal (SPUR summer student 2018) – PhD student in Miller Lab at UC Berkeley
Daela Montgomery – Hutch Cancer Research Center Post-Bacc Program (Salama Lab)
Philip Nosler – PhD student at UCSB
Riley O’Mara – undergraduate researcher in Aaron Galloway Lab (UO)
Brittany Owen – Manufacturing Specialist Team Lead, Bristol Myers Squibb
Heidi Phuong
Adrian Ramos
Alina Salagean – PhD student at MIT in Yukiko Yamashita’s lab
Ruben Sanchez Flores – MD student at University of Washington Medical School
Sophia Schwartz – Undergraduate Researcher in Patrick Phillips Lab (UO)
Kaycee Schoellhorn – Genetic Counseling MSc student at Boston University
Madison Studer – community engagement officer at Civic Bridgers
Nikki Szczepanski – Computation Biologist at OHSU; M.Sc. Bioinformatics, Univ. of Oregon
Avia Tuguldur – student at Claremont McKenna College
Mindy Tran – Data Engineer, Kubrick Group; M.Sc. Bioinformatics, Boston University
Jordan Willard
Alex Williams
Alex Wong
Sarah Young – research technician at University of Colorado Medical School, Anschutz
Emily Zimet – YMCA Youth Development Specialist
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