MEET THE TEAM
Principal Investigator
Jason Shepherd
Postdoctoral Fellows
Sven Bervoets
Eric De Hoog
Graduate Students
Kaelan Sullivan
Mitali Tyagi
Alicia Walker
Gracie Sapp
Matt Grega
Technicians
Administrative Team
Alumni
Alicia Ravens (Graduate student 2018-2023). Current position – Postdoctoral Fellow, University of North Carolina.
Junjie Xu (Graduate Student 2020-2024). Awarded the Uta von Schwedler Prize in Retrovirology. Current position – Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University.
Alyson Stewart (Cell Culture Technician 2023-2024). Current position – Ph.D. student, University of Colorado.
Blake Highet (Postdoctoral Fellow 2022-2024). Current position – Research Fellow,
University of Auckland.
Radhika Chadha (Postdoctoral Fellow 2020-2024). Current position - Senior Scientist, Usana Health Sciences.
Michael Hantak (Postdoctoral Fellow 2019-2023). Current position – Biosafety Analyst, Northwestern University.
Jenifer Einstein (Graduate Student 2017-2023). Current position – Scientist, bioMérieux.
Tate Shepherd (Cell Culture Technician 2022-2023). Current position – Medical student, Oakland University.
Matthew Regier (Postdoctoral Fellow 2019 -2023). Current position – Scientific program manager, Taconic Biosciences.
Meredith Liddiard (Lab Manager 2020-2022). Current position-Lab Manager, Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Utah.
Madeleine Kyrke-Smith (Postdoctoral Fellow 2017-2021). NARSAD Young Investigator Award. Current position – Clinical research coordinator, Huntsman Cancer Institute.
Kenneth Lyon (Postdoctoral Fellow 2019-2022). Current position –Scientist, GSK.
Andrew Taibi (Graduate Student 2014-2020). Current position – Senior scientist, Recursion Pharmaceuticals.
Cameron Day (Postdoctoral Fellow 2014-2017). Current position – Scientist, Echelon Biosciences.
Elissa Pastuzyn (Postdoctoral Fellow 2014-2019). Current position – Director of Biology, Recursion Pharmaceuticals.
Jenna Novy (Undergraduate 2017-2019). Current position – Senior Project Associate, Management Sciences for Health.
Kyle Jenks (Graduate Student 2014-2019). F31 NRSA NIMH, James Prahl Award.
Current position – Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT.
Mansi Saraf (Undergraduate 2015-2016). Current position – Ph.D. student, UC Irvine.
Nate Yoder (Lab Technician 2013-2014). Current position – Scientific Lead, Eli Lilly.