Meet The Team
Lab Members
Joe Kissil, Ph.D.
Principle Investigator
Sorcerer of Funding
Scott Troutman, B.Sc.
Research Project Manager
Jack of All Lab Trades
Jaya Padmanabhan, Ph.D.
Research Scientist III
Oracle of Molecular Pathways
Matthew Grove, Ph.D.
Research Scientist II
Modeler of Mice
Daniel Lester, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Wrangler of Naked Mole Rats
Jordana Azevedo Martins, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Watcher of Organoids
Zoey Foley
Cancer Biology Ph.D. Student
Sorcerer's Apprentice
Vito Nicolaci
Research Assistant I
Digester of Mouse Tails
Susan Raines, M.P.A.
Executive Assistant
Keyboard Warrior and Keeper of Schedules
Alyssa Shepard, Ph.D.
Associate Researcher, Lab Communications
Keeper of Naked Mole Rat Lore​
Lab Pets
Sol
Baya
Tati
Shuri
Marvin
Mob
Mint
Lab Alumni
​Students and post-docs
Angela García Fonseca, M.Sc.
Maria Gonzalez Rodriguez, M.D.
Parisa Amirifar, Ph.D.
Kuang Ting Kuo, B.Sc.
Joanne Doherty, Ph.D.
Sany Hoxa, Ph.D.
William Guerrant, Ph.D.
Mandati Vinay, Ph.D.
Susana Molerhino, Ph.D.
Silvia Licciulli, Ph.D.
Jackie Ellis-Avila, Ph.D.
Chun Zhu, Ph.D.
Chunling Yi, Ph.D.
Linda Hanlon, Ph.D.
Miyoung Cho, Ph.D.
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Undergraduate students and interns
Rebecca Pryor
David Harbaugh
Tanner Waters
Cara Lang
Gabrielle McDermott
Megan Allen
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