Staff

Dave Pagliarini

Principal Investigator

pagliarini [at] wustl [dot] edu

Jarred Rensvold

Dave Pagliarini

Scientist

PhD Cellular and Molecular Biology, 2015, UW Madison

rensvold [at] wustl [dot] edu

Chelsea White

Lab Manager

MS, 2016, Loyola University, Chicago

crwhite [at] wustl [dot] edu

Zixiang Fang

Chelsea White

Research Specialist

PhD Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2020, University of Texas at Arlington

fangz [at] wustl [dot] edu

Postdoctoral Fellows

Zak Baker

Mateusz Manicki

Rachel Guerra

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD Biochemistry, 2018, University of Saskatchewan

bakerz [at] wustl [dot] edu

Rachel Guerra

Mateusz Manicki

Rachel Guerra

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, 2018, Harvard University

guerra [at] wustl [dot] edu

Mateusz Manicki

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2016, Gdansk University

manicki [at] wustl [dot] edu

Andrew Smith

Caroline Fecher

Mateusz Manicki

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD Biomolecular & Biomedical Science, 2019, University College Dublin

smith.andrew [at] wustl [dot] edu

Caroline Fecher

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD Systemic Neuroscience, 2020, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich & Technical University of Munich

fecher [at] wustl [dot] edu

Sanchari Datta

Caroline Fecher

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD Cell and Molecular Biology, 2020, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

sanchari.datta [at] wustl [dot] edu

Graduate Students

Abigail Bartlett

Graduate Student

BS Biochemistry, BS Cellular and Molecular Biology, 2017, Auburn University

akbartlett [at] wisc [dot] edu

Zack Kemmerer

Abigail Bartlett

Graduate Student

MS Chemistry, 2014, Villanova University

ZKemmerer [at] morgridge [dot] org

Nathan Murray

Abigail Bartlett

Nathan Murray

Graduate Student

BS Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2016, Michigan State University

murrayn [at] wustl [dot] edu

Edrees Rashan

Nathan Murray

Graduate Student

BS Biochemistry, 2016, UI Urbana-Champaign

erashan [at] wisc [dot] edu

Kyle Robinson

Edrees Rashan

Kyle Robinson

Graduate Student

BS Biochemistry, 2015, Purdue University

krobinson7 [at] wisc [dot] edu

Jon Schmitz

Edrees Rashan

Kyle Robinson

Graduate Student

BS Biology, 2014, James Madison University

jschmitz8 [at] wisc [dot] edu

Laura Steenberge

Graduate Student (MSTP)

BS Chemistry, 2015, Illinois Wesleyan University

steenberge [at] wisc [dot] edu

Andrew Sung

Laura Steenberge

Graduate Student (MSTP)

BS Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, 2015, Yale University

andrew.sung [at] wisc [dot] edu

Jonathan Tai

Laura Steenberge

Jonathan Tai

Graduate Student (MSTP)

BS Biochemistry, 2014, UI Urbana-Champaign

jtai4@wisc [dot] edu

Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

Paul Grimsrud
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010 – 2014
Currently: Senior Research Specialist, Duke University School of Medicine (Durham, NC)
Natalie Niemi
Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Scientist, 2012-2020
Currently: Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis, MO)
Dan Pensinger
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020
Currently: Assistant Researcher, Drew Hryckowian lab, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Madison, WI)

Graduate Students

Joshua Carson
Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2010 – 2015
Currently: Licensing Associate, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, WI)
Brendan Floyd
Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2010 – 2015
Currently: Resident Physician, Stanford Children’s Health I Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford (Palo Alto, CA)
Xiao Guo
Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2012 – 2017
Currently: Scientist, Charles River Laboratories (Wilmington, Massachusetts)
Danielle Lohman
Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2012-2017
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017-2018
Currently: AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, (Washington, D.C.)
Molly McDevitt
Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2011 – 2019
Currently: Senior Scientist, PPD (Middleton, WI)
Andrew Reidenbach
Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2011 – 2017
Currently: Research Scientist I, Broad Institute (Cambridge, MA)
Jarred Rensvold
Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2009 – 2015
Currently: Scientist, WashU School of Medicine
Jonathan Stefely
Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2011 – 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2015 – 2017
Currently: Clinical Fellow in Pathology,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Amelia (Still) Nestler
Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2010 – 2015
Currently: Senior Research Scientist, Northwest Green Chemistry (Olympia, WA)
Michael Veling
Graduate Student (Ph.D.), 2013-2018
Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Wyss Institute, (Boston, MA)
Kelly (Werner) Eckart
Graduate Student (M.S.), 2011 – 2014
Currently: Science Teacher, Our Lady of Mount Carmel School (Boonton, NJ)

Undergraduate Students

Temi Ayodele
Undergraduate, 2013 – 2014
Grant Barber
Undergraduate, 2009 – 2012
Currently: Resident Physician, Stanford University Hospital (Palo Alto, CA)
Sarah Bohl
Undergraduate, 2013 – 2016
Currently: Analytical Chemist, Covance
(Madison, WI)
Brendan Dolan
Undergraduate, 2013 – 2014
Currently: Senior Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton (Rockville, MD)
Michael Drahnak
Undergraduate, 2014- 2016
Temporary Research Assistant, 2016 – 2017
Currently: Pursing a Medical Degree (Twin Cities, MN)
Drew Gunderson
Undergraduate, 2013 – 2014
Currently: MD Candidate at Rosalind Franklin University (Chicago, IL)
Athavi Jeevananthan
Undergraduate, 2012 – 2014
Currently: Medical Student at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (Madison, WI)
Isabel Johnson
Undergraduate, 2013 – 2015
Currently: Tetrad Graduate Student, UCSF – Tetrad Program (San Francisco, CA)
Sheila Johnson
Undergraduate, 2017 – 2019
Currently: PhD Candidate at Harvard University in the Chemical Biology Program (Cambridge, MA)
Amy Lin
Undergraduate, 2017 – 2019
Currently: PhD Candidate at Harvard University in the Chemical Biology Program (Cambridge, MA)
Jacob Sokol
Undergraduate Student, 2015-2017
Currently: Teaching English as a second language in Spain
Matthew Stefely
Undergraduate, 2013 – 2016
Currently: Graphic Designer, Morgridge Institute for Research (Madison, WI)
Kate (Stone) Reed
Undergraduate, 2009 – 2014
Currently: Physician Assistant Student, Northeastern University (Boston, MA)
Lainy Von Bank
Undergraduate, 2016 – 2018
Temporary Research Assistant, 2018 – 2019
Currently: PhD Candidate at UW-Madison in the Cellular and Molecular Biology Program (Madison, WI)

Staff

AJ Bureta
Graphic Designer, 2010 – 2013
Jenelle Gierhart-Sutter
Assistant Director of Metabolism Operations, 2016-2020
Currently: Assistant Director of Metabolism Operations, Morgridge Institute for Research (Madison, WI)
Adam Jochem
Senior Research Specialist, 2010-2020
Currently: Senior Research Specialist, Audrey Gasch Lab, University of Wisconsin–Madison (Madison, WI)
Jaclyn Mabry
Research Specialist, 2017 – 2019
Currently: Research and Development Scientist at Semba Biosciences (Madison, WI)
Nicholas Ryan
Assistant Research Specialist, 2009 – 2010
Currently: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at CentraCare Clinic – Health (St. Cloud, MN)