Sriram Venneti, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator
Al and Robert Glick Family Research Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Pathology
Scientific Research Director of the Chad Carr Pediatric Brain Tumor Center
Julie Taubman Reys Scholar in Cancer
Jill Bayliss, MS
Research Laboratory Specialist Senior (Lab Manager)
University of Iowa, Biological Sciences
Mateus Mota, MS, PhD
Research Investigator
MS: National Cancer Institute (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
PhD: University of Alabama Birmingham
Erin T. Hamanishi, MD, PhD
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Physician Fellow
PhD: University of Toronto, Ontario
Pediatrics Residency at William Beaumont Children’s Hospital
Akash Deogharkar, PhD
ChadTough Defeat DIPG Postdoctoral Research Fellow
BS, MS: University of Mumbai, India
PhD: Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Bhabha State University, India
Joanna Lum, BS
ChadTough Defeat DIPG Graduate Research Fellow
Molecular and Cellular Pathology PhD Candidate
NIH Training Program in Translational Research T32 Fellow
BS: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Katie Manzeck, BS
Cancer Biology PhD Candidate
Cancer Biology Doctoral Program Student Fellowship
BS: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Wentao Tian
Cellular and Molecular Biology PhD Student
University of Michigan-Xiangya School of Medicine Central South University PhD/MD Dual Degree Program
Simon Hoffman, BS
Laboratory Research Technician
BS: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Rijul Mehta
Undergraduate Researcher
Mentor: Siva Kumar Natarajan
Ruhi Gulati
Undergraduate Researcher
Mentor: Siva Kumar Natarajan
Tisha Bhat
Undergraduate Researcher
Mentor: Joanna Lum
Ritika Putta
Undergraduate Researcher
Mentor: Katie Manzeck
Lab Alumni
Derek Dang, PhD
Doctoral Student in Molecular and Cellular Pathology (2019-2024)
Current Position: Laboratory Leadership Service Fellow at the Center for Disease Control
John McKolay, BS
Research Technician
James Haggerty-Skeans, PhD
Doctoral Student in Cellular and Molecular Biology/MD-PhD Program (2020-2024)
Current Position: Medical Student, University of Michigan
Matthew Pun, PhD
Doctoral Student in Cellular and Molecular Biology/MD-PhD Program (2020-2023)
Stefan Sweha, PhD
Doctoral Student in Neuroscience (2017-2021)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Pooja Panwalker, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2015-2018)
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Fork & Good Inc., New York
Chan Chung, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow (2014-2021)
Current Position: Assistant Professor at DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology), South Korea (Chan Chung Lab Website)
Drew Pratt, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, National Cancer Institute
Adam Banda
Graduate Masters student
Rosie Henn
Rotation MSTP student
Anna Michmerhuizen
Rotation Graduate student
Jonathan Clark, MD PhD
Visiting fellow, Austin Hospital, Victoria, Australia
Chris Parran
Research Technician
Abdulla Syed
Undergraduate Researcher
Peggy Yu
Undergraduate Researcher
Cristina (Yujie) Ding
Undergraduate Researcher
Pranav Narayanan
Undergraduate Researcher
Sanjana Chimalakonda
Undergraduate Researcher