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

svenneti@med.umich.edu

 

Jill Bayliss, MS

Research Laboratory Specialist Senior (Lab Manager)

University of Iowa, Biological Sciences

jbayliss@med.umich.edu

 

Mateus Mota, MS, PhD

Research Investigator

MS: National Cancer Institute (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

PhD: University of Alabama Birmingham

mmota@med.umich.edu

 

Erin T. Hamanishi, MD, PhD

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Physician Fellow

PhD: University of Toronto, Ontario

Pediatrics Residency at William Beaumont Children’s Hospital

ehamanis@med.umich.edu

 

Siva Kumar Natarajan, PhD

PhD: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

sivakn@umich.edu

 

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

akdeogha@umich.edu

 

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

jolum@umich.edu

 

Katie Manzeck, BS

Cancer Biology PhD Candidate

Cancer Biology Doctoral Program Student Fellowship

BS: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

kmanzeck@umich.edu

 

Wentao Tian

Cellular and Molecular Biology PhD Student

University of Michigan-Xiangya School of Medicine Central South University PhD/MD Dual Degree Program

tianwt@umich.edu

 

Simon Hoffman, BS

Laboratory Research Technician

BS: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

sihoff@umich.edu

 

Andreanna Fekaris

Undergraduate Researcher

Mentor: Mateus Mota

afekaris@umich.edu

 

Rijul Mehta

Undergraduate Researcher

Mentor: Siva Kumar Natarajan

 

Sagar Rau

Undergraduate Researcher

Mentor: Akash Deogharkar

sagarrau@umich.edu

 

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