Anna Huttenlocher, MD
Principal Investigator
David Bennin
Laboratory Manager
Julie Rindy, MSc
Zebrafish Facility Manager
Frances Smith
Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program
I am interested in the potential of stem cells for use in bacterial and fungal infections. We can now derive nearly all immune cells from stem cell lines and modify them to improve host response to all kinds of infection. I will explore how we can continue to improve these stem cells to optimize human immune function.
Adam Horn, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Zhili Chen
Nicholas Garcia
Jonathan Schrope
MD/PhD Graduate Program
I am interested in understanding how leukocytes recognize their surrounding physical environment and integrate external mechanical signals to regulate cell migration strategies.
Mallorie Mitchem
Alex Fister
Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program
I am studying immune cell recruitment to wound sites during the activation of innate immunity. I am interested in how pathogen-host interactions affect this response, as well as key players involved in the activation of the innate immune response.
Yiran Hou, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
I’m interested in identifying key factors driving successful regeneration, with the hope to improve human wound healing and regeneration. At the Huttenlocher lab, I’m exploring the role of the innate immune system in supporting regeneration. My current work focuses on molecularly defining the event of neutrophil reverse migration using single cell sequencing approach, aiming to identify molecular signatures that could distinguish neutrophils that are involved in this process from the ones that are not.
Tanner Robertson, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
I study adaptive immunity using the zebrafish, with a particular focus on T cell trafficking and motility.
Nayanna Mercado-Soto
Microbiology Doctoral Training Program
I am interested in understanding host-pathogen interactions during Aspergillus fumigatus infection. Particularly, I am curious about understanding interactions between strains of A. fumigatus in the host; and macrophage polarization during infection.
Undergraduate Students
Arianna Warner-Villarreal
Emilie Rochon
Shreya Vatted
John Stuntebeck
Genevieve Dockry
Maja Doty
Zoe Toltzien
Former Lab Members
Amit Bhatt, MD, PhD, Radiation Oncology Consultants of West County, St Louis, MO
Keefe Chan, PhD, Scientist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, University of Melbourne
Kate Cooper, PhD, Professor, Loras College, Iowa
Christa Cortesio, PhD, Director of Cell Biology, Kite Pharma
Abbi Cox Paulson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology, Elmira College
Ashley Doan, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Bryant and Stratton College, Milwaukee
Santos Franco, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Colorado
Beth Harvie, PhD, Science writer, MedThink
Penny Lam, PhD, Assistant Professor (tenure track) Medical College of Wisconsin
Katie Mladinich, PhD/J.D., Associate at Latham and Watkins (patent law)
Paul Nuzzi, PhD, Patent officer, Choate Hall and Stewart LLP
Ben Perrin, PhD, Associate Professor, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Ernie Dodd, PhD Lab, manager, Zeeh Pharmaceutical Experiment Station, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Taylor Starnes, MD/PhD, Assistant Professor, Loyola Stritch School of Medicine
Simone Shen, PhD, process scientist, Theragent in Arcadia CA
Will Simonson, MD/PhD, Pathologist, Western Washington Pathology
Kevin Walters, PhD, Associate Project Manager, Southern Research Institute
Sarah Wernimont, MD/PhD, Assistant Professor, OB/Gyn, University of Minnesota
Sa kan Yoo, PhD, Associate Chief Scientist RIKEN, Kobe, Japan
Lindsy Boateng PhD, Assistant Professor (tenure track), Newberry College
Peter Cavnar, PhD, Associate Professor(tenure), University of West Florida
Qing Deng, PhD, Professor, Purdue University
Laura Dziadzio, MD, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Christina Freisinger, PhD, Technical Services Scientist, Promega
Jonathan Mathias, PhD, Associate Director, Global Scientific Communications at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Tim Piazza, PhD, Director of Cell Biology, BioSentinel Pharmaceuticals
Miriam Shelef, MD/PhD, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ben Korte, PhD, Bioengineer, Fugent
Lucas Klemm, PhD, Elevate Bio
Briana Rocha Gregg, Science administration, Alzheimer’s research group, UW Madison
Morgan Giese, PhD, Senior Scientist at PPD with Gene Therapy team
Sebastien Tauzin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Utah Valley University
Andrew Wiemer, PhD, Professor, University of Connecticut
Danny LeBert, PhD, Assistant Professor, Northern Michigan University
William J.B. Vincent, PhD, Microscopy Sale Representative, Olympus
Benjamin Knox, PhD, Associate Director, Fungal Technology, Terra Bioforge
Davalyn Powell, PhD, Biomedical Science writer and editor
James Muse Davis, MD/PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
Emily Rosowski, PhD, Assistant Professor (tenure track), Clemson University
Sofia DeOliveira, PhD, Assistant professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Francisco Barros, PhD, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Washington
Netta Golenberg, PhD, Clinical Genomic Scientist, Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
Laurel Hind, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
Russell Burke, PhD, Research imaging specialist, Olympus
Ruth Housewright, PhD/DVM, Veterinary Pathologist
Veronika Miskolci, PhD, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University
Ashley Peterson, PhD, Chicago Biomedical Consortium, Entrepreneurial Fellow