Current Lab Members
Steve Haase, PhD – Professor and Principal Investigator
Professor of Biology
Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Professor in Cell Biology
Associate Professor in Medicine (Infectious Disease)
Training:
Postdoc, The Scripps Research Institute (Steve Reed)
Ph.D. Genetics, Stanford (Michelle Calos)
B.S. Biochemistry, Colorado State
Awards:
2021 Dean’s Leadership Award
2022 Elected AAAS Fellow
Leadership:
2011 – 2012. Director of Graduate Studies, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
2014 – 2015. Associate Director, University Program in Genetics and Genomics
2015 – 2020. Director, University Program in Genetics and Genomics
Huarui Zhou, PhD Student
Program in Cell and Molecular Biology
Ashley Lim, PhD Student
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM) Program
Claudia Petrucco, PhD – Postdoctoral Scholar
Tri-I Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program (MMPTP)
Alumni
Former Postdoctoral Researchers & Associates
Adam Leman, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar
Senior Scientist, Mimetics
Rob Moseley,Ph.D. Postdoc, 2021
Currently: Director of Data Science &
Entity Resolution at Equifax
Michael Ortiz, Associate in Research
Graduate Student, UNC Chapel Hill
Former Graduate Students
Sophie Campione, Ph.D. 2025
University Program in Genetics and Genomics
Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Training Program
Lauren Smith, Ph.D. 2022
Currently: Biomedical Editor at General Dynamics Information Technology
Chun-Yi Cho, Ph.D. 2017
Currently: Postdoc, Patrick O’Farrell, UCSF
Tina Kelliher, Ph.D. 2017
Postdoc with Jay Dunlap, Dartmouth
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, UMass Boston
Michael Mayhew, Ph.D. 2014
Postdoc, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
Currently: Senior Bioinformatics Scientist at Inflammatix, Inc. S.F. Bay Area
Sara Bristow, Ph.D. 2013
Currently: Research Scientist at Northwell Fertility,
Science Writer at InVitae
Laura Simmons Kovacs, Ph.D. 2009
Postdoc, UNC Chapel Hill
Currently: Biology Educator
Dave Orlando, Ph.D. 2009
Postdoc, MIT
Currently: Owner & Founder of Orlando Data Science
Mark Chee, Ph.D., 2010
Currently: Assistant Professor of Biology, Martin Methodist College, Tenn.
Christine Nelson, M.S., 2004
Former Undergraduates
Stephanie Weber, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Stanford
Postdoc, Princeton
Currently: Assistant Professor of Biology, McGill University
Charles Lin, Ph.D.
Ph.D., MIT
Postdoc, Harvard
Currently: Assistant Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
Jianghi Ho, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Duke
Postdoc, Duke, Matsunami Lab
Rosie Jiang, Ph.D.
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins
Currently: Life Sciences Specialist at L.E.K. Consulting
Boyoung (Sara) Jung, M.D.
M.D., Dartmouth
Currently: Dept. of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medicine
Chenchen Huang
Currently: Medical Student, Wake Forest
Rong en Tay
Currently: Ph.D. Program in Immunology, Harvard/Dana Farber
