Shapiro Lab: People

Left to right, more or less: Max Sidesinger, Raquel Maynez, Rhiannon Turner, Jim Baldwin-Brown, Rebecca Bruders, Emily Maclary, Tyler Gilvarry, Hannah van Hollebeke, Emma Mackey, Anna Vickrey, Elena Boer, Mike Shapiro.

 

 

 

Principal Investigator

 
Mike

Mike Shapiro

Professor of Biology



Contact Information

Biosketch

Postdoctoral Fellows

 

Jim Baldwin-Brown

postdoctoral fellow

• Ph.D., 2016, U.C. Irvine (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• NIH F32 Fellowship
• Co-advised by Nitin Phadnis

Emily Maclary

postdoctoral fellow

• Ph.D., 2016, University of Michigan (Human Genetics)
• 2016 Weintraub Award recipient
• 2017-2020 Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund Postdoctoral Fellow

Anna Vickrey

Postdoctoral fellow

• B.A., 2014, University of Utah
• NSF Graduate Research Fellow
• 2017 Walter Fitch Award, SMBE
• 2019 Lloyd Fellowship, U of Utah
• 2020 Riser Award, U of Utah
• Ph.D. 2020, U of Utah

Graduate Students

 

Atoosa Samani

Graduate Student, MCEB program

• B.S., 2019, University of Utah

Undergraduate Students

 

Alexa Davis

undergraduate researcher

• ACCESS program
• University Research Opportunity Program

Bridget Phillips

undergraduate researcher

• ACCESS program
• 2019 Biology Research Scholar
• University Research Opportunity Program

Ryan Wauer

undergraduate researcher

• University Research Opportunity Program


Lab Alumni

 

 

Jaci Aldenhoven, Ph.D.


Postdoctoral Fellow

Current: Policy Officer, Department of Science and Medical Research, Government of New South Wales, Australia

Brittany Bannish


Graduate Student and summer intern
Dept. of Mathematics

Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Central Oklahoma

Tylynn Bingham


undergraduate researcher

ACCESS program

Elena Boer

postdoctoral fellow

• Ph.D., 2015, University of Utah (Oncological Sciences)
• NIH Developmental Biology Training Grant graduate trainee
• NIH F32 Fellowship
• Current: Clinical Variant Scientist, ARUP Laboratories

Rebecca Bruders

Graduate Student, MCEB program

• B.S., 2012, University of Washington
• NSF Graduate Research Fellow
• Ph.D. 2020

marissa burton

Marissa Burton


undergraduate researcher

ACCESS program
• Biology Undergraduate Research Program

Eric Domyan

Eric Domyan


postdoctoral fellow

• Ph.D. (Genetics), 2011, U. Wisconsin
• NSF Graduate Research Fellow
• NIH T32 Developmental Biology Training Grant trainee, 2012-2013
• NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellow, 2013-pres.
Current: Assistant Professor, Utah Valley University

sara fauver

Sara Fauver


undergraduate researcher

ACCESS program
• Biology Undergraduate Research Program
• University Research Opportunity Program
• Myriad Genetics Scholarship recipient

Annah

Annah Frisch, B.S. 2014


undergraduate researcher


Tennyson George


undergraduate researcher


• Biology Undergraduate Research Program

Kamala

Kamala Ginesh


Summer undergraduate researcher

• Utah SURP program, 2013
• Undergraduate at University of Virginia

Mike Guernsey

Mike Guernsey, B.S. 2012


Technician and undergraduate researcher


• Biology Undergraduate Research Program
• University Research Opportunity Program
• Myriad Genetics Scholarship

Tyler Gilvarry, B.S. 2018

undergraduate researcher



Anna

Sierra Johnson


undergraduate researcher

• Study abroad program at Oxford, Spring 2013

Heidi

Heidi McCoy, B.S. 2008


Undergraduate Researcher


• Biology Undergraduate Research Program grantee

Emma Mackey

High School researcher

• International Baccalaureate program

 

Raquel Maynez, B.S. 2018

undergraduate researcher


• SDB "Choose Development!" Fellow

Ashley Miller, B.S. 2010


Undergraduate Researcher


ACCESS program
• Biology Undergraduate Research Program grantee
• Departmental Scholarship awardee
• University Research Opportunity Program grantee
• Undergraduate Research Scholar

matt miller

Matt Miller, B.S. 2010


Undergraduate Researcher


• BEST scholarship awardee
• BioURP grantee
Current: Ophthalmology resident, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine (M.D., University of Utah)

Anna

Patrick Miller


undergraduate researcher


Krystle

Krystle Minear


Graduate Student, EEOB program


Elissa

Elissa Mulroy, B.S. 2011


Undergraduate Researcher

• Biology Undergraduate Research Program grantee
• University Research Opportunity Program grantee
• Departmental Scholarship awardeee
• Undergraduate Research Scholar

Lucas Pereira

undergraduate researcher



Dave Record

Dave Record, B.S. 2011

undergraduate researcher

 

Max Sidesinger, B.S. 2018

undergraduate researcher

• University Research Opportunity Program

Sydney Stringham, Ph.D. 2014


graduate student

• Ph.D. (Biology), 2014, University of Utah
• 2009-2011 NSF TGLL Fellowship recipient
NIH T32 Genetics Training Grant trainee, 2011-2013

Alex

Alex Tampio, B.S. 2011

undergraduate researcher

• Biology Undergraduate Research Program grantee
• Departmental Scholarship awardee

Rhiannon Turner

undergraduate researcher


 

hannah

Hannah van Hollebeke

undergraduate and Research technician

• University Research Opportunity Program
• B.S., 2017, University of utah

Sara Young, B.S. 2016


undergraduate researcher

• University Reseach Opportunity Program internship recipient

 

Not Pictured:

Liz Lyon
Visiting Undergraduate Researcher (Scripps College)

Amber Lunsford
Undergraduate Researcher
ACCESS program

Choryn Sundin
Summer Undergradute Research Program Intern (Southern Utah University)

Chris Martell
Undergraduate Technician

Former Graduate Rotation Students:

Elena Boer
Molecular Biology Program

Eric Bogenschutz
Molecular Biology Program

Nora Brown
Molecular Biology Program

Julia Carleton
Molecular Biology Program

Daniela Chavez
Molecular Biology Program

Jonathan Craft
Molecular Biology Program

Chris Cunningham
Dept. of Biology

Kristin Fenker
Molecular Biology Program

Della Fixsen
Molecular Biology Program

Steven Flygare
Molecular Biology Program

Tiffani Jones
Molecular Biology Program

Zev Kronenberg
Molecular Biology Program

Matt Moulton
Molecular Biology Program

E.J. Osborne
Molecular Biology Program

Ross Randall
Molecular Biology Program

Shelley Reich
MCEB Program

Andres Romero-Carvajal
Molecular Biology Program

Tatum Simonson
Molecular Biology Program

Andy Sposato
MCEB Program