Graduate Students
Graduate students from six of the eight programs offered by the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences conduct research in the Department of Biology. The department also supports graduate students from the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), a joint effort between Georgia Tech, Laney Graduate School, and the Emory School of Medicine, and we support graduate students from the Emory Department of Physics.
Julia De Amorim
Email: julia.amorim@emory.edu
Advisor: Anita Corbett
Research Interests: Julia is a PhD candidate in the Biochemistry, Cell, and Developmental Biology (BCDB) program. Her research focuses on mechanisms of RNA turnover/processing and how these mechanisms are important in DNA damage repair.
Carly Lancaster
Email: carly.laurel.lancaster@emory.edu
Advisor: Anita Corbett
Research Interests: xxx
Maria Sterrett
Email: maria.carson.sterrett@emory.edu
Advisor: Anita Corbett
Research Interests: xxx
Ziben Zhou
Email: ziben.zhou@emory.edu
Advisor: David Gorkin
Research Interests: xxx
Miranda Adams
Email: miranda.adams@emory.edu
Advisor: Jennifer Spangle, Anita Corbett
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Edwin Corgiat
Email: edwin.bernard.corgiat@emory.edu
Advisors: Kenneth Moberg, Anita Corbett
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Christine Doronio
Email: christine.doronio@emory.edu
Advisor: Bill Kelly
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Alexander Gulka
Email: alexander.gulka@emory.edu
Advisor: David Gorkin
Research Interests: The BRG1/BRM-associated factors (BAF) chromatin remodeling complexes play a critical role in the regulation of transcriptional programs through their function in establishing accessible chromatin at cis-regulatory elements (cREs). I am interested in the mechanisms and molecular features that govern recruitment of BAF to these cREs in cell-type and stimulus-specific manners. Additionally, I hope to elucidate mechanisms by which mutations in BAF subunits lead to dysfunction and/or mislocalization of these complexes, with a specific focus on interrogating BAF mutations associated with human neurodevelopmental disease.
Lauren Hodkinson
Email: lauren.jessica.hodkinson@emory.edu
Advisor: Leila Rieder
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Dylan Holder 
Email: dylan.harris.holder@emory.edu
Advisor: Roger Deal
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Stephanie Jones
Email: stephanie.karena.jones@emory.edu
Advisor: Anita Corbett
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Christy Kinney
Email: christy.kinney@emory.edu
Advisor: Anita Corbett
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Ellen Krall
Email: ellen.grace.krall@emory.edu
Advisor: Roger Deal
Research Interests: I'm broadly interested in understanding the dynamics of DNA packaging in plants and how this packaging is modulated in response to internal and external signals. I'm currently investigating how histone variant H2A.Z is targeted in the genome of model plant organism Arabidopsis thaliana by protein MBD9.
Annie McPherson
Email: amcphe3@emory.edu
Advisor: Anita Corbett
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Yonina Loskove
Email: yonina.loskove@emory.edu
Advisor: David Gorkin
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Olivia Morrison
Email: olivia.morrison@emory.edu
Advisor: Jitendra Thakur
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Thomas O'Haren
Email: thomas.edward.o'haren@emory.edu
Advisor: Leila Rieder
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Brianna Silver
Email: brianna.silver@emory.edu
Advisor: Roger Deal
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Courtney Willett
Email: courtney.grace.willett@emory.edu
Advisor: Roger Deal
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Amber Coats
Email: amber.nicole.coats@emory.edu
Advisor: Katia Koelle
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Megan Woods
Email: mwoods9@emory.edu
Advisor: Nic Vega
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Sena Agezo
Email: sena.agezo@emory.edu
Advisors: Robert Liu, Gordon Berman
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Jarildy Javier
Email: jarildy.javier@emory.edu
Advisors: Malavika Murugan, Larry Young
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Taylor Kahl
Email: taylor.marissa.kahl@emory.edu
Advisor: Dieter Jaeger
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Andrea Pack
Email: andrea.r.pack@emory.edu
Advisor: Sam Sober
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Leila May Pascual
Email: leila.may.pascual@emory.edu
Advisor: Sam Sober
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Maha Rashid
Email: maha.haseeb.rashid@emory.edu
Advisor: Dieter Jaeger
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Yunmiao Wang
Email: yunmiao.wang@emory.edu
Advisor: Dieter Jaeger
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Kanishk Jain
Email: kanishk.jain@emory.edu
Advisors: Gordon Berman
Research Interests: I use tools from Physics, Mathematics and Deep Learning to measure and model the behavioral and neural dynamics of freely moving animals.
Brent Allman
Email: brent.elliott.allman@emory.edu
Advisors: Katia Koelle, David Weissman
Research Interests: Brent's research focuses on the within-host evolution of RNA viruses. In particular, his dissertation centers around the idea that when viruses co-infect a host cell, their protein products are treated as public goods. They developed mathematical and simulation models to address how the treatment of public goods impacts natural selection on within-host viral populations.
Carmen Alvarez
Email: carmen.alvarez@emory.edu
Advisor: Nic Vega
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
KM Barnett
Email: kmbarn4@emory.edu
Advisor: Dave Civitello
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Lynda Bradley
Email: lynda.michele.bradley@emory.edu
Advisor: Dave Civitello, Lance A. Waller
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Jason Chen
Email: jason.chen2@emory.edu
Advisors: Nic Vega, Nicole Gerardo
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Mackenzie Hoogshagen
Email: mackenzie.hoogshagen@emory.edu
Advisors: Japp de Roode, David Civitello
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Mitchell Kendzel
Email: mitchell.kendzel@emory.edu
Advisors: Jaap de Roode, Lance A. Waller
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Jordan Lewis
Email: jordan.alexander.lewis@emory.edu
Advisor: Levi Morran
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Michael Martin
Email: michael.martin2@emory.edu
Advisor: Katia Koelle
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Michelle McCauley
Email: michelle.anne.mccauley@emory.edu
Advisor: Levi Morran
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Sandra Mendiola
Email: sandra.mendiola@emory.edu
Advisors: Nicole Gerardo, Dave Civitello
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Xorla Ocloo
Email: xorla.seyram.ocloo@emory.edu
Advisor: Dave Civitello, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Yeongseon Park
Email: yeongseon.park@emory.edu
Advisor: Katia Koelle
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Jacoby Robinson
Email: jacoby.robinson@emory.edu
Advisor: Nicole Gerardo
Research Interests: XXXXXXX
Kelsey Shaw
Email: kelsey.erin.shaw@emory.edu
Advisor: Dave Civitello
Research Interests: I am interested in host-parasite interactions across scales and eco-immunology. I am currently studying the impact of host traits and community composition on the transmission of schistosomes, the causative agent of the Neglected Tropical Disease schistosomiasis.
Kayla Stoy
Email: kayla.stoy@emory.edu
Advisors: Nicole Gerardo, Levi Morran
Research Interests: XXXXXXX