People

Marc B. Hershenson, M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics and Molecular & Integrative Physiology

mhershen@med.umich.edu

J. Kelley Bentley, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist

kbentley@med.umich.edu

Dr. Bentley earned his PhD in Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University in 1986. He took postdoctoral fellowships in Biochemistry and Pharmacology at the University of Washington. He was appointed Assistant Research Professor at the University of Michigan in 2004 and promoted to Associate Research Scientist in 2016.

Yiran Li, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

yirli@med.umich.edu

Dr. Li received his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Wayne State University under the direction of Professor Miriam Greenberg. Dr. Li completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Institute/Harvard Medical School under the direction of Professor Zheng-Yi Chen.

Haley Breckenridge, B.A.

Research Technician

haleybre@med.umich.edu

Ms. Breckenridge graduated with a degree in Biology, Health and Society from the University of Michigan in 2019.

Thomas Vigil, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

thvigil@mich.edu

Dr. Vigil received his PhD in Molecular and Integrative Physiology at the University of Michigan Medical School under the direction of Professor Richard Mortensen.

Shilpi Singh, M Tech

Research Technician

svcdec@med.umich.edu

Ms. Singh was awarded a Master of Technology degree from Amity University, India in 2017.

Shiuhyang Kuo, Ph.D.

Research Technician

skuo@med.mich.edu

Dr. Kuo received his PhD from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida,Gainesville, in 1998.

Jordan Kreger, B.S.

Research Technician

jkrege@med.umich.edu

Ms. Kreger graduated with a degree in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in 2019.

Former Lab Members

Dawn C. Newcomb, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical School

Uma Sajjan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Physiology, Temple University, Philadelphia

Kenneth Hennrick, M.D.

Director of Commercial Laboratory Operations, miR Scientific, Rensselaer, NY

Deepti N. Nagarkar, Ph.D.

Senior Scientific Manager, Genetech, South San Francisco, CA

Qiong Wang, Ph.D.

Publication Manager, Intercontinental Scientific Publications at Bristol Myers Squibb, Philadelphia

Antonia P. Popova, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics University of Michigan

Paul D. Bozyk, M.D.

Associate Professor, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Beaumont Health, Royal Oak, MI

Dina Schneider, Ph.D.

Associate Director of R&D ,Lentigen Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

Emily Bowman, Ph.D.

Translational Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb, Seattle, WA

Gina Vanderveen, M.P.H.

Senior Professional Research Assistant, University of Colorado

Anuli C. Anyanwu, Ph.D., M.S.

Computational Scientist, Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ

Jun-Young Hong, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Biology, Younsei University, Seoul, South Korea

Yutein "Andy" Chung, Ph.D.

Research Associate, Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan

Thomas G. Saba, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Michigan

Ediri Metitiri, M.S.

Graduate Student, University of Texas Health San Antonio

Breanna Eder, M.P.H.

Epidemiologist, Genetech, South San Francisco, CA

Charu Rajput, Ph.D.

Associate Scientist, Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Temple University, Philadelphia

Adam M. Goldsmith, Ph.D.

Radiation Safety Service, University of Michigan

Claudia C. Stroupe

Graduate Student, Northwestern University

Mingyuan Han, PhD.

Product Development Manager, Zoetis Animal Health, Kalamazoo, MI