Lab Alumni

Annie

Annie Gleason, B.S., M.S.

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Annie joined the lab in May 2023 as a graduate student from the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics.
Courtney

Courtney Ries, B.S.

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Courtney joined the lab in September 2021 and assisted with DNA extraction in the wet lab.
Ethan B (2)

Ethan Bahl, PhD

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Ethan recently received his PhD in Computational Genetics from the University of Iowa and is doing postdoctoral work at WashU.
Maddy

Madison Trog, B.S.

Title/Position
Clinical Research Assistant
Maddy is currently working on her PhD in School Psychology at UIowa.
Taylor Thomas

Taylor Thomas, PhD

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Taylor is currently pursuing post-doctoral work in Boston, MA.
Cate Buescher

Cate Buescher

Title/Position
Clinical Research Assistant
Sydney

Sydney Kramer

Title/Position
Clinical Research Assistant
Sydney is currently in graduate school studying psychiatric and behavioral genetics. 
Tanner Koomar

Tanner Koomar, PhD

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Tanner was the first graduate student to join the Michaelson Lab as part of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics.
Leo Brueggeman

Leo Brueggeman, M.D., PhD

Title/Position
Alumni
Leo was one of our MD/PhD student in Iowa's MSTP program and a graduate research assistant in the Michaelson lab.
Taylor Kalmus

Taylor Kalmus

Title/Position
Clinical Research Assistant
Taylor is currently at the University of Washington.
Bari Bloom

Bari Bloom

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Heli Desai

Heli Desai

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Chris Harris

Chris Harris

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Chris is currently working as a Case Manager.
Brady Hoskins

Brady Hoskins

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Brady is currently working as a Data Scientist with a concentration in predictive modeling in healthcare.
Elisabeth Karafili

Elisabeth Karafili

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Elisabeth is currently working as a Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist.
Holland Kuchel

Holland Kuchel

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Natasha Khot

Natasha Khot

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Carolyn Lo

Carolyn Lo

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Carolyn spent four semesters working in the Michaelson wet lab.
Flo Lowenthal

Florencia Lowenthal

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Florencia is currently working as a Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist.
Victoria Martin

Victoria Martin

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Alex Syverud

Alex Syverud

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Gina Timberlake

Gina Timberlake

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Julie Vyhanek

Julie Vyhanek

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Austin  Uhl

Austin Uhl

Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Lindsey Gravatt

Lindsey Gravatt

Title/Position
Rotation Student
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics
Jill Hauer

Jill Hauer

Title/Position
Rotation Student
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics
Jackie Kamradt

Jackie Kamradt

Title/Position
Rotation Student
Behavioral-Biomedical Interface Program
Allison Momany

Allison Momany

Title/Position
Rotation Student
Behavioral-Biomedical Interface Program
Matthias Richter

Matthias Richter

Title/Position
Rotation Student
Matthias was a German exchange student in the Michaelson Lab through the RISE Program.
Rachel Schroeder

Rachel Schroeder

Title/Position
Rotation Student
Rachel rotated through the Michaelson Lab as part of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience at UIowa.
Lea T

Lea Tiyavorabun

Title/Position
Rotation Student
RISE Program - German Exchange Student https://www.daad.org/en/find-funding/undergraduate-opportunities/research-internships-in-science-and-engineering-rise/
Josie Ullsperger

Josie Ullsperger

Title/Position
Rotation Student
Josie was part of the Behavioral-Biomedical Interface Program.
Kari Vance

Kari Vance

Title/Position
Rotation Student
Summer Undergraduate Researcher
Brendan

Brendan Whitney

Title/Position
Rotation Student
Behavioral-Biomedical Interface Program
Iman Dehzangi

Iman Dehazangi, PhD

Title/Position
Postdoctoral Researcher
Iman is currently employed at Morgan State University.
Dabney Hofammann

Dabney Hofamman

Title/Position
Research Assistant
Dabney is a recent graduate of the Counseling Psychology graduate program at the University of Iowa.
Jin-Young Koh

Jin-Young Koh

Title/Position
Research Assistant
Jin-Young Koh is currently enrolled in the Biomedical Engineering graduate program at the University of Iowa.
Brooke McKenna

Brooke McKenna

Title/Position
Clinical Research Assistant
Brooke was the Michaelson Lab's first Clinical Research Assistant. Since moving on from the lab, Brooke has gone on to receive her PhD in Clinical Psychology at Emory University.
Kaleb McKone

Kaleb McKone

Title/Position
Web Application Developer
Kaleb is currently working as a software engineer.
Natalie Pottschmidt

Natalie Pottschmidt

Title/Position
Clinical Research Assistant
Natalie is currently enrolled in the Clinical Psychology graduate program at Penn State University.
Mahesh Sasidharan

Mahesh Sasidharan

Title/Position
Programmer
Mahesh is currently employed by Microsoft.
Shabana Sidhu

Shabana Sidhu

Title/Position
Clinical Research Assistant
Shabana is currently employed by the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics.
Savantha Thenuwara

Savantha Thenuwara

Title/Position
Research Assistant
Savantha is currently enrolled in the Biomedical Sciences graduate program at Iowa State University.
Kevin Vervier

Kévin Vervier, PhD

Title/Position
Alumni: Postdoctoral Researcher
Kévin is currently employed at the Sanger Institute, UK.
Yongchao Huang

Yongchao Huang

Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Yongchao joined the lab as a masters student aiming to use bio-imaging tools to understand mental disorders.