Lab Alumni
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 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 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.
Madison Trog, B.S.
Title/Position
Clinical Research Assistant
Maddy is currently working on her PhD in School Psychology at UIowa.
Taylor Thomas, PhD
Title/Position
Graduate Research Assistant
Taylor is currently pursuing post-doctoral work in Boston, MA.
Sydney Kramer
Title/Position
Clinical Research Assistant
Sydney is currently in graduate school studying psychiatric and behavioral genetics.
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, 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
Title/Position
Clinical Research Assistant
Taylor is currently at the University of Washington.
Heli Desai
Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Chris Harris
Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Chris is currently working as a Case Manager.
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
Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Elisabeth is currently working as a Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist.
Carolyn Lo
Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Carolyn spent four semesters working in the Michaelson wet lab.
Florencia Lowenthal
Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Florencia is currently working as a Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist.
Alex Syverud
Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Austin Uhl
Title/Position
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Matthias Richter
Title/Position
Rotation Student
Matthias was a German exchange student in the Michaelson Lab through the RISE Program.
Rachel Schroeder
Title/Position
Rotation Student
Rachel rotated through the Michaelson Lab as part of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience at UIowa.
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
Title/Position
Rotation Student
Josie was part of the Behavioral-Biomedical Interface Program.
Iman Dehazangi, PhD
Title/Position
Postdoctoral Researcher
Iman is currently employed at Morgan State University.
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
Title/Position
Research Assistant
Jin-Young Koh is currently enrolled in the Biomedical Engineering graduate program at the University of Iowa.
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
Title/Position
Web Application Developer
Kaleb is currently working as a software engineer.
Natalie Pottschmidt
Title/Position
Clinical Research Assistant
Natalie is currently enrolled in the Clinical Psychology graduate program at Penn State University.
Shabana Sidhu
Title/Position
Clinical Research Assistant
Shabana is currently employed by the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics.
Savantha Thenuwara
Title/Position
Research Assistant
Savantha is currently enrolled in the Biomedical Sciences graduate program at Iowa State University.
Kévin Vervier, PhD
Title/Position
Alumni: Postdoctoral Researcher
Kévin is currently employed at the Sanger Institute, UK.
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.