Alumni

The laboratory has trained students, postdoctoral fellows, clinical fellows and technical staff with diverse cultural backgrounds from 13 countries, including the U.S., Canada, Moldova, Italy, the U.K., Croatia, Ghana, Mozambique, Tibet, Nepal, Brazil, China and India. The laboratory is committed to maintaining a diverse, respectful and inclusive atmosphere.

Alumni of the Functional Epigenomics Laboratory include:

  • Leticia Assad Maia Sandoval, M.D., postdoctoral fellow, 2022-2024
    • Current position: Resident physician (internal medicine), Mayo Clinic in Arizona
  • Nika Foglar, visiting Ph.D. student (University of Zagreb), 2022
    • Current position: Senior researcher at Genos (Croatia)
  • Qiong Wang, visiting student (University of Iceland), 2022
    • Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, University of Iceland
  • John W. Moore-Weiss, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow, 2021-2022
    • Current position: Data science analyst, Mayo Clinic
  • Manvir Bains, research assistant, 2021
    • Current position: Medical student, University of Michigan
  • Nazanin Nahrjou, M.S., research technologist, 2020-2021
    • Subsequent position: Associate scientist, Codexis Inc.
  • Stephanie L. Safgren, Ph.D., research fellow, 2018-2020
    • Current position: Research fellow, Mayo Clinic
  • Lynzie Shimp, Graduate Research Employment Program, 2018-2020
    • Current position: Genomic data scientist, M.S. from George Mason University
  • Marina Buciuc, M.D., research fellow, 2018-2019
    • Current position: Resident physician (neurology), Medical University of South Carolina
  • Jagneet Kaur, Graduate Research Employment Program, 2018-2019
    • Current position: Family medicine residency (M.D.), University of Minnesota
  • Sandeep Potluri, M.D., clinical visiting fellow, 2018
    • Subsequent position: Medical Research Council Clinical Research Training Fellowship, University of Birmingham
  • Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences rotating students
    • Julie R. Duffield, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 2023
    • Monique S. Bagwell, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 2021
    • Carli M. Stewart, Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 2020
    • Joana E. Aggrey Finn, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2019
    • Taylor McNeely, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2019
  • Summer Undergraduate Research Program students (SURF)
    • Martin Winn, 2024
      • Current position: Undergraduate student, University of Florida
    • Zefanias Ngove, 2023
      • Current position: Undergraduate student, Wartburg College
    • Tashi Tsering, 2022
      • Current position: Ph.D. student (medical chemistry), University of Illinois Chicago
    • Kelsey Leach, 2021
      • Current position: Ph.D. student (cell and molecular biology), University of Pennsylvania
    • Mengchu Li, 2020
      • Current position: M.S. student (computer science), Johns Hopkins University
    • Manvir Bains, 2019
      • Current position: Medical student, University of Michigan
    • Meredith Nix (2018)
      • Current position: Ph.D. student (chemistry), Stanford University