STUDENTS
Current Students
| Student Name | Laboratory | |
 | Carissa Sherman | Rotating |
 | Helen Gomez | Rotating |
 | Katherine Kichula | Rotating |
 | Lauren Huebner | Rotating |
 | Luciana de Brito Vargas | Rotating |
 | Stefanos Koutsoukos | Rotating |
 | Abigail Mumme-Monheit | Dr. Jamie Nichols |
 | Betzaida Maldonado | Dr. Chris Gignoux |
 | Breanna Dooling | Dr. Hunt Potter |
 | Hayley Stoneman | Dr. Audrey Hendricks |
 | Lauren Dunn | Dr. Kelly Sullivan |
 | Jason Wilson | Rotating |
 | Christina Elling | Dr. Regie Santos-Cortez |
 | Kendra Ferrier | Dr. Leslie Lange |
 | Mariah Meyer | Dr. Ethan Lange |
 | Hamish Pike | Dr. David Pollock |
 | Evan Sticca | Dr. Chris Gignoux |
 | Brittany Truong | Dr. Kristin Artinger |
 | Kristen Wade | Dr. David Pollock |
 | Nicholas Pollock | Dr. Paul Norman |
 | Katie Marker | Dr. Chris Gignoux |
Alumni
| 2021 | |||
| Iain Konigsberg, PhD | B.S. Indiana University, Bloomington | Mentor: Dr. Ivana Yang | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Esteban Lucero, PhD | B.S. New Mexico State University | Mentor: Dr. Huntington Potter | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| 2019 | |||
| Ashley Pacheco, PhD | BS: University of New Mexico | Mentor: Dr. Amanda Law | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics University of Colorado Denver |
| Genevieve Roberts, PhD | BS: Northern Arizona University | Mentor: Dr. Richard Spritz | Currently: Senior Data Scientist - Human Statistical Genetics at Recursion |
| 2018 | |||
| Jonathan Shortt, PhD | BS: Brigham Young University | Mentor: Dr. David Pollock | Currently: Research Instructor University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Mary Sweet, PhD | BA: College of St. Benedict | Mentor: Dr. Matthew Taylor | Currently: Bioinformatics Scientist Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine (CCRM) Colorado Center |
| 2017 | |||
| Leila Noetzli, PhD | BS: University of California, San Diego | Mentor: Dr. Jorge Di Paola | Currently: Scientist at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals |
| Ilea Heft, PhD | BS: United States Military Academy, West Point, M.S. University of Texas, San Antonio | Mentor: Dr. Jim Sikela | Major in USAF, Genetics Instructor, Air Force Academy |
| Leah Venturoni, PhD | BS: University of Colorado Boulder | Mentor: Dr. Stephen Goodman | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow NIH Bethesda, Maryland |
| 2016 | |||
| Britney Helling, PhD | BS: University of Wisconsin | Mentor: Dr. David Schwartz and Dr. Ivana Yang | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago |
| Joanne Cole, PhD | BS: University of Maryland, College Park | Mentor: Dr. Richard Spritz | Currently: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard |
| Emily Mathews, PhD | BS: Trinity College, Dublin | Mentor: Dr. Bruce Appel | Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Veronica Searles-Quick, PhD | BS: Brown University | Mentor: Dr. Jim Sikela | Currently: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow · UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science |
| 2014 | |||
| Ken Eyring, PhD | BS: Brigham Young University | Mentor: Dr. David Schwartz | Currently: Senior Scientist, IMD Path Inc. |
| Steven Glidewell, PhD | BS: Metropolitan State College | Mentor: Dr. Mark Geraci | Currently: Scientist at Quest Diagnostics |
| Katherine Grabek, PhD | BS: Plymouth State College; MS: Plymouth State College | Mentor: Dr. Sandy Martin | Currently: Co-Founder and CSO at Fauna Bio |
| Peter Van Laarhoven, PhD | BS: University of California Los Angeles | Mentor: Dr. Tamim Shaikh | Currently: Techincal Supervisor at Invitae |
| 2013 | |||
| Jessica Barkow (Cummiskey), PhD | BS: University of Colorado Boulder | Mentor: Dr. Curt Freed | Currently: Director of Development at Corgenix Medical Corporation |
| Jesse Hinckley, PhD | BS: Brigham Young University | Mentor: Dr. Jorge DiPaola | Currently: Director of Adolescent Psychiatric Services, Addiction Research and Treatment Services |
| 2011 | |||
| Greggory LaBerge, PhD | BS: University of Guelph; MS: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center | Mentor: Dr. Richard Spritz | Currently: Director of Forensics and Evidence Division, Denver Police Department |
| 2010 | |||
| Erin Baschal, PhD | BA: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs | Mentor: Dr. George Eisenbarth | Currently: Research Instructor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Christina Mailloux, PhD | BS: Tufts University | Mentor: Dr. Richard Spritz | Currently: Genetics Scientific Affairs Liaison, Vantari Genetics |
| 2009 | |||
| Shay (Fabbro) West, PhD | BS: Mesa State College | Mentor: Dr. Nicolas Seeds | Currently: Instructor of Biology, Department of Biological Sciences at Colorado Mesa |
| Bethany Reid, PhD | BS: University of North Carolina Wilmington | Mentor: Dr. Trevor Williams | Currently: Patent Agent, Cochran Freund & Young |
| 2008 | |||
| Laura Dumas, PhD | BA: Carroll College | Mentor: Dr. Jim Sikela | Currently: Review Analyst, GeneDx |
| Jean Jasinski, PhD | BS: Smith College; MS: Stanford University | Mentor: Dr. George Eisenbarth | Currently: Field Application Scientist – Genomics, Agilent Technologies |
| William Park McNair, PhD | BS: University of Alabama | Mentor: Dr. Luisa Mestroni | |
| Sarah Stephens, PhD | BS: University of Florida; MS: Texas A&M University | Mentor: Dr. Sherry Leonard | Currently: Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore |
| 2007 | |||
| Theresa Boyle, PhD | BA: University of Colorado Boulder; MD: Howard University | Mentor: Dr. George Eisenbarth | Currently: Assistant Research Professor, Moffitt Cancer Center |
| Wai-Lun Patrick Li, PhD | BS: Texas A&M University | Mentor: Dr. Sandy Martin | Currently: Scientist III, Sangamo BioSciences |
| 2006 | |||
| Yunzhi Du, PhD | BS: Peking University | Mentor: Dr. Kathleen Gardiner | Currently: Investigator, Novartis |
| Jason Lee, PhD | BS: Lander University | Mentor: Dr. Robert Gemmill | Currently: Associate Professor, Lander University |
| Sharon Mexal, PhD | BS: University of New Mexico | Mentor: Sherry Leonard | Currently: Director of Clinical Operations, Ambry Genetics |
| Aaron Knox, PhD | BA: Carroll College | Mentor: Dr. David Patterson | Currently: Research Instructor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Erin Spiegel, PhD | BS: University of Nebraska | Mentor: Dr. David Patterson | Currently: Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Evergreen Research |
| 2005 | |||
| Melanie Gubbels, PhD | BS: Creighton University | Mentor: Dr. Brian Kotzin | Currently: Associate Professor, Randolph-Macon College |
| 2004 | |||
| Asem Alkhateeb, PhD | BS: Jordan University of Science and Technology; MS: Jordan University of Science and Technology | Mentor: Dr. Richard Spritz | Currently: Senior Scientist, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute |
| 2003 | |||
| Jonna Westover, PhD | BS: Utah State University | Mentor: Dr. Frank Frerman | Currently: Research Scientist, Utah State University |
| 2001 | |||
| Marissa Ehringer, PhD | BS: Indiana University | Mentor: Dr. Jim Sikela | Currently: Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder |