People


Principal Investigator

John Kim

John Kim, Ph.D.
jnkim@jhu.edu
Associate Professor of Biology
Google Scholar page

Assistant Research Scientist

Amelia Alessi, Ph.D.
aalessi2@jhu.edu
JHU Department of Biology

Postdoctoral Fellow

Youngyong Park, Ph.D.
ypark71@jhu.edu
JHU Department of Biology

Graduate Students

Lars Benner
lbenner2@jhu.edu
CMDB Graduate Program

Mindy Clark
mindyclark@jhu.edu
CMDB Graduate Program

Greg Fuller
gfuller9@jhu.edu
CMDB Graduate Program

Himani Galagali
hgalaga1@jhu.edu
CMDB Graduate Program

Kaven 2023

Kaven Konda
kkonda2@jhu.edu
CMDB Graduate Program

Jessie 2016

Jessie Kirshner
jkirshn3@jhu.edu
CMDB Graduate Program

Haena Lee
hlee273@jhu.edu
CMDB Graduate Program

Victoria Murphy
vmurphy5@jhu.edu
CMDB Graduate Program

Margaret Starostik
mstaros1@jhu.edu
CMDB Graduate Program
Co-mentor: Mike Schatz
Personal website

Undergraduate Students

Ayaka Inoki
Majors: Molecular & Cellular Biology; East Asian Studies

Patricia Duarte
Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology

Zerubabel Kebede
Majors: Molecular & Cellular Biology; Philosophy

Mingyang (Lily) Li
Majors: Molecular & Cellular Biology; Public Health Studies

Tabor Roderiques
Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Minor: Earth & Planetary Sciences

Isabella Giudicelli Sims
Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology

Anna Vakhnovetsky
Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology

Derek Wang
Majors: Molecular & Cellular Biology; Psychology

Kim Lab Alumni

Rebecca Tay, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Academia Sinica

Charlotte Choi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford University

Nathan Roach, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics Scientist
Fulcrum Genomics

Alex Rittenhouse
M.D., Ph.D. Student
Johns Hopkins University

Nicita Mehta
Research Technologist
January 2017 – May 2018

Selena Rice, Ph.D.
Associate Specialist
Jeremy Reiter Lab, UCSF

Natasha Weiser
M.D., Ph.D. Student
University of Michigan Medical School

Young-Hee Cho, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist
Korea University, Seoul, Korea
June 2016 – February 2017

Sang-Dong Yoo, Ph.D.
Visiting Scientist
Korea University, Seoul, Korea
June 2016 – February 2017

Khursheed Wani, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Mallory Freeberg, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
James Taylor Lab, JHU Department of Biology

Danny Yang
M.D., Ph.D. Student
University of Michigan Medical School

Arun Prasad Manoharan, Ph.D.
Senior Bioinformatics Analyst
Recombine

Amanda Day, M.S.
Senior Laboratory Animal Technician
Leidos

Allison Billi, M.D., Ph.D.
Dermatology Resident Intern
University of Michigan

Ting Han, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Steven Mcknight Lab, UT Southwestern

Vishal Khivansara, M.S.
Senior Research Associate
Sean Morrison Lab, UT Southwestern

Former Undergraduates

Sadhana Pani
JHU – Majors: Molecular & Cellular Biology; Medicine, Science, and the Humanities
Academic Years 2020 – 2022

Priya Balamurugan
JHU – Majors: Molecular & Cellular Biology; Public Health Studies
Academic Years 2019 – 2022

Dana Andrews
JHU – Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Minor: Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Academic Years 2019 – 2022

Emily Xu
JHU – Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Academic Years 2018 – 2020

Abbie Bowman
JHU – Majors: Molecular & Cellular Biology; Psychology
Academic Years 2017 – 2020

Joy Huang
JHU – Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Academic Years 2017 – 2020

Tammy Ng
Summer 2019

Vitor de Oliveira
Academic Years 2018 – 2019

Insa Mannstadt
JHU – Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Spring 2018, Fall 2019

Caroline Wang
Academic Years 2018 – 2019

Connie Xiao
JHU – Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Academic Years 2018 – 2019

Amy Liang
JHU – Major: Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Academic Year 2018

Charisma Burrows
JHU – Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Academic Years 2017 – 2018

Jamie Kieywon Kim
Fall 2017

Maya Hammonds
JHU – Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Academic Years 2016 – 2019

Kai Inoki
JHU – Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Academic Years 2016 – 2018

Darius Mostaghimi
Academic Years 2015 – 2017

Andy Kim
Academic Years 2016 – 2017

Shreya Singireddy
JHU – Major: Molecular & Cellular Biology
Academic Years 2015 – 2019

Nathaniel Lira
Academic Years 2015 – 2017

Kaylynn Kim
Academic Years 2015 – 2016

Netta Golenberg
Luena Maillard
Amanda Seyerle

Summer Students

Joseph Gallaso
University of Dallas Undergraduate
2019 REU Summer Student

Isabella Murphy
University of New Mexico Undergraduate
2019 AMGEN Summer Student

Dezmond Cole
University of Montevallo Undergraduate
2018 REU Summer Student

Gloria Ha
California Institute of Technology Undergraduate
Summers 2016 – 2017