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Cell and Developmental Biology Current Students

Cell & Developmental Biology Current Students

Puja Agrawal

G3 Student

pagrawal@mcw.edu

Melissa Anfinson

G2 Student

manfinson@mcw.edu

Theresa Bluemn

Graduate Student

tbluemn@mcw.edu

Zachary Brandt

Graduate Student

zbrandt@mcw.edu

Michelle Castillo

Graduate Student

mcastillo@mcw.edu

Luke Christiansen

Graduate Student

christiansen@mcw.edu

Eric Clark

Graduate Student

Nathan Eaton

Graduate Student

Kristina Ertel

Graduate Student

Talia Frolkis

Graduate Student

tfrolkis@mcw.edu

Melanie Gartz

Graduate Student

Emily Gronseth

Graduate Student

egronseth@mcw.edu

Katelyn Heimbruch

G3 Student

kheimbruch@mcw.edu

Heather Heitkotter

Graduate Student

hheitkotter@mcw.edu

Ayana Jamal

G2 Student

Rachel Linderman

Graduate Student

rlinderman@mcw.edu

Alexander Mikesell

Graduate Student

amikesell@mcw.edu

Hannah Nonarath

Graduate Student

hnonarath@mcw.edu

Benjamin O'Brien-Hokanson

Graduate Student

bsobrien@mcw.edu

Dwani Patel

G3 Student

ddpatel@mcw.edu

Alexander Salmon

Graduate Student

asalmon@mcw.edu

Sai-Suma Samudrala

G2 Student

ssamudrala@mcw.edu

Kayla Schwartz

Graduate Student

kschwartz@mcw.edu

Sarah Seese

Graduate Student

Erika Shaw

Graduate Student

Samantha Swift

Graduate Student

Tyler Waltz

G1 Student

Erica N. Woertz, PhD

M3 Student

ewoertz@mcw.edu

Jonathon Young

Graduate Student

jbyoung@mcw.edu

Hanmeng Zhang

Graduate Student

hanmzhang@mcw.edu