RESEARCH - Key Persons


Alexander (Xander) Adams

Job Titles:
  • Track Mentor

Amanda Howard

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to the Chair

Andrew Shurer

Job Titles:
  • Lab Specialist Rachel Niederer Lab

April Daniels

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  • Admissions Specialist

Becky Weeks

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Admissions
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Beth Brant

Job Titles:
  • Chief Department Administrator

Beth Goodwin

Job Titles:
  • Student Affairs Program Manager

Brittany Bowman

Job Titles:
  • Lab Specialist Chase Weidmann Lab

Carol Teener

Job Titles:
  • Director of Admissions

Catherine Baker

Job Titles:
  • Lab Specialist James Morrissey Lab

Daniel Esckilsen

Job Titles:
  • Lab Specialist Stephen Ragsdale Lab

David Beier

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  • Student

Dawn Krause

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  • Administrator Lead

Deborah Berman

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  • Assistant Dean for Admissions

Edwin Aguilar

Job Titles:
  • PIBS PhD Student

Elizabeth Wyatt

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  • Grants & Contracts Manager

Henry Arthur

Job Titles:
  • PIBS PhD Student

Jean-Marc Fontaine

Job Titles:
  • Lab Specialist Raymond Trievel Lab

Jue (Amy) Chen

Job Titles:
  • Lab Technician

Lisa VanMeerbeeck

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Manager

Manolo Plasencia

Job Titles:
  • Lab Specialist Lydia Freddolino Lab

Mary Grapp

Job Titles:
  • Finance Manager

Maya Grumeretz

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  • Projects & Events Specialist

Michael Baldwin

Job Titles:
  • Lab Specialist Patrick O'Brien Lab

Michael P Andreas

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  • Investigator

Minor J Coon

Job Titles:
  • Collegiate Professor of Biological Chemistry

MS Program Alumni

Our Master's Program welcomed its first students in 2013 and has been preparing trainees for biomedical careers and the pursuit of advanced degrees ever since.

Nabanita Saha

Job Titles:
  • Lab Specialist Phyllis Hanson Lab

Nickles Badger

Job Titles:
  • Student, Chemical Biology Mentors

Philip C Andrews

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus of Biological Chemistry

Philip Stranyak

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Specialist

Phyllis I Hanson

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  • Overview
  • Professor
Dr. Hanson received her MD and PhD degrees from Stanford University studying the Ca2+/calmodulin-activated protein kinase CaMKII together with Dr. Howard Schulman. As a Helen Hay Whitney postdoctoral fellow at Yale University with Dr. Reinhard Jahn, she began her career-long journey exploring the molecular and cellular regulation of organelle structure, function and trafficking. She launched her independent laboratory at Washington University in St. Louis and was named the Gerty T. Cori Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology in 2016. In November of 2018, she moved to the University of Michigan as Chair of the Biological Chemistry Department. She leads a dynamic research group studying how organelles and membranes that compartmentalize biochemical reactions within the cell are assembled, organized and maintained.

Rachel Hemp

Job Titles:
  • Lab Specialist James Morrissey Lab

Rachelle Baumann

Job Titles:
  • Student

Raymond Trievel Lab

Job Titles:
  • Associate Raymond Trievel Lab

Rebecca Lee Hurto


Rowena G Matthews

Job Titles:
  • Collegiate Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology / Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Ruma Banerjee

Job Titles:
  • Vincent Massey Collegiate Professor of Biological Chemistry / Professor of Biological Chemistry

Ryan Baldridge

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry

Suzanne Admiraal

Job Titles:
  • Lab Specialist Patrick O'Brien Lab

Sydney Alibeckoff

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  • Student
PhD Student | Mentors: Dr. Ruma Banerjee and Dr. Yatrik Shah

Tyler Koo

Job Titles:
  • Lab Technician

Zhu Li

Job Titles:
  • Lab Specialist Ruma Banerjee Lab