Current Lab Members
Karen L. Schmeichel, PhD
Manning M. Pattilo Jr. Endowed Professor of Liberal Arts at Oglethorpe University
Adjunct Faculty in Emory Cell Biology, Visiting Professor in the Katz Lab
Undergraduate: Middlebury College
Graduate: University of Utah
Postdoc: UC Berkeley
Research Focus: Germline reprogramming in C. elegans are regular features in undergraduate classes I teach at Oglethorpe. I’m interested in basic questions of how histone methylation functions in cell fate determination and differential gene expression.
Saahj Gosrani
Graduate Student
Neuroscience Program
Hometown: London, UK and Fuquay Varina, NC
Undergraduate: North Carolina State University
Masters: Wake Forest University
Research Focus: I am using mouse models and post-mortem human cases to determine how LSD1 interacts with pathological tau to drive neurodegeneration in the context of Alzheimer’s disease and other tauopathies.
Yu Bai
Graduate student
Neuroscience Program
Hometown: Beijing, China
Undergraduate: UC Irvine
Research Focus: I am using mouse models to study the role of LSD1 in tau-mediated neurodegenerative diseases.
Juan Rodriguez
Graduate Student
GMB Program
Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Undergraduate: Interamerican University of Puerto Rico
Graduate: Kennesaw State University, MS
Email Juan
Research Focus: I am using C. elegans to study how epigenetic modifications can regulate embryo development and cell fate determination.
Alyssa Scott
Graduate Student
GMB Program
Hometown: Granville, New York
Undergraduate: Marist College
Email Alyssa
Research Focus: I am developing a new mouse model to study the maternal role of LSD1 in epigenetic reprogramming at fertilization, and how defects in that reprogramming event can possibly lead to neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Katz Lab Alumni |
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Current Title |
Current Affiliation |
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Michael Christopher, PhD |
Senior Scientist |
Appia Bio, Los Angeles |
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Shana Kerr, PhD |
Senior Academic Professional (Teaching Faculty) |
Georgia Tech |
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Ernest Ricks, PhD |
Assistant Professor |
Georgia Gwinett College |
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Jadiel Wasson, PhD |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Dr. Susan Mango, University of Basel |
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Teresa Lee, PhD (former postdoctoral fellow) |
Assistant Professor |
Univ. of Massachusetts-Lowell |
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Brandon Carpenter, PhD (former postdoctoral fellow) |
Assistant Professor |
Kennesaw State University |
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Amanda Engstrom, PhD |
Postdoctoral Fellow |
Dr. Huda Zogbhi, Baylor University School of Medicine |
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Dexter Myrick, PhD (former graduate student) |
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Onur Birol, PhD (former postdoctoral fellow) |
Academic Professional (Teaching Faculty) |
Georgia Tech |
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Stephanie Kyle, PhD (former postdoctoral fellow) |
Medical Science Liason |
Tampa, Florida |
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Caroline Plott (former undergraduate student) |
Medical student |
Johns Hopkins University |
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Roh Moudgal, MD (former undergraduate student) |
Resident |
Dartmouth University |
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Alicia Walker (former undergraduate student) |
technician |
Dr. Beth Stevens, Harvard University |
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Marcus Curlee (former undergraduate student) |
PhD student |
Princeton University |
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Elias Castro (former Oglethorpe University undergraduate student) |
Medical student |
Georgetown University |
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Robert Goldin (former Oglethorpe University Undergraduate student) |
Medical student |
Uniformed Services University Medical School, Washington, D.C. |
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Jovan Brockett (former Oglethorpe University undergraduate student) |
Technician |
Dr. Dorothy Lerit, Emory University |