Grace Zhu
Senior Scientist III
- Post-doc: University of Wisconsin-Madison
- PhD: Biochemistry, The Ohio State University
- Undergraduate: Fudan University, Shanghai, China – Applied Chemistry
- Madison Favorite: Mendota
Reji Babygirija
Post-Doctoral Scientist
- PhD: Cellular and Molecular Biology (2024) – Dudley Lamming
- Masters: Mahatma Gandhi University, India
- Undergraduate: University of Kerala, India – microbial biotechnology
- 2023-2026 National Institute on Aging F31 Predoctoral Fellow
- Nutrition and Metabolism Training Program T32 Training Grant Predoctoral Trainee
- 2025-2027 UW Distinguished Research Fellowship
Claire Landy
Undergraduate Researcher
- Career goal: Medical School
- Major: Kinesiology
- Madison favorite: Allen Centennial Garden
Tristan Molkentin
Undergraduate Researcher
- Career Goals: Rural Medicine
- Major: Neurobiology and Philosophy
- Madison Favorite: Historical Society Reading Room
Meredith Peterson
Undergraduate Researcher
- Career Goals: Dermatologist
- Major: Biochemistry
- Madison Favorite: Running outdoors
Advaith Ravi Krishnan Nair
Undergraduate Researcher
- Career Goals: Ophthalmologist
- Major: Neurobiology
- Madison Favorite: Dining out in downtown Madison in the summer
Carolyn Winder
Undergraduate Researcher
- Career Goals: Medical school
- Major: Biochemistry
- Madison Favorite: Arboretum
- Recipient of both the Mary Shine Peterson Award and the 2026 Hilldale Scholarship
Alumni
Lab Alumni
Sam Saghafi, PhD
Post doc in the laboratory of Dr. Mohamad Mokadem; University of Iowa
Twinkle Mathew
Madison Grover
Julia Illiano (2021-2025)
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
Leah Braucher, MD
Iowa Methodist Medical Center General Surgery Residency Program
Undergraduate Alumni
Gracie Friesema (2026)
Research position at Medical College of Wisconsin
Luiz Lopez
Research position with Dr. Snehal Chaudhari
Anna Fisher
UW undergraduate
Oden Schaepkens (2024)
Lo Lab – Cornell
Paola Del Mar Torres
Met-SROP student program
Luiz Lopez (2025)
Oscar Mullikin
Collaborators
Dr. Snehal Chaudhari – Biochemistry
Dr. Dudley Lamming – Endocrinology
Dr. Dawn Davis – Endocrinology
Dr. Sam Gellman – Chemistry
Dr. Justin Wolter – Genetics
Dr. Rich Halberg – GI Oncology
Dr. Andrea Galmozzi – Endocrinology
Dr. Caroline Alexander – Oncology
Center for Biomedical Swine Research and Innovation