• Current Lab Members

    Heather A. Hundley, hundley indiana

    Sagalowsky Professor of Biology

    Professor of Biology

    Indiana University

    B.S. Chemistry, Eastern Illinois University

    Ph.D. Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship, HHMI/University of Utah

    Suba Rajendren, GCDB student

    Alfa Dhakal

    Cell, Molecular and Cancer Biology Graduate Student

    M.S. Biological Sciences, Purdue University Northwest
    M.Sc. Biotechnology, National Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
    B.Sc. Biosciences, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, India

    Suba Rajendren, GCDB student

    Emily Erdmann

    Genome, Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Student

    B.S. Biology, lllinois Wesleyan University

    Suba Rajendren, GCDB student

    Emma Lamb

    Genome, Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Student

    B.S. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Louisville

    Accelerated M.S. in Biology, University of Louisville

    Suba Rajendren, GCDB student

    Ananya Mahapatra

    Genome, Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Student

    B.S. Biological Sciences, University of California - Irvine

    Suba Rajendren, GCDB student

    Meghana Mohankumar

    Undergraduate Researcher

    B.S. Biochemistry (Expected May 2026)

    Suba Rajendren, GCDB student

    Aika Noguchi

    Undergraduate Researcher

    Wells Scholar

    Suba Rajendren, GCDB student

    Chinnu Salim, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Scholar

    B.S. Kerala University
    M.S. Mahatma Gandhi University

    Ph.D. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (ACSIR)

    Suba Rajendren, GCDB student

    Eira Schmidt

    Undergraduate Researcher

    Cox Scholar

    B.S. Biology
    Expected May 2026

    Suba Rajendren, GCDB student

    Boyoon Yang

    Biochemistry Graduate Student

    B.S. Biological Science, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, South Korea

  • Summer 2024 Lab Pictures

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  • Former Lab Members

    If you are missing from this list, please contact Heather and give her an update on where you are!

    She would love to hear from you.

    Mike Washburn, Ph.D. (former graduate student) – currently Associate Director of Innovation at Invitae, Boulder CO

    Emily Wheeler (former undergraduate student) – currently a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard

    Jingyi Chen (former undergraduate exchange student) – currently a graduate student at The Scripps Research Institute

    Amber Thomas (former graduate student) – currently a lab manager at the University of Colorado, Denver

    Nick McCrory (former volunteer researcher) – currently a medical student at Duke University School of Medicine

    Ashanti Matlock (former undergraduate student) – completed her Ph.D. at Ohio State University

    Haider Al-Awadi (former undergraduate student) – currently a M.D./M.P.H. student at IU School of Medicine

    Ashley Anderson (former undergraduate student) – currently enrolled in the B.S./M.S. STEM Education Program at IU

    Sarah Deffit, Ph.D. (former postdoctoral fellow) – currently an adjunct faculty member at Tacoma Community College

    Eimile Oakes, Ph.D. (former graduate student) – currently a Medical Writer at Global Medical Writing and Translation

    Aidan Manning (former research associate) – currently a graduate student at University of California, Santa Cruz

    Justin Peterson, M.S. (former graduate student) – currently a Scientist II at Thermo Fisher Scientific

    Pranathi Vadlamani, M.S. (former research associate) – currently a graduate student at Northwestern University
    Whitney Carroll (former laboratory technician) - currently a medical student at Marian University
    Suba Rajendren, Ph.D. (former graduate student) - currently a postdoctoral fellow at Vanderbilt University

    Halle Stump, M.S. (former research associate) - currently a graduate student at Wake Forest University

    Amanda Lawson (former undergraduate student) - currently a graduate student at Vanderbilt University

    Rachel Michelson (former high school student) - currently in the B.S. Computer Science program at Columbia University
    Reshma Raghava Kurup, Ph.D. (former graduate student) - currently an application scientist at EclipseBio, San Diego CA

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