Wells Lab Alumni

Our lab alumni have gone on to graduate schools, postdoctoral fellowships, and professional positions across the United States. View our list of former team members below.

Heather McCauley
Current position assistant professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Heather_McCauley@med.unc.edu

Jonathan Howell, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology
jonathan.howell@cchmc.org

Suh-Chin Jackie Lin
Postdoctoral fellow, Division of Developmental Biology
Studied: Factors that regulate early embryonic stem cell lineages
Current position director of mouse knockout facility, Molkentin lab
lin9fd@cchmc.org

Susan Mittenzwei
Undergraduate research assistant
Studied: Pancreas development
Current position graduate student, Vanderbilt University
mittenzweis@xavier.edu

Gail Deutsch
Assistant professor
Current position associate professor, Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA
gail.deutsch@cchmc.org

Billie Moore-Scott
Postdoctoral fellow
Current position postdoctoral fellow, Medical College of Georgia
billie.moore-scott@cchmc.org

Bob Opoka
Research assistant IV
Current position research assistant IV, Division of Endocrinology
robert.opoka@cchmc.org

Jennifer Kordich
Research assistant IV
Current position research scientist, Amgen, Seattle, WA
jkordich@amgen.com

Kathryn A. Tolle
Human ES cell biology and differentiation
Research assistant, Pluripotent Stem Cell Facility
2008 Bachelor of Science in Zoology, Miami University of Ohio
Current position Graduate Student Xavier University
kathryn.tolle@cchmc.org

Jason Spence
2006-2011, Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation
2011-present, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan

Latasha Redmond
2008-2011 Postdoctoral fellow, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation
2011- present, Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Department of Biology

Diva Jonatan
2006-2012, Graduate Student, Molecular and Developmental Biology Program, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation and University of Cincinnati
Current position School of Nursing, John’s Hopkins University

Erik Olsen
2011- 2012, Research Assistant, Pluripotent Stem Cell Facility
Current position University of Cincinnati School of Medicine

Ryan Lauf
2009-2010, Undergraduate research assistant/aid, Children’s Hospital Research Foundation
2010-2011, Research Assistant 2
Current position Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine

Matthew Graczyk
2010-2013, Undergraduate research assistant/aid, Children’s Hospital Research Foundation

Anna Hake Method
2007-2012, Graduate Student,
Current position research assistant Neonatology

Taylor Broda
2014 - 2021, Product Development Manager – CuSTOM Accelerator

Alexandra Eicher
2016 - 2021, Graduate Student

Phillip Lewis
2018 - 2021, Research Fellow

Xinghao Zhang
2015 - 2021, Research Associate

Sean McGrath
2011 - 2016, Graduate Student
Current position senior research associate University of Colorado Medical Center

Kyle McCracken
2010 - 2014, Graduate Student
Current position resident department of pediatrics Harvard Medical School

Katie Sinagoga
2012 - 2017, Graduate Student
Postdoctoral fellow University of Pittsburgh

Mike Workman
2011 - 2014, Graduate Student
Current position graduate student Cedars Sinai Los Angles

Jacqui Scheisser
2014 - 2016, Postdoctoral Fellow

Matthew Kuhar
2010 - 2015, Research Assistant

Adrian Zarzosa
2015 - 2016, Masters Student, exchange program from Polytech Marseille

Julie Treguier
2014 - 2015, Masters Student, exchange program from Polytech Marseille

Baptiste Martin
2013 - 2014, Masters Student, exchange program from Polytech Marseille

Katie Philo
2013 - 2017, Undergraduate research assistant
Current position graduate student University of Indiana

Calyn Crawford
2010 - 2013, Undergraduate research assistant
Current position medical student University of Cincinnati

Emily Cata
2010 - 2013, Undergraduate research assistant
Current position medical student Ohio University

Jacob Enriquez, PhD
Graduate Student

Kentaro Tominaga, MD, PhD
Visiting Researcher