Department of Biology

Current Peifer Lab Members and Alumni
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The telephone number of the Peifer lab is 919-962-2272
and the Department FAX is 919-962-1625.

Name E-Mail
Wangsun Choi Postdoctoral Fellow wchoi@email.unc.edu
Nathan Harris Ph.D. Student njharris@email.unc.edu
Colleen Guerin Postdoctoral Fellow cmguerin@email.unc.edu
Kuo-Chen Jung Ph. D. Student kcjung@email.unc.edu
Stephanie Nowotarski Ph. D. Student nstephan@email.unc.edu
Mark Peifer peifer@unc.edu
John Poulton Postdoctoral Fellow poultonj@email.unc.edu
Dave Roberts Postdoctoral Fellow dmrobert@email.unc.edu
Ed Rogers Postdoctoral Fellow emrogers@email.unc.edu
Nasser Rusan Postdoctoral Fellow nasser@unc.edu
Jessica Sawyer Ph.D. Student jkball@email.unc.edu
   
HONORARY MEMBER

Derek Applewhite , Postdoctoral Fellow with Steve Rogers

dapplewh AT email.unc.edu
ALUMNI
Jennifer Adam (Ph.D 2000) Joint with John Pringle
Postdoc with Denise Montell
Johns Hopkins
jcadam@bs.jhmi.edu

Kathryn Akong (Ph.D 2003, MD 2005)

Currently 4th year resident in Pediatric Medicine,UCSD

kaa4197@yahoo.com
Kelly Alexandre (M.S., 2009) kmalexan@email.unc.edu
Rob Cavallo (Ph.D. 2000)
Associate Director of Field Medical Affairs, UCB Pharmaceuticals
cavallorob01@hotmail.com
Rachel Cox (Ph.D. 1998)
Postdoc with Alan Spradling
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Uniformed Services University
Rachel.Cox@usuhs.mil

Don Fox (Ph.D. 2006)
Postdoc with Alan Spradling

Carnegie Inst. of Washington

fox@ciwemb.edu
Julie Gates (Postdoc, 2002-2006)
Assistant Professor
Bucknell University
jg042@bucknell.edu

Lizz Grevengoed (Ph.D. 2003)
Postdoc with Deb Andrew, Johns Hopkins University
Currently Child Health Associate - Physician Assistant student at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

egrevengoed@gmail.com
Karen Hales (Postdoc, 1998-2000)
Associate Professor
Davidson College
kahales@davidson.edu
Tony Harris (Postdoc, 2001-2005)
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto
tony.harris@utoronto.ca

Melissa Hayden (Ph.D. 2007)
Postdoc with Hubert Amrein
Duke University

mahayden@med.unc.edu

Catarina Homem (Ph. D. Student 2004-2009)

Currently, Postdoc with Jürgen Knoblich, IMBA, Vienna Austria

chomem@unc.edu

Traci Jesse Stevens (Postdoc 2000-2004)
Assistant Professor
Randolph Macon College

tstevens@rmc.edu
Erin Jezuit (Res. Tech 2004-2005)
Ph. D. Program, Priess lab
University of Washington
jezuit@u.washington.edu
Catherine Kirkpatrick (Postdoc 1995-99)
Research Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota
cakirkpa@cbs.umn.edu

Joe Loureiro (Ph.D., 1998)
Postdoc with Frank Gertler, MIT
Currently Research Investigator, Computational Biology, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research

loureiro@mit.edu
Brooke McCartney(Postdoc 1998-2000)
Assistant Professor
Carnegie-Mellon University
brookem@andrew.cmu.edu

Don McEwen (Postdoc 1999-2004)
Assistant Professor
University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio

mcewen@uthscsa.edu
Steve Myster (Postdoc 1998-2003)
Senior Technical Support Scientist Abbott Laboratories
steven.myster@abbott.com
Sandra Orsulic (Ph.D., 1996)
Postdoc with Harold Varmus, NIH and Sloan Kettering
Currently: Director, Women's Cancer Biology
Women's Cancer Research Institute
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Sandra.Orsulic@cshs.org
Li-Mei Pai (Ph.D., 1997)
Postdoc with Trudi Schupbach
Currently: Assistant Professor
Chang-Gung University, TAIWAN
pai@mail.cgu.edu.tw
Gordon Polevoy (M.S., 2001)
Research technologist with Julie Brill
University of Toronto
polevoy@sickkids.ca

Meredith Price (Undergraduate and Res Tech II 1999-2004)
Currently: Ph.D. Student, Bowerman lab, University of Oregon

mhprice@molbio.uoregon.edu

Jeremiah Roeth Postdoctoral Fellow (2005-2007)

Currently: Acting Head of Reseach Operations
Intrexon Corporation

JRoeth@intrexon.com
Dave Rubenstein (Postdoc 1996-1997)
Professor of Dermatology
UNC-Chapel Hill

druben@med.unc.edu
Hsin-Pei Shih (Ph.D., 2001) Joint with John Pringle
Postdoc with Chris Doe, University of Oregon
Research Scientist II, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
hpshih@verizon.net

Joan Shields, Res Tech 1994-6

Ph.D., Environ. Health Science, 2003; Postdoc and Guest researcher, CDC

jshields@uci.edu

Whitney Christian, Res. Tech 2001-3

Ph.D. student,Toxicology, Univ. of Rochester

Whitney_Christian@URMC.Rochester.edu
HONORARY A LUMNI

Greg Rogers (Postdoctoral Fellow with Steve Rogers )

Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Arizona

GRogers@azcc.arizona.edu
Hanna (Johnny) Fares (Graduate Student with John Pringle)
Associate Professor
University of Arizona
fares@email.arizona.edu

Omayma Al-Awar (Graduate Student with John Pringle)
Director of Sales and Marketing, Edge Bio

oalawar@edgebio.com

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