Timeline
PI
Darius Balciunas, PhD
Current Personnel
Algirdas Žiogas, PhD, Research Associate @ Vilnius University Life Sciences Center
Justas Lazutka, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow @ Vilnius University Life Sciences Center
Edita Bakūnaitė, Research Scientist @ Vilnius University Life Sciences Center
Miglė Kalvaitytė, PhD Student @ Vilnius University Life Sciences Center
Madeline McGhee, Rotation PhD Student @ Temple Univeristy
Justas Lazutka, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow @ Vilnius University Life Sciences Center
Edita Bakūnaitė, Research Scientist @ Vilnius University Life Sciences Center
Miglė Kalvaitytė, PhD Student @ Vilnius University Life Sciences Center
Madeline McGhee, Rotation PhD Student @ Temple Univeristy
Past lab members and Graduate Students
Co-PI
Jorune Balciuniene, PhD, Fall 2007- Fall 2014, now at Division of Genomic Diagnostics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Graduate students
Leonard Burg, PhD 2020, now Postdoctoral Fellow at CHOP
Viktorija Grajevskaja, PhD 2017, now at Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry
Brandon McLaughlin, MS 2014 , now Science Teacher (http://www.priory.org/news/ask-our-new-science-teacher-mr.-mclaughlin-about-zebrafish)
Keith Rafferty, PSM 2014, (https://bio.cst.temple.edu/biotech/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Students-stories1.pdf), now at U Penn
Keyona Gonzalez, MS 2009
Jorune Balciuniene, PhD, Fall 2007- Fall 2014, now at Division of Genomic Diagnostics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Graduate students
Leonard Burg, PhD 2020, now Postdoctoral Fellow at CHOP
Viktorija Grajevskaja, PhD 2017, now at Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry
Brandon McLaughlin, MS 2014 , now Science Teacher (http://www.priory.org/news/ask-our-new-science-teacher-mr.-mclaughlin-about-zebrafish)
Keith Rafferty, PSM 2014, (https://bio.cst.temple.edu/biotech/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Students-stories1.pdf), now at U Penn
Keyona Gonzalez, MS 2009
Undergraduate Students
Rushil Reddy, starting in Spring 2021
Nicholas Fry, Spring 2020- present
Shannan Lowe, Summer 2019- present, Second Place Award at 2019 Temple URP Symposium
Joshua Schaaf, Spring 2019- present
Emily Scott, Spring 2020
Nikita Sajeev, Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
Sravya Kuchipudi, Summer 2019
Rifat Nabi, Spring 2019
Maria Maltepes, Spring 2019
Ibshar Khandakar, Fall 2018- Spring 2019
Noah Goff, Fall 2017- Summer 2019, Michigan State PhD program
Sander Haigh, Spring 2018- Spring 2019
Kayla Even, Summer 2018, Frances Velay Summer Research Fellowship in 2018
Evgeniya (Jane) Miroshnik, Summer 2017- Fall 2018, Frances Velay Summer Research Fellowship in 2017, PharmD student at Northeastern
Ralph St. Luce, Spring 2016- Spring 2018, Medical Student at U Penn
Nick Palmer, Spring 2016- Spring 2018, PhD student at U Penn
Helen Rueckert, Fall 2017- Spring 2018, PhD student at Duke
Travis Strominger, Spring 2017- Spring 2018
Patrick Buckman, Spring 2017- Fall 2017
Rachel Paul, Spring 2016- Spring 2017, Arcadia University Genetic Counseling MS Program
Jasmine Wright, Zebrafish facility manager, Summer 2012- Fall 2016
Anuj Mehta, Fall 2014- Summer 2016, 2nd place award at Temple URP Symposium (Fall 2015), Medical Student at Penn State
Karen Zhang, Summer 2014- Summer 2016, PhS Student at U Penn
Geyon Lee Garcia, Summer 2015- Spring 2016, Certificate for Outstanding Presentation, ABRCMS 2015, MD/PhD Student at Pitt
Robert Kwait, Fall 2014- Spring 2015, PhD Student at Rutgers
Christopher Butterworth, Spring 2015- Fall 2015
Thomas Brandt, Spring 2015- Summer 2015
Tristan Bonawitz, Summer 2014- Fall 2014, Best poster award at Temple URP Symposium (Fall 2014)
Azam Hussain, Spring 2014- Fall 2014, Honorable Mention at Temple URP Symposium (Fall 2014), Medical Student at Temple U
Mariam Alamgir, Spring 2014
Peter Jacoby, Summer 2013- Spring 2014, 2nd place award for Undergrad Poster at Mid-Atlantic SDB meeting (2014), Medical Student at Temple
Meg O'Brien, Spring 2013- Fall 2013
Nicole Lester, Spring 2013- Spring 2014, Research Assistant at Columbia U, Wayne State U Genetic Counseling MS program
Molly Kammen, Summer 2013- Fall 2013
Devine Thomas, Spring 2013- Summer 2013
Mae Frawley, Spring 2013
Britta Kerstetter, Spring 2013
Elizabeth Fedak, Fall 2012- Spring 2013, Dental Student at Temple U
Kate Slovik, Summer 2012 - Summer 2013, Research Assistant at U Penn
Bashar Kako, Spring 2012 -Summer 2013, Medical Student at Temple U
Kathrine Silkaitis Fall 2012 - Spring 2013, Graduate Student at Harvard U
Jaleela Samuel, Summer 2012 - Spring 2013, to Philadelphia Forensic Science Center
Lenny Burg, Summer 2011-Summer 2013, Graduate Student at Temple U
Duy Nguyen, Spring 2012 - Spring 2013
Aaron Ungar, Spring 2012 - Spring 2013
Grace Amadio, Spring 2012 - Fall 2012
Catherine Messick, Spring 2012- Summer 2012
Preethi Gogineni, Fall 2011-Spring 2012, Medical Student at Temple U
Kathleen Walsh, Spring 2011-Summer 2012, earned PhD from U of Oregon in 2017
Volodymyr Oliynyk, Spring 2011-Spring 2012, to Medical Diagnostics Laboratories, L.L.C.
Pegah Safabakhsh, Fall 2010 - Summer 2013, presented a poster at the 10th International Zebrafish Meeting in Madison, WI with a partial fellowship from the Genetics Society of America
Esther Kim, Summer 2010 - Fall 2010
Ga-ram Lee, Fall 2009 - Spring 2010, Temple U Dental School
Thuyvi Luong, Spring 2009 - Spring 2010
Ruchi Patel, Fall 2008 - Spring 2009, to GlaxoSmithKline
Diana Camerota, Fall 2008 - Summer 2012
Susan Trindle, Summer 2008
Patrick Connors, Summer 2008
Danielle Nagelberg, Spring 2008 - Summer 2011, earned PhD from NYU in 2016
Nicholas Fry, Spring 2020- present
Shannan Lowe, Summer 2019- present, Second Place Award at 2019 Temple URP Symposium
Joshua Schaaf, Spring 2019- present
Emily Scott, Spring 2020
Nikita Sajeev, Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
Sravya Kuchipudi, Summer 2019
Rifat Nabi, Spring 2019
Maria Maltepes, Spring 2019
Ibshar Khandakar, Fall 2018- Spring 2019
Noah Goff, Fall 2017- Summer 2019, Michigan State PhD program
Sander Haigh, Spring 2018- Spring 2019
Kayla Even, Summer 2018, Frances Velay Summer Research Fellowship in 2018
Evgeniya (Jane) Miroshnik, Summer 2017- Fall 2018, Frances Velay Summer Research Fellowship in 2017, PharmD student at Northeastern
Ralph St. Luce, Spring 2016- Spring 2018, Medical Student at U Penn
Nick Palmer, Spring 2016- Spring 2018, PhD student at U Penn
Helen Rueckert, Fall 2017- Spring 2018, PhD student at Duke
Travis Strominger, Spring 2017- Spring 2018
Patrick Buckman, Spring 2017- Fall 2017
Rachel Paul, Spring 2016- Spring 2017, Arcadia University Genetic Counseling MS Program
Jasmine Wright, Zebrafish facility manager, Summer 2012- Fall 2016
Anuj Mehta, Fall 2014- Summer 2016, 2nd place award at Temple URP Symposium (Fall 2015), Medical Student at Penn State
Karen Zhang, Summer 2014- Summer 2016, PhS Student at U Penn
Geyon Lee Garcia, Summer 2015- Spring 2016, Certificate for Outstanding Presentation, ABRCMS 2015, MD/PhD Student at Pitt
Robert Kwait, Fall 2014- Spring 2015, PhD Student at Rutgers
Christopher Butterworth, Spring 2015- Fall 2015
Thomas Brandt, Spring 2015- Summer 2015
Tristan Bonawitz, Summer 2014- Fall 2014, Best poster award at Temple URP Symposium (Fall 2014)
Azam Hussain, Spring 2014- Fall 2014, Honorable Mention at Temple URP Symposium (Fall 2014), Medical Student at Temple U
Mariam Alamgir, Spring 2014
Peter Jacoby, Summer 2013- Spring 2014, 2nd place award for Undergrad Poster at Mid-Atlantic SDB meeting (2014), Medical Student at Temple
Meg O'Brien, Spring 2013- Fall 2013
Nicole Lester, Spring 2013- Spring 2014, Research Assistant at Columbia U, Wayne State U Genetic Counseling MS program
Molly Kammen, Summer 2013- Fall 2013
Devine Thomas, Spring 2013- Summer 2013
Mae Frawley, Spring 2013
Britta Kerstetter, Spring 2013
Elizabeth Fedak, Fall 2012- Spring 2013, Dental Student at Temple U
Kate Slovik, Summer 2012 - Summer 2013, Research Assistant at U Penn
Bashar Kako, Spring 2012 -Summer 2013, Medical Student at Temple U
Kathrine Silkaitis Fall 2012 - Spring 2013, Graduate Student at Harvard U
Jaleela Samuel, Summer 2012 - Spring 2013, to Philadelphia Forensic Science Center
Lenny Burg, Summer 2011-Summer 2013, Graduate Student at Temple U
Duy Nguyen, Spring 2012 - Spring 2013
Aaron Ungar, Spring 2012 - Spring 2013
Grace Amadio, Spring 2012 - Fall 2012
Catherine Messick, Spring 2012- Summer 2012
Preethi Gogineni, Fall 2011-Spring 2012, Medical Student at Temple U
Kathleen Walsh, Spring 2011-Summer 2012, earned PhD from U of Oregon in 2017
Volodymyr Oliynyk, Spring 2011-Spring 2012, to Medical Diagnostics Laboratories, L.L.C.
Pegah Safabakhsh, Fall 2010 - Summer 2013, presented a poster at the 10th International Zebrafish Meeting in Madison, WI with a partial fellowship from the Genetics Society of America
Esther Kim, Summer 2010 - Fall 2010
Ga-ram Lee, Fall 2009 - Spring 2010, Temple U Dental School
Thuyvi Luong, Spring 2009 - Spring 2010
Ruchi Patel, Fall 2008 - Spring 2009, to GlaxoSmithKline
Diana Camerota, Fall 2008 - Summer 2012
Susan Trindle, Summer 2008
Patrick Connors, Summer 2008
Danielle Nagelberg, Spring 2008 - Summer 2011, earned PhD from NYU in 2016
