Meet the Lab

Current Lab Members

Justin Hwang, PhD

Assistant Professor

Atef Ali, BS

Informatician

Ella Boytim, BS

Informatician

David Moline, MS 

Informatics Specialist 

Pornlada Likasitwatanakul, Md

University of Minnesota Internal Medicine, Resident

Christine Luo, BS 

Informatician

Allison MakovecBS, BA

Research Development Manager

Aiden Deacon

Laboratory manager


 Augsburg University

Undergrad Student, Senior

Emily John

University of Minnesota

Undergrad Student, Sophomore

Benjamin Miller

University of Minnesota 

Medical Student, M3

Masooma Sayeda

University of Minnesota

Undergrad Student, Senior

Hannah E. Bergom

University of Minnesota

MSTP Student, M1

Carly Miller

University of Minnesota 

Medical Student, M3

John Roy Lozada

University of Minnesota

MSTP Student, G1

Sam Kellen

University of Minnesota

Undergrad Student, Senior

Ava Gustafson

University of Minnesota

Undergrad Student

Rachel Passow, BS

UW - La Crosse

Physician Assistant, PA1

Devin Schmeck

University of Minnesota

Undergrad Student, Sophomore

Yareliz Nieves-Jimenez

University of Minnesota

Undergrad Student, Junior

Former Lab Members

Camden Richter

Loyola University Chicago

Medical Student, M1

Carlos Perez, MD/PhD

Thomas Jefferson University Urology Resident

Carissa Besonen, BS

Rush University, M1

Eamon Toye, BS

U Chicago 

Researcher

Sean McSweeney, MD

Cleveland Clinic 

Urology Resident

Xiaolei Shi, MD/PhD

University of Maryland

HemOnc Fellow

Rami Shaker

University of Minnesota

Medical Student, M4

Abderrahman Day, BS

Anderson University, Bioinformatics MD

Ashraf Shabaneh

University of Minnesota 

Graduate Student - IHI

Shihab Ahmed

University of Mount Sinai Medical Student, M3

Sydney Tape, M1

Medical College of Wisconsin 

Key Collaborators

Sylvan Baca, MD, PhD 

Harvard